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Karate at the 2022 World Games – Qualification This article details the qualifying phase for karate at the 2022 World Games. 96 quota places for the Games are entitled to the karatekas coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated tournaments supervised by World Karate Federation. Each NOC could enter a maximum of eight karatekas (one in each division) of twelve event categories. Host nation United States of America has reserved a spot in each of all events.

Qualifying System

The rule that a country can only have one competitor per category prevails throughout the qualification process.

First qualification

3 Place per Category: Gold, Silver and the Bronze medal winner of the Senior World Championships 2021 at Dubai

Second qualification

3 Place per Category: Three first positions in the World Karate Federation Ranking as per 1 March 2022.

Third qualification

1 Place per Category: The person from the host country United States of America with the highest World Ranking as per 1 March 2022.

Fourth qualification

1 Place per Category:The remaining total of 12 places are distributed by continental federation in the following sequence based on their World Ranking as per 1 March 2022.

  • 2 Athletes from the OKF (1 Male and 1 Female)
  • 2 Athletes from the UFAK (1 Male and 1 Female)
  • 2 Athletes from the PKF (1 Male and 1 Female)
  • 1 Athletes from the AKF (1 Male or 1 Female)
  • 1 Athletes from the EKF (1 Male or 1 Female), If pick 4 is male the pick 5 must be female and vice versa
  • 2 Athletes from the UFAK (1 Male and 1 Female), Cannot be from the same countries as pick 2
  • 2 Athletes from the PKF (1 Male and 1 Female), Cannot be from the same countries as pick 3

Qualification summary

The following table summarises the outcome of qualification for the Karate at the 2022 World Games. Following athletes gained at least one quota place for Birmingham.

NOC Men Women Total
Kata 60 kg 67 kg 75 kg -84 kg +84 Kata 50 kg 55 kg 61 kg 68 kg +68
 Algeria Yes 1
 Australia Yes 1
 Azerbaijan Yes Yes Yes 3
 Bulgaria Yes 1
 Brazil Yes Yes Yes 3
 Canada Yes Yes 2
 China Yes Yes 2
 Chile Yes Yes 2
 Croatia Yes 1
 Egypt Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9
 France Yes Yes Yes 2
 Georgia Yes 1
 Germany Yes Yes 2
 Hong Kong Yes 1
 Hungary Yes Yes 2
 Iran Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Italy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7
 Japan Yes Yes Yes 3
 Kazakhstan Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
 Kuwait Yes 1
 Morocco Yes Yes 2
 New Zealand Yes 1
 North Macedonia Yes 1
 Panama Yes 1
 Peru Yes 1
 Philippines Yes 1
 Spain Yes Yes Yes 3
 Switzerland Yes Yes 2
 Turkey Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 9
 Ukraine Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
 Serbia Yes 1
 Luxembourg Yes 1
 Tunisia Yes 1
 United States Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 12
 Uzbekistan Yes 1
 Venezuela Yes 1
Total: 36 NOCs 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 96

Men's events

Male Kata
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Ryo Kiyuna  JPN AKF World Championship
2 Damián Quintero  ESP EKF World Championship
3 Ali Sofuoğlu  TUR EKF World Championship
4 Gakuji Tozaki  USA PKF WKF Rank + Host
5 Mattia Busato  ITA EKF WKF Rank
6 Uki Ujihara   SUI EKF WKF Rank
7 Hector Cencion  PAN PKF Continental Representation
8 Roman Heydarov  AZE EKF Host - Sub.
Male Kumite -60 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Douglas Brose  BRA PAK World Championship
2 Angelo Crescenzo  ITA EKF World Championship
3 Abdel Ali Jina  MAR UFAK World Championship
4 Eray Şamdan  TUR EKF WKF Rank
5 Darkhan Assadilov  KAZ AKF WKF Rank
6 Abdullah Shaaban  KUW AKF WKF Rank - Sub.
7 Helassa Ayoub Anis  ALG UFAK Continental Representation
8 Frank Ruiz  USA PKF Host
Male Kumite -67 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Steven Da Costa  FRA EKF World Championship
2 Emil Pavlov  MKD EKF World Championship
3 Ali Elsawy  EGY UFAK World Championship
4 Yves Martial Tadissi  HUN EKF WKF Rank
5 Burak Uygur  TUR EKF WKF Rank
6 Vinicius Figueira  BRA PKF WKF Rank
7 Camilo Velozo  CHL PKF Continental Representation
8 Josue Hernandez  USA PKF Host
Male Kumite -75 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Dastonbek Otabolaev  UZB AKF World Championship
2 Abdalla Abdelaziz  EGY UFAK World Championship
3 Tom Scott  USA PKF World Championship + Host
4 Stanislav Horuna  UKR EKF WKF Rank
5 Luigi Busà  ITA EKF WKF Rank
6 Gábor Hárspataki  HUN EKF WKF Rank
7 Bahman Asgari  IRI AKF Continental Representation
8 Nurkanat Azhikanov  KAZ AKF Host - Sub.
Male Kumite -84 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Youssef Badawy  EGY UFAK World Championship
2 Fabián Huaiquimán  CHL PKF World Championship
3 Jessie Da Costa  FRA EKF World Championship
4 Zabihollah Pourshab  IRI AKF WKF Rank
5 Ugur Aktas  TUR EKF WKF Rank
6 Ivan Kvesic  CRO EKF WKF Rank
7 Nabil Ech Chaabi  MAR UFAK Continental Representation
8 Kamran Madani  USA PKF Host
Male Kumite +84 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Gogita Arkania  GEO EKF World Championship
2 Simone Marino  ITA EKF World Championship
3 Asiman Gurbanli  AZE EKF World Championship
4 Sajjad Ganjzadeh  IRI AKF WKF Rank
5 Jonathan Horne  GER EKF WKF Rank
6 Taha Tarek  EGY UFAK WKF Rank
7 Daniel Tielen  AUS OKF Continental Representation
8 Brian Irr  USA PKF Host

Women's events

Female Kata
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Sandra Sánchez  ESP EKF World Championship
2 Hikaru Ono  JPN AKF World Championship
3 Viviana Bottaro  ITA EKF World Championship
4 Sakura Kokumai  USA PKF WKF Rank + Host
5 Grace Lau  HKG AKF WKF Rank
6 Dilara Bozan  TUR EKF WKF Rank
7 Alexandrea Anacan  NZL OKF Continental Representation
8 Aya Hisham  EGY UFAK Host - Sub.
Female Kumite -50 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Miho Miyahara  JPN AKF World Championship
2 Shara Hubrich  GER EKF World Championship
3 Kateryna Kryva  UKR EKF World Championship
4 Serap Özçelik  TUR EKF WKF Rank
5 Moldir Zhangbyrbay  KAZ AKF WKF Rank
6 Junna Tsukii  PHL AKF WKF Rank
7 Yorgelis Salazar  VEN PKF Continental Representation
8 Eva Alexander  USA PKF Host
Female Kumite -55 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Ahlam Youssef  EGY UFAK World Championship
2 Trinity Allen  USA PKF World Championship + Host
3 Ivet Goranova  BUL EKF World Championship
4 Anzhelika Terliuga  UKR EKF WKF Rank
5 Valéria Kumizaki  BRA PKF WKF Rank
6 Tuba Yakan  TUR EKF WKF Rank
7 Kathryn Campbell  CAN PKF Continental Representation
8 Jennifer Warling  USA PKF Host
Female Kumite -61 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Jovana Preković  SRB EKF World Championship
2 Anita Serogina  UKR EKF World Championship
3 Alexandra Grande  PER PKF World Championship
4 Haya Jumaa  CAN PKF WKF Rank
5 Merve Çoban  TUR EKF WKF Rank
6 Yin Xiaoyan  CHN AKF WKF Rank
7 Giana Farouk  EGY UFAK Continental Representation
8 Sara Hostettler  USA PKF Host
Female Kumite -68 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 Irina Zaretska  AZE EKF World Championship
2 Silvia Semeraro  ITA EKF World Championship
3 Alizée Agier  FRA EKF World Championship
4 Feryal Abdelaziz  EGY UFAK WKF Rank
5 Elena Quirici   SUI EKF WKF Rank
6 Gong Li  CHN AKF WKF Rank
7 Halyna Melnyk  UKR EKF Continental Representation
8 Skylar Lingl  USA PKF Host
Female Kumite +68 kg
# Name of Athlete Country Continent Via
1 María Torres  ESP EKF World Championship
2 Menna Shaaban Okila  EGY UFAK World Championship
3 Sofya Berultseva  KAZ AKF World Championship
4 Meltem Hocaoğlu  TUR EKF WKF Rank
5 Hamideh Abbasali  IRI AKF WKF Rank
6 Clio Ferracuti  ITA EKF WKF Rank
7 Chehinez Jemi  TUN UFAK Continental Representation
8 Cirrus Lingl  USA PKF Host

References

  1. "List of Quota Places by Qualification System" (PDF). wkf.net. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  2. "Sandra Sanchez: Golden farewell to a Kata legend". www.wkf.net. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  3. "Five-time The World Games medallist ANTONIO DIAZ: The affection that I have received from the Karate world is more important than all the medals". www.wkf.net. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

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