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 TotalKata 60 kg 67 kg 75 kg -84 kg +84 Kata 50 kg 55 kg 61 kg 68 kg +68 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 9 2 1 2 1 2 4 7 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 9 5 1 1 1 12 1 1 Total: 36 NOCs 88 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 AKF World Championship 2 Damián Quintero EKF World Championship 3 Ali Sofuoğlu EKF World Championship 4 Gakuji Tozaki PKF WKF Rank + Host 5 Mattia Busato EKF WKF Rank 6 Uki Ujihara EKF WKF Rank 7 Hector Cencion PKF Continental Representation 8 Roman Heydarov EKF Host - Sub. + Male Kumite -60 kg # Name of Athlete Country Continent Via 1 Douglas Brose PAK World Championship 2 Angelo Crescenzo EKF World Championship 3 Abdel Ali Jina UFAK World Championship 4 Eray Şamdan EKF WKF Rank 5 Darkhan Assadilov AKF WKF Rank 6 Abdullah Shaaban AKF WKF Rank - Sub. 7 Helassa Ayoub Anis UFAK Continental Representation 8 Frank Ruiz PKF Host + Male Kumite -67 kg # Name of Athlete Country Continent Via 1 Steven Da Costa EKF World Championship 2 Emil Pavlov EKF World Championship 3 Ali Elsawy UFAK World Championship 4 Yves Martial Tadissi EKF WKF Rank 5 Burak Uygur EKF WKF Rank 6 Vinicius Figueira PKF WKF Rank 7 Camilo Velozo PKF Continental Representation 8 Josue Hernandez PKF Host + Male Kumite -75 kg # Name of Athlete Country Continent Via 1 Dastonbek Otabolaev AKF World Championship 2 Abdalla Abdelaziz UFAK World Championship 3 Tom Scott PKF World Championship + Host 4 Stanislav Horuna EKF WKF Rank 5 Luigi Busà EKF WKF Rank 6 Gábor Hárspataki EKF WKF Rank 7 Bahman Asgari AKF Continental Representation 8 Nurkanat Azhikanov AKF Host - Sub. + Male Kumite -84 kg # Name of Athlete Country Continent Via 1 Youssef Badawy UFAK World Championship 2 Fabián Huaiquimán PKF World Championship 3 Jessie Da Costa EKF World Championship 4 Zabihollah Pourshab AKF WKF Rank 5 Ugur Aktas EKF WKF Rank 6 Ivan Kvesic EKF WKF Rank 7 Nabil Ech Chaabi UFAK Continental Representation 8 Kamran Madani PKF Host + Male Kumite +84 kg # Name of Athlete Country Continent Via 1 Gogita Arkania EKF World Championship 2 Simone Marino EKF World Championship 3 Asiman Gurbanli EKF World Championship 4 Sajjad Ganjzadeh AKF WKF Rank 5 Jonathan Horne EKF WKF Rank 6 Taha Tarek UFAK WKF Rank 7 Daniel Tielen OKF Continental Representation 8 Brian Irr PKF Host

Women's events

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

References

External links The World Games 2022 World Karate Federation