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W.A.K.O. held its first amateur world championships in 1978 in West Berlin, [1] after having previously staged two European championships the two years previously. It followed this with a second world championships a year later in Tampa, Florida. During the 1980s the world championships were held every other year except for in 1985 when a feud within the W.A.K.O. organization led to two versions of the championships being held on the same date – one in London, the other in Budapest. [2]

In the 1990s W.A.K.O. held its world championships intermittently with at least one every other year although, in 1993 the organization again had a temporary political dispute which like 1985 meant two championships in one year. [3] Additionally, the outbreak of the Balkan War resulted in the 1995 world championships being moved to Kyiv and in 1997 to Gdańsk. [4] By the turn-of-the-twentieth-century, the organization began introducing two different world championships every two years - one typically covering forms of kickboxing such as full-contact, semi-contact and musical forms, while the other types such as Thai-boxing, low-kick kickboxing and later K-1 rules. Of late, W.A.K.O. have begun to get involved with the SportAccord World Combat Games, hosting male and female full-contact, semi-contact and low-contact kickboxing competitions at the 2010 event, [5] with the 2009 world championships (both events) being used as qualifiers. [6] [7]

List of World Championships

WAKO World Championships (Seniors and Masters)

W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships

Edition Year Host City Country Events
1 1978 West Berlin   Germany 7
2 1979 Tampa   United States 14
3 1981 Milan   Italy 7
4 1983 London   United Kingdom 16
5 1985 London   United Kingdom 22
5 1985 Budapest   Hungary 20
6 1987 Munich   Germany 24
7 1990 Mestre   Italy 32
8 1991 London   United Kingdom 28
9 1993 Atlantic City   United States 34
9 1993 Budapest   Hungary 30
10 1995 Kyiv   Ukraine
11 1997 Gdańsk   Poland
12 1999 Bishkek   Kyrgyzstan
12 1999 Caorle   Italy 66
13 2001 Maribor   Slovenia 39
13 2001 Belgrade   Serbia and Montenegro 42
14 2003 Paris   France +37
14 2003 Yalta   Ukraine
15 2005 Agadir   Morocco
15 2005 Szeged   Hungary
16 2007 Belgrade   Serbia
16 2007 Coimbra   Portugal
17 2009 Villach   Austria
17 2009 Lignano   Italy
18 2011 Skopje   North Macedonia
18 2011 Dublin   Ireland
19 2013 Guarujá   Brazil
19 2013 Antalya   Turkey
20 2015 Belgrade   Serbia
20 2015 Dublin   Ireland
21 2017 Budapest   Hungary 136
22 2019 Sarajevo   Bosnia and Herzegovina
22 2023 Great Yarmouth   Romania

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WAKO World Championships (Cadets and Juniors)

  • Cadets first time add to championship from 2004 (5th)
Edition Year Host City Country Events
1 1996
2 1998
3 2000
4 2002 Budva   Serbia and Montenegro
5 2004
6 2006 Zadar   Croatia
7 2008 Naples   Italy
8 2010 Belgrade   Serbia
9 2012 Bratislava   Slovakia
10 2014 Rimini   Italy
11 2016 Dublin   Ireland 230
12 2018 Jesolo   Italy 238

WAKO World University Championships (Students)

Edition Year Host City Country Events
1 2014 Ufa   Russia

All time medal table

See also

References

  1. ^ "First WAKO World Championships 1978 and 1979 - USA Karate Story". karate-in-english-lewis-wallace.blogspot.com. 20 March 2009. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  2. ^ "5th WAKO World Championship Results" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  3. ^ "9th WAKO World Championship Results" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  4. ^ "WAKO and Balcane influence". frenchboxing.blogspot.com. 12 December 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  5. ^ "Kickboxing - Sports - World Combat Games 2010 - Sport Accord". www.worldcombatgames.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-02. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  6. ^ "Combat Games - . : WAKO World Association of Kickboxing". www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
  7. ^ "Reports Archive - KYRGYZ TEAM WINS KICKBOXING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Dates of event provided)". www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  8. ^ "WAKO Senior World Championships (PF, KL, FC, MF)".
  9. ^ "SET Online Kickboxing: Kickboxing World Championships Seniors LC, LK and K1".

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