2019 World Muaythai Championships | |
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Venue | Huamark Sports Complex |
Location | Bangkok, Thailand |
Start date | 22 July |
End date | 28 July |
Competitors | 600 from 89 nations |
The 2019 IFMA World Muaythai Championships is the 18th edition of the IFMA World Muaythai Championships. The competition are held from July 18 to July 28, 2019, in Bangkok, Thailand. [1] The event served as a qualifier for the 2021 World Games in Birmingham, United States, with each men's and women's team that made the quarter-finals earning points for the qualification. [2]
Russia was initially awarded rights to host this edition, but Thailand negotiated to host this edition instead due to celebrating Coronation of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand. It was the first world championships after International Olympic Committee (IOC) fully recognized International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA) in the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF) in February 2019.
All times are local (UTC+7). [3]
P | Preliminary rounds | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Final |
Date → | Mon 22 | Tue 23 | Wed 24 | Thu 25 | Fri 26 | Sat 27 | Sun 28 |
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Event ↓ | |||||||
Men's 48 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's 51 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's 54 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 57 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 60 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 63.5 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 67 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 71 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 75 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 81 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 86 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's 91 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's +91 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's U23 48 kg | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
Men's U23 51 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's U23 54 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's U23 57 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's U23 63.5 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's U23 60 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's U23 63.5 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Men's U23 67 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's U23 71 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's U23 75 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's U23 81 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Men's U23 86 kg | ½ | F | |||||
Men's U23 +91 kg | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
Women's 45 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Women's 48 kg | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | ||
Women's 51 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Women's 54 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Women's 57 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Women's 60 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Women's 63.5 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Women's 67 kg | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
Women's 71 kg | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
Women's 75 kg | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
Women's +75 kg | ½ | F | |||||
Women's U23 45 kg | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
Women's U23 48 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Women's U23 51 kg | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
Women's U23 54 kg | ¼ | ½ | F | ||||
Women's U23 57 kg | ½ | F | |||||
Women's U23 60 kg | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
Women's U23 63.5 kg | F | ||||||
Women's U23 67 kg | F | ||||||
Bouts | 85 | 77 | 136 | 76 | 34 | 80 | 38 |
Time |
* Host nation (Thailand)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Thailand (THA)* | 16 | 0 | 8 | 24 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
3 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 |
4 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
5 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
6 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Vietnam (VIE) | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
8 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
9 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
11 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
12 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
13 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
15 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | United States (USA) | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
19 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
21 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
22 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
26 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
32 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
33 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
34 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
36 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Lebanon (LBN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (46 entries) | 44 | 44 | 84 | 172 |
* Host nation (Thailand)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
2 | Thailand (THA)* | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 |
3 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |
5 | Finland (FIN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
7 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
9 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
10 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
11 | Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
14 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
16 | Peru (PER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
18 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
20 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Lebanon (LBN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (26 entries) | 24 | 24 | 48 | 96 |
* Host nation (Thailand)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Thailand (THA)* | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
4 | Vietnam (VIE) | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
5 | Algeria (ALG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | United States (USA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
11 | Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
12 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
13 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Iraq (IRQ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Palestine (PLE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
23 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
24 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
27 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Colombia (COL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Estonia (EST) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (34 entries) | 20 | 20 | 36 | 76 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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−45 kg [40] | Ha Huu Hieu Huynh Vietnam | Rudzma Abubakar Philippines | Ketmanee Chasing Thailand |
Viktoriia Kogalenok Russia | |||
−48 kg [41] | Thanawan Thongduang Thailand | Kennedy-Reilly Maze United States | Freshta Sherzad Afghanistan |
Colleen Saddi Philippines | |||
−51 kg [42] | Sutathip Thongtriphan Thailand | Sofia Bakhtereva Russia | Liane Benito Philippines |
Thuy Phuong Thi Trieu Vietnam | |||
−54 kg [43] | Ekaterina Popova Russia | Danielle Fall United Kingdom | Luh Mas Sri Diana Wati Indonesia |
Sanni Nurminen Finland | |||
−57 kg [44] | Sirisopa Sirisak Thailand | Jenelyn Olsim Philippines | Jayaram Alva Anwitha India |
Angelina Runtukahu Indonesia | |||
−60 kg [45] | Kesinee Tabtrai Thailand | Selina Flores United States | Thuy Thi Han Vietnam |
Viktorija Molcanova Germany | |||
−63.5 kg [46] | Kaewrudee Kamtakrapoom Thailand | Nikolina Vidackovic Croatia | Not awarded |
−67 kg [47] | Georgia Smith Australia | Tatiana Sharkova Russia | Not awarded |
−71 kg | Withdrawn event | ||
−75 kg | Withdrawn event | ||
+75 kg | Withdrawn event |
The first place of team ranking will hold a trophy donated by King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand. [1]
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A total of 600 athletes from 87 nations and two IFMA team competed.
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