2023 World Taekwondo Championships

2023 World Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Baku Crystal Hall
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Dates	29 May – 4 June 2023
Champions
Men	South Korea
Women	Turkey
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The 2023 World Taekwondo Championships was the 26th edition of the World Taekwondo Championships and was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 29 May to 4 June, 2023. This was the first time that Azerbaijan held the event. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4:00)

Date	Time	Event
29 May	09.00-14.00	Qualification rounds: M-68 & W-57
	15:00-16.30	Round of 16 and QF: M-68 & W-57
	18.30-20.30	Semi-finals, Finals & Awarding: M-68 & W-57
30 May	09.00-14.00	Qualification rounds: M-58 & W-67 & W-73
	15:00-16.30	Round of 16 and QF: M-58 & W-67 & W-73
	18.00-20.30	Semi-finals, Finals & Awarding: M-58 - W-67 - W-73
31 May	09.00-14.00	Qualification rounds: M-80 & M-87 & W-49
	15:00-16.30	Round of 16 and QF: M-80 & W-87 & W-49
	18.00-20.30	Semi-finals, Finals & Awarding: M-80 & W-87 & W-49
1 June	09.00-12.30	Qualification rounds: M-63 & W-+73
	15:00-16.30	Round of 16 and QF: M-63 & W-+73
	18.00-20.30	Semi-finals, Finals & Awarding: M-63 & W-+73
2 June	09.00-12.30	Qualification rounds: M-54 & W-46
	15:00-16.30	Round of 16 and QF: M-54 & W-46
	18.00-20.30	Semi-finals, Finals & Awarding: M-54 & W-46
3 June	09.00-12.30	Qualification rounds: M-74 & W-62
	15:00-16.30	Round of 16 and QF: M-74 & W-62
	18.00-20.30	Semi-finals, Finals & Awarding: M-74 & W-62
4 June	09.00-12.30	Qualification rounds: M- +87 & W-53
	15:00-16.30	Round of 16 and QF: M- +87 & W-53
	18.00-20.30	Semi-finals, Finals & Awarding: M- +87 & W-53

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Azerbaijan)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	3	1	0	4
2	Turkey	3	0	3	6
3	Croatia	2	1	3	6
4	France	2	0	0	2
–	Individual Neutral Athletes a	1	1	5	7
5	Great Britain	1	1	2	4
6	Iran	1	0	2	3
7	Ivory Coast	1	0	1	2
8	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
10	Thailand	0	3	0	3
11	Spain	0	1	3	4
	Uzbekistan	0	1	3	4
13	Brazil	0	1	1	2
	China	0	1	1	2
	Jordan	0	1	1	2
	Mexico	0	1	1	2
17	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
	United States	0	1	0	1
20	Egypt	0	0	2	2
21	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Japan	0	0	1	1
	Norway	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		16	16	32	64

Russian and Belarusian participation

a ^ In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, taekwondo athletes from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table. In general, 23 Russian and Belarusian athletes were allowed to compete in the event as Individual Neutral Athletes following the International Olympic Committee recommendations, while two Russian athletes (2020 Olympic Champions Maksim Khramtsov and Vladislav Larin) were barred due to their explicit support for the invasion. ^[4] Nevertheless, in protest against participation of Individual Neutral Athletes, the Ukrainian team withdrew from the championships. In general, Individual Neutral Athletes won 1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals: athletes from Russia (Kristina Adebaio, Kadyrbech Daurov, Polina Khan, Liliia Khuzina and Tatiana Minina) won 1 gold and 4 bronze medals while athletes from Belarus (Georgi Gurtsiev and Artsiom Plonis) – 1 silver and 1 bronze medal.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−54 kg) details	Park Tae-joon   South Korea	Hugo Arillo   Spain	Omonjon Otajonov   Uzbekistan
			Görkem Polat   Turkey
Flyweight (−58 kg) details	Bae Jun-seo   South Korea	Georgi Gurtsiev Individual Neutral Athletes	Mahmoud Al-Taryreh   Jordan
			Adrián Vicente   Spain
Bantamweight (−63 kg) details	Hakan Reçber   Turkey	Banlung Tubtimdang   Thailand	Carlos Navarro   Mexico
			Joan Jorquera   Spain
Featherweight (−68 kg) details	Bradly Sinden   Great Britain	Jin Ho-jun   South Korea	Matin Rezaei   Iran
			Ulugbek Rashitov   Uzbekistan
Lightweight (−74 kg) details	Marko Golubić   Croatia	Stefan Takov   Serbia	Leon Sejranovic   Australia
			Kadyrbech Daurov Individual Neutral Athletes
Welterweight (−80 kg) details	Simone Alessio   Italy	CJ Nickolas   United States	Miguel Trejos   Colombia
			Seif Eissa   Egypt
Middleweight (−87 kg) details	Kang Sang-hyun   South Korea	Ivan Šapina   Croatia	Arian Salimi   Iran
			Artsiom Plonis Individual Neutral Athletes
Heavyweight (+87 kg) details	Cheick Sallah Cissé   Ivory Coast	Carlos Sansores   Mexico	Emre Kutalmış Ateşli   Turkey
			Paško Božić   Croatia

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Finweight (−46 kg) details	Lena Stojković   Croatia	Kamonchanok Seeken   Thailand	Ruka Okamoto   Japan
			Wang Xiaolu   China
Flyweight (−49 kg) details	Merve Dinçel   Turkey	Panipak Wongpattanakit   Thailand	Adriana Cerezo   Spain
			Bruna Duvančić   Croatia
Bantamweight (−53 kg) details	Nahid Kiani   Iran	Zuo Ju   China	Shahd El-Hosseiny   Egypt
			Tatiana Minina Individual Neutral Athletes
Featherweight (−57 kg) details	Luana Márton   Hungary	Lo Chia-ling   Chinese Taipei	Maria Clara Pacheco   Brazil
			Hatice Kübra İlgün   Turkey
Lightweight (−62 kg) details	Liliia Khuzina Individual Neutral Athletes	Caroline Santos   Brazil	Aaliyah Powell   Great Britain
			Feruza Sadikova   Uzbekistan
Welterweight (−67 kg) details	Magda Wiet-Hénin   France	Julyana Al-Sadeq   Jordan	Mari Romundset Nilsen   Norway
			Ruth Gbagbi   Ivory Coast
Middleweight (−73 kg) details	Althéa Laurin   France	Rebecca McGowan   Great Britain	Matea Jelić   Croatia
			Polina Khan Individual Neutral Athletes
Heavyweight (+73 kg) details	Nafia Kuş   Turkey	Svetlana Osipova   Uzbekistan	Bianca Cook   Great Britain
			Kristina Adebaio Individual Neutral Athletes

Team ranking

Men Rank Team Points 1   South Korea 448 2   Croatia 217 3   Turkey 188 4   Italy 140 5   Ivory Coast 137 6   Great Britain 134 7   Spain 114 8   Mexico 93 9   United States 70 10   Uzbekistan 65

Women Rank Team Points 1   Turkey 288 2   France 256 3   Croatia 187 4   Hungary 136 5   Iran 134 6   Thailand 115 7   Great Britain 111 8   China 94   Uzbekistan 94 10   Brazil 89

Participating nations

921 athletes from 144 nations registered to compete at the 2023 championships. ^[5]

• Afghanistan (8)
•   Albania (3)
•   Algeria (1)
•   Angola (4)
•   Andorra (1)
•   Argentina (7)
•   Australia (16)
•   Austria (3)
•   Azerbaijan (13)
•   Bahrain (4)
•   Bangladesh (1)
•   Barbados (1)
•   Belgium (4)
•   Bolivia (1)
•   Bosnia and Herzegovina (8)
•   Botswana (2)
•   Brazil (16)
•   Bulgaria (10)
•   Burkina Faso (4)
•   Burundi (3)
•   Cambodia (2)
•   Cameroon (8)
•   Canada (16)
•   Cape Verde (3)
•   Chad (1)
•   Chile (6)
•   China (16)
•   Chinese Taipei (16)
•   Colombia (15)
•   Costa Rica (2)
•   Croatia (15)
•   Cyprus (8)
•   Czech Republic (6)
•   Democratic Republic of the Congo (4)
•   Denmark (8)
•   Djibouti (1)
•   Dominican Republic (2)
•   Ecuador (6)
•   Egypt (12)
•   Estonia (4)
•   Eswatini (2)
•   Ethiopia (2)
•   Faroe Islands (1)
•   Finland (5)
•   France (10)
•   French Polynesia (2)
•   Gabon (6)
•   Gambia (1)
•   Georgia (6)
•   Germany (11)
•   Ghana (2)
•   Great Britain (11)
•   Greece (16)
•   Guatemala (2)
•   Guinea-Bissau (1)
•   Guyana (1)
•   Haiti (10)
•   Hong Kong (6)
•   Hungary (8)
•   India (16)
• Individual Neutral Athletes (23)
•   Indonesia (2)
•   Iran (15)
•   Iraq (2)
•   Ireland (6)
•   Isle of Man (1)
•   Israel (10)
•   Italy (14)
•   Ivory Coast (10)
•   Jamaica (1)
•   Japan (9)
•   Jordan (10)
•   Kazakhstan (16)
•   Kenya (6)
•   Kiribati (1)
•   Kosovo (6)
•   Kuwait (2)
•   Kyrgyzstan (8)
•   Latvia (2)
•   Lebanon (8)
•   Lesotho (1)
•   Lithuania (3)
•   Luxembourg (1)
•   Malawi (1)
•   Malaysia (2)
•   Mali (9)
• Martinique (1)
•   Mexico (16)
•   Moldova (3)
•   Mongolia (8)
•   Montenegro (3)
•   Morocco (15)
•   Mozambique (4)
•   Nepal (8)
•   Netherlands (5)
•   New Zealand (4)
•   Nicaragua (2)
•   Niger (9)
•   Nigeria (4)
•   North Macedonia (2)
•   Norway (4)
•   Pakistan (4)
•   Palestine (5)
•   Panama (2)
•   Papua New Guinea (1)
•   Peru (2)
•   Philippines (9)
•   Poland (11)
•   Portugal (13)
•   Puerto Rico (14)
•   Qatar (2)
• Refugee Team (13)
•   Republic of the Congo (2)
•   Romania (7)
•   Rwanda (7)
•   San Marino (3)
•   Saudi Arabia (7)
•   Senegal (7)
•   Serbia (11)
•   Sierra Leone (2)
•   Slovakia (2)
•   Slovenia (4)
•   Solomon Islands (2)
•   Somalia (3)
•   South Korea (16)
•   Spain (16)
•   Sri Lanka (2)
•   Sudan (2)
•   Sweden (10)
•   Switzerland (1)
•   Syria (4)
•   Thailand (8)
•   Tonga (2)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (2)
•   Tunisia (7)
•   Turkey (16)
•   United Arab Emirates (2)
•   Uruguay (2)
•   United States (16)
•   Uzbekistan (13)
•   Venezuela (4)
•   Vietnam (5)
•   Zimbabwe (1)

See also

• List of World Championships medalists in taekwondo (men)
• List of World Championships medalists in taekwondo (women)

References

1. "[World Taekwondo] 2023 World Taekwondo Championships awarded to Baku".
2. "Baku to host 2023 World Taekwondo Championships as 2022 moves to Guadalajara". 12 May 2022.
3. "World Taekwondo President's New Year Message for 2023". January 2023.
4. Олимпийские чемпионы по тхэквондо Храмцов и Ларин не допущены до ЧМ. 23 спортсмена из России и Беларуси получили допуск (Olympic taekwondo champions Khramtsov and Latin and barred from competing at the World Championships. 23 athletes from Russia and Belarus are allowed)
5. 2023 Baku - Entries