2023 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's middleweight

Men's middleweight at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	Baku Crystal Hall
Dates	31 May 2023
Competitors	43 from 41 nations
Medalists
Kang Sang-hyun    South Korea   Ivan Šapina    Croatia   Arian Salimi    Iran   Artsiom Plonis    Individual Neutral Athletes
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Main article: 2023 World Taekwondo Championships

The men's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on 31 May 2023. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 87 kilograms in body mass. ^[1]

Results

Legend

• DQ — Won by disqualification
• P — Won by punitive declaration
• W — Won by withdrawal

Finals

	Semifinals						Final
	Kang Sang-hyun  (KOR)	9	16	7
	Arian Salimi  (IRI)	6	16	6			Kang Sang-hyun  (KOR)	6	9
	Artsiom Plonis  (AIN)	9	2	1			Ivan Šapina  (CRO)	5	7
	Ivan Šapina  (CRO)	3	4	15P

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Ícaro Miguel Soares  (BRA)	4	1
	Gulshan Sharma  (IND)	8	8				Gulshan Sharma  (IND)	0	0
	Niraj Deuba  (NEP)	3	5										Ícaro Miguel Soares  (BRA)	1	2
													Kang Sang-hyun  (KOR)	11	3
							Kang Sang-hyun  (KOR)	6	9	9
							Soufiane El-Asbi  (MAR)	4	11	6
																			Kang Sang-hyun  (KOR)	11	4	0
																			Ahmad Rawy  (EGY)	11	3	0
							Patrik Divkovič  (SLO)	4	3
	Ozdjan Pashaev  (GEO)	3	6				Ethienne Brunet  (CAN)	11	4
	Ethienne Brunet  (CAN)	6	13										Ethienne Brunet  (CAN)	7	2	8
	Luis Soto  (COL)	1	3										Ahmad Rawy  (EGY)	3	6	14
	Huang Yu-jen  (TPE)	2	9				Huang Yu-jen  (TPE)	1	3	4
							Ahmad Rawy  (EGY)	0	5	6

Section 2

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Bryan Salazar  (MEX)	1	1	3
	Ahmed Al-Muwallad  (KSA)	0	4				Seydou Gbané  (CIV)	0	1	0
	Seydou Gbané  (CIV)	3	4										Bryan Salazar  (MEX)	1	4
													Arian Salimi  (IRI)	8	10
							Arian Salimi  (IRI)	0	9	6
							Raúl Martínez  (ESP)	5	5	5
																			Arian Salimi  (IRI)	12	12
																			Michael Rodriguez  (USA)	8	8
							Michael Rodriguez  (USA)	13	8
							Arash Mozhdeh  (AUS)	5	3
													Michael Rodriguez  (USA)	4	4
	Manuel Pollet  (BEL)	7	8	10									Taleh Suleymanov  (AZE)	0	4
	Laurenţiu Snacov  (ROU)	10	1	3			Manuel Pollet  (BEL)	0	8
							Taleh Suleymanov  (AZE)	3	9

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Mehdi Khodabakhshi  (SRB)	0	7
	Fred Gwali  (SOL)	2	0				Hassan Amer Ali  (DEN)	0	2
	Hassan Amer Ali  (DEN)	4	12										Mehdi Khodabakhshi  (SRB)	W
													Roberto Botta  (ITA)
							Rafael Kamalov  (AIN)	1	2	0
							Roberto Botta  (ITA)	1	2	1DQ
																			Mehdi Khodabakhshi  (SRB)	2	4
																			Artsiom Plonis  (AIN)	6	4
							Smaiyl Duisebay  (KAZ)	5	7
	Manuel Martinho  (POR)	0	6				Vasileios Tholiotis  (GRE)	2	5
	Vasileios Tholiotis  (GRE)	10	7										Smaiyl Duisebay  (KAZ)	1	3
	Paivou Gomis  (GBS)	0	1										Artsiom Plonis  (AIN)	1	5
	Artsiom Plonis  (AIN)	12	9				Artsiom Plonis  (AIN)	11	7
							Meng Mingkuan  (CHN)	8	4

Section 4

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Nikita Rafalovich  (UZB)	10	13
	Karol Robak  (POL)	21	12				Karol Robak  (POL)	2	3
	Jahn Estrada  (PUR)	9	0										Nikita Rafalovich  (UZB)	6	11
	Motaz Ifaoui  (TUN)	6	14										Fahed Ammar Sbeihi  (JOR)	4	0
	Otgonjargalyn Azkhüü  (MGL)	2	2				Motaz Ifaoui  (TUN)	6	9	3
							Fahed Ammar Sbeihi  (JOR)	15	7	3
																			Nikita Rafalovich  (UZB)	3	2	0
																			Ivan Šapina  (CRO)	6	2	1
							Enbiya Taha Biçer  (TUR)	7	10
							Dinko Šegedin  (BIH)	3	6
													Enbiya Taha Biçer  (TUR)	7	1	3
	Andreas Theocharous  (CYP)	14	17P	12									Ivan Šapina  (CRO)	7	12P	4
	Ashraf Shukran  (AFG)	19	9	6			Andreas Theocharous  (CYP)	5	2
							Ivan Šapina  (CRO)	13	11

References

1. "[Results] Day 3" (PDF). World Taekwondo . Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links

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