2025 World U21 Taekwondo Championships

2025 World U21 Taekwondo Championships
Venue	Moi International Sports Centre
Location	Nairobi, Kenya
Dates	3-6 December
Competitors	452 from 75 nations
Champions
Men	Iran
Women	Turkey
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The 2025 World U21 Taekwondo Championships , was the 1st edition of the World U21 Taekwondo Championships, held in Nairobi, Kenya from 3 to 6 December 2025. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Kenya)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	4	2	0	6
2	Iran	4	1	3	8
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	2	2	4	8
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	1	3
4	South Korea	1	4	0	5
5	Egypt	1	0	2	3
	Morocco	1	0	2	3
7	Tunisia	1	0	1	2
8	Spain	0	3	0	3
9	Greece	0	1	4	5
10	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
	India	0	1	1	2
12	Haiti	0	1	0	1
13	Brazil	0	0	3	3
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	2	2
	Jordan	0	0	2	2
	United States	0	0	2	2
17	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Montenegro	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		16	16	32	64

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−54 kg	Moataz Bellah Asem   Egypt	Ankit Mer   India	Hristiyan Georgiev   Bulgaria
			Jaafar Al-Daoud   Jordan
−58 kg	Abolfazl Zandi   Iran	Magomedgadzhi Magomedov   Individual Neutral Athletes	Gabriel Oliveira   Brazil
			Konstantinos Dimitropoulos   Greece
−63 kg	Hamza Osman Aydoğan   Turkey	Stanislav Mitkov   Bulgaria	Nitesh Singh   India
			Tamirlan Tleules   Kazakhstan
−68 kg	Berkay Erer   Turkey	Jinho Mun   South Korea	Matin Rezaei   Iran
			Omar Muhamed Fathy   Egypt
−74 kg	Radin Zeinali   Iran	Ömer Furkan Körpe   Turkey	Benjamin Husić   Bosnia and Herzegovina
			Victor Rodrigues   United States
−80 kg	Amir Reza Gholami   Iran	Mikel Fernandez Garcia   Spain	Isaiah Young   United States
			Raman Turavinau   Individual Neutral Athletes
−87 kg	Batyrkhan Toleugali   Kazakhstan	Mohammad Alizadeh   Iran	Vladislav Budin   Individual Neutral Athletes
			Henrique Marques   Brazil
+87 kg	Beibarys Kablan   Kazakhstan	Yang Jun-young   South Korea	Amir Mohammad Ashrafi   Iran
			Motaz Ifaoui   Tunisia

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
−46 kg	Alisa Angelova   Individual Neutral Athletes	Yumin Lee   South Korea	Vasiliki Papadopoulou   Greece
			Julia Silva Nazario   Brazil
−49 kg	Milana Bekulova   Individual Neutral Athletes	Kim Hyang‐gi   South Korea	Andrea Bokan   Serbia
			Nezha Elaasal   Morocco
−53 kg	Mobina Nematzadeh   Iran	Sıla Uzunçavdar   Turkey	Ada Avdagić   Bosnia and Herzegovina
			Magdalini Klakala   Greece
−57 kg	Amina Dehhaoui   Morocco	Carla Sesar Vila   Spain	Hasti Mohammadi   Iran
			Fadia Khirfan   Jordan
−62 kg	Wafa Masghouni   Tunisia	Elsa Secanell Charles   Spain	Anastasiia Bannova   Individual Neutral Athletes
			Ella Brewster   Canada
−67 kg	Kwak Min-ju   South Korea	Valeriia Skaprovska   Individual Neutral Athletes	Andrea Berišaj   Montenegro
			Styliani Marentaki   Greece
−73 kg	Sude Uzunçavdar   Turkey	Ava Lee   Haiti	Polina Shvedkova   Individual Neutral Athletes
			Malak El-Hosseiny   Egypt
+73 kg	Begüm Kavukçuoğlu   Turkey	Agoritsa Kitsiou   Greece	Imane Khayari   Morocco
			Mariia Kuts   Ukraine

Team ranking

Men Rank Team 1   Iran 2   Turkey 3   Kazakhstan 4   Egypt 5   South Korea

Women Rank Team 1   Turkey 2   South Korea 3   Morocco 4   Iran 5   Greece

Awards

Source: ^[5]

• Most Valuable Player Men – Abolfazl Zandi (Iran, M -58kg Champion)
• ⁠⁠Most Valuable Player Women – Milana Bekulova (AIN, W -49kg Champion)
• Active Participation Award – Kenya
• ⁠⁠Good Fighting Spirit Award – India
• ⁠⁠Best Team Coach Men – Majid Aflaki (Iran)
• Best Team Coach Women – Suat Hastürk (Türkiye)
• ⁠Best Referee Men – Yohannes Bogale Sima (Ethiopia)
• Best Referee Women – Dania Gonzalez Cancino (Chile)

References

1. "World Taekwondo Under‑21 Championships". kenyau21wtchampionship2025.com. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
2. "World Taekwondo U21 Championships". worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
3. "Kenya selects squad for Worlds". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
4. "Nairobi to Host the First-Ever World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships". worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2025-12-01.
5. "Inaugural World Taekwondo Under-21 Championships concludes with Closing Ceremony in Nairobi". worldtaekwondo.org. Retrieved 2025-12-06.

External links

• Official website