The men's 57 kg Light-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the lightest of the male Light-Contact tournaments being the equivalent of the featherweight division when compared to Low-Kick and K-1's weight classes. There were fourteen men from two continents taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Light-Contact rules.
The men's 69 kg Light-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the third lightest of the male Light-Contact tournaments falling in between the welterweight and light middleweight divisions when compared to Low-Kick and K-1's weight classes. There were twenty-two men from three continents taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Light-Contact rules.
The men's 89 kg Light-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the third heaviest of the male Light-Contact tournaments falling between the cruiserweight and heavyweight division when compared to Low-Kick and K-1 weight classes. There were seventeen men from two continents taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Light-Contact rules.
The men's lightweight K-1 category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade was the third lightest of the K-1 tournaments, involving eleven fighters from three continents. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under K-1 rules.
The men's 57 kg Semi-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Coimbra was the lightest of the male Semi-Contact tournaments being the equivalent of the featherweight division when compared to Full-Contact's weight classes. There were eleven men from two continents taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Semi-Contact rules.
The men's 'Hard Styles' category involved twelve contestants from eight countries across two continents - Europe and North America. Each contestant went through seven performances with the totals added up at the end of the event. The gold medallist was Great Britain's Daniel Sterling, silver was awarded to the United States's Robert Andreozzi and bronze to Russian Andrey Bosak. All three of these men would also be joint runners up in the 'Hard Styles with Weapons' category, with Bosak claiming a gold and silver as well in the two 'Soft Styles' categories.
The women's 'Hard Styles' category involved fifteen contestants from ten countries across three continents – Europe, Africa and North America. Each contestant went through seven performances with the totals added up at the end of the event. The gold medal went to Great Britain's Jessica Holmes, the silver and bronze to Russians Olga Kudinova and Elena Chirkova respectively. Chirkova would also win a silver medal in the women's 'Hard Styles with Weapons' category.
The men's light middleweight Full-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Coimbra was the sixth heaviest of the male Full-Contact tournaments, involving twenty-two fighters from five continents. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Full-Contact rules.
The men's 'Soft Styles' category involved seven contestants from five countries across two continents - Europe and North America. Each contestant went through seven performances with the totals added up at the end of the event. The gold medallist was Russian Andrey Bosak who claimed his second individual gold medal in musical forms. The silver went to Germany's Michael Moeller and the bronze to Russia's Evgeny Krylov.
The men's 'Soft Styles with Weapons' category involved just five contestants from four countries across three continents - Europe, Asia and North America. Each contestant went through seven performances with the totals added up at the end of the event. The gold medallist was Russian Evgeny Krylov claiming his second medal in Musical Forms, with compatriot Andrey Bosak gaining silver. Michael Moeller from Germany claimed bronze.
The women's 'Soft Styles' category involved nine contestants from six countries across two continents - Europe and North America. Each contestant went through seven performances with the totals added up at the end of the event. The gold medal winner was Veronika Dombrovskaya from Belarus, while Russian's Elena Chirkova and Inna Berestova claimed silver and bronze.
The women's 'Soft Styles with Weapons' category involved eight contestants from five countries across two continents - Europe and North America. Each contestant went through seven performances with the totals added up at the end of the event. The gold medal winner was Ekaterina Chizhikova from Russia with compatriot Elena Chirkova gaining silver. Veronika Dombrovskaya from Belarus claimed the bronze medal spot.
The women's 'Hard Styles with Weapons' category involved thirteen contestants from eight countries across two continents - Europe and North America. Each contestant went through seven performances with the totals added up at the end of the event. The gold medal winner was Veronika Dombrovskaya from Belarus with compatriot Maria Pekarchik gaining silver. Ekaterina Chizhikova from Russia claimed the bronze medal spot.
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2002 in Jesolo was the sixteenth European championships to be held by the W.A.K.O. It was the second championship to be held in Jesolo and the seventh to be held in Italy. W.A.K.O. had originally hoped to have a joint event that year like they had with the last world championships, with an event in Greece in October and another in Hungary in November, but due to the difficulties involved they scrapped the idea and resorted to Jesolo which had held a successful event two years previously.
The men's featherweight Full-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2004 in Budva was the third lightest of the male Full-Contact tournaments and involved seven fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Full-Contact kickboxing rules.
The men's light bantamweight Low-Kick division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2004 in Budva was the lightest of the male Low-Kick tournaments and was one of the smallest involving just three fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Low-Kick kickboxing rules.
The women's featherweight Thai-Boxing division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2004 in Budva was the lightest of the female Thai-Boxing tournaments and involved only two fighters. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Thai-Boxing rules.
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Lisbon) were the joint eighteenth European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the second to be held in Portugal and the city of Lisbon. The event was open to amateur men and women from across Europe although a number of professional fighters such as Luis Reis would take part. All in all, it was the largest ever European championships with around 560 athletes from 31 countries taking part. One of the reasons for the higher numbers being that W.A.K.O. had merged had recently merged with the I.K.A.S. and took on many of the I.K.A.S. organization's fighters. Another reason was that some countries were allowed multiple competitors per weight division in the Full-Contact and Semi-Contact categories.
The men's cruiserweight Low-Kick division at the W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 in Skopje was the third heaviest of the male Low-Kick tournaments and involved nine fighters in total. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Low-Kick kickboxing rules.
W.A.K.O. European Championships 2008 in Varna were the joint twenty European kickboxing championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization arranged by the Bulgarian kickboxing chief Boyan Kolev, with the second event to be held the next month in Oporto, Portugal. It was the second W.A.K.O. event to be held in Varna and Bulgaria and involved around 500 amateur men and women from 35 countries across Europe.
