Muaythai at the 2022 World Games

Muaythai at the 2022 World Games
The pictogram of Muaythai.
Venue	Boutwell Memorial Auditorium
Dates	15–17 July 2022
No. of events	12
Competitors	96 from 39 nations
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The muaythai ^[a] tournaments at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, United States were held from 15 to 17 July 2022 at the Boutwell Memorial Auditorium. ^[4] Originally scheduled to take place in 2021, the Games were rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[5] It was the second time of muaythai including in the World Games. ^[6]

Competition format

The number of weight classes for men was reduced from 8 to 6, with the women's weight classes having a corresponding increase from 3 to 6. It was the first time that Muaythai event achieved full gender equality. ^[7]

Men will contest matches in these six weight classes:

• Featherweight (57 kg)
• Light welterweight (63.5 kg)
• Welterweight (67 kg)
• Light middleweight (71 kg)
• Light heavyweight (81 kg)
• Heavyweight (91 kg)

Women will contest matches in these six weight classes:

• Light flyweight (48 kg)
• Flyweight (51 kg)
• Bantamweight (54 kg)
• Featherweight (57 kg)
• Lightweight (60 kg)
• Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

Qualification

Main articles: Muaythai at the 2022 World Games – Qualification and List of Muay Thai practitioners at the 2022 World Games

A total of 96 athletes could qualify for muaythai at the 2022 World Games. Each National Olympic Committee could enter a maximum of 12 muaythai practitioners (one in each division). Host nation United States has reserved a spot in each of all 12 events. ^{[8] [9]}

Competition schedule

All times are in local time (UTC−5), according to the official schedule correct as of July 2021. ^{[10] [11]} This schedule may be subject to change in due time.

Legend

QF	Quarterfinals	SF	Semifinals	F	Finals

M = Morning session, A = Afternoon session, E = Evening session

Date →	Jul 15			Jul 16			Jul 17
Event ↓	M	A	E	M	A	E	M	A	E
Men's 57 kg		QF			SF		F
Men's 63.5 kg		QF			SF		F
Men's 67 kg		QF			SF		F
Men's 71 kg		QF			SF		F
Men's 81 kg		QF			SF		F
Men's 91 kg		QF			SF		F
Women's 48 kg		QF			SF		F
Women's 51 kg		QF			SF		F
Women's 54 kg		QF			SF		F
Women's 57 kg		QF			SF		F
Women's 60 kg		QF			SF		F
Women's 63.5 kg		QF			SF		F

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States*	3	2	3	8
2	Ukraine	3	1	1	5
3	Thailand	2	1	0	3
4	Australia	1	0	1	2
5	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
	Vietnam	1	0	0	1
8	Morocco	0	2	0	2
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Portugal	0	1	0	1
15	Hungary	0	0	2	2
	Poland	0	0	2	2
	United Arab Emirates	0	0	2	2
18	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		12	12	12	36

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 57 kg details	Nguyễn Trần Duy Nhất   Vietnam	Almaz Sarsembekov   Kazakhstan	Vladyslav Mykytas   Ukraine
– 63.5 kg details	Igor Liubchenko   Ukraine	Weerasak Tharakhajad   Thailand	Nouredine Samir   United Arab Emirates
– 67 kg details	Anueng Khatthamarasri   Thailand	Hamza Rachid   Morocco	Norbert Speth   Hungary
– 71 kg details	Thanet Nitutorn   Thailand	Oleksandr Yefimenko   Ukraine	Jordan Weiland   United States
– 81 kg details	Aaron Ortiz   United States	Diogo Calado   Portugal	Ilyass Hbibali   United Arab Emirates
– 91 kg details	Oleh Pryimachov   Ukraine	Mathew Baker   United States	Łukasz Radosz   Poland

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
– 48 kg details	Anastasiia Kulinich   Ukraine	Regan Gowing   Canada	Janet Garcia Borbon   United States
– 51 kg details	Monika Chochlíková   Slovakia	Meriem El Moubarik   Morocco	Gabriela Kuzawińska   Poland
– 54 kg details [12]	Ashley Thiner   United States	Laura Burgos   Mexico	Yolanda Schmidt   Australia
– 57 kg details	Iman Barlow   Great Britain	Tierra Brandt   United States	Patricia Axling   Sweden
– 60 kg details	Charlsey Maner   United States	Nili Block   Israel	Ajsa Adel Sandorfi   Hungary
– 63.5 kg details	Zoe Putorak   Australia	Nora Cornolle   France	Erin Clayton   United States

Participating nations

The following National Olympic Committees earned spots to compete, with the number of athletes in parentheses. 96 athletes from 39 NOCs are expected to participate. ^[13] United States was the only delegation to qualify the maximum number of entries (12 athletes total).

•   Afghanistan  (2)
•   Australia  (2)
•   Austria  (2)
•   Brazil  (2)
•   Canada  (2)
•   Czech Republic  (2)
•   Finland  (1)
•   France  (3)
•   Germany  (1)
•   Great Britain  (2)
•   Greece  (1)
•   Hong Kong  (1)
•   Hungary  (2)
•   Iran  (3)
•   Iraq  (2)
•   Israel  (2)
•   Italy  (2)
•   Kazakhstan  (2)
•   Malaysia  (2)
•   Mauritius  (2)
•   Mexico  (1)
•   Morocco  (4)
•   Peru  (1)
•   Philippines  (2)
•   Poland  (3)
•   Portugal  (2)
•   Saudi Arabia  (2)
•   Singapore  (1)
•   Slovakia  (2)
•   South Korea  (1)
•   Spain  (1)
•   Sweden  (3)
•   Thailand  (5)
•   Ukraine  (5)
•   United Arab Emirates  (4)
•   United States  (12)
•   Uzbekistan  (3)
•   Vietnam  (2)

Notes

1. Muaythai is the official name of Muay Thai, recognized by International World Games Association and International Olympic Committee. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

1. "Muaythai". International World Games Association . Retrieved 18 May 2022.
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4. "5 Birmingham venues approved for events during 2021 World Games". Bham Now. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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12. "Pair lose World Games gold medals after doping positives". www.insidethegames.biz. April 10, 2023.
13. "Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA)". International World Games Association . Retrieved 18 May 2022.

External links

• Results book Archived 2022-07-18 at the Wayback Machine