Karate at the 2025 World Games – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for karate at the 2025 World Games. 96 quota places for the Games are entitled to the karatekas coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated tournaments supervised by World Karate Federation. Each NOC could enter a maximum of eight karatekas (one in each division) of twelve event categories. The host nation China has reserved a spot in each of the events.

Qualifying system

The rule that a country can only have one competitor per category prevails throughout the qualification process.^[1][2]

First qualification

3 Place per Category: Gold, Silver and the Bronze medal winner with the highest ranking of the 2023 World Karate Championships in Budapest.

Second qualification

3 Place per Category: Three first positions in the World Karate Federation Ranking as per 31 March 2025.

Third qualification

1 Place per Category: The person from the host country China.

Fourth qualification

1 Place per Category: The remaining total of 12 places are distributed by continental federation.

Qualification summary

The following table summarises the outcome of qualification for the Karate at the 2022 World Games. Following athletes gained at least one quota place for Chengdu.

NOC	Men						Women						Total
	Kata	60 kg	67 kg	75 kg	-84 kg	+84	Kata	50 kg	55 kg	61 kg	68 kg	+68
Azerbaijan													1
Bulgaria													1
China													12
Egypt													5
France													2
Greece													1
Hong Kong													1
Hungary													1
Indonesia													1
Iran													1
Italy													3
Japan													3
Jordan													1
Kazakhstan													3
Montenegro													1
Serbia													1
Spain													2
Switzerland													1
Turkey													3
Ukraine													2
Venezuela													1
Total: 21 NOCs	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	47

Men's events

Kata

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Turkey	Ali Sofuoğlu
			Spain	Damián Quintero
			Japan	Kakeru Nishiyama
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite -60 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Greece	Christos-Stefanos Xenos
			Kazakhstan	Kaisar Alpysbay
			Italy	Angelo Crescenzo
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite -67 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		France	Steven Da Costa
			Montenegro	Nenad Dulović
			Kazakhstan	Didar Amirali
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite -75 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Egypt	Abdalla Abdelaziz
			Hungary	Gábor Hárspataki
			Ukraine	Andrii Zaplitnyi
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite -84 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Egypt	Youssef Badawy
			Iran	Mehdi Khodabakhshi
			Jordan	Mohammad Al-Jafari
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite +84 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		France	Mehdi Filali
			Egypt	Taha Mahmoud
			Serbia	Đorđe Tešanović
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Women's events

Kata

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Japan	Hikaru Ono
			Hong Kong	Grace Lau
			Italy	Terryana D'Onofrio
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite -50 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Kazakhstan	Moldir Zhangbyrbay
			Italy	Erminia Perfetto
			Venezuela	Yorgelis Salazar
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite -55 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Turkey	Tuba Yakan
			Bulgaria	Ivet Goranova
			Ukraine	Anzhelika Terliuga
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite -61 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—
2023 World Karate Championships	3		China	Gong Li
			Turkey	Fatma Naz Yenen
			Egypt	Noursin Aly
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite -68 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Azerbaijan	Irina Zaretska
			Switzerland	Elena Quirici
			Indonesia	Ceyco Georgia Zefanya
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

Kumite +68 kg

Qualification method	Places	Rank	NOC	Qualified karateka
Host nation	1	—	China
2023 World Karate Championships	3		Japan	Ayaka Saito
			Spain	María Torres
			Egypt	Menna Shaaban Okila
Karate Ranking	3	1
		2
		3
Continental representative	1	—

References

1. "Chengdu 2025 World Games QUALIFICATION SYSTEM" (PDF). wkf.net. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
2. "WKF announces first qualified athletes for The World Games 2025". wkf.net. Retrieved 22 February 2024.

External links

• The World Games 2025 Archived 2022-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
• World Karate Federation