W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 (Belgrade)
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W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Belgrade were the joint 16th edition of the W.A.K.O.
World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
The World Association of Kickboxing Organisations is one the international organization of kickboxing, and the governing body of Amateur kickboxing sport certified by SportAccord...

 world championships - the second event would be held later that year in Coimbra, Portugal
Coimbra
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. They were for amateur
Amateur
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 male and female kickboxers and covered the following categories; K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

, Low-Kick and Light-Contact. Weight classes for men ranged from light bantamweight (51 kg/112 lbs
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) to super heavyweight (over 91 kg/200.6 lbs
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), while the women's ranged from featherweight (52 kg/114.6 lbs
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) to super heavyweight (over 70 kg/154 lbs
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). More information on the categories, weight classes and rules is provided in the various sections below. In total there were 1085 athletes at the championships, representing sixty countries including China
China
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 (taking part for the very first time), fighting in 49 tournaments. The Belgrade championships were held at the Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall
Pionir Hall, or Pionir Arena is a sports arena in Belgrade, Serbia, located in the Belgrade's municipality of Palilula...

 in Belgrade, Serbia from Monday, September 24 to Monday, October 1, 2007.

K-1

W.A.K.O.'s K-1 category uses the same rules set by the K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 organization and combine a mixture of techniques from Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

, Karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

, western boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 and other forms of stand up fighting. The main difference between K-1 rules and other forms of kickboxing is the use of the clinch and knees – which have recently been limited to one knee per clinch. Attacks that are legal include strikes to the head (front, side and forehead), the torso (front and side), leg (any part) and foot/feet (sweeps only). As mentioned before fighters are also allowed to knees (only one hand to clinch and one knee strike per clinch) and can use the back fist/spinning back fist technique. Strikes that are illegal include attacks to the top of the head, the back, the top of the shoulders, the neck and shots to the groin. Techniques involving elbows are also illegal. Due to the amateur nature of W.A.K.O. championships all fighters must wear protection for their head, teeth, breast (women only) groin, shin and feet, and must fight with the standard 10oz gloves.

Each fight is three, two minute rounds and is scored by three judges who score successful (legal) strikes that are not blocked, and are thrown with full power. As with other forms, illegal strikes may result in a point(s) deduction or even disqualification. Unlike Full-Contact and Low-Kick it is not necessary for the minimum six kicks per round to be counte. Victory can be achieved by a point's decision, technical knockout or knockout
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

, abandonment (when one fighter gives up), disqualification or by a walkover (other fighter is unable to participate). If a fighter is knocked down three times in the fight he will automatically lose via technical knockout. More detail on K-1 rules can be found at the official W.A.K.O. website.

Weight classes in K-1 at Belgrade were similar to that of the Low-Kick category, with the men having eleven weight classes from bantamweight (54 kg/118.8 lbs
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) to super heavyweight (over 90 kg/200.2 lbs
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), while the women's had six beginning at featherweight (52 kg/114.4 lbs
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) and ending super heavyweight (over 70 kg/154 lbs
LBS
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). Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

 was the most successful nation in K-1 winning five gold, three silver and five bronze in both the male and female categories.

K-1 (Men) Medals Table

Bantamweight -54 kg
Fernando Machado   Aliaksei Papou   Amine Alaoui M'Hamdi  
Azamat Murzabekov  
Featherweight -57 kg
Maksym Glubochenko   Aleksandar Gogic Yury Satsuk  
Gaetano Verziere  
Lightweight -60 kg
Elbar Umarakaev   Emrah Ogut   Sergey Adamchuk  
Gillermo Estrada Martinez  
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg
Andrei Kulebin
Andrei Kulebin
Andrei "Bullet" Kulebin is a Belarusian Muay Thai welterweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for Gym "Kick Fighter"...

  
Kurbanali Akaev   Jose Luis Uribe Garcia  
Sreten Miletic
Welterweight -67 kg
Piotr Kobylanski   Gor Shavelyan   Vitaliy Hubenko  
Yauheni Vinahradau  
Light Middleweight -71 kg
Dmitry Valent
Dmitry Valent
Dmitry 'Black Valet' Valent is a Belarusian Muay Thai middleweight/super middleweight kickboxer fighting out of Minsk, Belarus for Gym "Kick Fighter". He is a ten time amateur and professional world champion who is known for his vicious elbows and explosive KO power...

  
Rizvan Isaev   Djime Coulibaly  
Manuele Raini  
Middleweight -75 kg
Yury Harbachou   Kamel Metzani   José Reis
José Reis (kickboxer)
José 'The Devil's Advocate' Reis is a Portuguese Muay Thai kickboxer of Cape Verdian descent fighting out of Lisbon, Portugal for Olival Gym at either welterweight or super middleweight. He is the 2010 W.F.C.A. Full Contact world champion and a x2 K-1 MAX regional champion who has fought for both...

  
Ile Risteski  
Light Heavyweight -81 kg
Dmitry Kirpan   Luka Simic   Dzianis Hanchardnak  
Alexander Stetsurenko  
Cruiserweight -86 kg
Dženan Poturak   Ivan Stanic   Zaur Alakbarov  
Siarhei Krauchanka  
Heavyweight -91 kg
Andrei Malchanau   Atanas Stojkovski   Zoran Majkic  
Nenad Miletic
Super Heavyweight +91 kg
Aliaksei Kudzin   Dzhamal Kasumov   Mladen Bozic
Mirko Vlahovic  

K-1 (Women) Medals Table

Featherweight -52 kg
Rajaa Hajdaowi   Yulia El Skaya   Natasa Ninic
Eva Ott  
Lightweight -56 kg
Souad Rochdi   Alena Kuchynskaya   Donatella Panu  
Natalia Grabowska  
Middleweight -60 kg
Alena Muratava   Kseniya Belskaya   Paola Cappucci  
Suzana Radovanovic
Light Heavyweight -65 kg
Elena Solareva   Ala Ivashkevich   Jelena Djuric
Only 3 contestants
Heavyweight -70 kg
Eva Halasi Rabih Soukayna   Maryna Kalinina  
Ekaterina Rokunova  
Super Heavyweight +70 kg
Zita Zatyko   Samira El Haddad   Azza Attoura  
Albina Vaskeykina  

Low-Kick

Low-Kick is similar to Full-Contact kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

 only that as well as allowing kicks and punches to the head and body, it also allows clean kicks to be made to opponents legs. Attacks that are legal include strikes to the head (front, side and forehead), the torso (front and side), leg (thigh) and foot/feet (sweeps only). Strikes that are illegal include attacks to the top of the head, the back, the top of the shoulders, the neck and the groin. All fighters are required to wear protection for their head, teeth, breast (women only) groin, shin and feet, and must fight with the standard 10oz
Ounce
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 gloves.

A minimum of six kicks must be thrown each round or points may be deducted by the referee. Each fight is three, two minute rounds and is scored by three judges. The judges will score successful (legal) strikes that are not blocked, and are thrown with full power. Illegal moves may result in points deduction or if repeated, disqualification. In the event of a draw after three rounds the judges will base the victor on who was stronger in the final round, or failing that will use their remarks from each round to deduce who wins. Victory can be achieved by a point's decision, technical knockout or knockout
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

, abandonment (when one fighter gives up), disqualification or by a walkover (other fighter is unable to participate). If a fighter is knocked down three times in the fight he will automatically lose via technical knockout. More detail on Low-Kick rules can be found at the official W.A.K.O. website.

At Belgrade the men's Low-Kick competition had twelve six weight classes starting at light bantamweight (51 kg/112.2 lbs
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) to super heavyweight (over 91 kg/200.2 lbs
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), while the women's had six ranging from featherweight (52 kg/114.4 lbs
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) to super heavyweight (over 70 kg/154 lbs
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), while . As with Light-Contact, by the championships end, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 was the strongest nation, having won an impressive haul of six gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

Low-Kick (Men) Medals Table

Light Bantamweight -51 kg
Zaur Mammadov   Ivan Sciolla   Aleksandar Aleksandrov  
Utkin Hudoyanov  
Bantamweight -54 kg
Emil Karimov   Jordan Vassilev   Youness Ouali Alami  
Fabrice Bauluck  
Featherweight -57 kg
Dzmitry Varatis   Boban Marinkovic Umar Paskhaev  
Elnur Salamov  
Lightweight -60 kg
Zurab Faroyan   Eduard Mammadov
Eduard Mammadov
Eduard Mammadov is an Azerbaijani kickboxer, nicknamed the "White Wolf". He is a current fourteen times World Association of Kickboxing Organizations World Heavyweight Low Kick Champion and the European World Kickboxing Heavyweight Champion.-Kickboxing career:Mammadov started his professional...

  
Fikri Arican  
Dzianis Tselitsa  
Light Welterweight -63.5 kg
Artur Magadov   Soufiane Zridy   Mirlan Ibraimov  
Mihajio Jovanovic
Welterweight -67 kg
Nikolay Shtakhanov   Yahya Alemdag   Nebojsa Denic
Ramil Nadirov  
Light Middleweight -71 kg
Konstantin Sbytov   Michał Głogowski
Michał Głogowski
Michał Głogowski is a Polish welterweight kickboxer fighting out of Siedlce for TKKF Siedlce. He is a one time world pro and two time European amateur kickboxing champion and K-1 Europe MAX 2008 in Poland runner up currently competing in K-1 MAX.-Amateur career:Michal won his first amateur...

  
Milan Dragojlovic
Paolo Iry  
Middleweight -75 kg
Marko Benzon   Bakari Tounkara   Dragan Micic
Nurlan Nurgaliyev  
Light Heavyweight -81 kg
Nenad Pagonis
Nenad Pagonis
Nenad "Greek" Pagonis is a Serbian heavyweight-cruiserweight Muay Thai kickboxer currently fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands and Team Pagonis in Novi Sad, Serbia. He is the current W.A.K.O. Pro world champion who has also won a number of world and European titles at amateur...

 
Rail Rajabov   Viktor Nordh  
Denes Racz  
Cruiserweight -86 kg
Gamzat Isalmagomedov   Stipe Stipetic   Bojan Glavas  
Georgiy Yemeliyanov  
Heavyweight -91 kg
Yauhen Anhalevich   Igor Jurkovic   Dmitriy Antonenko  
Abdeslam Narjiss  
Super Heavyweight +91 kg
Dragan Jovanovic Mikhail Shvoev   Ruslan Aushev  
Hafiz Bahshaliyev  

Low-Kick (Women) Medals Table

Featherweight -52 kg
Seda Duygu Aygün   Nadiya Khayenok   Aliya Boranbayeva  
Maria Krivoshapkina  
Lightweight -56 kg
Lidia Andreeva   Milena Dincic Elisa Albinsson  
Alicja Piecyk  
Middleweight -60 kg
Valerija Kurluk   Fatima Bokova   Ana Mandic  
Barbara Plazzoli  
Light Heavyweight -65 kg
Kamila Balanda   Mimma Mandolini   Vera Avdeeva  
Ina Ozerava  
Heavyweight -70 kg
Amzail Bouchra   Nives Radic   Natasa Ivetic
Elena Kondratyeva  
Super Heavyweight +70 kg
Paulina Biec   Olivera Milanovic Aigul Kozhagaliyeva  
Benita Muller  

Light-Contact

In this form of kickboxing fighters are scored on their ability to land controlled and clean strikes with an emphasis put on style over power. Fighters that fight too aggressively may be cautioned by the referee and, if the offence is repeated, may be disqualified, although strikes that are too light (such as a push or brush) will not be scored either. Attacks are allowed to the head (front, side and forehead), the torso (front and side) and leg (foot sweeps). As mentioned before excessive force is illegal as well as strikes to the top of the head, the back, the top of the shoulders, the neck and below the belt. Light-Contact is seen as the intermediate stage between Semi and Full-Contact kickboxing involving more physicality than Semi but less so than Full. All fighters are required to wear protection for their head, teeth, breast (women only) groin, shin and feet, and must fight with the standard 10oz
Ounce
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 gloves.

Fighters score the following points for landing a controlled strike on their opponent; punch, kick to body, foot sweep (1 point), kick to head, jumping kick to body (2 points), jumping kick to head (3 points). Each fight is three, two-minute rounds and is scored by three judges. In the event of a draw the match will be scored electronically. Victory can be achieved by points decision, technical knockout (usually when one fighter is so dominant the referee is forced to stop the contest), abandonment (when one fighter gives up), disqualification or by a walkover (other fighter is unable to participate). More detail on Light-Contact rules can be found at the official W.A.K.O. website.

Light-Contact uses slightly different weight classes from Low-Kick and K-1. At Belgrade the men had nine weight classes, starting at 57 kg/125.4 lbs
Pound (mass)
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 and ending at over 94 kg (206.8 lbs
Pound (mass)
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), while the women's Light-Contact competition had five weight classes beginning at 55 kg (121 lbs
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) and ending at over 70 kg (154 lbs
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). At the end of the championships, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 was the most successful nation in Light-Contact having won five gold and two silver medals.

Light-Contact (Men) Medals Table

-57 kg
Dezső Debreczeni   Maxim Aysin   Thomas Karlsson  
Selcuk Laleci  
-63 kg
Marko Sarko   Sandor Szanto   Murat Aydin  
Kostyantyn Demorets'kyy  
-69 kg
Przemyslaw Ziemnicki   Fighter Disqualified Dejan Cepic  
Fighter Disqualified
-74 kg
Sergey Zhukov   Jerzy Wronski   Martin Muravsky  
Kieran Ryan
-79 kg
Zoltan Dancso   Stefan Bücker   Robert Matyja  
Martin Navratil  
-84 kg
Murat Pukhaev   Christian Albrecht   Mariusz Niziolek  
Jeno Novak  
-89 kg
Ildar Gabbasov   Gavin Williamson Yohann Lemair  
Juso Prosic  
-94 kg
Giovanni Nurchi   Emin Panyan   Ranis Smajlovic  
Artem Vasylenko  
+94 kg
Michal Wszelak   Igor Kravchuk   Pascal Blunschi  
Csaba Podor  

Light-Contact (Women) Medals Table

-55 kg
Maria Kushtanova   Monika Molnar   Kateryna Solovey  
Maria Krivoshapkina  
-60 kg
Klara Marton   Julie McHale Monika Florek  
Andrea Ivas  
-65 kg
Sabina Sehic   Nicole Trimmel
Nicole Trimmel
Nicole Trimmel , is an Austrian kickboxer. She is a manifold World Champion and European Champion in Kickboxing. Since 2004 she holds the title of Austrian Champion in Kickboxing for each year. In 2004 and 2005 she was awarded Burgenland’s Sportswoman of the Year...

  
Julia Göldner  
Irena Kobosilova  
-70 kg
Agnieszka Poltorak   Karin Edenius   Dianna Cameron
Nikolina Juricev  
+70 kg
Oxana Kinakh   Barbara Kovacs   Diana Cambell
Natali John  

Overall Medals Standing (Top 5)

The nation that came out on top at the W.A.K.O. Amateur World Championships 2007 in Belgrade were Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 who amassed fourteen gold, ten silvers and ten bronze medals in all categories, both male and female.
Ranking Country Gold Silver Bronze
1   Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

14 10 10
2   Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

8 4 8
3 Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

3 4 11
4   Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

6 2 5
5   Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

4 4 4

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