World Cup er ikke hverdags kost, og ikke med norske utøvere. NKKO har et sterkt lag på plass i Japan denne helgen for å delta i 1st KWF World Cup. Turneringen er av Dream cup type, hvor man har klasser for alle aldre og nivå.
1st KWF World Cup – draw senior
Quick results :
1 Baurzhan Kumiskaliyev(KWF Kazakhstan)
2 Hirofumi Endo(Nishiyama Dojo)
-80kg
1 Naoki Morita(Miyamoto Dojo)
2 Ryo Ogawa(KWF Japan)
-90kg
1 Arsen Khachatryan(KWF Armeia)
2 Pablo Estensoro(KWF Spain)
+90kg
1 Alexey Gorokhov(KWF Russia)
2 Ferry Hoogeveen(KWF Netherlands)
A list of categories, a good mix of participating countries:
Senior Women lightweight -55 kg
In the lightweight for women, fighters from Japan and Pakistan are in the line up. Total fighters 6, and with Japan as favorite.
Senior women Middleweight -65 kg
Middleweight with Spain, Poland, Switzerland and Japan at the line up. Total fighters 7.
Senior women heavy weight +65 kg
In this category there are only 3 fighters, Norway, Spain and Russia. With 3 fighters the pool system will be used, and not the cup-system as for the rest of the categories.
Senior men ligthtweight -70 kg
Pakistan, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Ukraine and Poland.
Total fighters 20
Senior men middleweight -80 kg
Norway, Poland, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Japan and France.
Total fighters 26
Seniors men heavy weight -90 kg Total fighters 10.
Norway,Kazakhstan, Armenia, Polans, Pakistan, Spain and Japan
Spanish fighter Pablo Estensoro and Arsen Khachatryan will most likely meet in the final. These two fighters are top elite fighters, and always preforms strong
Seniors men super heavy weight +90 kg Total fighters 9.
Norway, Netherland, Pakistan, Argentina, Japan and Russia.
Placed on the outer mark Ferry Hoogeveen/Netherland and Alexey Gorokhov/Russia. Both with good records, and capacity to meet in the final.
Seniors men old master
Norway, Poland, Pakistan, Estonia,Argentina ,Turkey, Japan and Netherlands.
Total fighters 23