2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam Explained

2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam
Location:	Wuxi, China
Dates:	30 December–20 January 2018
Venue:	Wuxi Taihu International Expo Center
Competitors:	96
Next:	2018

The 2017 World Taekwondo Grand Slam is the 1st edition of the World Taekwondo Grand Slam series.^[1]

Qualifications and seeding position

Seed	Result
No. 1 Seed	2016 Olympic Champion
No. 2 Seed	2017 World Champion (heavier weight category)
No. 3 Seed	2017 World Champion (lighter weight category)
No. 4 Seed	2017 Grand Prix Final Champion
No. 5 Seed	2017 Grand Prix Series 1 Champion
No. 6 Seed	2017 Grand Prix Series 2 Champion
No. 7 Seed	2017 Grand Prix Series 3 Champion
No. 8 Seed	2016 Grand Prix Final Champion
No. 9 Seed
No. 10 Seed
No. 11 Seed
No. 12 Seed	Host Country Place Athlete

• In case of multi qualified athlete(s) as well as withdrawal of invitation among No.1 to No. 8 seeded athletes, the higher seeding position shall be assigned to athlete as mandatory.
• No.9 to No. 12 seeding are fixed position, and replacement for No.9 to No. 11 will be decided by the rules of Qualification Tournament for Wuxi 2017 WT Grand Slam Champions Series
• In case of multi qualified athlete(s) as well as withdrawal of invitation among No.1 to No.8 seeded athletes, following replacement rule shall apply:

1st Replacement	By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017
2nd Replacement	By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017
3rd Replacement	By Recommendation of WT Technical Committee
4th Replacement	By Recommendation of WT Technical Committee
5th Replacement or beyond	By The Next Highest Ranked Athlete in Olympic Ranking of November 2017

Events schedule

The competition was held every saturday since 30 December 2017 to 20 January 2018.^[2]

Event Date	Weight Division
	Men	Women
30 December 2017	-80 kg	+67kg
6 January 2018	-68 kg	-67kg
13 January 2018	+80 kg	-49kg
20 January 2018	-58 kg	-57kg

Medal summary

The team championships were also held in the same arena but for a different competition, called the World Cup Team Championships.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Men

58 kg
68 kg
80 kg
+80 kg

Women

49 kg
57 kg
67 kg
+67 kg

Notes and References

1. News: Information - World Taekwondo. World Taekwondo. 2018-02-06. en-US. 2018-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207062805/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/world-taekwondo-grand-slam/wuxi-2017/information/. dead.
2. News: Information - World Taekwondo. World Taekwondo. 2018-02-06. en-US. 2018-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207062805/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/world-taekwondo-grand-slam/wuxi-2017/information/#1513749593067-213e0702-e447. dead.
3. News: results - World Taekwondo. World Taekwondo. 2018-02-06. en-US. 2018-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20180129024615/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/world-taekwondo-grand-slam/wuxi-2017/results/. dead.
4. Web site: TaekwondoData. TaekwondoData. en. 2018-02-06.
5. News: results - World Taekwondo. World Taekwondo. 2018-02-06. en-US. 2018-02-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20180207010218/http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/competition/world-taekwondo-grand-slam/wuxi-2017-world-taekwondo-world-cup-team-championships/results/. dead.