List of WAKO Amateur World Championships explained

W.A.K.O. held its first amateur world championships in 1978 in West Berlin,^[1] after having previously staged two European championships the two years previously. It followed this with a second world championships a year later in Tampa, Florida. During the 1980s the world championships were held every other year except for in 1985 when a feud within the W.A.K.O. organization led to two versions of the championships being held on the same date – one in London, the other in Budapest.^[2]

In the 1990s W.A.K.O. held its world championships intermittently with at least one every other year although, in 1993 the organization again had a temporary political dispute which like 1985 meant two championships in one year.^[3] Additionally, the outbreak of the Balkan War resulted in the 1995 world championships being moved to Kyiv and in 1997 to Gdańsk.^[4] By the turn-of-the-twentieth-century, the organization began introducing two different world championships every two years - one typically covering forms of kickboxing such as full-contact, semi-contact and musical forms, while the other types such as Thai-boxing, low-kick kickboxing and later K-1 rules. Of late, W.A.K.O. have begun to get involved with the SportAccord World Combat Games, hosting male and female full-contact, semi-contact and low-contact kickboxing competitions at the 2010 event,^[5] with the 2009 world championships (both events) being used as qualifiers.^{[6] [7]}

List of World Championships

WAKO World Championships (Seniors and Masters)

W.A.K.O. Amateur Kickboxing World Championships

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1	1978			7
2	1979			14
3	1981			7
4	1983			16
5	1985			22
5	1985			20
6	1987			24
7	1990			32
8	1991			28
9	1993			34
9	1993			30
10	1995
11	1997
12	1999
12	1999			66
13	2001			39
13	2001			42
14	2003			+37
14	2003
15	2005
15	2005
16	2007
16	2007
17	2009
17	2009
18	2011
18	2011
19	2013
19	2013
20	2015
20	2015
21	2017			136
22	2019
22	2023

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160809232051/http://www.wakoweb.com/en/page/official-wako-results/feeb0c9a-67d8-4081-9bda-45384f8ee985

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WAKO World Championships (Cadets and Juniors)

• Cadets first time add to championship from 2004 (5th)

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1	1996
2	1998
3	2000
4	2002
5	2004
6	2006
7	2008
8	2010
9	2012
10	2014
11	2016			230
12	2018			238

• https://web.archive.org/web/20160809232051/http://www.wakoweb.com/en/page/official-wako-results/feeb0c9a-67d8-4081-9bda-45384f8ee985
• http://www.wakoweb.com/en/article/2006-a-year-to-remember/028576ff-9873-4616-aa62-c62dc0119c2c
• http://www.wakoweb.com/en/news/world-cadetjunior-championships-naples-italy/be366fd5-5038-4974-b7be-3917f46db431
• http://www.wakoweb.com/en/event/wako-world-cadets-and-juniors-championships/e13a080a-0caa-44e8-b9ca-b33b6b4100e3
• http://www.wakoweb.com/en/event/cadets-and-juniors-world-championships/d9885de8-f925-4186-931c-5f80eec9f1a0
• 2016 Results : https://www.sportdata.org/kickboxing/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=227

WAKO World University Championships (Students)

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1	2014

• http://www.wakoweb.com/en/event/1st-wako-international-university-kickboxing-championship/01574997-1b7b-471c-8e0e-62e11d2765dc

See also

• List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
• List of kickboxers

External links

• WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site

See main article: world championships.

Notes and References

1. Web site: First WAKO World Championships 1978 and 1979 - USA Karate Story. 20 March 2009. 2011-03-05. karate-in-english-lewis-wallace.blogspot.com.
2. Web site: 5th WAKO World Championship Results. 2011-03-05. www.wakoweb.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151251/http://www.wakoweb.com/Pdf/2838.pdf. 2011-07-26. dead.
3. Web site: 9th WAKO World Championship Results . 2011-03-05 . www.wakoweb.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726151208/http://www.wakoweb.com/Pdf/2846.pdf . 2011-07-26.
4. Web site: WAKO and Balcane influence. 12 December 2010. 2011-03-05. frenchboxing.blogspot.com.
5. Web site: Kickboxing - Sports - World Combat Games 2010 - Sport Accord . 2011-03-05 . www.worldcombatgames.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101202183204/http://worldcombatgames.com/en/sports/kickboxing-0-24 . 2010-12-02.
6. Web site: Combat Games - . : WAKO World Association of Kickboxing. 2011-03-05. www.wakoweb.com.
7. News: Reports Archive - KYRGYZ TEAM WINS KICKBOXING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP (Dates of event provided). Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 11 November 2008. 2011-05-28. www.wakoweb.com.
8. Web site: WAKO Senior World Championships (PF, KL, FC, MF).
9. Web site: SET Online Kickboxing: Kickboxing World Championships Seniors LC, LK and K1.