Sumo at the 2009 World Games – Women's lightweight explained

Venue:	Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Dates:	17 July 2009
Competitors:	15
Nations:	14
Gold:	Alina Boykova
Silver:	Selengiin Enkhzayaa
Bronze:	Nelli Vorobyeva
Prev:	2005
Next:	2013

The women's lightweight competition in sumo at the 2009 World Games took place on 17 July 2009 at the Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.^[1] ^[2]

Competition format

A total of 15 athletes entered the competition. They fought in the cup system with repechages.

	Score
1/16 Finals
Alina Boykova (UKR)		Bye
Nicole Niemeier (GER)	W-L	Marta Karpova (EST)
Nelli Vorobyeva (RUS)	W-L	Anna Metodieva (BUL)
Viktoria Fabian (HUN)	L-W	Lien Pei-ju (TPE)
Paola Boz (ITA)	L-W	Tamami Iwai (JPN)
Steffi Muller (GER)	L-W	Luciana Montgomery Watanabe (BRA)
Mak Ka-po (HKG)	L-W	Stephanie Wong (AUS)
Supawadee Laenglah (THA)	L-W	Selengiin Enkhzayaa (MGL)
Quarterfinals
Alina Boykova (UKR)	W-L	Nicole Niemeier (GER)
Nelli Vorobyeva (RUS)	W-L	Lien Pei-ju (TPE)
Tamami Iwai (JPN)	W-L	Luciana Montgomery Watanabe (BRA)
Stephanie Wong (AUS)	L-W	Selengiin Enkhzayaa (MGL)

	Score
1/16 Repechages
Nicole Niemeier (GER)		Bye
Anna Metodieva (BUL)	W-L	Lien Pei-ju (TPE)
Paola Boz (ITA)	L-W	Luciana Montgomery Watanabe (BRA)
Stephanie Wong (AUS)	L-W	Supawadee Laenglah (THA)
Repechages Quarterfinals
Nicole Niemeier (GER)	W-L	Anna Metodieva (BUL)
Luciana Montgomery Watanabe (BRA)	W-L	Supawadee Laenglah (THA)

	Score
Semifinals
Alina Boykova (UKR)	W-L	Nelli Vorobyeva (RUS)
Tamami Iwai (JPN)	L-W	Selengiin Enkhzayaa (MGL)
Repechages Semifinals
Nelli Vorobyeva (RUS)	W-L	Luciana Montgomery Watanabe (BRA)
Tamami Iwai (JPN)	L-W	Nicole Niemeier (GER)