Karate 1 - Grand Final, Salzburg 11-12 October 2014

Written by the World Karate Federation

On 11th and 12th of October 2014, the Grand Final event of the Karate1 - Premier League season 2014 will take place in Salzburg Wals-Siezenheim (Austria). Only three weeks before the World Senior Karate Championships in Bremen, the Salzburg Open will announce the Grand Winners of this year and will outline some favorites for Bremen in each category. Grand Winners are not only the best athletes of their categories but above all, the most consistent athletes all along the year, as competitors earn ranking points in each one of the 8 WKF Karate1 events during 2014, namely Paris (January), Almere (March), Lasko (March), Jakarta (June), Okinawa (August), Istanbul (September), Hanau (September) and Salzburg (October). Grand Winners are designated in all individual official categories, both in kumite and kata disciplines.

The WKF Karate1 Premier League (WPL) is the prime league event in the world of Karate. It is a series of world class Karate competitions recognized and supported by the World Karate Federation. Its aim is to bring together the best Karate competitors in the world in a series of open championships of unprecedented scale and quality. In addition to the World Championships, which are biennial events, the WPL provide a platform for staging world Karate events on a regular basis and thus enhances interest of the public and the media, both nationally and worldwide.

This last Premier League of year 2014 will gather 595 competitors from 52 countries, mostly from Europe, where national teams will refine their preparation for the World Championships of Bremen (5-9 November). National teams of Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Croatia, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Serbia, Finland, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Azerbaijan, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Spain, Ukraine, Austria but also Peru will take part in the event, which promises to be outstanding, with athletes wanting to make a mark on everyone’s minds, especially on their opponent.

Programme:

Saturday, 11th October 2014

09.00h Eliminations and Repechage

• Kata individual female Seniors

• Kata Team male Seniors

• Kumite individual female -50 kg, -68 kg

• Kumite individual male -67 kg, -75 kg, -84kg

20.00h Finals and awards ceremony

Sunday, 12th of October 2014

09.00h Eliminations and Repechage

• Kata individual male Seniors

• Kata Team female Seniors

• Kumite individual female -55 kg, -61 kg, +68 kg

• Kumite individual male -60 kg, +84kg

• Finals and awards ceremony

Ranking before the Salzburg Grand Final

Kata Female: Hoang Ngan NGUYEN, Vietnam, 986 pts

(2nd Terryana D’ONOFRIO, Italy, 814 pts)

-50 Kg: Serap OZCELIK, Turkey, 1112 pts

(2nd Alexandra RECCHIA, France, 896 pts)

-55 Kg: Miyi KOBAYASHI, Japan, 1652 pts

(2nd Tuba YAKAN, Turkey, 952 pts)

-61 Kg: Anita SEROGINA , Ukraine, 926 pts

(2nd Lucie IGNACE, France, 536 pts)

-68 Kg: Pegah ZANGENEH KARKOOTI, Iran, 902 pts

(2nd Sonia FROMAGER, France, 664 pts)

+68Kg: Nadège AIT IBRAHIM, France 848 pts

(2nd Meltem HOCAOGLU, Turkey, 656 pts)

Kata Male: Vu Duc Minh DACK, France, 1192 pts

(2nd Issei SHIMBARA, Japan, 1042 pts)

-60 Kg: Luca MARESCA, Italy, 1096 pts

(2nd Amir MAHDI ZADEH, Iran, 944 pts)

- 67 Kg: Dome SZEGEDI, Hungary, 910 pts

(2nd Gianluca DE VIVO, Italy, 688 pts)

-75 Kg: Stanislav HORUNA, Ukraine, 1278 pts

(2nd Serkan YAGCI, Turkey, 1240 pts)

-84 Kg: Georgios TZANOS, Greece, 832 pts

(2nd Aykhan MAMAYEV, Azerbaijan, 816 pts)

+84 Kg: Enes ERKAN, Turkey, 1144 pts

(2nd Iman SANCHOOLI, Iran, 822 pts)

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Written by the World Karate Federation

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