Team Semi-Contact at WAKO World Championships 2007 Coimbra

As well as events for individuals, there was a Semi-Contact tournament for national teams at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Coimbra. Each team consisted of four members – three men and one woman – with no weight categories, although fights were same-sex only (e.g. women faced women, men faced men). There were thirteen teams from two continents (Europe and North America) taking part in the competition and each of the matches was four rounds of one minute each (each fighter on a team fought one round against the opposing team, with the women fighting last), fought under Semi-Contact rules.[1]

Due to there not being enough teams for a tournament designed for sixteen, three of the teams had byes through to the quarter-finals. The tournament gold medallists were Team Great Britain who defeated Team Hungary in the final by points decision. Team USA and Team Germany occupied the bronze medal spots.[2]

Results

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1st round Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
  Team Switzerland  
  Team USA D(37:34)   Team USA D(27:25)
  Team Greece     Team USA  
  Team Poland D(23:22)   Team Hungary D(28:21)
  Team Russia     Team Poland  
  Team Hungary D(17:8)
  Team Hungary  
  Team Italy     Team Great Britain D(17:15)
  Team Canada D(16:13)   Team Canada  
  Team Great Britain D(25:11)   Team Great Britain D(20:15)
  Team Ireland     Team Great Britain D(20:7)
  Team Slovenia D(24:16)   Team Germany  
  Team Austria     Team Slovenia  
  Team Germany D(22:10)
Abbreviation Meaning
D (3:0) Decision (Unanimous)
D (2:1) Decision (Split)
KO Knockout
TKO Technical Knockout
AB Abandonment (Injury in match)
WO Walkover (No fight)
DQ Disqualification

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Semi-Contact Rules - WAKO (Scroll down to page 9 - 15.2 Team Competition)" (PDF). www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  2. ^ "Official WAKO results (Zip File - Click on Pools SC.pdf)". www.wakoweb.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
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