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The new season is well underway, and after the beginning of the Youth League and of the second-tier Serie A Series in the past weeks, now it's time for the start of the rejuvenated (becoming a lot worse than before, imho :facepalm: :hairpull:) Karate1 Premier League...

 

Stage #1 is going on this weekend in :UAE Fujarah...

 

and this is this year's full K1PL calendar...

 

https://www.wkf.net/karate1-main

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here are some news about the "new" K1PL...

 

New Karate 1 Premier League: Updated registration process gives athletes more chances to shine

 

The season of Karate 1-Premier League begins this month with the first event to be held in Fujairah (UAE) from February 18 to 20.

 

New features are added this year to further increase the prominence of the event and to consolidate the tournaments as truly elite sporting competitions.

 

In order to stimulate the competitiveness of athletes even more, the registration process of the Karate 1-Premier League has now been updated.

 

The main elements of the new registration format are:

 

  • Limited number of competitors
  • Greater importance of WKF World Ranking
  • Priority to top-ranked athletes

 

As it happened in previous editions, the participation in Karate 1-Premier League is limited to a maximum of 32 competitors per category

 

To establish the event as a truly elite competition, the tournaments are restricted to the Top 100 athletes in WKF World Ranking.

 

THREE PHASES OF REGISTRATION  

 

Additionally, the registration process has been updated to provide more opportunities for the best karatekas to participate.

 

The new inscription system is divided into three phases:

 

  • The first phase is limited to competitors placed in positions 1 to 32 of the WKF World Ranking.
  • The second phase is open to athletes ranked in positions 33 to 64.
  • The final phase is for competitors in positions 65 to 100.

 

The second and third phases will be available until the maximum of 32 athletes per category is completed.

 

With this update, the top-ranked athletes find now an easier path to register, as they have now priority in the registration of the events.

 

Therefore, the competitive level of the events is now guaranteed.

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and here comes the damage: the new competition format...:thumbdown:

 

New Karate 1 Premier League: Round Robin system to take event to new competitive heights

 

The 2022 Karate 1-Premier League is introducing a new competition system.

 

The Round Robin format will now be applied to the elimination rounds to further raise the competitive level of the tournaments.

 

With the introduction of the Round Robin, competitors have now the opportunity to progress even more as athletes.

 

The karatekas taking part in Karate 1-Premier League events will now fight a minimum number of bouts in the first stages of the competition.

 

As the amount of bouts in each event is increased, competitors can now improve their sports performance at Karate’s biggest international tournaments.

 

Moreover, greater fairness to the competition is added as karatekas will have to show their skills in several bouts before reaching the final phases of the competition.

 

ROUND ROBIN EXPLAINED

 

In the Round Robin system, karatekas are divided into pools of three or four competitors each.

 

The participants in each pool will clash all against all in the elimination round.

 

Athletes receive points for their performance in each bout of the pool phase, with two points being awarded for a victory, 1 for a tie, and 0 for a loss.

 

"Hikiwake" or draw is permitted in Round Robin. 

 

The top-ranked competitors in each pool at the end of the elimination round will then qualify for the quarterfinals.

 

The last rounds of the competition (quarterfinals, semi-finals, medal bouts, and repechages) will be done in a knockout format.

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21 minutes ago, phelps said:

and here comes the damage: the new competition format...:thumbdown:

 

New Karate 1 Premier League: Round Robin system to take event to new competitive heights

 

The 2022 Karate 1-Premier League is introducing a new competition system.

 

The Round Robin format will now be applied to the elimination rounds to further raise the competitive level of the tournaments.

 

With the introduction of the Round Robin, competitors have now the opportunity to progress even more as athletes.

 

The karatekas taking part in Karate 1-Premier League events will now fight a minimum number of bouts in the first stages of the competition.

 

As the amount of bouts in each event is increased, competitors can now improve their sports performance at Karate’s biggest international tournaments.

 

Moreover, greater fairness to the competition is added as karatekas will have to show their skills in several bouts before reaching the final phases of the competition.

 

ROUND ROBIN EXPLAINED

 

In the Round Robin system, karatekas are divided into pools of three or four competitors each.

 

The participants in each pool will clash all against all in the elimination round.

 

Athletes receive points for their performance in each bout of the pool phase, with two points being awarded for a victory, 1 for a tie, and 0 for a loss.

 

"Hikiwake" or draw is permitted in Round Robin. 

 

The top-ranked competitors in each pool at the end of the elimination round will then qualify for the quarterfinals.

 

The last rounds of the competition (quarterfinals, semi-finals, medal bouts, and repechages) will be done in a knockout format.

so it's technically a knockout competition without repechage :thumbdown:

 

wrestling tried that format from 2000 to 2004. that's terrible. I like the round robin part though (athletes travel a long distance for more than just 1 match) but then with only 1 karateka advancing it's worse than the old format .

 

this is interesting. wrestling is now using the (old) karate format. and Karate wants to use the old wrestling format. that's amazing. isn't it ? :d

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9 hours ago, MHSN said:

so it's technically a knockout competition without repechage :thumbdown:

 

wrestling tried that format from 2000 to 2004. that's terrible. I like the round robin part though (athletes travel a long distance for more than just 1 match) but then with only 1 karateka advancing it's worse than the old format .

 

this is interesting. wrestling is now using the (old) karate format. and Karate wants to use the old wrestling format. that's amazing. isn't it ? :d

yeah, that was my first tought, too...:d

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Karate 1 Premier League

 

Stage #1 (:UAE Fujarah) Medallists Recap

 

 

Women's Individual Kata

Gold: :JPN Kiyou Shimizu
Silver: :JPN Hikaru Ono
Bronze #1: :HKG Grace Lau Mo Sheung
Bronze #2: :JPN Maho Ono


Men's Individual Kata

Gold: :TUR Enes Ozdemir
Silver: :JPN Kazumasa Moto
Bronze #1: :JPN Sakichi Abe
Bronze #2: :USA Ariel Torres Gutierrez

 


Women's Individual Kumite, -50kg

Gold: :KAZ Moldir Zhangbyrbay
Silver: :EGY Yasmin Elgewily
Bronze #1: :VEN Yorgelis Salazar
Bronze #2: :GER Shara Hubrich


Women's Individual Kumite, -55kg

Gold: :RUS Anna Chernysheva
Silver: :UKR Anzhelika Terliuga
Bronze #1: :EGY Ahlam Youssef
Bronze #2: :TUR Tuba Yakan


Women's Individual Kumite, -61kg

Gold: :ITA Alessandra Mangiacapra
Silver: :UKR Anita Serogina
Bronze #1: :KAZ Assel Kanay
Bronze #2: :UKR Diana Shostak


Women's Individual Kumite, -68kg

Gold: :AZE Irina Zaretska
Silver: :ITA Silvia Semeraro
Bronze #1: :EGY Feryal Abdelaziz
Bronze #2: :SUI Elena Quirici


Women's Individual Kumite, +68kg

Gold: :FRA Nancy Garcia
Silver: :ESP Maria Torres Garcia
Bronze #1: :SVK Dominika Tatarova
Bronze #2: :FIN Titta Keinanen

 


Men's Individual Kumite, -60kg

Gold: :JOR Abdallah Hammad
Silver: :RUS Iurik Ogannisian
Bronze #1: :KUW Abdullah Shaaban
Bronze #2: :KAZ Yerkinbek Baitureyev


Men's Individual Kumite, -67kg

Gold: :KAZ Didar Amirali
Silver: :AZE Tural Aghalarzade
Bronze #1: :ITA Luca Maresca
Bronze #2: :EGY Alì Elsawy


Men's Individual Kumite, -75kg

Gold: :EGY Abdalla Abdelaziz
Silver: :HUN Gabor Harspataki
Bronze #1: :UKR Stanislav Horuna
Bronze #2: :JOR Hasan Masarweh


Men's Individual Kumite, -84kg

Gold: :EGY Youssef Badawy
Silver: :EGY Mohamed Ramadan
Bronze #1: :AZE Turgut Hasanov
Bronze #2: :MAR Mehdi Sriti


Men's Individual Kumite, +84kg

Gold: :EGY Hazem Mohamed
Silver: :EGY Taha Mahmoud
Bronze #1: :CUW Rob Timmermans
Bronze #2: :ESP Babacar Seck Sakho

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Karate 1 Premier League

 

Stage #2 (:POR Matosinhos) Medal Matches lineup

 

 

Women's Individual Kata

Gold Medal Match: :JPN Kiyou Shimizu vs :HKG Grace Lau Mo Sheung
Bronze Medal Match #1: :JPN Maho Ono vs :ITA Carola Casale
Bronze Medal Match #2: :JPN Natsuki Shimizu vs :JPN Hikaru Ono


Men's Individual Kata

Gold Medal Match: :TUR Alì Sofuoglu vs :JPN Kakeru Nishiyama
Bronze Medal Match #1: :UKR Yaroslav Fedorov vs :TUR Enes Ozdemir
Bronze Medal Match #2: :ESP Damian Hugo Quintero Capdevila vs :USA Ariel Torres Gutierrez


Women's Individual Kumite, -50kg

Gold Medal Match: :VEN Yorgelis Salazar vs :Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu
Bronze Medal Match #1: :GER Seden Bugur vs :HKG Tsang Yee Ting
Bronze Medal Match #2: :POR Sara Leal vs :CYP Irene Kontou


Women's Individual Kumite, -55kg

Gold Medal Match: :UKR Anzhelika Terliuga vs :TUR Tuba Yakan
Bronze Medal Match #1: :ESP Carlota Fernandez Osorio vs :GRE Maria Stoli
Bronze Medal Match #2: :ITA Veronica Brunori vs :LUX Jennifer Warling


Women's Individual Kumite, -61kg

Gold Medal Match: :KAZ Assel Kanay vs :UKR Anita Serogina
Bronze Medal Match #1: :ITA Alessandra Mangiacapra vs :UKR Diana Shostak
Bronze Medal Match #2: :CAN Haya Jumaa vs :PER Alexandra Grande


Women's Individual Kumite, -68kg

Gold Medal Match: :ITA Silvia Semeraro vs :AZE Irina Zaretska
Bronze Medal Match #1: :AUT Alisa Buchinger vs :SUI Elena Quirici
Bronze Medal Match #2: :SVK Miroslava Kopunova vs :UKR Halyna Melnyk


Women's Individual Kumite, +68kg

Gold Medal Match: :TUR Meltem Hocaoglu Akyol vs :CRO Lucija Lesiak
Bronze Medal Match #1: :ESP Marta Pascual Chico vs :JPN Ayaka Saito
Bronze Medal Match #2: :SUI Fabienne Kaufmann vs :NED Ingrid Creemers


Men's Individual Kumite, -60kg

Gold Medal Match: :ITA Angelo Crescenzo vs :GRE Christos-Stefanos Xenos
Bronze Medal Match #1: :ITA Danilo Greco vs :MAR Oussama Edari
Bronze Medal Match #2: :TUR Eray Samdan vs :SVK Dominik Imrich


Men's Individual Kumite, -67kg

Gold Medal Match: :FRA Steven Dacosta vs :JOR Abdel Rahman Almasatfa
Bronze Medal Match #1: :SUI Noah Pisino vs :MAR Said Oubaya
Bronze Medal Match #2: :AZE Tural Aghalarzade vs :JPN Soichiro Nakano


Men's Individual Kumite, -75kg

Gold Medal Match: :ITA Daniele De Vivo vs :AZE Farid Aghayev
Bronze Medal Match #1: :USA Thomas Scott vs :POR Tiago Duarte
Bronze Medal Match #2: :ITA Lorenzo Pietromarchi vs :UKR Andrii Zaplitnyi


Men's Individual Kumite, -84kg

Gold Medal Match: :ITA Michele Martina vs :NED Brian Timmermans
Bronze Medal Match #1: :MAR Mehdi Sriti vs :EGY Mohamed Ramadan
Bronze Medal Match #2: :ITA Andrea Minardi vs :KSA Faraj Alnashri


Men's Individual Kumite, +84kg

Gold Medal Match: :ESP Babacar Seck Sakho vs :CUW Rob Timmermans
Bronze Medal Match #1: :AZE Asiman Gurbanli vs :CRO Andjelo Kvesic
Bronze Medal Match #2: :AUT Robin Rettenbacher vs :BEL Luca Costa

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On 2/19/2022 at 4:44 AM, MHSN said:

so it's technically a knockout competition without repechage :thumbdown:

 

wrestling tried that format from 2000 to 2004. that's terrible. I like the round robin part though (athletes travel a long distance for more than just 1 match) but then with only 1 karateka advancing it's worse than the old format .

 

this is interesting. wrestling is now using the (old) karate format. and Karate wants to use the old wrestling format. that's amazing. isn't it ? :d

I'm never a fan of a round robin when only one competitor advances. I thought after wrestling moved away from that format we'd see the end of it, but now badminton (at the Olympics) and karate have adopted it. Bleh.

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