Karate Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[Giovanni Gianni Cattaneo 142]

1 hour ago, phelps said:

@MHSN just watched and they have fixed the mistake in women's +61...

 

Now Gong Li is 3rd and in green, as it should be...

 

so, as of today, we have Zaretska, Abbasali, Li and Hocaoglu qualified, with Quirici who could overtake Li if she wins the European Gold (if I'm not wrong)...

 

unfortunately, by missin the Lisbon event, Semeraro can't be better than 7th, even if she wins the Gold Medal in Porec (and most likely, she's going to end up 8th in any case), so it's going to be almost impossible to earn the European repechage spot (we would need Gong Li to qualify via ranking, so to make Alipour get her repechage place and leave one more spot open at +68 -and of course Plank should lose a few positions by not having a good tournament in Porec)...

 

by the way, I still hope that this happens, so take a lot of pressure off Semeraro before the final OQT in Paris...

 

why is this qualification system such a mess?   

Plank could miss many position in ranking. She defend silver medal, less than bronze is not enough for her. Semeraro and Plank are 50-50
Real standings:
Plank 4537 (15th)
Semeraro 5160 (12th)

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As the continental Quota for Kvesic is likely gone, Croatia needs to cancel the ECH now or even better wait one more week  so EKF has no chance to replace it 

[MHSN 3,632]

Startlist for the European Championship

https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=473&ver_info_action=catnennlist#a_eventheadend

 

for those who care Ugur Aktas is listed for Turkey (even though it was almost a sure thing he is going to participate)

[MHSN 3,632]

after the first day of European Karate Championships. our list is almost complete

 

the following athletes joined the list of already qualified karatekas

 

Ivan Kvesic (Men's 84kg)

Sajjad Ganjzadeh (Men's +84kg)

Jonathan Horne (Men's +84kg)

Gong Li (Women's 68kg)

Meltem Hocaoglu (Women's +68kg)

 

only one quota is left and will be decided tomorrow. that's between Wen Tzu-Yun and Jana Messerschmidt in women's 55kg. Messerschmidt has to win the gold to qualify.

[MHSN 3,632]

now our table is complete

 

Men

Kata:   

67kg:  

75kg:  

+75kg:

 

Women

Kata:   

55kg:  

61kg:  

+61kg:

 

was the most successful with 5 quotas qualified 4.

 

[MHSN 3,632]

before the news about Olympic being postponed for a year. WKF acted stupid and announced a list of qualified athletes. assuming there will be no time for the remaining events. later they changed it.

 

from that list almost everybody made it to the Olympics AGAIN. but we had 2 changes.

 

Vinicius Figueira OUT ==> Ali El Sawy IN

Elena Quirici OUT ==> Gong Li IN

[MHSN 3,632]

before the news about Olympic being postponed for a year. WKF acted stupid and announced a list of qualified athletes. assuming there will be no time for the remaining events. later they changed it.

 

from that list almost everybody made it to the Olympics AGAIN. but we had 2 changes.

 

Vinicius Figueira OUT ==> Ali El Sawy IN

Elena Quirici OUT ==> Gong Li IN

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Updated as of May 22nd, 2021

[MHSN 3,632]

WKF finally updated its Olympics ranking. we knew top 4 for the direct quotas. but I'm going to make a list of top athletes for the continental  quotas.

 

remember that only #1 from each continent qualify but only after the World Qualifiers in France. for example if Yahiro (AUS) qualifies directly that will give the Oceania quota to the next athlete Hoshi (NZL).

 

also remember that only 2 spots are available in each weight. which means only Yahiro and Abdelaziz are 100% guaranteed a place in Tokyo. Kalnins also looks 95% safe.

 

Men's Ranking:

 

Oceania:

1. Yahiro (75kg - Rank 22)

2. Hoshi (Kata - Rank 32)

3. Yuen (Kata - Rank 49)

 

Africa:

1. Abdelaziz (75kg - Rank 8)

2. Shawky (Kata - Rank 15)

3. Sekouri (75kg - Rank 17)

4. El Hakimi (Kata - Rank 17)

5. Ramadan (+75kg - Rank 21)

 

America:

1. Scott (75kg - Rank 6)

2. Irr (+75kg - Rank 16)

3. Madera (67kg - Rank 34)

4. Torres (Kata - Rank 10)

5. Brose (67kg - Rank 12)

6. Velozo (67kg - Rank 16)

 

Asia:

1. Ainazarov (75kg - Rank 7)

2. Yuldashev (+75kg - Rank 8)

3. Otabolaev (75kg - Rank 11)

4. Saymatov (67kg - Rank 15)

5. Al Masatfa (67kg - Rank 17)

6. Al Mosawi (Kata - Rank 18)

 

Europe:

1. Kalnins (67kg - Rank 14)

2. Gurbanli (+75kg - Rank 24)

3. Farzaliyev (67kg - Rank 25)

4. Arkania (+75kg - Rank 5)

5. Harspataki (75kg - Rank 10)

6. Chobotar (+75kg - Rank 11)

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and for women, only Anacan and Abdelaziz are 100% safe.

 

Women's Ranking:

 

Oceania:

1. Anacan (Kata - Rank 9)

2. Mah (61kg - Rank 35)

 

Africa:

1. Abdelaziz (+61kg - Rank 5)

2. Sayed (55kg - Rank 11)

3. Sadini (61kg - Rank 11)

4. Sayed (Kata - Rank 18)

5. Agalmam (Kata - Rank 19)

6. Matoub (+61kg - Rank 23)

 

America:

1. Grande (61kg - Rank 9)

2. Kumizaki (55kg - Rank 19)

3. Dimitrova (Kata - Rank 11)

4. Garces (61kg - Rank 49)

5. Caballero (61kg - Rank 40)

6. Armada (Kata - Rank 40)

 

Asia:

1. Alipour (61kg - Rank 6)

2. Li (55kg - Rank 8)

3. Berultseva (+61kg - Rank 9)

4. Tsukii (55kg - Rank 12)

5. Sadeghi (Kata - Rank 13)

 

Europe:

1. Semeraro (+61kg - Rank 11)

2. Serogina (61kg - Rank 12)

3. Plank (55kg - Rank 14)

4. Goranova (55kg - Rank 27)

5. Palacio (+61kg - Rank 28)

6. Ristic (61kg - Rank 29)