THE19TH WORLD KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN TOKYO

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Japan, November 2008.The curtain will be raised in the battle to determine who is the best in the world of Karate!After a 31 year absence, the World Karate Championships will be held in Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan!Don’t miss this exciting battle as competitors strive to be the best in the world!

November 13th

Male Team Kata
Rank	Country
1st	FRANCE
2nd	JAPAN
3rd	PERU
3rd	ITALY

Famale Team Kata
Rank	Country
1st	JAPAN
2nd	FRANCE
3rd	ITALY
3rd	SPAIN

Female Team Kumite
Rank	Country
1st	GERMANY
2nd	SPAIN
3rd	ITALY
3rd	SPAIN

* Female Team Kumite is the third-place match was held on November 14

November 14th

Male Team Kumite
Rank	Country
1st	TURKEY
2nd	SERBIA
3rd	EGYPT
3rd	SPAIN

Male Kata
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	L.Valdesi (ITALY)
2nd	A.Diaz (VENEZUELA)
3rd	M.Ibrahim (EGYPT)
3rd	V.Dack (FRANCE)

Female Kata
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	H.Nguyen (VIETNAM)
2nd	S.Battaglia (ITALY)
3rd	M.Madzarevic (SERBIA)
3rd	K.Wakabayashi (JAPAN)

November 15th

Male Kumite -60kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	D.Domdjoni (CROATIA)
2nd	D.Assadilov (KAZAKHSTAN)
3rd	D.Brose (BRAZIL)
3rd	H.Rouhani (IRAN)

Male Kumite -65kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	G.Kotaka (USA)
2nd	A.Kovacs (HUNGARY)
3rd	W.Rolle (FRANCE)
3rd	T.Nihei (JAPAN)

Female Kumite -53kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	N.Fujiwara (JAPAN)
2nd	K.Knuehmann (GERMANY)
3rd	G.Celik (TURKEY)
3rd	E.Ponomareva (RUSSIA)

Female Kumite -60kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	M.Sobol (RUSSIA)
2nd	N.Varasteh (CANADA)
3rd	K.Strika (SERBIA)
3rd	V.Dogan (TURKEY)

Male Kumite Open
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	R.Aghayev (AZERBAIJAN)
2nd	S.Margaritopoulos (GREECE)
3rd	G.Arkania (GEORGIA)
3rd	S.Maniscalco (ITALY)

Female Kumite Open
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	Y.Sato (JAPAN)
2nd	G.Casanova Rodriguez (SPAIN)
3rd	E.Medvedova Tulejova (SLOVAKIA)
3rd	E.Anicic (CROATIA)

November 16th

Male Kumite -70kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	R.Aghayev (AZERBAIJAN)
2nd	T.Moussa (EGYPT)
3rd	S.Nagaki (JAPAN)
3rd	S.Baghbani (CANADA)

Male Kumite -75kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	D.Dubo (CHILE)
2nd	M.Basturk (TURKEY)
3rd	K.Matsuhisa (JAPAN)
3rd	M.Mohamed (EGYPT)

Male Kumite -80kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	S.Ibuchi (JAPAN)
2nd	I.Eldaruchev (RUSSIA)
3rd	H.Keshta (EGYPT)
3rd	A.Prenov (KAZAKHSTAN)

Male Kumite +80kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	S.Maniscalco (ITALY)
2nd	I.Gary (FRANCE)
3rd	C.Robb (SCOTLAND)
3rd	J.Horne (GERMANY)

Female Kumite +60kg
Rank	Athlete (Country)
1st	T.Fanjat (FRANCE)
2nd	E.Fonseca Au (USA)
3rd	C.Feo Gomez (SPAIN)
3rd	E.Podborodnikova (RUSSIA)