Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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Karate at the
2020 Summer Olympics
List of karateka
Qualification
MenWomen
katakata
67 kg55 kg
75 kg61 kg
+75 kg+61 kg

This article details the qualifying phase for karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics. 80 quota places for the Games are entitled to the karatekas coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated tournaments supervised by World Karate Federation. Each NOC could enter a maximum of eight karatekas (one in each division). Host nation Japan has reserved a spot in each of all 8 events, while four are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Commission Invitation.

Summary

The 10 competitors in each event qualify as follows:

  • 1 from the host nation, Japan
  • 4 from the Olympic Standing ranking of 6 April 2020
  • 3 from a qualification tournament
  • 2 from continental representation or Tripartite Commission invitation

Because the World Karate Federation rankings are based on five weight classes instead of the three weight classes featured in the 2020 Olympics, some of the Olympic events are based on a combination of two WKF classes. In those cases, the top 2 from each of the WKF classes qualify for the combined Olympic class (for a total of 4). Where the Olympic class matches the WKF class, the top 4 in that class qualify.

The qualification tournament features the same weight classes as the Olympic weight classes. Only NOCs that have not qualified through Olympic standing for a given division are eligible to enter an athlete in the qualification tournament. The top three finishers in each division at the qualification tournament qualify for the Olympics.

A total of 12 quota places, distributed among the eight events, are available through continental representation. The selection order is as follows:

  • Oceania, 2 spots (1 per gender)
  • Africa, 2 spots (1 per gender)
  • Americas, 2 spots (1 per gender)
  • Asia, 2 spots (1 per gender)
  • Europe, 2 spots (1 per gender)
  • Africa, 1 spot (either gender)
  • Americas, 1 spot (the other gender)

For each continent, all of the gold medalists at the continental games are considered together. The highest-ranked among this group earns the qualification spot unless that competitor is already qualified or otherwise cannot be selected without violating any of the following limitations: 10 athletes per division, 1 athlete per NOC per division, 2 athletes per NOC through continental representation (affecting only Africa and the Americas). If the highest-ranked gold medalist cannot be entered, then the next-highest ranked gold medalist qualifies if possible. This process goes through all gold medalists by ranking, then all silver medalists by ranking, then all bronze medalists by ranking until the continent's qualifying spots are filled. If none of the medalists can be entered, the highest-ranked eligible athlete from that continent in the rankings (regardless of finish at the continental games) qualifies.

The final four quota spots will be assigned through Tripartite Commission invitation.

Qualification summary

NOC Men Women Total
67 kg 75 kg +75 kg Kata 55 kg 61 kg +61 kg Kata
 Azerbaijan X X 2
 Brazil X 1
 China X 1
 Chinese Taipei X 1
 Croatia X 1
 Egypt X 1
 France X 1
 Germany X 1
 Hong Kong X 1
 Iran X X X X 4
 Italy X X X X 4
 Japan X X X X X X X X 8
 Kazakhstan X 1
 Serbia X 1
 Spain X X 2
 Switzerland X 1
 Turkey X X X X X 5
 Ukraine X X 2
 United States X 1
 Venezuela X 1
Total: 20 NOCs 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 40

Timeline

Event Date Venue
2018 Asian Games August 18 – September 2, 2018 Indonesia Jakarta
2019 European Games June 21–30, 2019 Belarus Minsk
2019 Pacific Games July 8–20, 2019 Samoa Apia
2019 Pan American Games July 26 – August 11, 2019 Peru Lima
2019 African Games August 19–31, 2019 Morocco Rabat
WKF Olympic Standings March 18, 2020[2] —
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2020 France Paris

Men's events

67 kg

Competition Places Qualified athletes
Host nation 1  Naoto Sago (JPN)
WKF Olympic Standings (60 kg)
(as of 6 April 2020)		 2  Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ)
 Angelo Crescenzo (ITA)
WKF Olympic Standings (67 kg)
(as of 6 April 2020)		 2  Steven Da Costa (FRA)
 Vinícius Figueira (BRA)
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3
Continental places 0–2
Tripartite Commission 0–2
Total 10

75 kg

Competition Places Qualified athletes
Host nation 1  Ken Nishimura (JPN)
WKF Olympic Standings
(as of 6 April 2020)		 4  Bahman Askari (IRI)
 Luigi Busà (ITA)
 Rafael Aghayev (AZE)
 Stanislav Horuna (UKR)
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3
Continental places 0–2
Tripartite Commission 0–2
Total 10

+75 kg

Competition Places Qualified athletes
Host nation 1  Ryutaro Araga (JPN)
WKF Olympic Standings (84 kg)
(as of 6 April 2020)		 2  Uğur Aktaş (TUR)
 Ivan Kvesić (CRO)
WKF Olympic Standings (+84 kg)
(as of 6 April 2020)		 2  Sajjad Ganjzadeh (IRI)
 Jonathan Horne (GER)
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3
Continental places 0–2
Tripartite Commission 0–2
Total 10

Kata

Competition Places Qualified athletes
Host nation 1  Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)
WKF Olympic Standings
(as of 6 April 2020)		 4  Damián Quintero (ESP)
 Ali Sofuoğlu (TUR)
 Antonio Díaz (VEN)
 Mattia Busato (ITA)
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3
Continental places 0–2
Tripartite Commission 0–2
Total 10

Women's events

55 kg

Competition Places Qualified athletes
Host nation 1  Miho Miyahara (JPN)
WKF Olympic Standings (50 kg)
(as of 6 April 2020)		 2  Serap Özçelik (TUR)
 Sara Bahmanyar (IRI)
WKF Olympic Standings (55 kg)
(as of 6 April 2020)		 2  Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR)
 Wen Tzu-yun (TPE)
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3
Continental places 0–2
Tripartite Commission 0–2
Total 10

61 kg

Competition Places Qualified athletes
Host nation 1  Mayumi Someya (JPN)
WKF Olympic Standings
(as of 6 April 2020)		 4  Yin Xiaoyan (CHN)
 Giana Farouk (EGY)
 Merve Çoban (TUR)
 Jovana Preković (SRB)
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3
Continental places 0–2
Tripartite Commission 0–2
Total 10

+61 kg

Competition Places Qualified athletes
Host nation 1  Ayumi Uekusa (JPN)
WKF Olympic Standings (68 kg)
(as of 6 April 2020)		 2  Irina Zaretska (AZE)
 Elena Quirici (SUI)
WKF Olympic Standings (+68 kg)
(as of 6 April 2020)		 2  Hamideh Abbasali (IRI)
 Meltem Hocaoğlu (TUR)
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3
Continental places 0–2
Tripartite Commission 0–2
Total 10

Kata

Competition Places Qualified athletes
Host nation 1  Kiyou Shimizu (JPN)
WKF Olympic Standings
(as of 6 April 2020)		 4  Sandra Sánchez (ESP)
 Viviana Bottaro (ITA)
 Grace Lau (HKG)
 Sakura Kokumai (USA)
World Olympic Qualification Tournament 3
Continental places 0–2
Tripartite Commission 0–2
Total 10

References

  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Karate" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. ^ "WKF announces first qualified athletes for Tokyo 2020". World Karate Federation. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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