The seventh and final Karate1 Premier League tournament of the year comes in Tokyo (JPN), which will host Karate’s first appearance in the Olympic Games in 2020.
It’s the first-ever Karate1 event to be held in Tokyo and will naturally be held in the celebrated Budokan hall, built to showcase judo at the 1964 Olympic Games.
With this being the final tournament, the 2018 Premier League standings will be finalized; the current leaders:
Men:
∙ Kata: 1. 3,600 Ryo Kiyuna (JPN) 2. 3,090 Damian Quintero (ESP)
∙ Kumite:
-60 kg: 1. 2,880 Eray Samdan (TUR) 2. 2,130 Darkhan Assadilov (KAZ)
-67 kg: 1. 2,160 Burak Uygur (TUR) 2. 2,040 Luca Maresca (ITA)
-75 kg: 1. 3,870 Rafael Aghayev (AZE) 2. 2,580 Stanislav Horuna (UKR)
-84 kg: 1. 2,670 Ahmed ElMasry (EGY) 2. 2,520 Ugur Aktas (TUR)
+84 kg: 1. 2,790 Jonathan Horne (GER) 2. 2,580 Mehdi Filali (FRA)
Women:
∙ Kata: 1. 4,380 Sandra Sanchez Jaime (ESP) 2. 3,180 Kiyou Shimizu (JPNN)
∙ Kumite:
-50 kg: 1. 3,120 Serap Ozcel. Arapoglu (TUR) 2. 2.370 Ayaka Tadano (JPN)
-55 kg; 1. 2,910 Sara Cardin (ITA) 2. 2,580 Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR)
-61 kg: 1. 2,880 Gwen Philippe (FRA) 2. 2,640 Xiaoyan Yin (CHN)
-68 kg: 1. 2,460 Miroslava Kopunova (SVK) 2. 2,160 Alizee Agier (FRA)
+68 kg: 1. 2,910 Ayumi Uekusa (JPN) 2. 2,880 Titta Keinanen (FIN)
Premier League tournaments are scored 100-70-40-30-20-10 for 1st-2nd-3rds-5ths-7ths-9ths and down to three points for placements from 15-33, plus five points for participating in the event and 10 points for each bout won. The computers will be working overtime to come up with the final seasonal standings.
Prize money will be available for all 12 events, at €750-500-200 for each class. Look for the link to results here.
