A massive entry list of 763 fighters from 72 nations is entered is the next-to-last Karate 1 Premier League tournament of the season, in Berlin (GER). The top-ranked entries in each division, with their current world rankings:
Men:
∙ Kata: 1. Ryo Kiyuna (JPN: 1) 2. Hugo Quintero (ESP: 2)
∙ Kumite -60: 1. Sadriddin Saymatov (UZB: 1) 2. Eray Samdan (TUR: 2)
∙ Kumite -67: 1. Burak Uygur (TUR: 1) 2. Vicinius Figueria (BRA: 2)
∙ Kumite -75: 1. Rafael Aghayev (AZE: 1) 2. Stanislav Horuna (UKR: 2)
∙ Kumite -84: 1. Aykhan Mamayev (AZE: 1) 2. Ugur Aktas (TUR: 2)
∙ Kumite +84: 1. Jonathan Horne (GER: 1) 2. Sajad Ganjzadeh (IRI: 2)
Women:
∙ Kata: 1. Jamie Sandra Sanchez (ESP: 1) 2. Kiyou Shimizu (JPN: 2)
∙ Kumite -50: 1. Arapoglu Serap Ozcelik (TUR: 1) 2. Miho Miyahara (JPN: 2)
∙ Kumite -55: 1. Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR: 1) 2. Wen Tzu Yun (TPE: 2)
∙ Kumite -61: 1. Xiaoyan Yin (CHN: 1) 2. Anita Serogina (UKR: 2)
∙ Kumite -68: 1. Elena Quirici (SUI: 1) 2. Katrine Pedersen (DEN: 2)
∙ Kumite +68: 1. Ayumi Uekusa (JPN: 1) 2. Meltem Hocaoglu (TUR: 2)
Prize money of € 750-500-200 will be available to the top three finishers in each category.
The final tournament of the season will be from 12-14 October in Tokyo (JPN). Look for results from Berlin here.
