The third installment of the Karate1 Premier League is in Rabat (MAR), with 676 karatekas from 80 registered for competition in 10 classes. The top seeds, according to their WKF World Rankings:
Men
● Kata:
1. Ryo Kiyuna (JPN) ~ 2018 World Champion
2. Damian Hugo Quintero (ESP) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
3. Ali Sofuoglu (TUR) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
● Kumite -60 kg:
1. Angelo Crescenzo (ITA) ~ 2018 World Champion
2. Eray Samdan (TUR)
3. Sadriddin Saymatov (UZB)
● Kumite -67 kg:
1. Vinicius Figueira (BRA) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
2. Steven Dacosta (FRA) ~ 2018 World Champion
3. Barak Uygur (TUR)
● Kumite -75 kg:
1. Rafael Aghayev (AZE) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
2. Stanislav Horuna (UKR)
3. Ken Nishimura (JPN) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
● Kumite -84 kg:
1. Ugur Atkas (TUR) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
2. Ivan Kvesic (CRO) ~ 2018 World Champion
3. Valerii Chobotar (UKR) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
● Kumite +84 kg:
1. Jonathan Horne (GER) ~ 2018 World Champion
2. Sajad Ganjzadeh (IRI) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
3. Gogita Arkania (GEO)
Women
● Kata:
1. Sandra Sanchez (ESP) ~ 2018 World Champion
2. Kiyou Shimizu (JPN) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
3. Mo Sheung Grace Lau (HKG) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
● Kumite -50 kg:
1. Serap Ozcelik Arapoglu (TUR) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
2. Miho Miyahara (JPN) ~ 2018 World Champion
3. Shara Kubrich (GER)
● Kumite -55 kg:
1. Tzu-Yun Wen (TPE) ~ 2018 Worlds bronze medalist
2. Anzhelika Terliuga (UKR)
3. Sara Cardin (ITA)
● Kumite -61 kg:
1. Xiaoyan Yin (CHN) ~ 2018 Worlds silver medalist
2. Merve Coban (TUR)
3. Alexandra Grande (PER)
● Kumite -68 kg:
1. Irina Zaretska (AZE) ~ 2018 World Champion
2. Elena Quirici (SUI)
3. Kayo Someya (JPN)
● Kumite +68 kg:
2. Titta Keinanen (FIN)
3. Eleni Chatziliadou (GRE) ~ 2018 World Champion
4. Meltem Hocaoglu (TUR)
Turkey leads all countries with nine top-three entries, and the field includes an impressive 13 men’s Worlds medalists from the 2018 World Championships and nine women’s medalists.
There is prize money for the first three places of € 750-500-250. Look for results here.
