All Finalists of the 2025 Karate World Championships Announced

On November 29 in Cairo (Egypt), the third day of the 2025 WKF Karate World Championships took place, bringing together 32 of the world’s top-ranked athletes in each weight category.

All quarterfinal and semifinal bouts in every weight class were held on this day. As a result, all the finalists of the tournament have been determined, and the finals will take place on November 30.

On the Armenian national team, Suren Arutyunyan (75 kg) earned a chance to compete for a bronze medal. In the semifinal, he lost to Egypt’s Abdallah Madouh Abdelaziz with a score of 2:4, but kept his chance to win a medal and will fight for bronze tomorrow, November 30, against American athlete Scott Thomas.

2025 Karate World Championships Finals

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Kata

Final:
Alessio Ghinami (Italy) vs. Nishiyama Kekero (Japan)

Bronze medal bouts:
Torres Gutierrez Ariel (USA) vs. Roman Hríčka (Slovakia)
Enes Ozdemir (Turkey) vs. Mostafa Elgobashi (Egypt)

60 kg

Final:
Eray Samdan (Turkey) vs. Islam Selmani (Kosovo)

Bronze medal bouts:
Xenos Christos-Stefanos (Greece) vs. Tsotne Sordia (Georgia)
Mehriddin Turakhanov (Uzbekistan) vs. Hiromu Hashimoto (Japan)

67 kg

Final:
Afif Ghait (Jordan) vs. Said Oubaya (Morocco)

Bronze medal bouts:
Thomas Freire Fuentes (Chile) vs. Didar Amirali (Kazakhstan)
Vakhhob Abdul Rashidov (Uzbekistan) vs. Georgios Baliotis (Greece)

75 kg

Final:
Andriy Zaplitnyi (Ukraine) vs. Mamdouh Abdallah Abdelaziz (Egypt)

Bronze medal bouts:
Suren Arutyunyan (Armenia) vs. Scott Thomas (USA)
Ernest Sharafutdinov (Russia) vs. Enzo Berton (France)

84 kg

Final:
Youssef Badawy (Egypt) vs. Hasan Arslan (Turkey)

Bronze medal bouts:
Mohammad Aljafari (Jordan) vs. Raien Ghazouani (Tunisia)
Ivan Kvesić (Croatia) vs. Michele Martina (Italy)

+84 kg

Final:
Saleh Abazari (Iran) vs. Matteo Avanzini (Italy)

Bronze medal bouts:
Rodrigo Rojas (Chile) vs. Sanad Soufiani (Saudi Arabia)
Asiman Gurbanli (Azerbaijan) vs. Ivan Kudzynov (Belarus)

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Kata

Final:
Maho Ono (Japan) vs. Lau Mo Grace (Hong Kong)

Bronze medal bouts:
Terryana D’Onofrio (Italy) vs. Sakura Kokumai (USA)
Georgia-Archontia Xenou (Greece) vs. Aya Hesham (Egypt)

50 kg

Final:
Gyulshan Alimardanova (Uzbekistan) vs. Shahmalarani Chandran (Malaysia)

Bronze medal bouts:
Tsang Yi Ting (Hong Kong) vs. Yorgerlis Salazar (Venezuela)
Sara Bahmanyar (Iran) vs. Lily Alvarado (Egypt)

55 kg

Final:
Ahlam Youssef (Egypt) vs. Nina Kvasnikova (Slovakia)

Bronze medal bouts:
Valentina Toro Meneses (Chile) vs. Anzhelika Terliuga (Ukraine)
Louisa Abourchiche (Algeria) vs. Hana Furumoto-Deshaies (Canada)

61 kg

Final:
Li Cong (China) vs. Atousa Golshanezad (Iran)

Bronze medal bouts:
Oleksandra Shcholokhova (Ukraine) vs. Assel Kanay (Kazakhstan)
Wafa Mahjoub (Tunisia) vs. Maria Azarova (Belarus)

68 kg

Final:
Michelle Fonseca Romero (Puerto Rico) vs. Talia Some (France)

Bronze medal bouts:
Iryna Zaretska (Azerbaijan) vs. Silvia Semeraro (Italy)
Elena Kiriche (Switzerland) vs. Anastasia Veloso (Chile)

+68 kg

Final:
Sofya Berultseva (Kazakhstan) vs. Johanna Knir (Germany)

Bronze medal bouts:
Rochelle Walters (England) vs. Ingrid Krijmers (Netherlands)
Kiriaki Kidonaki (Greece) vs. Guadalupe Quintal (Mexico)

Broadcasts of the 2025 Karate World Championships are available on the official YouTube channel of the World Karate Federation.