WKF Karate World Championships 2025 – Results of Day Two

On 28 November in Cairo (Egypt), the second day of the WKF Karate World Championships 2025 took place, bringing together the top 32 athletes from the world ranking in each weight category.

On the second day, group-stage bouts and the Round of 16 were held in six categories: Men – Kata, 84 kg, +84 kg; Women – 61 kg, 68 kg, +68 kg.

For Team Armenia, Gor Nerisyán (84 kg) competed on the second day. The Armenian karateka lost all of his group-stage matches — to opponents from Morocco, Guatemala, and Ukraine.

As a reminder, yesterday Suren Arutyunyan (75 kg) successfully reached the quarterfinals and will continue his fight for medals on 29 November.

For Team Russia, Eduard Gasparyan (84 kg) advanced to the quarterfinals, and for Team USA, Eduard Sagilyan will also continue competing.

Results of Day Two of the WKF Karate World Championships 2025 (28 November)

Quarterfinal matchups determined

Men’s 84 kg

Quarterfinal pairs:

• Mohammad Aljafari (Jordan) vs. Eduard Gasparyan (Russia)

• Rayen Gazzouani (Tunisia) vs. Youssef Badawy (Egypt)

• Michele Martina (Italy) vs. Hasan Arslan (Turkey)

• Mehdi Sriti (Morocco) vs. Ivan Kvesić (Croatia)

Men’s +84 kg

Quarterfinal pairs:

• Saad Soufiani (Saudi Arabia) vs. Saleh Abazari (Iran)

• Anes Bostandžić (Bosnia and Herzegovina) vs. Rodrigo Gojaz (Chile)

• Matteo Avanzini (Italy) vs. Ivan Kudzínov (Belarus)

• Eduard Sagilyan (USA) vs. Asiman Gurbanli (Azerbaijan)

Men’s Kata

Quarterfinal pairs:

• Roman Hrichka (Slovakia) vs. Alessio Ghinami (Italy)

• Damián Quintero (Spain) vs. Ariez Torres Gutiérrez (USA)

• Petru Comănescu (Romania) vs. Enes Özdemir (Turkey)

• Mostafa Elgobashi (Egypt) vs. Kakeru Nashiyama (Japan)

Women’s 61 kg

Quarterfinal pairs:

• Li Gong (China) vs. Assel Kanay (Kazakhstan)

• Sevinch Ostobaeva (Uzbekistan) vs. Olexandra Sholokhova (Ukraine)

• Maria Azarava (Belarus) vs. Autsa Golshanejád (Iran)

• Sarara Shimada (Japan) vs. Wafa Mahjoub (Tunisia)

Women’s 68 kg

Quarterfinal pairs:

• Michelle Fonseca Romero (Puerto Rico) vs. Anastasia Velozo (Chile)

• Dayana Darenskaya (Kazakhstan) vs. Elena Kurici (Switzerland)

• Silvia Semeraro (Italy) vs. Taliya Sombe (France)

• Khadir Hendy (Egypt) vs. Iryna Zaretska (Azerbaijan)

Women’s +68 kg

Quarterfinal pairs:

• Rochelle Walters (England) vs. Shaaban Okila Menna (Egypt)

• Ingrid Creemers (Netherlands) vs. Sofya Berultseva (Kazakhstan)

• Daria Bulai (Ukraine) vs. Kiriaki Kidonaki (Greece)

• Johanna Kneer (Germany) vs. Kintal Kacin (Mexico)

Results of Day One