Men's Semi-Contact at WAKO World Championships 2007 Coimbra -79 kg

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 (Coimbra)
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The men's 79 kg (173.8 lbs) Semi-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Coimbra was the fifth heaviest of the male Semi-Contact tournaments falling between middleweight and light heavyweight when compared to Full-Contact's weight classes. There were sixteen fighters from four continents (Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania) taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Semi-Contact rules.

The tournament gold medallist was the Hungarian Zsolt Moradi who defeated Neri Stella from Italy by points decision in the final. As a result of their semi final finishes, Ireland's Mark McDermott and Bulgarian Mitko Kostadinov won bronze medals.^[1]

Results

1st Round

Quarter Finals

Semi Finals

Final

Zsolt Moradi

D(11:1)

Andrew Cleeves

Zsolt Moradi

D(9:7)

Tobias Weiss

D(10:4)

Tobias Weiss

Eric Dubois

Zsolt Moradi

D(17:7)

Mark McDermott

D(23:13)

Mark McDermott

Jonas Jacobsen

Mark McDermott

D(23:20)

Wojciech Ołtarzewski

Alexander Lane

Alexander Lane

D(15:11)

Zsolt Moradi

D(13:8)

Jure Vetrsek

D(16:6)

Neri Stella

Hugo Matos

Jure Vetrsek

Clint King

Mitko Kostadinov

D(15:12)

Mitko Kostadinov

D(10:0)

Mitko Kostadinov

Bappu Ghule

Neri Stella

D(11:1)

Guentay Kantarkiran

D(11:1)

Guentay Kantarkiran

Patrick Moosburger

Neri Stella

14:3

Neri Stella

TKO

Key

Abbreviation	Meaning
D (3:0)	Decision (Unanimous)
D (2:1)	Decision (Split)
KO	Knockout
TKO	Technical Knockout
AB	Abandonment (Injury in match)
WO	Walkover (No fight)
DQ	Disqualification

See also

• List of WAKO Amateur World Championships
• List of WAKO Amateur European Championships
• List of male kickboxers
• List of kickboxing organizations

References

1. ^ "Official WAKO results (Zip File - Click on Pools SC.pdf)". www.wakoweb.com. http://www.wakoweb.com/Zip/195.zip. Retrieved 2011-03-19. 

External links

• WAKO World Association of Kickboxing Organizations Official Site