Karate at the 2019 World Beach Games

Karate kata competitions at the 2019 World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar were held on October 10 and October 11. The venue for the competition was at Mission Beach. Thirty-two athletes competed in each of the men's and women's events.^[1]

Qualification[edit]

A total of 64 athletes (32 of each gender) vie for the coveted spots with a maximum of two sent to compete for the best six world championship qualifiers. While the other NOCs might have one athlete per event, host nation Qatar will be ensured one quota place for each gender. The remaining 4 quotas will be eligible for each continental champions. The other remaining 6 quotas will be eligible for best five WKF ranking and one invitation place respectively.^[1]

Qualification summary[edit]

Men's qualification[edit]

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	14 June 2019	Lausanne	1	Adam Hasham (QAT)
2018 Asian Championships[2]	13–15 July 2018	Amman	4	Ryo Kiyuna (JPN)  Wang Yi-ta (TPE)  Salman Al-Mosawi (KUW)  Chris Cheng (HKG)
2018 African Championships[3]	31 August–2 September 2018	Kigali	4	Ofentse Bakwadi (BOT)  Adnane El Hakimi (MAR)  Ahmed Shawky (EGY)
2018 World Championships[4]	6–10 November 2018	Madrid	6 3	Ilja Smorguner (GER)  Enzo Montarello (FRA)  David Contreras (COL)
2019 Pan American Championships[5]	18–23 March 2019	Panamá	4	Ariel Torres Gutierrez (USA)  Antonio Díaz (VEN)  Nykolai Arango (DOM)  Héctor Cención (PAN)
2019 European Championships[6]	28–31 March 2019	Guadalajara	4 3	Damián Quintero (ESP)  Ali Sofuoğlu (TUR)  Roman Heydarov (AZE)
2019 Oceanian Championships[7]	11–12 April 2019	Sydney	4 1	Shaun Yuen (AUS)
WKF World Ranking	1 June 2019	Madrid	5 15	Emre Vefa Göktaş (TUR)  Adnan El Hakim (MAR)  Ahmad Zigi Zaresta Yuda (INA)  Sergio Galán (ESP)  Abolfazl Shahrjerdi (IRI)  Park Hee-jun (KOR)  Botond Nagy (HUN)  Madi Kateshov (KAZ)  Peter Fabian (SVK)  Isaac Hoshi (NZL)  Gakuji Tozaki (USA)  David Contreras (COL)  Lim Chee Wei (MAS)  Mohammed Al-Mosawi (KUW)  Tomislav Stolar (CRO)
Total			32

Women's qualification[edit]

Mean of qualification	Date	Host	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	14 June 2019	Lausanne	1	Mona Saud Al-Kharfi (QAT)
2018 Asian Championships[2]	13–15 July 2018	Amman	4	Kiyou Shimizu (JPN)  Celine Lee (MAS)  Nawar Kautsar Mastura (INA)  Grace Lau (HKG)
2018 African Championships[3]	31 August–2 September 2018	Kigali	4	Sara Sayed (EGY)  Sanae Agalmam (MAR)  Akele Akele (CMR)  Entle Maungwa (BOT)
2018 World Championships[4]	6–10 November 2018	Madrid	6 3	Ngo Ha Thi (CAN)  Ema Brázdová (SVK)  Fatemeh Sadeghi (IRI)
2019 Pan American Championships[5]	18–23 March 2019	Panamá	4	María Dimitrova (DOM)  Sakura Kokumai (USA)  Jessica Kwong (USA)  Andrea Armada Ruiz (VEN)
2019 European Championships[6]	28–31 March 2019	Guadalajara	4 3	Sandra Sánchez (ESP)  Alexandra Feracci (FRA)  Dilara Eltemur (TUR)
2019 Oceanian Championships[7]	11–12 April 2019	Sydney	4 3	Alexandrea Anacan (NZL)  Ioanna Maria Sampani (AUS)  Holly Wigg (NZL)
WKF World Ranking	1 June 2019	Madrid	5 12	Jasmin Jüttner (GER)  Veronika Mišková (CZE)  Carola Casale (ITA)  Nguyễn Thị Phương (VIE)  Terryana D'Onofrio (ITA)  Raquel Roy Rubio (ESP)  Chien Hui-hsuan (TPE)  Laura Sterck (HUN)  Patricia Esparteiro (POR)  Tung Yee Yin (HKG)  Biserka Radulović (MNE)  Monsicha Tararattanakul (THA)
Total			33

Medal summary[edit]

Medal table[edit]

  *   Host nation (Qatar)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	2	0	0	2
2	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	Iran	0	1	0	1
4	Dominican Republic	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		2	2	4	8

Medalists[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's individual details	Damián Quintero  Spain	Wang Yi-ta  Chinese Taipei	Gakuji Tozaki  United States
			Antonio Díaz  Venezuela
Women's individual details	Sandra Sánchez  Spain	Fatemeh Sadeghi  Iran	María Dimitrova  Dominican Republic
			Grace Lau  Hong Kong

Participating nations[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Results book