Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. (The Olympics was postponed to at least 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).^[2] The competition at these Games will comprise a total of 128 taekwondo fighters coming from their respective NOCs. Each NOC is allowed to enter up to one competitor per event, resulting in a maximum of eight competitors, four of each gender.

Five quota places will be awarded to the top-ranked practitioners in each of the eight weight classes (four per gender) through the World Taekwondo (WT) Olympic rankings, while the highest-ranked practitioner of each weight category on merit points standing will grant one quota place each for their respective NOC through the WT Grand Slam Champions Series. If an NOC has qualified a minimum of two male and a minimum of two female athletes through ranking, it cannot participate in the respective Continental Qualification Tournament, unless it relinquishes the places obtained through ranking.^[1]

Four places have been reserved to the host nation Japan, and another four have been invited by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 120 places are allocated through a qualification process in which athletes have won quota place for their respective NOC. 48 taekwondo fighters, 24 in each gender and the top 6 in each weight category, are eligible to compete through the WT Olympic rankings, while the rest through the five Continental Qualification Tournaments.^[1]

If an NOC having qualified through a Qualification Tournament relinquishes a quota place, it would be allocated to the nation of the next highest placed athlete in the respective weight category of that tournament as long as the addition of the place does not exceed the maximum quota for that nation.^[1]

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
WT Olympic Rankings	December 7, 2019	—
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	December 20, 2019	—
African Qualification Tournament	February 22–23, 2020	Rabat, Morocco
Oceania Qualification Tournament	February 29, 2020	Gold Coast, Australia
Pan American Qualification Tournament	March 11–12, 2020	Heredia, Costa Rica
European Qualification Tournament	May 7–8, 2021	Sofia, Bulgaria^{[note 1]}
Asian Qualification Tournament	May 21–22, 2021	Amman, Jordan^{[note 2]}

Qualification summary

The following table summarises the outcome of qualification for the taekwondo tournament at the 2020 Olympics. 57 nations gained at least one quota place for Tokyo. China and South Korea were the most successful nation, gaining six places each, followed by the leading European nations, Great Britain and Turkey with five apiece. The tripartie commission quotas were announced on June 24, 2021.^[6]

NOC	Men				Women				Total
NOC	−58 kg	−68 kg	−80 kg	+80 kg	−49 kg	−57 kg	−67 kg	+67 kg	Total
Afghanistan									1
Argentina									1
Australia									4
Azerbaijan									2
Belgium									1
Bosnia and Herzegovina									1
Brazil									3
Burkina Faso									1
Canada									2
China									6
Chinese Taipei									4
Colombia									2
Croatia									4
Costa Rica									1
Cuba									1
Democratic Republic of the Congo									1
Dominican Republic									3
Egypt									4
Ethiopia									1
France									2
Gabon									1
Germany									1
Great Britain									5
Greece									1
Haiti									1
Honduras									1
Hungary									1
Iran									3
Ireland									1
Israel									1
Italy									2
Ivory Coast									4
Japan									4
Jordan									2
Kazakhstan									2
Kenya									1
Mali									1
Mexico									2
Morocco									3
Netherlands									1
New Zealand									1
Niger									2
Nigeria									1
North Macedonia									1
Norway									1
Philippines									1
Poland									2
Portugal									1
Puerto Rico									1
Refugee Olympic Team									3
ROC									4
Serbia									2
Slovenia									1
South Korea									6
Spain									4
Thailand									2
Tonga									2
Tunisia									1
Turkey									5
United States									2
Uzbekistan									4
Vietnam									1
Total: 62 NOCs	16	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	131

Men's events

Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

−58 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings (as of December 2019)	6	Jang Jun (KOR) Vito Dell'Aquila (ITA) Jesús Tortosa (ESP) Armin Hadipour (IRI) Mikhail Artamonov (ROC) Jack Woolley (IRL)^{[note 3]}
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	0	—
African Qualification Tournament	2	Solomon Demse (ETH) Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Safwan Khalil (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Lucas Guzmán (ARG) Jefferson Ochoa (COL)
European Qualification Tournament	2	Omar Salim (HUN) Rui Bragança (POR)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Kurt Bryan Barbosa (PHI) Ramnarong Sawekwiharee (THA)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Sergio Suzuki (JPN)
Total	16

−68 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings (as of December 2019)	6	Lee Dae-hoon (KOR) Bradly Sinden (GBR) Zhao Shuai (CHN) Javier Pérez (ESP) Jaouad Achab (BEL) Mirhashem Hosseini (IRI)^{[note 3]}
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	0	—
African Qualification Tournament	2	Abdelrahman Wael (EGY) Seydou Fofana (MLI)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Tom Burns (NZL)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Edival Pontes (BRA) Bernardo Pié (DOM)
European Qualification Tournament	2	Nedžad Husić (BIH) Hakan Reçber (TUR)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Huang Yu-jen (TPE) Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Ricardo Suzuki (JPN)
Additional	1	Abdullah Sediqi (EOR)
Total	17

−80 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings (as of December 2019)	6	Maksim Khramtsov (ROC) Milad Beigi (AZE) Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) Nikita Rafalovich (UZB) Raúl Martínez (ESP) Toni Kanaet (CRO)^{[note 3]}
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	0	—
African Qualification Tournament	2	Seif Eissa (EGY) Achraf Mahboubi (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Jack Marton (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA) Moisés Hernández (DOM)
European Qualification Tournament	2	Simone Alessio (ITA) Richard Ordemann (NOR)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Saleh Al-Sharabaty (JOR) Liu Wei-ting (TPE)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Faysal Sawadogo (BUR)
Total	16

+80 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings (as of December 2019)	6	Vladislav Larin (ROC) In Kyo-don (KOR) Alexander Bachmann (GER) Abdoul Razak Issoufou (NIG) Ivan Trajkovič (SLO) Mahama Cho (GBR)^{[note 3]}
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	0	—
African Qualification Tournament	2	Seydou Gbané (CIV) Anthony Obame (GAB)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Pita Taufatofua (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Rafael Alba (CUB) Carlos Sansores (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament	2	Ivan Šapina (CRO) Dejan Georgievski (MKD)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Sun Hongyi (CHN) Ruslan Zhaparov (KAZ)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Farzad Mansouri (AFG)
Total	16

Women's events

Quota places are allocated to the respective NOC and not to competitor that achieved the place in the qualification event.

−49 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings (as of December 2019)	7	Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) Sim Jae-young (KOR) Tijana Bogdanović (SRB) Rukiye Yıldırım (TUR) Kristina Tomić (CRO) Wu Jingyu (CHN)^{[note 3]} Yvette Yong (CAN)^{[note 4]}
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	0	—
African Qualification Tournament	2	Nour Abdelsalam (EGY) Oumaima El-Bouchti (MAR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	0	—
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Andrea Ramírez (COL) Victoria Stambaugh (PUR)
European Qualification Tournament	2	Adriana Cerezo (ESP) Avishag Semberg (ISR)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Su Po-ya (TPE) Trương Thị Kim Tuyền (VIE)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Miyu Yamada (JPN)
Additional	1	Dina Pouryounes (EOR)
Total	17

−57 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings (as of December 2019)	5	Jade Jones (GBR) Lee Ah-reum (KOR) Tatiana Kudashova (ROC) Hatice Kübra İlgün (TUR) Skylar Park (CAN)
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	1	Zhou Lijun (CHN)
African Qualification Tournament	2	Nada Laaraj (MAR) Tekiath Ben Yessouf (NIG)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Stacey Hymer (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Anastasija Zolotic (USA) Nishy Lee Lindo (CRC)^{[note 5]}
European Qualification Tournament	2	Fani Tzeli (GRE) Patrycja Adamkiewicz (POL)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Nahid Kiani (IRI) Lo Chia-ling (TPE)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Mayu Hamada (JPN)
Additional	1	Kimia Alizadeh (EOR)
Total	17

−67 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings (as of December 2019)	6	Ruth Gbagbi (CIV) Nur Tatar (TUR) Matea Jelić (CRO) Lauren Williams (GBR) Zhang Mengyu (CHN) Paige McPherson (USA)^{[note 3]}
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	0	—
African Qualification Tournament	2	Hedaya Malak (EGY) Elizabeth Anyanacho (NGR)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Malia Paseka (TGA)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Milena Titoneli (BRA) Aliyah Shipman (HAI)
European Qualification Tournament	2	Farida Azizova (AZE) Magda Wiet-Hénin (FRA)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Julyana Al-Sadeq (JOR) Nigora Tursunkulova (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Naomie Katoka (COD)
Total	16

+67 kg

Competition	Places	Qualified athletes
WT Olympic Rankings (as of December 2019)	6	Bianca Walkden (GBR) Zheng Shuyin (CHN) Lee Da-bin (KOR) Milica Mandić (SRB) Nafia Kuş (TUR) Aleksandra Kowalczuk (POL)^{[note 3]}
WT Grand Slam Series Rankings	0	—
African Qualification Tournament	2	Aminata Traoré (CIV) Faith Ogallo (KEN)
Oceania Qualification Tournament	1	Reba Stewart (AUS)
Pan American Qualification Tournament	2	Katherine Rodríguez (DOM) Briseida Acosta (MEX)
European Qualification Tournament	2	Althéa Laurin (FRA) Reshmie Oogink (NED)
Asian Qualification Tournament	2	Cansel Deniz (KAZ) Svetlana Osipova (UZB)
Host nation / Universality places	1	Keyla Ávila (HON)
Total	16

Notes

^ The European Qualification Tournament was originally scheduled to be held on April 24–25, 2020 in Milan but was moved to Moscow, Russia due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. It was moved once again to Sofia, Bulgaria.^[3]
^ The qualifying tournament was moved from Wuxi to Amman because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]^[5]
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the Olympic Rankings, the spot for the Grand Slam winner was re-allocated to the Olympic Rankings. Cite error: The named reference "Grand Slam" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ No eligible athlete contested the Oceania Qualification Tournament, and this quota was redistributed to Yvette Yong of Canada.^[7]
^ Fernanda Aguirre of Chile originally won the quota but she had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Taekwondo" (PDF). WTF. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
^ "European Qualification Tournament 2021: Bulgaria!". World Taekwondo Europe. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
^ "WT President Chungwon Choue's message regarding the Tokyo 2020 qualification tournaments". World Taekwondo. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^ Pavitt, Michael (22 February 2020). "World Taekwondo moves Asian Olympic qualifier from China to Jordan over coronavirus fears". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
^ Mora, Esteban (24 June 2021). "Exclusive: Wild cards for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". www.mastkd.com/. MasTKD. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
^ Nichols, Paula; Chloe, Morrison (2 July 2021). "Team Canada to have two taekwondo athletes at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[Italy-4] The European Qualification Tournament was originally scheduled to be held on April 24–25, 2020 in Milan but was moved to Moscow, Russia due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. It was moved once again to Sofia, Bulgaria.^[3]

[wuhanoutbreak-7] The qualifying tournament was moved from Wuxi to Amman because of the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]^[5]

[Grand_Slam-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g With the Grand Slam winner already qualified through the Olympic Rankings, the spot for the Grand Slam winner was re-allocated to the Olympic Rankings. Cite error: The named reference "Grand Slam" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

[Canada-11] No eligible athlete contested the Oceania Qualification Tournament, and this quota was redistributed to Yvette Yong of Canada.^[7]

[COVID-12] Fernanda Aguirre of Chile originally won the quota but she had to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19.

[taekwondo_qual-1] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad – Taekwondo" (PDF). WTF. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

[2] "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.

[3] "European Qualification Tournament 2021: Bulgaria!". World Taekwondo Europe. Retrieved 22 November 2020.

[5] "WT President Chungwon Choue's message regarding the Tokyo 2020 qualification tournaments". World Taekwondo. 22 February 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[6] Pavitt, Michael (22 February 2020). "World Taekwondo moves Asian Olympic qualifier from China to Jordan over coronavirus fears". World Taekwondo. Retrieved 23 February 2020.

[8] Mora, Esteban (24 June 2021). "Exclusive: Wild cards for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". www.mastkd.com/. MasTKD. Retrieved 24 June 2021.

[10] Nichols, Paula; Chloe, Morrison (2 July 2021). "Team Canada to have two taekwondo athletes at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics

List of practitioners Qualification
	Men	Women
	58 kg	49 kg
	68 kg	57 kg
	80 kg	67 kg
	+80 kg	+67 kg
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