Men's Semi-Contact at WAKO World Championships 2007 Coimbra +94 kg

The men's Over 94 kg (+206.8 lbs) Semi-Contact category at the W.A.K.O. World Championships 2007 in Coimbra was the heaviest of the male Semi-Contact tournaments with super heavyweight being the nearest equivalent when compared to Full-Contact's weight classes. There were thirteen fighters from three continents (Europe, Africa and North America) taking part in the competition. Each of the matches was three rounds of two minutes each and were fought under Semi-Contact rules.

Men's Semi-Contact Kickboxing at the W.A.K.O. World Championships
2007 (Coimbra)

Due to the fact there were too few men for a tournament intended for sixteen, three of the fighters received byes through to the quarter final stage. The tournament winner was Italy's Marco Culiersi who defeated Ireland's Andy Hogan by points decision in the final to claim gold. Belgrade '07 Light-Contact bronze medalist Ranis Smajlovic from Slovenia won another bronze medal as did Lee Matthews from Great Britain.[1]

Results
1st Round Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
   
      Daniel Haendel    
Giannis Mihalos       Lee Matthews D(21:20)  
Lee Matthews D(19:14)       Lee Matthews    
Mehmet Ali Acar         Marco Culiersi D(17:16)  
Mario Samirić D(15:10)     Mario Samirić    
      Marco Culiersi D(19:15)  
        Marco Culiersi D(15:10)
Chris de Nysschen         Andy Hogan  
Stephen Kempf D(17:14)     Stephen Kempf    
Ranis Smajlovic D(16:6)     Ranis Smajlovic D(16:5)  
Tamás Kecskés         Ranis Smajlovic    
Ivan Bebik         Andy Hogan D(15:11)  
Andy Hogan D(14:4)     Andy Hogan D(23:16)      
      Benjamin Stewart        
   

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

References
  1. "Official WAKO results (Zip File - Click on Pools SC.pdf)". www.wakoweb.com. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
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