The amazing World Cup 2024 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, is over. With more than 1700 competitors, it set several new records. Finally, the competition took place in the phenomenal stadium Polideportivo Islas Malvinas with many thousands of seating capacity on a total of six full days. While the pre-junior and junior categories were held mainly on Monday to Thursday, October 28 to 31, the adults in various age categories competed from Wednesday to Saturday, October 30 to November 2.
The full details of the competition are available on sportdata.org, as well as for the 1st Adapted World Cup. As a summary, there were
- 1729 competitors of
- 143 clubs from
- 42 countries.
- 471 coaches and
- 109 umpires were registered.
The medal statistic by country and club is available, too. With a huge majority of competitors from Argentina it is not a surprise to see Argentina winning the medal statistic by far, followed by England and Ukraine. On the club level, the results are more close: places 1 to 3 have won 13 Gold medals each! Finally, the most successful club was “Vatrano Marcelo” (Argentina), followed by “ITF England – Clubteam” and “All-Ukrainian Taekwon-Do Union”.
All action on the mats and much more was available live and from all over the world through our live streams on the ITF YouTube channel. Those live streams will stay be available on YouTube. The videos are sorted by date – morning or afternoon session (am/pm) – ring number. With the official schedule or time stamp of the categories, you can easily find and re-watch the match of your choice.
Our Instagram account @itftaekwondofederation showed you the most interesting highlights – together with all our Instagram collaborators. A big shoutout to all our collaborating accounts, from @TKDTekkers and @TKD_live – the most active ones – to all the smaller acounts. You helped us make this event a global success.
In writing, detailed reports and interviews with the most influential people were shared by our collaborator Raul Daffunchio Picazo from insidethegames.biz. Many of those insights where hidden even from ITF insiders! Read all the articles directly on insidethegames.biz.
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