Author: head office

OPEN FOR ALL COUNTRIES, TEAMS , MALE AND FEMALES

By decision of the WKF AUSTRIA board, the following rules applies to all newcomers!

N Class newcomer 0-5 fights: NO KNEE TO THE HEAD in K-1 and Muay Thai!

Light contact / Kicklight / K-1 / MMA and Amateur Boxing, 0-5 fights

All information’s HERE

Once again, the Guggenberger Sports Hall in 2100 Korneuburg near by Vienna will host the next International WKF AUSTRIA TOP event on March 21, 2026.

For all further requests contact Mr. Daniel Z. HIRLAU

by mail: wkf-boxing@gmx.at

The WKF Lower Austria State Association, with President Florian Bartl and “AUSTRIA BOXING UNION” President and Supervisor Daniel Z. Hirlau, are once again organizing an intentional tournament for BOXING, KICKBOXING, and MMA.

Many teams and well-known clubs from Austria neighboring countries have already confirmed their participation!

International WKF referees with a valid license are welcome!

Next amazing TOP international WKF Open tournament in Minsk, Belarus.

CHINGIZ ALLAZOV CUP

Place: Belarus, Minsk, Republic Center of Olympic Training “Stayki”

Dates : 27-30 November
27 – weight control and registration, meet with Chingiz
28/29/30 – days of fighting

Weight and age categories:

14-15 years old boys and girls – 38, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63.5, 67, 71, 75, 81, +81 kilograms

16-17 years old boys and girls – 42, 45, 48, 51, 54, 57, 60, 63.5, 67, 71, 75, 81, 86, 91, +91 kilograms

If you want to come , you must to send a preliminary application for post no later than 17 November :

Ivan-krab@mail.ru
+37529 3068260 WatsApp, Viber, Telegram

If you have some questions about competition or transfer or residence, please write or call for this contact.

On November 15th we have two historic ladies international title fights , first time in history Austria vs. Colombia in Lowkick and K-1.

During PAN-AMERICAN Championships in the City Bucaramanga! After the great success last Year Promoter Sr. Luis MEDIOMUNDO, president of WKF COLOMBIA, expect again more than 1.000 fighter from 20 countries.

Riley ADAMS from Octagon pro Gym in Vienna in Lowkick – 54 Kg / 119 lbs vs. Jessica MORENO , European Champion vs. Latin American Champion. 

Austrian girl Lilly WURZER – 57 Kg / 125 lbs  in K-1 vs. Gabriela MARTINEZ.

For sure two great technical fights 5 x 2 minutes.

Report on the joint WKF/WFKO World Kickboxing Championship, scheduled for October 31–November 3, 2025, Ploiesti, Romania.

A total of 1,078 athletes from 30 countries registered for the 2025 WKF/WFKO World Kickboxing Championships:
Romania, Moldova, Morocco, Pakistan, India, Nigeria, Lithuania, Turkey, Slovakia, Serbia, Great Britain, Finland, Belarus, Germany, Egypt, Ukraine, Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lebanon, Montenegro, Italy, France, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Sweden, Slovenia,
Switzerland, Poland.

According to the overall team medal standings:
1st place: Romania,
2nd place: Moldova,
3rd place: Belarus.

The Belarusian national team, consisting of seven athletes, performed phenomenally, winning seven gold medals and the 2025 WKF/WFKO World Champion title!

The 2024 WKF World Champions of Alicante (Spain): Viktor Nechitailo, Maksim Kazacu, Evgeniy Myagkov, Ivan Chernetskiy, and Stanislav Savchenko repeated their success at the 2025 World Championships in Romania.

Maxim Spodarenko and Vladislav Abramovich became the new World Champions!

The Moldovan national team, which performed well at the WKF World Cup in Minsk, Belarus, took third place in the overall team competition! In Romania, the Moldovan team, consisting of 47 athletes, won second place in the overall team competition!

The enormous Romanian team, with 470 athletes, took first place in the overall team competition! The athletes competed on four tatami mats and two rings!
The opening and awards ceremonies were truly spectacular!

In Bucharest, WKF World President Friedrich EXENBERGER signed a contract with WKF ROMANIA president and Europe Vice President Florin MINA to host the

2028 WKF World Kickboxing Championships in Romania!

Next amazing TOP class International WKF tournament in Tiraspol, Moldova.

Good hospitality, nice food and some of the best fighters in East and West meet in Tiraspol again.

For Kickboxing and Boxing !!!

again 800 + male / female fighters are expected

As is already known, the WKF Austrian Championships will now take place on 10./11. April held in Vienna.

More than 2.500 down loads (!) already show the great interest in the last qualification for the amazing World Championships in Cartagena, Colombia.

A large field of Austrian WKF clubs and members can be expected again.

Everybody want to fight in the Caribbean World Championships, autumn 2026

In semi-contact or point fighting Austrians were able to place themselves TOP at the last World Championships in Alicante.

WKF AUSTRIA have currently special Austrian training centers in Innsbruck, Wels and Vienna.

Austrians new national MMA coach will also announce his national team 2026 for Colombia there!

This event is the last chance for all Austrian champions to qualify for the World  Championship! This applies accordingly to all tatami and ring sports, BOXING  and of course forms / Kata and MMA.

Here is the invitation, of course in German language 

WKF COLOMBIA president Mr. Luis MEDIOMUNDO is the host of the next WKF World referee seminar in November 2026

Venue is the amazing 4 star main Hotel in Cartagena.

This is the perfect weekend, just before the World Championships 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia 

For the second time our World referee seminar takes place in Colombia.

We got already many requests from our male / female referees and officials from 6 continents and we hope everybody who would need Visa for Colombia start in time at least 8 weeks before with Visa procedure.

For details about Visa invitations, any requests about airport transfer and more contact from our organizing team Donna Bianca BOHORQUEZ

Our update WKF licensed referee list is here !

Many photos of our international WKF referees here !

All rule books in 4 languages and more free to down load here !

All International WKF referees who not has attended the seminars in Triest 2023 ,  Alicante 2024 , or Chisinau 2025 must extend their license in Cartagena.

The extended license is valid for three Years again. Many photos from all WKF seminars since 2011 are here in the gallery!

Next World referee seminar in autumn 2027 in Europe.

before the upcoming  European Championships

Please note:

without valid WKF license you are

not qualified official for WKF events !

After the International Referee Seminar in Minsk, three new female European referees with official WKF licenses were positively assessed. With our new referees, the number of internationally licensed female referees increases to 17.

The youngest in the trio is Ksenia NOVIKOVA from Belarus, who received the C license after the seminar and an excellent exam.

The Russian expert Liliya VOROGUSHINA has been active in the scene as a referee for a long time and has been awarded the International B License.

By decision of the WKF Board, Mrs. Olga Nikolaevna STRIZHAKOVA was awarded the highest WKF A license. She has many years of experience as an international referee and, in the opinion of many WKF board members present in Minsk, was one of the best referees, both as a judge and in the ring.

In addition to Russian, Ms. STRIZHAKOVA also speaks fluent Spanish und English

She will be another important expert and sporting link between WKF EUROPE and South America at the upcoming World Championships 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia.

The WKF Board congratulates all three ladies and is pleased to have other highly qualified international referees from Europe on the team.

The next Latin American Referee Seminar under the direction of Amateur World President Carlos SUAREZ will take place on November 11th and 12th, before the Pan American Open in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Numerous new licenses will be awarded there, and existing ones renewed. It’s well known that our Latin American sports friends always have top-trained officials.