Category: head-office-news

WKF 2026

 

big Chance for new partners

 

Dear WKF family,

we hope you, your family and friends are doing well.

WKF start in the background Worldwide to schedule great events in 2026 / 2027

Today 160+ member countries on 6 continents are busy for the next season.

Alicante in Spain was our host for the amazing last WKF World Championships 2024 in all disciplines. First time in co-operation with BOXING for male and females !

Our senior official Mr. Juan PINILLA was the perfected head of the organizing team in November 18th to 22nd, 2024.

In 2025 WKF has promoted with all local partners our “continentals” , on six continents !

For example European Championships in June in Moldova and Pan American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia, or African Cup in autumn!

My sincere thanks go to our hard-working World President in the amateur division, Mr. Carlos SUAREZ in Buenos Aires, and also to all 6 continental Directors and all Managers and Promoters.

World Championships 2026

Now the whole world will meet again in Cartagena, Colombia, 19th to 24th October 2026 and many strong teams from:

Africa, Asia,

Australia, Europe, 

Latin America

North America

will challenge our best Champions.

All our 160 + Worldwide WKF MEMBER countries are most welcome in Cartegena, Colombia!

 

Take care for your Visa and Hotel in Time !

Register your best Refeerees

for the World referee seminar Sunday, October 18th

Many long time national WKF associations have received new leadership and new strong WKF local associations from all over the World have NEWLY joined!

Many nations worldwide, disappointed by other small “so-called world federations” have rejoined our WKF.

Confirmed 2026 are WKF sanctioned World Cups in all 6 continents – in preparations for Cartagena an more

 

Everyone wants to be there for the first World Championship in the Caribbean – as a fighter, coach, or official.

Until today 56 countries all over the World confirmed for Colombia ! And many more will join us as well. As every year, the entry visas will be the deciding factor.

We expect 1.500 to 2.000 best male and female fighters from all over the World !!!

The next World Championships in 2028 are now confirmed, back in Europe! Romania’s capital City Bucharest is the venue, our host is WKF EUROPE Vice president Mr. Florin MINA.

Promoter Dinastia Nita, ran by Master Marius-Vasile NITA

As usual in the WKF, many things will be decided democratically at the next World Congress on monday, October 19th in the main Hotel Almirante in Colombia. Each country has one vote!

Open European Cup in Austria

in amateur Boxing, MMA and Kickboxing

WKF HEAD OFFICE work very hard in cooperation with our IRC- “International rules committee”  to train our international officials and referees, to answer protests and requests for the competition rules and to develop our various WKF rules.

 

Our last World referee seminar´s 2023 in Skofije Slovenia, 2024 in Alicante Spain and 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova, appointed several new TOP female WKF referees with international licenses.

The last international referee seminar in 2025 in Minsk, Belarus, has brought three more highly qualified “Women in Black” to our team, and thus further strengthens our team.

Today we again have

19 female officials worldwide

only with an international WKF referee license.

 

As the world know – our next World referee seminar will be held in Cartagena, Colombia, Saturday and Sunday October 18th just before the WKF World Championships 2026

The next but one World referee seminar in Austria will be held on September 18th 2027, the weekend just before the following

 

European ChampionshipS 2027 

 

Without valid WKF license you are not an official , referee, and supervisor in our World Kickboxing Federation!

 

 

Today WKF has more than 150 international licensed referees on 6 continents.

 

 

Of these, unfortunately, today we only have just 

19 (!)

 

nineteen 

international 

licensed

female

officials

 

 

Like all knowledge, World wide more and more strong female champions and athletes are fighting, on tatami and Ring!

 

 

Our WKF executive board therefore emphatically requests all our

WKF country presidents

to send more female referees to Cartagen in Colombia to the next World referee seminar on October 18th 2026, in our main Hotel Almirante.

 

To all our country presidents World wide:

invitation World referee seminar in Cartagena

It’s in your hands and we just need

more female

WKF licensed officials

Everybody want to attend this historical and amazing event!

Asia, North America and Latin America, Africa, Europe and again Australian and Oceania countries confirmed already huge teams to show the World how strong they are !

We want our best Africans in Colombia!

Just the weekend before October 17th / 18th, WKF promote our annual WKF World referee seminar 2026 in Cartagena in our 5 star main Hotel.

Without valid WKF license – no exception – you are not an official in our World Kickboxing Federation!

 

African continental open Championships 2026

Which team, which country, which city, who is is the real best male and female fighter on the African continent ? This is the greatest event 2026 for all African countries.

From Egypt to South Africa, from Ethiopia to Senegal. All our 37 WKF AFRICA member countries must send their best amateur fighters male and female, to find out who have the real best team, the best male and female Champions !

 

Open European Cup in Austria

in amateur Boxing and Kickboxing

 online registration NOW OPEN

 

WKF COLOMBIA president Mr. Luis MEDIOMUNDO is the host of the next WKF World referee seminar on October 18th 2026

Venue is the amazing 5 star 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 Latin America.

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

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS FRIDAY OCTOBER 9th

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 on September 12th, 2027 in Austria, before the upcoming  European Championships

Please note:

without valid WKF license you are

not qualified official for WKF events !

 

The City of St. Pölten in Austria is confirmed

2027 European Championship

13th to 18th September

The idea behind is to upgrade our thousands of semi contact – or point fighting – fighters World wide.

Many tournaments on all continents has many competitors and now World Kickboxing Federation offers the Chance to fight for a real pro title with a great value and Champion belt, sanctioned by our World wide federation.

Posted in the weekly updated World ranking and with high value.

Valid with same PPF rules everywhere, same reqirements like in professional Ring sport. Professional weigh-in a day before, 3 international judges, WKF supervisor, flags and anthem and an amazing belt.

Send fighter profiles of your best point fighters male and female for the PPF World ranking, to get a chance to fight!

If you are interested to promote a PPF – PRO POINT FIGHTING title visit our web site and send just a request to our new office by mail.

  many new updates in the PPF World ranking.

The WKF ROMANIA, headed by Grandmaster and WKF EUROPE Vice president Florin MINA, has confirmed Bucharest as the host of the 2028 WKF Kickboxing World Championships.

Beforehand, the sole official Romanian federation will hold the final qualifying event for the upcoming WKF World Championships, taking place from October 19-24 in Cartagena, Colombia, on July 18, 2026.