World referee seminar in June 2025

full invitation is HERE

WKF MOLDOVA president Mr. Rustam ALIMOV is the host of the next WKF World referee seminar on June 21st / 22nd.

Venue is the amazing 4 star main Bernardazzi Grand Hotel in Chisinau.

This is the perfect weekend, just before the European Championships 2025 in Chisinau, Moldova. 

For the very first time our World referee seminar takes place in Chisinau.

Euro medalls total – click HERE

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

Invitation is here!

Registration deadline June 13th

For details about Visa invitations, any requests about airport transfer and more contact our organizing team Mr. Rustam ALIMOV

World referee 2024

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 Wels 2022 , Triest 2023 or Alicante 2024 must extend their license in Chisinau. 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 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia before the upcoming  World Championships !

Please note:

without valid WKF license you are

not qualified official for WKF events !

African ranking, following the last six WKF World Championships:

The next board election of the African WKF continental federation will take place in 2025 at the next African Congress. All African nations present are invited.

best African fighters – male and female – are in Spain

African ranking, following the last six World Kickboxing Federation World Championships:

– 2012 (Varazdin Croatia)
– 2014 (Prague Czechia)
– 2016 (Andria Italy)
– 2018 (Buenos Aires Argentina)
– 2021 (Cairo Egypt)

– 2024 ( Alicante, Spain)

 
Best African countries:
 
81 nations au total / a total of 81 nations have participated – click HERE

01 – South Africa
02 – Uganda
03 – Tunisia
04 – Egypt
05 – Algeria
06 – Cameroon
07 – Ghana
08 – Kenya
09 – Morocco 
10 – Nigeria
11 – Tanzania

 

WKF AFRICA needs the support of all African countries to recover and assert itself in the World Kickboxing Federation, not only at the amateur level, but also at the professional level, relying on great victories like that of Cameroonian Jean Michel MBOCK against the very talented Igor Pesterev, June 16, 2016 in Russia Tyumen, West Sibiria. World title in K-1 in super middle weight – 78 Kg.All of Africa is being challenged by the next World Championships in Cartagena. Colombia in autumn 2026.
 
Classement africain, à l’issu des cinq derniers championnats du Monde de la World Kickboxing Federation :
– 2012 (Varazdin Croatia)    – 2014 (Prague Czech Republic)     – 2016 (Andria Italy)
– 2018 (Buenos Aires Argentina)   – 2021 (Cairo Egypt)    – 2024 ( Alicante, Spain)
 
Meilleurs pays africains :
WKF AFRICA continental federation

01- South Africa
02- Uganda
03- Tunisia
04- Egypt
05- Algeria
06- Cameroon
07- Ghana
08- Kenya
09- Maroc
10- Nigeria
11- Tanzania
 
La WKF AFRICA a besoin du concours de tous les pays d’Afrique pour se relever et s’affirmer dans la World Kickboxing Federation, pas seulement au niveau amateur, mais aussi au niveau professionnel, en s’appuyant sur des grandes victoires comme celle du Camerounais Jean Michel MBOCK face au très talentueux Igor Pesterev, le 16 juin 2016 à Tyumen, West Sibiria en Russie. Titre du monde en K-1 dans les super middle weight – 78 Kg.
 
C’est toute l’Afrique qui est interpellé par les prochains Championnats du Monde  2026.

World federation presents the champions belt for BOXING / BKFC

World Champion Pierre HERRERA, Spain Chief referee Jose GALINDO and World president Daniel HIRLAU
Daniel HIRLAU and WKF Vice-president Mikhail GERASIMOV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the last World Championship in November 2024 in Spain, the new BOXING championship belts were presented by the World Boxing President Mr. Daniel HIRLAU. He is also nominated Chief Referee by the upcoming European Championships in Moldova, June 22nd to 29th.

Presidents and managers from over 50 nations from six continents were very interested and delighted.

Pierre HERRERA from Chile is the first official world champion in boxing, sanctioned by the WKF, since November 22, 2024

World / Intercontinental / International / National

Five current champion belts were presented for viewing by the main office of our World Boxing Federation / BKFC.

From now on we can also confirm worldwide title fights for our best BOXERS and Bare Knuckle Champions – men and women – who would like to compete for a real serious title fights in

BOXING / bare knuckle

Blow by blow

and step by step

 

 

Next sanctioned title fight in BOXING is also being discussed for 2025!

all information HERE
Daniel Z. HIRLAU

Things continue with two planned events in Poland and Austria and for the first time with a new WKF ALBANIA team, probably in Tirana, as well as a planned event in  Bulgaria and perhaps in Belgium.

Anyone interested in serious boxing and bare-knuckle fighting with our real world federation should contact Daniel Z. HIRLAU by email

How do you get into the world ranking?

Simply fill out fighter profiles, add a photo and send!

BOXING continental title belt

International WKF tournament “Best of the Best”

WKF EUROPE vice-president and WKF ROMANIA high respected president Grandmster Florin MINA and promoter of European Championships in June Mr. Rustam ALIMOV

From March 14 to 16, 2025, in the city of Tiraspol, at the base of the “Tiraspol SDYUSHOR of Wrestling and Boxing”, the international kickboxing tournament WKF “Best of the Best” was held in the sections K1, low kick, kick-light and light contact.

The competition was attended by 398 athletes from Belarus, Romania, Russia, Germany, Moldova, Hungary, Bulgaria, Italy, Gagauzia, Ukraine and Transnistria.

There were 138 fights in the ring and 148 on the tatami.

We would especially like to see the following winners:
Sinica Alexandru-Romania,
Nosov Gleb-Germany,
Viaggi Luca-Italy,
Verbin Stanislav-Gagauzia,
Bejenutse Maximus-Moldova,
Chilei Alexey-Transnistria,
Markov Ruslan-Transnistria,
Sukhikh Pantelei-Transnistria,
Kazaku Maxim-Belarus,
Nechitaylo Viktor-Belarus.

The award ceremony was attended by:
Gevlich Alexander Slavevich – President of the ROO “National Federation of Kickboxing and Muay Thai of Transnistria”,
Prokudin Pavel Nikolaevich – Advisor to the President of the PMR,
Nyagu Vitaly Nikolaevich – Minister of Internal Affairs of the PMR,

German TOP referee Mr. Igor SVIDER and Teletinskaya Nelly MIKHAILOVNA, Deputy Chairman of the Head of the State Sports Service of the PMR,

Teletinskaya Nelly Mikhailovna – Deputy Chairman of the Head of the State Sports Service of the PMR,
Sazonov Gennady Valerievich – Vice President of the ROO “National Federation of Kickboxing and Muay Thai”,
Alimov Rustam Baturovich – President of WKF Moldova, Vice President of WKF Word PRO,
Svider Igor – member of the executive committee of WKF European,
Mina Florin – Vice President of WKF European.

The competition was served by a panel of judges led by WKF Supervisor DERKACHENKO Ivan Vasilyevich, Minsk, Republic of Belarus, and senior tatami judge BAIBAR Igor, Shumen, Bulgaria.

 

Overall team standings:

WKF EUROPE

1st place, sports club “Kickboxing Academy”, Tiraspol
2nd place, sports club “Garuda”, Chisinau
3rd place, sports club: Koltuk-gym, Chisinau.
The best fighter of the tournament: Chilei Alexey (Moldova, Tiraspol)!
The best judge of the ring – Markush Bela (Hungary)
The best judge of the tatami – Trofimov Ilya (Bulgaria)

best international WKF officials in Tiraspol