2023 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's middleweight

Men's middleweight at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	Baku Crystal Hall
Dates	31 May 2023
Competitors	43 from 41 nations
Medalists
Kang Sang-hyun    South Korea   Ivan Šapina    Croatia   Arian Salimi    Iran   Artsiom Plonis
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The men's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on 31 May 2023. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 87 kilograms in body mass.^[1]

Results

Legend

• DQ — Won by disqualification
• P — Won by punitive declaration
• W — Won by withdrawal

Finals

	Semifinals						Final
	Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	9	16	7
	Arian Salimi (IRI)	6	16	6			Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	6	9
	Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	9	2	1			Ivan Šapina (CRO)	5	7
	Ivan Šapina (CRO)	3	4	15P

Top half

Section 1

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA)	4	1
	Gulshan Sharma (IND)	8	8				Gulshan Sharma (IND)	0	0
	Niraj Deuba (NEP)	3	5										Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA)	1	2
													Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	11	3
							Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	6	9	9
							Soufiane El-Asbi (MAR)	4	11	6
																			Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	11	4	0
																			Ahmad Rawy (EGY)	11	3	0
							Patrik Divković (SLO)	4	3
	Ozdjan Pashaev (GEO)	3	6				Ethienne Brunet (CAN)	11	4
	Ethienne Brunet (CAN)	6	13										Ethienne Brunet (CAN)	7	2	8
	Luis Soto (COL)	1	3										Ahmad Rawy (EGY)	3	6	14
	Huang Yu-jen (TPE)	2	9				Huang Yu-jen (TPE)	1	3	4
							Ahmad Rawy (EGY)	0	5	6

Section 2

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Bryan Salazar (MEX)	1	1	3
	Ahmed Al-Muwallad (KSA)	0	4				Seydou Gbané (CIV)	0	1	0
	Seydou Gbané (CIV)	3	4										Bryan Salazar (MEX)	1	4
													Arian Salimi (IRI)	8	10
							Arian Salimi (IRI)	0	9	6
							Raúl Martínez (ESP)	5	5	5
																			Arian Salimi (IRI)	12	12
																			Michael Rodriguez (USA)	8	8
							Michael Rodriguez (USA)	13	8
							Arash Mozhdeh (AUS)	5	3
													Michael Rodriguez (USA)	4	4
	Manuel Pollet (BEL)	7	8	10									Taleh Suleymanov (AZE)	0	4
	Laurenţiu Snacov (ROU)	10	1	3			Manuel Pollet (BEL)	0	8
							Taleh Suleymanov (AZE)	3	9

Bottom half

Section 3

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB)	0	7
	Fred Gwali (SOL)	2	0				Hassan Amer Ali (DEN)	0	2
	Hassan Amer Ali (DEN)	4	12										Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB)	W
													Roberto Botta (ITA)
							Rafael Kamalov (AIN)	1	2	0
							Roberto Botta (ITA)	1	2	1DQ
																			Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB)	2	4
																			Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	6	4
							Smaiyl Duisebay (KAZ)	5	7
	Manuel Martinho (POR)	0	6				Vasileios Tholiotis (GRE)	2	5
	Vasileios Tholiotis (GRE)	10	7										Smaiyl Duisebay (KAZ)	1	3
	Paivou Gomis (GBS)	0	1										Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	1	5
	Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	12	9				Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	11	7
							Meng Mingkuan (CHN)	8	4

Section 4

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	10	13
	Karol Robak (POL)	21	12				Karol Robak (POL)	2	3
	Jahn Estrada (PUR)	9	0										Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	6	11
	Motaz Ifaoui (TUN)	6	14										Fahed Ammar Sbeihi (JOR)	4	0
	Otgonjargalyn Azkhüü (MGL)	2	2				Motaz Ifaoui (TUN)	6	9	3
							Fahed Ammar Sbeihi (JOR)	15	7	3
																			Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	3	2	0
																			Ivan Šapina (CRO)	6	2	1
							Enbiya Taha Biçer (TUR)	7	10
							Dinko Šegedin (BIH)	3	6
													Enbiya Taha Biçer (TUR)	7	1	3
	Andreas Theocharous (CYP)	14	17P	12									Ivan Šapina (CRO)	7	12P	4
	Ashraf Shukran (AFG)	19	9	6			Andreas Theocharous (CYP)	5	2
							Ivan Šapina (CRO)	13	11

References

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