World Championships 2017 ITF Taekwon-Do

De national coaches announced the selection for the WC 2017 (October 9th-15th in Dublin, Ireland) on July 2th:

  • Hans Rombaut: senior male tul 4°-6°degree
  • Andreea Musca: senior female tul 4°-6°degree & senior pre-arranged free sparring
  • Erika Knihti-Van Driessche: senior female power breaking
  • Leen Walraeve: senior female tul 1°degree & senior pre-arranged free sparring
  • Hans Van Lierde: senior male power breaking
  • Margaux Pollefeyt: junior female tul 1°degree, junior female sparring -55kg & junior female power breaking

The coaches during the WC: Yves Pollefeyt & Bob Wigman.

They will be accompagnied by

  • Eddy Van Damme: umpire
  • Annick Van Driessche: official
  • Master Frank Vanberghen: official

Iudith Rita Musca and Liviu Musca will travel with the team as supporters.

2015 World Championships

wcThe time schedule for the World Championships are online.

Without any changes, the belgian competitors will be performing on Wednesday and Thursday:

  • Wednesday morning May 27th :
    • Bram De Corte, sparring -62kg, ring 4 or 9
  • Thursday morning May 28th :
    • Bram De Corte tul I°degree, ring 1 or 2
    • Pablo Pascuzzo, sparring -57kg, ring 3 or 4

The ring depends on the draws.

Concerning our friends from ITF-Luxembourg : Philine Wassenaar will be competing in sparring -55kg on Wednesday morning & in tul on Thursday morning, Melanie Eysschen will be up on Friday morning for tul, in ring 2.

One week to go for World Championships

wcOnly one week to go…..

Monday 25th & Tuesday 26th the belgian delegation for the World Championships will travel to Jesolo, near Venice, for the World Championships.

Due to all kinds of reasons (school, work, injuries, retirements, etc.) the belgian team is quite small for this championship, but we can for sure say that the teammembers have a high standard and quality.

Competitors :

  • Pablo Pascuzzo : senior male sparring -57kg
  • Bram De Corte : junior male tul I°degree & junior male sparring -62kg

Andreea Musca & Alexia Pagalis were also selected for this WC, but they’re not in the possibility to travel to Italy due to resp. work & school exams.

Umpire & official : Annick Van Driessche
Computer assistant : Sotirios Pagalis

They will be accompagnied by Liviu & Iudith Musca, Virginia Dionisi, Gonzalo Escribano Tejerina and Felipe, Martin Behar.

Tuesday May 26th : coach meeting, umpire meeting, weigh-in & registration, opening ceremony

  • Wednesday 27th – Sunday 31st May: competition
  • Friday May 29th : ITF Congress Meeting
  • Monday June 1st : departure of the team

If you want a daily update on the belgian athletes and the WC, please check this website, the Facebookpage ITF-Belgium or the WC page.
Or take a look at http://wchamp2015.pztkd.lublin.pl/ for the draws and results.

NB : our friends of ITF-Luxembourg will be present on a WC for the first time, with Melanie Eysschen and Philine Wassenaar as competitors and Hardy Viktor & Jan-Philip Wassenaar as coaches and officials.