Muay Thai at the 2022 World Games

The Muay Thai tournaments at the 2021 World Games in Birmingham will take place in July 2022 at the Boutwell Memorial Auditorium.[1] Originally scheduled to take place in July 2021, the Games have been rescheduled for July 2022 as a result of the 2020 Summer Olympics postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] It was the second time of Muay Thai including in the World Games.[3]

Muay Thai
at the 2021 World Games
VenueBoutwell Memorial Auditorium
LocationBirmingham, United States
DatesTBC

Competition format

The number of weight classes for men was reduced from 8 to 6, with the women's weight classes having a corresponding increase from 3 to 6. It was the first time that Muay Thai event achieved full gender equality.[4]

Men will contest matches in these six weight classes:

Women will contest matches in these six weight classes:

Qualifying criteria

Each National Olympic Committee was permitted to enter up to one athlete in each event. Twelve places (six both men and women) were reserved for the host nation United States.[5][6]

All other places will be allocated through three Continental Championships or Qualification Tournaments and World Championship Events (one each for Asia, Oceania and Europe) in 2020 and 2021.

Participation

Muay Thai athletes were the first qualifiers of the 2021 World Games. The 2017 World Games champion in men's light welterweight, Igor Liubchenko of Ukraine was the first Muay Thai athlete in the history to qualify for two consecutive Games after he qualified through 2019 Arafura Games.[7]

Participating nations
  •  Australia (2)
  •  France (1)
  •  Kazakhstan (1)
  •  Ukraine (1)

Medalists

Men
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Featherweight
Light welterweight
Welterweight
Light middleweight
Light heavyweight
Heavyweight

Women
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
Flyweight
Bantamweight
Featherweight
Lightweight
Light welterweight

Medal summary

Medal table
Key

  *   Host nation (United States)

References
  1. "5 Birmingham venues approved for events during 2021 World Games". Bham Now. 31 December 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "2021 WORLD GAMES POSTPONED TO 2022 TO ACCOMMODATE OLYMPIC MOVE". SwimSwam. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. "SPORTS PROGRAMME FOR TWG2021". International World Games Association. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "Official Divisions for the World Games 2021". Federation of Asian Muay Thai Associations. 20 March 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. "Qualification System & Events for TWG2021". International Federation of Muaythai Associations. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  6. "The World Games Qualification Rankings". International Federation of Muaythai Associations. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. "FIRST QUALIFIERS FOR THE WORLD GAMES 2021". International World Games Association. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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