World Wushu Championships | |
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Genre | Global sports event |
Frequency | Biennial |
Inaugurated | 1991 |
Most recent | 2019 |
Organised by | IWUF |
Website | http://www.iwuf.org/competitions/iwuf-official-events/world-wushu-championships/ |
World Wushu Championships | |
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Simplified Chinese | 世界武术锦标赛 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Shìjiè wǔshù jǐnbiāosài |
The World Wushu Championships (WWC) is an international sports championship hosted by the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) for the sports of wushu taolu and sanda (sanshou).[1] It has been held biennially since 1991 and is the pinnacle event of the IWUF. The World Wushu Championships also coincides with the IWUF Congress as well as with various committee meetings.[1]
Championships
Year | Edition | Location | Events | First of the medal table | Second of the medal table | Third of the medal table |
1991 | 1 | Beijing, China | 23 | China | Japan | Soviet Union |
1993 | 2 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 24 | China | Russia | Hong Kong |
1995 | 3 | Baltimore, United States | 24 | China | Hong Kong | Russia |
1997 | 4 | Rome, Italy | 25 | China | Hong Kong | Russia |
1999 | 4 | Hong Kong, China | 31 | China | Hong Kong | Vietnam |
2001 | 6 | Yerevan, Armenia | 41 | China | Vietnam | South Korea |
2003 | 7 | Macau, China | 39 | China | Vietnam | Russia |
2005 | 8 | Hanoi, Vietnam | 40 | China | Vietnam | Malaysia |
2007 | 9 | Beijing, China | 40 | China | Macau | Vietnam |
2009 | 10 | Toronto, Canada | 40 | China | Iran | Hong Kong |
2011 | 11 | Ankara, Turkey | 40 | China | Iran | Hong Kong |
2013 | 12 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 46 | China | Iran | Malaysia |
2015 | 13 | Jakarta, Indonesia | 50 | China | Indonesia | Iran |
2017 | 14 | Kazan, Russia | 44 | China | Iran | Hong Kong |
2019 | 15 | Shanghai, China | 44 | China | Iran | Hong Kong |
2021 | 16 | Dallas, United States | TBD | Future event |
History
Rules Revision History
The 1990 and 1998 IWUF Rules for Taolu Competition were largely based on the Chinese Wushu Association rules which governed wushu competitions for decades. The system of judging in these rulesets were used at the World Wushu Championships from 1991 to 2003. After the 2003 World Wushu Championships, the IWUF released a major revision to the taolu rules which added the degree of difficulty requirement. This system of judging has been used since 2005 at the World Wushu Championships and have been revised in 2005 and 2019.
The current Sanda rules were last revised in 2017.
Event History
The 1999 World Wushu Championships introduced Taijijian, Nandao, and Nangun events. These events were originally not part of the IWUF first set of compuslory routines but are now generally accepted as being part of that set.
The IWUF second set of compulsory routines were implemented as additional events in the 2001 World Wushu Championships alongside events for the first compulsory routines.
In the 2003 World Wushu Championships, all athletes were required to compete with the IWUF second set of compulsory routines. Women's sanshou and women's duilian was also introduced at this competition.
As a result of the major rule changes of 2005, compulsory routines were discontinued at the World Wushu Championships and athletes had to compete with optional routines with fist and weapon events being judged with degree of difficulty.
Incidental music was adopted for the first time for the taijiquan and taijijian events at the 2007 World Wushu Championships
The changquan, nanquan, and taijiquan routines from the IWUF third set of compulsory routines were implemented in 2013 and 2015 as additional events.
Men's dadao, men's xingyiquan, women's shuangjian, and women's baguazhang were also implemented in 2015. In 2017 and 2019, the same additional events reappeared but men's dadao was swapped with the men's shuangdao event.
The degree of difficulty requirement for long weapon was added leading up to the 2017 World Wushu Championships.
2019 implemented a creative group-set (kiti) event with certified and celebrity judges. The official judges graded performances out of a total of 10.000 according to regular IWUF judging procedures and celebrity judges gave a score out of 10.000 based on personal preference.
2021 is scheduled for the taiji fan (taijishan) event to debut.
Other History
The 1995 World Wushu Championships in the United States was the first time a major international Wushu competition was held outside of Asia.
The 2001 World Wushu Championships implemented doping tests for the first time. The tests registered a clean record as all of the 12 samples returned with no positive results.[2]
More than 1000 martial artists from 89 countries took part in the 2007 World Wushu Championships in Beijing just one year before the summer Olympic Games took place in People's Republic of China.
Total medal count
Last updated after the 2019 World Wushu Championships.[3]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 218 | 12 | 2 | 232 |
2 | Iran (IRI) | 51 | 22 | 23 | 96 |
3 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 44 | 63 | 37 | 144 |
4 | Russia (RUS) | 39 | 32 | 34 | 105 |
5 | Vietnam (VIE) | 34 | 59 | 56 | 149 |
6 | South Korea (KOR) | 23 | 31 | 48 | 102 |
7 | Macau (MAC) | 22 | 34 | 31 | 87 |
8 | Malaysia (MAS) | 21 | 33 | 43 | 97 |
9 | Philippines (PHI) | 17 | 19 | 33 | 69 |
10 | Indonesia (INA) | 15 | 13 | 18 | 46 |
11 | Japan (JPN) | 14 | 36 | 30 | 80 |
12 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 8 | 20 | 22 | 50 |
13 | Egypt (EGY) | 8 | 18 | 30 | 56 |
14 | Myanmar (MYA) | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 |
15 | Singapore (SGP) | 4 | 11 | 18 | 33 |
16 | India (IND) | 4 | 9 | 16 | 29 |
17 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
18 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 8 | 18 | 29 |
19 | Brazil (BRA) | 3 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
20 | Turkmenistan (TKM) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
21 | United States (USA) | 2 | 15 | 28 | 45 |
22 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 11 | 15 | 28 |
23 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 9 | 13 | 24 |
24 | Turkey (TUR) | 2 | 8 | 26 | 36 |
25 | France (FRA) | 2 | 4 | 20 | 26 |
26 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
27 | Soviet Union (URS) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
28 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
29 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
30 | South Africa (RSA) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
31 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
32 | Lebanon (LBN) | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 |
33 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 |
34 | Armenia (ARM) | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
35 | Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
36 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
37 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
38 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
39 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
40 | Tunisia (TUN) | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
41 | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
42 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
Venezuela (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
44 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
45 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Monaco (MON) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
50 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
51 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
52 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
55 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Yemen (YEM) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
57 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
59 | Afghanistan (AFG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (63 nations) | 564 | 536 | 733 | 1833 |
The sum total of gold, silver and bronze medals are not equal for the following reasons:
- Sanda events changed from awarding one bronze medal to two bronze medals per event in 1993.
- Occasional none-awarding or sharing of prizes.
- The 1995 rendition had several winners per each prize in taolu events while sanda events only awarded a gold medal to the winner of each event.
Other Notes
- The Soviet Union is considered as a separate entity in the table above.
- Medals from the jiti (groupset) event from the 2019 World Wushu Championships are not included above.
- Stripped medals are taken into account in the table above.
World cups
Athletes who place high in the World Wushu Championships will qualify for the Sanda or the Taolu World Cups.
Sanda World Cup
Edition | Year | Host City, Country[4] |
1 | 2002 | Shanghai, China |
2 | 2004 | Guanzhou, China |
3 | 2006 | Xi'an, China |
4 | 2008 | Harbin, China |
5 | 2010 | Chongqing, China |
6 | 2012 | Wuyishan, China |
7 | 2014 | Jakarta, Indonesia |
8 | 2016 | Xi'an, China |
9 | 2018 | Hangzhou, China |
10 | 2021 | Melbourne, Australia |
Taolu World Cup
Edition | Year | Host City, Country[4] |
1 | 2016 | Fuzhou, China |
2 | 2018 | Yangon, Myanmar |
3 | 2022 | Tokyo, Japan |
See also
References
- ^ a b "World Wushu Championships". IWUF. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "World Wushu Championships Keeps Clean Record in First Doping Test". english.people.com.cn. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ "Results". IWUF. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ a b "Locations of WTWC's". Retrieved 7 March 2018.