Words from the WKF President …

WKF 2025 – big Chance for new partners

 

Fritz EXENBERGER – WKF World president / CEO

Dear WKF family,

we hope you, your family and friends are doing well.

WKF start in the background Worldwide to schedule great events in 2025 / 2026

More than 140 member countries on 6 continents are busy for the next season.

Spain was our host for the amazing last WKF World Championships 2024 in all disciplines. First time in co-operation with BOXING for male and females !

Mr. Juan PINILLA was the head of the organizing team in November 18th to 22nd, 2024.

WKF amateur World president Carlos SUAREZ

In 2025 WKF promote with all local partners our “continentals” , on six continents !

For example European Championships in June in Moldova and Pan American Championships in Bucaramanga, Colombia, or African Cup in autumn!

World Championships 2026

Now the whole world will meet again in Cartagena, Colombia in autumn 2026 and many strong teams from:   Europe,  Latin America, North America, Australia, Asia and Africa will challenge our best Champions.

All our Worldwide WKF MEMBER countries are most welcome in Colombia! Take care for Visa in Time.

PAPAKONSTANTINOU Dimitris, WKF World MMA director
Rodrigo MINO , WKF Latinamerica director

Many old national WKF associations have received new leadership and new strong WKF local associations from East and West have NEWLY joined!

WKF Amateur Boxing

 

Confirmed are WKF sanctioned World Cups in Minsk / BLR in September, Open European Cup in Mykolow / POL in October and World Cup in Bucaramanga / COL in November !!!

 

Euro promoter Rustam ALIMOV and WKF General secretary Roman LOGISCH small talk

The next World Championships in 2028 is either in Asia or in Europe.

As usual in the WKF, this will be decided democratically at the next World Congress in Colombia in 2026

More than 1.900 (!) posters of WKF events since 1965 are in our gallery.

World Boxing division president Daniel HIRLAU and amateur division Vice-president Mikhail GERASIMOV

AND:  WKF – World Kickboxing Federation as first real Global player and sanctioning body has organized first time ever real full amateur  World Championships in Cairo.

On the African continent October 18th to 24th, 2021

 

Cartagena in Colombia 

is now confirmed for the next World Championships 2026 !

Here’s to another globally successful 2025/26 season!

Greetings,

Fritz EXENBERGER
WKF World president / CEO

WKF family in last World Championships 2024 in Alicante , Spain

WKF Europeanchampionships in Moldova

Ivan DERKACHENKO, WKF Supervisor in Chisinau

Dear friends

in sport,

to all respected

European WKF

presidents,

Welcome to

Moldova!

 

the 2025 European Championship are first time in WKF history in Chisinau

 

Full information already on our  official website

Chisinau Arena is amazing sport hall

It’s a great pleasure and honor for me as officially nominated WKF Supervisor for the European Championships to welcome all of our members, male and female fighters, officials, VIP country presidents and supporters to our next European Championships in Chisinau.

It is interesting to see after the amazing World Championships in Spain 2024 how the World is getting even more closer and therefore, it is pleasing to see the European Championships in the wonderful and charming country Moldova.

The next World Championships 2026 will be in autumn in Cartagena, Colombia!

REGISTRATION OPEN MAY 18th

WKF head office expect again more than 30 countries from all over Europe in north and South, east and west!

 
More than 1.000 competitors expected, in all WKF disciplines, Tatami, ring sport, BOXING and MMA.

WKF MOLDOVA President Rustam ALIMOV has already confirmed that the next European Championships in 2025 will take place in the historic city of Chisinau.

 

WKF MOLDOVA President Rustam ALIMOV

The first meetings with the mayor and local partners and sponsors have already taken place.

As always, the official list of the various hotels in all price ranges  is here online and will be sent to all our WKF EUROPE presidents by email.

As always, the World Referee Seminar will be held in the main hotel on Saturday and Sunday 21/22 June.

 

From Portugal to Georgia and from Scandinavia to Cyprus
 
With kind regards,
yours in sport
 
Iwan Derkachenko
 
 
Moldova warmly welcomes everyone!

Welcome to Chisinau

WKF tournament in Moldova / Tiraspol

WKF MOLDOVA report about next amazing international WKF event in Tiraspol.

We are organizing the international kickboxing tournament WKF “Best of the Best” on March 14-16, 2025 in the city of Tiraspol, Republic of Moldova.

We invite everyone, all teams and countries!

Full invitation is HERE, E-mail contact Mr. Iwan DEKACHENKO is HERE

WKF new in Malaysia, Belgium and Armenia

click HERE

Our new partner and WKF MALAYSIA president is Mr. CHEE Jian Kai.

He is former multiple World champion in many good federations.

Now he became important partner in our WKF world wide family.

Malyasia will in 2025 organise a World Cup in Kuala Lumpur, and prepare a huge team for the World Cups 2024 and the official World Championships in Cartagena, Colombia 2025.

Contact  E-mail

 

Mr. Christophe SELLIER

Next change in BELGIUM

Mr. Christophe SELLIER is since 01.01.2025 our new WKF BELGIUM president with all rights.

Mr. Sellier is long time in our sport and a very serious business man with many good contacts.

He confirmed already a strong team for the upcoming European Championships in Chisinau, Moldova in June 22 to 29.

Contact E-mail

 

Mr. Artur ARSHAKYAN

Next change in Leadership is in Armenia.

Mr. Artur ARSHAKYAN is president of Armenian BAMMA federation. Now also for WKF ARMENIA as well.

He is very experienced and long time Coach and respected referee. WKF family is happy to have this Expert in our team.

Mr. Arshakyan will also bring a team to the European Championships to Moldova in June.

Contact E-mail

Welcome in our WKF World wide family

New chairman of the WKF BELARUS

Khmialkou Siarhei /  Хмельков Сергей Витальевич

After months of organizational preparations, the time has come:

New official representative and official confirmed chairman of the of the WKF BELARUS is Mr. Khmialkou Siarhei

in Russian: Хмельков Сергей Витальевич

He is General Director of the Republican Olympic Center and “Stayki”.

Генеральный директор Республиканского центра олимпийский подготовки «Стайки».

RCOT “Staiki” is a forge of talents for sports of the highest achievements. Many national teams and clubs have chosen this place for training and recuperation. At present, “Staiki” complex is the largest sports base in the country for the training of national teams of the Republic of Belarus for the European, World and Olympic Games in 20 different sports, and is also an excellent base for training athletes from other countries.
 
Отель, виза и вся информация ЗДЕСЬ
 

This is the place where:

  • you can go in for sports and rehabilitation;
  • organize a banquet, buffet, wedding or corporate evening;
  • reception and consultation of doctors, functional diagnostics are carried out.

It’s the only place where:

  • the largest sports medicine center in the Republic of Belarus;
  • 82 hectares of land surrounded by pine forests and crystal clear air.

Welcome to the WKF family

WKF BELARUS will of course be there in Chisinau, Moldova. Preparations are in full swing.

News from WKF Brasil

WKF BRAZIL has a new WKF President
Congratulations to Wagner Stive with all his experience in Kickboxen and as a Promotor we wish Wagner Stive all the best.

full information is here / informações completas estão aqui