The 12th World Kendo Championships (12WKC)
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- 1. Promoting Organization:
- International Kendo Federation (FIK)
- 2. Hosting Organization:
- The British Kendo Association (BKA)
- 3. Supporting Organization:
- All Japan Kendo Federation (AJKF)
- 4. Place and Venue:
- The Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena
Glasgow, Scotland, Great Britain
Events Term: July 1 (Tuesday) through July 7 (Monday), 2003
| Date | Events (Daytime) | (Evening) |
| July 1 (Tuesday) |
Referee Seminar | |
| July 2 (Wednesday) |
Referee Seminar (Referee Meeting) | |
| EKF General Assembly | ||
| July 3 (Thursday) |
IKF Board of Directors Meeting (BODM) & General Assembly (GA) | IKF Reception |
| Managers’ Meeting | ||
| July 4 (Friday) |
Opening Ceremony | Goodwill Keiko |
| Women’s Individual Championship | ||
| Women’s Team Championship | ||
| Commendation Ceremony | ||
| July 5 (Saturday) |
Commencing Address | Goodwill Keiko |
| Men’s Individual Championship | ||
| Commendation Ceremony | ||
| July 6 (Sunday) |
Commencing Address | Farewell Party |
| Men’s Team Championship | ||
| Commendation and Closing Ceremonies | ||
| July 7 (Monday) |
AJKF Kendo Seminar & AJKF Dan Examinations |
PDF Program and Regulations of the 12th World Kendo Championships (12WKC)
RESULTS
Men’s Team
| Date 2003/7/6 |
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| Japan | Korea | USA | Italy | |
| Fighting Spirit Award | ||||
| J. CASTRO （Spain） |
C. HAIST (Germany） |
S. KRISHNASAMY （Singapore） |
S. GIBSON （Great Britain） |
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| D. TAGUCHI （Canada） |
P. VAN LAECKEN （Belgium） |
N.KIRARY （Hungary） |
J. SATO （Brazil） |
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PDF 12WKC Men’s Team Final Tournament
Men’s Individual
| Date 2003/7/5 |
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| H. SATO (Japan) |
H. IWASA (Japan) |
M. SATO (Japan) |
K. B. LIM (Korea) |
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| Fighting Spirit Award | ||||
| T. JUD （Swiss） |
C. YANG （USA） |
K. ANDO （Japan) |
M. SALONEN (Finland) |
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| Y. HIRAO （Japan) |
S. ASAOKA (Canada) |
S. PARK （Korea） |
Y. KIM （Korea） |
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PDF 12WKC Men’s Individual Final Tournament
Women’s Team
| Date 2003/7/4 |
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| Japan | Korea | Canada | Chinese Taipeo | |
| Fighting Spirit Award | ||||
| B. KIRALY (Hungary） |
D. CASTELLI （Italy） |
L. CAPRIOGLIO （France） |
S.STOCKL (Brazil） |
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| M. SMITH （Australia） |
S. LEE （New Zealand） |
G. RIDDOCH （Great Britain） |
K. KIKUNAGA (USA） |
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PDF 12WKC Women’s Team Final Tournament
Women’s Individual
| Date 2003/7/4 |
1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place | 3rd Place |
| K. BABA (Japan) |
Y. TSUBOTA (Japan) |
K. OKADA (Japan) |
S. ASAHINA (Japan) |
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| Fighting Spirit Award | ||||
| M. ONAKA （Brazil） |
H. SHI （Chinese Taipei） |
N. SOULAS （France） |
A. BYUN （Korea） |
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| E. MARSTEN （USA） |
Y. PARK (Korea） |
R. MIKUNI （USA） |
C. SHINZATO （Japan） |
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PDF 12WKC Women’s Individual Final Tournament
GALLERY
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DRAWING LOTS
12WKC tournament ladders were drawn in Great Britain on 11th May, 2003.
Participants;
John Howell, President BKA
Geoff Salmon, Vice President BKA
Kichio Uehara, 12WKC Executive Committee member
Arinobu Kurose, 12WKC Executive Committee member
The detail of Drawing Results is as follows.
PDF 12WKC Men’s Team
