Иван Деркаченко – Ivan Vasilievich DERKACHENKO WKF supervisor
At the last World Congress 2024 in Alicante, Spain, the last CIS Supervisor Roman LOGISCH from WKF GERMANY was unanimously elected new WKF Secretary General by the 60 presidents present.
Ivan Vasilievich DERKACHENKO from Minsk, Belarus, was also unanimously elected as his successor by the Board.
WKF amateur division World Presidents Carlos SUAREZ / ARG, Boxing division World president Daniel HIERLAU / HUN and Muay Thai World director Annis DOMETIOU / GRE were pleased to confirm the appointment and look forward to a good cooperation.
Mr. Derkachenko is well-known and high respected as a manager and expert in our sport.
He will also be serving as a supervisor at the next upcoming WKF Championships in East and West and will therefore be the link between Eastern and Western Europe.
Next WKF Open World Cup in Moldova
After the great success last Year the next WKF Open World Cup in cooperation with the Mayor´s Cup take place in Moldova´s capital Chisinau.
Date is confirmed for June, 25th to 26th.
This open World Cup in Chisinau has many strong. international teams from all over the World.
Great hospitality , nice Hotels and excellent food is just what you get in Moldova.
Perfect event for all our European countries and champions for preparations in focus for the upcoming amazing World Championships in Cartagena, 19th to 24th October.
For more information and all details contact Mr. Rustam ALIMOV by MAIL.
Summer Camp and referee seminar in Kiato
As part of this year’s Summer Camp, which will take place in Kiato from July 23 to 26, the annual referee and judge seminar will be held under the auspices of the WKF World Kickboxing Federation.
Promoter WKF GREECE
The seminar will be presented by Mr. Vangelis MASTIS, International Referee and Judge, with significant experience and contribution to the field.
This initiative is part of the ongoing effort to develop, train and upgrade the level of referees and judges, enhancing the quality and credibility of the sport under the guidance of the WKF.
The best Greek international WKF referees will be nominated for the World Championship from October 19th to 24th in Colombia!
Στο πλαίσιο του φετινού Summer Camp, το οποίο θα πραγματοποιηθεί στο Κιάτο από τις 23 έως και τις 26 Ιουλίου, θα διεξαχθεί το ετήσιο σεμινάριο διαιτητών και κριτών υπό την αιγίδα της WKF World Kickboxing Federation.
Εισηγητής του σεμιναρίου θα είναι ο κ. Βαγγέλης Μαστής, International Referee and Judge B Class, με σημαντική εμπειρία και συμβολή στον χώρο.
Η πρωτοβουλία αυτή εντάσσεται στη διαρκή προσπάθεια για εξέλιξη, επιμόρφωση και αναβάθμιση του επιπέδου των διαιτητών και κριτών, ενισχύοντας την ποιότητα και την αξιοπιστία του αθλήματος υπό την καθοδήγηση της WKF.
Οι καλύτεροι Έλληνες διεθνείς διαιτητές της WKF θα προταθούν για το Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα που θα διεξαχθεί από τις 19 έως τις 24 Οκτωβρίου στην Κολομβία!
WKF fighters license for all Championships
WKF head office
would like to remind all our presidents to fix and to to update on time WKF fighters license (sport book) for all participants for the next tournaments.
Oriental Educational Rules, youth tournament in France
Bonjour, je m’appelle Fabrice LOCQUENEUX et je suis le nouveau président de la WKF FRANCE.
J’organiserai une compétition sous l’égide de la FKA (la fédération belge, dont le président, Fabrice DEBOIS, est également président de la WKF BELGIQUE.
Cette compétition se déroulera donc sous le nom de « Règles éducatives orientales », car elle est exclusivement réservée aux enfants et aux adolescents.
Je m’efforcerai d’impliquer un maximum de clubs français dans cet événement afin de constituer un important vivier de boxeurs pour les compétitions futures.
À bientôt en France ! Au plaisir de vous rencontrer prochainement.
Fabrice Locqueneux, Président de la WKF FRANCE
For any questions, please contact Mr. Locqueneux by email.
Hello, my name is Fabrice LOCQUENEUX, and I am the new president of WKF France.
I will be organizing a competition under the auspices of the FKA (the Belgian Boxing Association, whose president, Fabrice DEBOIS, is also the president of WKF BELGIUM.
This competition will be called “Oriental Educational Rules” because it is exclusively for children and teenagers.
I will strive to attract as many French clubs as possible to this event in order to build a large pool of boxers for future competitions.
See you soon in France! I look forward to meeting you there.
Fabrice Locqueneux, President of WKF FRANCE
World Championships 2026 in Colombia
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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2026
OCTOBER 19th – 24th
CARTAGENA – COLOMBIA
60 YEARS OF WKF – FOUNDED 1964
World Championships 2028 Bucharest, Romania
Dynasty of Champions in Bucharest
The President of WKF ROMANIA, Master Florin MINA, announces the national selection event for the Romanian team participating in the World Championship in Cartagena, Colombia.
Master Marius Vasile NITA, promoter of Dynasty Kombat and Vice-President of WKF-Romania, promises an explosive event titled “Dynasty of Champions” on March 29th in Bucharest.
All athletes will compete for national selection and a spot in the Dynasty Kombat Gala on May 3rd.
Head referees Adrian MINA, Alexandru NITA, and Costin MINCU will coordinate the smooth running of the event.
Furthermore, for the date of May 3rd, we are announcing a signature Dynasty Kombat event featuring international guests from Austria, Argentina, and Germany.
WKF PRO-AM division – for our best amateurs!
From the beginning in WKF we split very clearly amateur and pro business, in ring sport as well as in PPF and MMA.
World wide valid rankings is the simply proof!
Mr. Carlos SUAREZ from Argentina is many Years expert in our sport and our very active World president for the huge WKF AMATEUR division.
Vice-president for the amateur division is Mr. Danil KARPENKO from WKF RUSSIA.This is to follow many requests and wishes of our clients , managers and thousands of our fighters from all over the World.
On the next World Championships in Cartagena 18th to 24th October 2026 we have all fighting divisions, for male and females.
After the great success in Alicante 2024 in WKF again with AMATEUR BOXING, for male and females!
Today we are very successfully not only in pro sport but of course in amateur business too.
With great pleasure we want your poster of WKF sanctioned tournaments, with our logo on the poster. We would like to help with on-line advertising free of charge, of course. Short reports after would be great.
We just want to remind every WKF country president World wide to send fighter profiles of your amateurs or just non-professional male/female fighters in ring sport. We have same system like in other pro sport in WKF. We offer the chance to fight in all 6 ring sport divisions for our great demand WKF Champion belts.
Here are our 6 WKF divisions, with valid World ranking lists, rules, title fight minimum requirements and much more
PRO – AM / PPF / SANDA / PRO RING SPORT / MMA / BOXING
Our WKF PRO-AM titles has a great value because of our World wide network with more than 150 member countries you have the chance to fight not only at home. No fighter will lose his/her amateur status , he/she can fight still on any tournament, any World Championship World wide. You can be sure just to face another amateur fighter with perhaps 15 to 20 fights and not real pro with more than 100 fights.
The rules and regulations for PRO-AM are easy to understand and waiting for your download. All you have to do is just send your fighter profile and jpg photos like always and we post your team online in the PRO AM World ranking. Because: only male/female fighters in our PRO AM World ranking are qualified to fight for our WKF titles.
For further requests or interest on any possible PRO-AM title fights do not hesitate to send a mail , please.
International Open Newcomer tournament in Austria
OPEN FOR ALL
COUNTRIES, TEAMS
MALE AND FEMALES
Registration deadline: March 18th !
By decision of the WKF AUSTRIA board, the following rules applies to all newcomers!
N Class newcomer 0-5 fights: NO KNEE TO THE HEAD in K-1 and Muay Thai!
Light contact / Kicklight / K-1 / MMA and Amateur Boxing, 0-5 fights
All information HERE
Once again, the Guggenberger Sports Hall in 2100 Korneuburg near by Vienna will host the next International WKF AUSTRIA TOP event on March 21, 2026.
The WKF Lower Austria State Association, with President Florian Bartl and “AUSTRIA BOXING UNION” President and Supervisor Daniel Z. Hirlau, are once again organizing an intentional tournament for BOXING, KICKBOXING, and MMA.
Many teams and big well-known clubs from neighboring countries have already confirmed their participation!
International WKF referees with a valid license are welcome!
WKF K-1 World Grand Prix
big chance for any serious European promoter
At the world congress 2018 in Buenos Aires in Latin America, the WKF World Kickboxing Federation presented the premium league for the first time:
“WKF WORLD GRAND PRIX”
This is for all our AAA WKF promoter only. Our WKF EUROPE head office confirm the WKF WORLD GRAND PRIX in spring 2026 in Austria.
What are the conditions to promote in Europe next WGP
and to become AAA promoter level ?
International Champions from at least 3 continents!
Two air tickets for each foreign fighter and his corner man,
food and good Hotel, paid by the organizing team
Big Chance for any male / female European Champion to fight abroad !
International WKF licensed referee and supervisor, solely appointed by our WKF head office, TV contract (!) for the event and at least one professional WKF World title !
Are you interested to organize our WKF WORLD GRAND PRIX in your town ?
Sanction fee for the WKF World Grand Prix is part of negotiation.
For the WKF WORLD GRAND PRIX in Austria Champions from 10 countries and 4 continents in negotiation for the fight card.
The organizers in Austria confirmed already the “WKF WORLD GRAND PRIX” again for spring 2026. It’s good to have more time to register and prepare for our international champions.
Japan, China, Austria, Australia, Canada, Argentina, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Poland and more Europeans in negotiations …
This is again a cooperation with our partner in USA, “Global Gladiator Games” or often called “tripple G”
International K-1 eight man tournament, plus WKF sanctioned title fights, plus international Ladies fights, plus excellent show program, pretty ring girls and much more.
More details coming soon, stay tuned …
