2024 Taolu World Cup

2024 Taolu World Cup
Venue	Yokohama Buntai [ja]
Location	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Start date	October 26, 2024
End date	October 27, 2024
Competitors	211 from 27 nations
Website	Official website

The 2024 Taolu World Cup (Japanese: 第３回武術太極拳ワールドカップ大会) was the third edition of the Taolu World Cup. It was held at the Yokohama Buntai [ja] in Yokohama, Japan, from October 26 to 27, 2024.[1][2][3][4] Qualification was done through the 2023 World Wushu Championships and the 2024 Wushu International Invitational Tournament.[5]

Background

Selection process

At the International Wushu Federation (IWUF) congress at the 2019 World Wushu Championships, it was decided that the 3rd Taolu World Cup would be held in Tokyo, Japan from November 14 to 19, 2020.[6] It would be organized by the Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation. Previously, Japan had only hosted three prior major international wushu competitions with the most recent being the wushu event at the 2001 East Asian Games.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Shortly after the completion, the COVID-19 pandemic spread internationally. On April 20, 2020, the IWUF announced that the 3rd Taolu World Cup would be postponed to 2022 after a request from the local organizing committee.[6] This announcement was later followed by cancellations of the World Junior Wushu Championships, the Sanda World Cup, the World Taijiquan Championships, the Asian Wushu Championships, the World Kungfu Championships, and eventually the 2021 World Wushu Championships were moved to 2023.[7] With this update, the 3rd Taolu World Cup was rescheduled to 2024, and the qualifications from the 2019 world championships were to be replaced by rankings at the 2023 world championships.

Qualification

The top eight athletes at the 2023 World Wushu Championships qualified for the 2024 Taolu World Cup.[1] In addition, an additional spot in each event was given to the gold medalists at the 2024 Wushu International Invitational Tournament held in April in China.[1] The invitational tournament was organized because several countries had visa issues while trying to participate in the previous world championships.[8][9]

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9:00)

Date	Start Time	Carpet
October 26	9:30	Women's Changquan
	9:55	Men's Qiangshu
	10:20	Women's Nandao
	10:45	Men's Nangun
	11:10	Women's Taijiquan
	14:30	Men's Nandao
	14:55	Women's Nangun
	15:20	Men's Changquan
	15:45	Women's Jianshu
	16:10	Men's Taijijian
October 27	9:30	Women's Nanquan
	9:55	Men's Gunshu
	10:20	Women's Daoshu
	10:45	Men's Jianshu
	11:10	Women's Taijijian
	14:30	Men's Nanquan
	14:55	Women's Gunshu
	15:20	Men's Daoshu
	15:45	Women's Qiangshu
	16:10	Men's Taijiquan
	15:50	Women's Duilian
	17:00	Men's Duilian

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Japan)

Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	8	0	0	8
2	Japan*	3	8	1	12
3	Indonesia	2	3	2	7
	Malaysia	2	3	2	7
5	Hong Kong	2	2	3	7
6	Macau	2	0	4	6
7	Chinese Taipei	2	0	1	3
8	Brunei	1	1	1	3
9	Singapore	0	2	4	6
10	Vietnam	0	1	1	2
11	Philippines	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
13	Nepal	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		22	22	22	66

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Changquan	Song Chi Kuan  Macau	Motoyoshi Araki  Japan	Wong Weng Son  Malaysia
Daoshu	Liu Zhaohe  China	Jowen Lim  Singapore	Seraf Naro Siregar  Indonesia
Gunshu	Maho Imai  Japan	Lee Yong-hyun  South Korea	Seraf Naro Siregar  Indonesia
Jianshu	Wong Weng Son  Malaysia	Motoyoshi Araki  Japan	Bijay Sinjali  Nepal
Qiangshu	Zhang Qingchun  China	Muhammad Daffa Golden Boy  Indonesia	Chin Ka Hou  Macau
Nanquan	Lau Chi Lung  Hong Kong	Yabumoto Yoshiki  Japan	Huang Junhua  Macau
Nandao	Du Bowen  China	Calvin Lee  Malaysia	Mohammad Adi Salihin  Brunei
Nangun	Liu Chang-Min  Chinese Taipei	Mohammad Adi Salihin  Brunei	Akito Matsukawa  Japan
Taijiquan	Lu Xiangcheng  China	Tomohiro Araya  Japan	Sun Chia-Hung  Chinese Taipei
Taijijian	Sun Chia-Hung  Chinese Taipei	Tomohiro Araya  Japan	Chan Jun Kai  Singapore
Duilian	Brunei Majdurano Joel Bin Majallah Sain Abel Wee Yuen Lim	Philippines Mark Lester Ragay Mark Anthony Polo Vincent Ventura	Spain Nestor Urzainqui Milla Aidan Pose Martinez Vinctor de la Plaza Schineper

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Changquan	Nanoha Kida  Japan	Kana Ikeuchi  Japan	Sou Cho Man  Macau
Daoshu	Liu Xin  China	Eugenia Diva Widodo  Indonesia	Michelle Yeung  Hong Kong
Gunshu	Eugenia Diva Widodo  Indonesia	Kana Ikeuchi  Japan	Zoe Tan  Singapore
Jianshu	Yao Yang  China	Dương Thúy Vi  Vietnam	Lydia Sham  Hong Kong
Qiangshu	Lydia Sham  Hong Kong	Pang Pui Yee  Malaysia	Wong Weng Ian  Macau
Nanquan	Tasya Ayu Puspa Dewi  Indonesia	Tan Cheong Min  Malaysia	He Jianxin  Hong Kong
Nandao	Wu Jianing  China	Tasya Ayu Puspa Dewi  Indonesia	Lucy Lee  United States
Nangun	Tan Cheong Min  Malaysia	He Jianxin  Hong Kong	Đặng Trần Phương Nhi  Vietnam
Taijiquan	Shiho Saito  Japan	Zeanne Law  Singapore	Sydney Chin  Malaysia
Taijijian	Dai Dandan  China	Shiho Saito  Japan	Zeanne Law  Singapore
Duilian	Macau Sou Cho Man Wong Weng Ian	Hong Kong Lydia Sham Michelle Yeung He Jianxin	Singapore Zeanne Law Zoe Tan Kimberly Ong

References

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