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Nov. 16 GOYANG, Team Brazil emerged victorious on the third and final day of the Seoul 2023 World Cup Team Championships Series, lifting the mixed gender trophy.
The action played out on a field of play at the KINTEX 2 Exhibition Center, in western Seoul’s suburb of Goyang.
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Mixed gender teams field two male and two female fighters. To help the audience distinguish the combatants - hidden behind head gear and trunk protector - men wear black pants, women white.
Though the teams are mixed, due to the substitution rules, actual fighting is purely female versus female and male versus male.
Nobody had predicted the two opponents that would face off in the final in Goyang: Brazil and Morocco. Neither team had placed in the last World Cup, held in Wuxi, China, in 2019.
Brazil took Round 1, and – under the best of three rounds system - looked determined to finish matters in Round 2. Applying offensive pressure from the very outset of the second round, they grabbed an early point lead.
It was a lead that Brazil increased and never relinquished. A desperate Morocco unleashed a furious, across-the-mats charge in the final 10 seconds, but to no avail. End result: Brazil 2, Morocco 0.
The Latin Americans, crowned 2023 World Cup champions, took home gold medals and $20,000 in prize money. The North Africans won silver and $10,000 – a repeat of their silver-medal performance in the female competition on Day 1.
Third place – and $5,000 - went to Iran, the victors in the male contest on Day 1. The Iranians today defeated Côte d’Ivoire in the bronze-medal match, 2-0.
Earlier, in the first semi-final, Brazil had come back from behind to beat Iran 2-1. In the second semi, Morocco defeated a game (but physically smaller) Côte d’Ivoire, 2-0
In the quarter finals, Morocco took out Mexico 2-0; Brazil dispatched Korea in a fiercely fought 2-1 victory; and Iran ejected 2019 champs China, 2-0.
Today’s action brought the 2023 World Cup to an end. Over three days, Goyang had hosted an eight-nation field: Australia, Brazil, China, Côte d'Ivoire, Iran, Korea, Mexico and Morocco.
11월 16일 고양 킨텍스에서 열린 ‘서울 2023 월드태권도 월드컵 팀 챔피언십 시리즈’ 대회 마지막 날, 브라질이 혼성 단체전 우승을 차지했다.
한국은 8강전에서 브라질에 라운드 스코어 1-2로 패하며 탈락했다. 브라질은 한국전 승리에 이어 4강 상대 강호 이란에 라운드 스코어 2-1로 승리해 결승에 올랐다. 결승 상대 모로코까지 2-0(175-165, 170-160)으로 완벽히 제압한 브라질은 혼성 단체전에서 우승을 거두는 이변을 연출했다.
국내대회로 진행된 파워태권도 개인전 65kg 이하급 경기는 윤준혁(강화군청)이 김연근(용인대)을 라운드스코어 2-0으로 누르고 우승을 차지했다.
이날 대회가 진행된 킨텍스에서는 태권도 레전드 이대훈과 항저우 아시안게임 금메달리스트 박혜진의 사인회가 열려 많은 관객과 팬들이 몰리기도 했다.
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