World Team Championships 2017- Abidjan- Ivory Coast
Tehran Dec 2017-- IRI Taekwondo Team departed to Abidjan to participate in World Team Championships2017.
IRI Taekwondo Team will participate in the mentioned event with the following team composition: "Soroush Ahmadi", "Hadi Tiran Valipour", "Seyyed Hossein Ehsani", "Mahdi Khodabakhshi","Saeid Rajabi" and "Erfan Nazemi".
Head Coach: "Seyyed Nemat Khalife", Coach: "Reza Imanzadeh", Physical fitness Trainer: "Ali Rezaei".
In order to form the team, each team must enter 5 athletes in minimum and in maximum of 6 athletes including 1 substitute. The 1st round shall be conducted based on traditional team match format for one (1) minute per competition. It means that the athletes shall compete against his/her counterparts of the opposing team (same numbered athlete) in the order from lighter to heavier. Final score of each team that is total points scored by all athletes of the team shall be accumulated. 3.1.6 The 2nd round and 3rd round shall be conducted based on tag-team match format for 3 or 5 minutes. The numbers of replacement shall be allowed in maximum of 8 times per round of 3 minutes and 12 times per round of 5 minutes regardless of order. In group stage, eight (8) teams shall be divided into two (2) groups, with four (4) teams per group Two (2) teams shall be seeded in these groups; one team per group. They are the host nation, and the top team at the Baku 2016 World Taekwondo Team Championships. If any of the seeded nations is not participating or host nation, the next-highest ranked team at the Baku 2016 World Taekwondo Team Championships that is participating in the Championships shall be seeded. The other teams except these two (2) teams shall be randomly allocated in two (2) groups through drawing of lots.
Meanwhile, Total weight for male Team of 5 competing athletes shall be 373kg or less.
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