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3rd President's Cup Head of Team Meeting & Drawing of Lots
Tehran March 2019-- 3rd President's Cup Drawing of Lots & Head of Team Meeting were done.
The drawing of lots ceremony for the 3rd president cup championship in Asia 2019 and in senior group was held today on Wednesday (Feb 27th) at the Iran Hotel meeting Hall in the Kish Island. This ceremony was held with the presence of
head of team meeting and drawing of lots ceremony of the adult age group at this event was held on Wednesday evening (Feb 28th) at the Iran Hotel meeting hall in Kish Islandwith the presence of Prof. Kyu-seok Lee, president of the Asian Taekwondo Union, Seyyed Mohammad Pooladgar, president of the Taekwondo Federation of our country, Jung Hun Kim, secretary of the Asian taekwondo union, Sang Cheon Kim, president of the Technical and Development Committee of the Asian Taekwondo union, as the technical delegate of the matches and with the presence of team supervisors of the countries attending the event, at the Iran Hotel meeting hall in Kish Island.
565 Taekwondo players from 22 following countries: Azerbaijan, America, Jordan, Armenia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Pakistan, Tunisia, China, Russia, Syria, Sweden, Iraq, Oman, Kazakhstan, South Korea, Georgia, Lebanon, Poland and India participate in the competition
"I am proud to host you in the 3rd world president cup championship and welcome to the dear guests at this tournament," Seyyed Mohammad Pooladgar stated.
He also said: "Considering the 2020 Olympics championship in Tokyo, this year will be an important year for Taekwondo, and all Taekwondo players are trying to earn an Olympics quota.
The President of the Taekwondo Federation added: "There are now two World president Cup and the Fajr Cup events taking place in close times and the concurrence of these two tournaments is a good opportunity for Taekwondo players to attend these events and to earn necessary points and qualify for the Olympics.
Pooladgar also said: The world president cup championship is a splendid tournament, because Dr. Choue, the president of the World Taekwondo Federation, is a special guest of this tournament, and with attendance of this special guest, the credit of the tournament has increased a lot.At the end, he said: "I wish success for all of the guests who has participated in this tournament, and I hope your athletes will be able to show their abilities during the days of the tournament, but more important than the competition among the Taekwondo players, is the friendship among the athletes and between the large Taekwondo family members.
"I thank the president of the Iran Taekwondo Federation for hosting the world president cup championship" Kyu-seok Lee, ATU President stated.
Following the ceremony, Kyu-seok Lee, president of the Asian Taekwondo Union, said: "I thank the president of the Iran Taekwondo Federation for hosting the 3rd world president cup championship." Undoubtedly, all the champions are looking for results and a medal, but these results are not just for their own person but an achievement for their countries.
He remarked at the end: "I hope the Taekwondo players at this sports event will be able to show all their abilities and make good matches in this tournament."
The tournament will be held in the men's group during two days (Feb 28th and 29th) and at the weights of -54, -58, -63, -68, -74, -80, -87 and +87 kilograms in the "Olympic" sport complex of Kish Island and In the women's group only will be held in one day (Feb 28th) and in the eight weight groups of -46, -49, -53, -57, -62, -67, -73 and +73 kilograms in the "Persian Gulf" of the "Olympic" sport complex Hall of the Kish Island.
It should be noted that these competitions are of the type G2, and the first to third ranks will gain 20, 12 and 7.20 points to increase the Taekwondo players rankings for the attending in Olympics.
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