# Karate at the 2025 World Games – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for karate at the 2025 World Games. 96 quota places for the Games are entitled to the karatekas coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated tournaments supervised by World Karate Federation. Each NOC could enter a maximum of eight karatekas (one in each division) of twelve event categories. The host nation China has reserved a spot in each of the events.

## Qualifying system

The rule that a country can only have one competitor per category prevails throughout the qualification process.

### First qualification

3 Place per Category: Gold, Silver and the Bronze medal winner with the highest ranking of the 2023 World Karate Championships in Budapest.

### Second qualification

3 Place per Category: Three first positions in the World Karate Federation Ranking as per 31 March 2025.

### Third qualification

1 Place per Category: The person from the host country China.

### Fourth qualification

1 Place per Category: The remaining total of 12 places are distributed by continental federation.

## Qualification summary

The following table summarises the outcome of qualification for the Karate at the 2022 World Games. Following athletes gained at least one quota place for Chengdu.
| NOC | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| NOC | Kata | 60 kg | 67 kg | 75 kg | -84 kg | +84 | Kata | 50 kg | 55 kg | 61 kg | 68 kg | +68 | Total |
| Azerbaijan | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Bulgaria | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| China | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12 |
| Egypt | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 |
| France | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Greece | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Hong Kong | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Hungary | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Indonesia | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Iran | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Italy | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Japan | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Jordan | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Kazakhstan | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Montenegro | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Serbia | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Spain | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Switzerland | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Turkey | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Ukraine | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Venezuela | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Total: 21 NOCs | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 47 |

## Men's events
### Kata

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Turkey | Ali Sofuoğlu |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Spain | Damián Quintero |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Japan | Kakeru Nishiyama |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite -60 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Greece | Christos-Stefanos Xenos |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Kazakhstan | Kaisar Alpysbay |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Italy | Angelo Crescenzo |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite -67 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | France | Steven Da Costa |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Montenegro | Nenad Dulović |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Kazakhstan | Didar Amirali |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite -75 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Egypt | Abdalla Abdelaziz |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Hungary | Gábor Hárspataki |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Ukraine | Andrii Zaplitnyi |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite -84 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Egypt | Youssef Badawy |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Iran | Mehdi Khodabakhshi |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Jordan | Mohammad Al-Jafari |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite +84 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | France | Mehdi Filali |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Egypt | Taha Mahmoud |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Serbia | Đorđe Tešanović |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

## Women's events
### Kata

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Japan | Hikaru Ono |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Hong Kong | Grace Lau |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Italy | Terryana D'Onofrio |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite -50 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Kazakhstan | Moldir Zhangbyrbay |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Italy | Erminia Perfetto |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Venezuela | Yorgelis Salazar |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite -55 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Turkey | Tuba Yakan |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Bulgaria | Ivet Goranova |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Ukraine | Anzhelika Terliuga |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite -61 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | China | Gong Li |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Turkey | Fatma Naz Yenen |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Egypt | Noursin Aly |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite -68 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Azerbaijan | Irina Zaretska |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Switzerland | Elena Quirici |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Indonesia | Ceyco Georgia Zefanya |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |

### Kumite +68 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC | Qualified karateka |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China | |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Japan | Ayaka Saito |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Spain | María Torres |
| 2023 World Karate Championships | 3 | | Egypt | Menna Shaaban Okila |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 1 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 2 | | |
| Karate Ranking | 3 | 3 | | |
| Continental representative | 1 | — | | |