# 2015 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's welterweight

The men's welterweight is a competition featured at the 2015 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Traktor Ice Arena in Chelyabinsk, Russia on May 18. Welterweights were limited to a minimum of 80 kilograms in body mass.

## Results
### Legend

* DQ — Won by disqualification
* P — Won by punitive declaration

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Aaron Cook (MDA) | 13 | | |
| Damon Sansum (GBR) | 14 | Damon Sansum (GBR) | 3 |
| Tahir Güleç (GER) | 6 | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | 16 |
| Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | 8 | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Aaron Cook (MDA) | 12 | | | | |
| Mederic Enguerin (CAF) | 6 | Hidenori Ebata (JPN) | 9 | | | | |
| Hidenori Ebata (JPN) | 8 | | | Aaron Cook (MDA) | 9 | | |
| Michel Fernandes (POR) | 17 | | | Roberto Botta (ITA) | 8 | | |
| Nikolas Pirikkis (CYP) | 5 | Michel Fernandes (POR) | 3 | | | | |
| Yordan Kolev (BUL) | | Roberto Botta (ITA) | 4 | | | | |
| Roberto Botta (ITA) | DQ | | | | | Aaron Cook (MDA) | 8 |
| Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | DQ | | | | | Yunus Sarı (TUR) | 7 |
| Ahmad Wali Alif (AFG) | | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | | | | | |
| Yasir Ahmed Al-Haj (SUD) | DQ | Bye | | | | | |
| Moisés Hernández (DOM) | DQ | | | Oussama Oueslati (TUN) | 7 | | |
| Inoussa Sawadogo (FRA) | 15 | | | Yunus Sarı (TUR) | 11 | | |
| Mauro Busuttil (MLT) | 3 | Inoussa Sawadogo (FRA) | 0 | | | | |
| Craig Brown (JAM) | 2 | Yunus Sarı (TUR) | 9 | | | | |
| Yunus Sarı (TUR) | 14 | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Damon Sansum (GBR) | 15 | | | | | | |
| Atief Arshad (PAK) | 3 | Damon Sansum (GBR) | 16 | | | | |
| Björn Thorleifsson (ISL) | 8 | Richard Ordemann (NOR) | 12 | | | | |
| Richard Ordemann (NOR) | 9 | | | Damon Sansum (GBR) | 13 | | |
| Vaughn Scott (NZL) | 15 | | | Hayder Shkara (AUS) | 10 | | |
| Mahmoud Said (EGY) | 11 | Vaughn Scott (NZL) | 3 | | | | |
| Juan Sánchez (PUR) | | Hayder Shkara (AUS) | 8 | | | | |
| Hayder Shkara (AUS) | DQ | | | | | Damon Sansum (GBR) | 12 |
| Piotr Paziński (POL) | 5 | | | | | Liu Wei-ting (TPE) | 10 |
| Daniel Quesada (ESP) | 9 | Daniel Quesada (ESP) | 4 | | | | |
| Uladzislau Saulukou (BLR) | 14 | Uladzislau Saulukou (BLR) | 5 | | | | |
| Qiao Sen (CHN) | 13 | | | Uladzislau Saulukou (BLR) | 4 | | |
| Liu Wei-ting (TPE) | DQ | | | Liu Wei-ting (TPE) | 9 | | |
| Sylvain Fostin (GDL) | | Liu Wei-ting (TPE) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Aydemir Shakhbanov (RUS) | 3 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | Tahir Güleç (GER) | 8 | | | | |
| Waldeck Defaix (FPO) | 4 | Serhiy Chaika (UKR) | 6 | | | | |
| Serhiy Chaika (UKR) | 6 | | | Tahir Güleç (GER) | 6 | | |
| Miguel Ferrera (HON) | 9 | | | Maksim Rafalovich (UZB) | 5 | | |
| Hama Alzouma (NIG) | 15 | Hama Alzouma (NIG) | 3 | | | | |
| Elías Robles (CHI) | 2 | Maksim Rafalovich (UZB) | 6 | | | | |
| Maksim Rafalovich (UZB) | 11 | | | | | Tahir Güleç (GER) | 5 |
| Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | 4 | | | | | Christopher Iliesco (CAN) | 3 |
| Taha Al-Aswed (LBA) | 2 | Arman Yeremyan (ARM) | 3 | | | | |
| Daba Modibo Keïta (MLI) | | Christopher Iliesco (CAN) | 5 | | | | |
| Christopher Iliesco (CAN) | DQ | | | Christopher Iliesco (CAN) | 6 | | |
| Ivan Karajlović (SRB) | 17 | | | Ivan Karajlović (SRB) | 2 | | |
| Deivis Escorcia (COL) | 15 | Ivan Karajlović (SRB) | 10 | | | | |
| Kim Bong-su (KOR) | 18 | Kim Bong-su (KOR) | 8 | | | | |
| René Lizárraga (MEX) | 5 | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Steven López (USA) | 13 | | | | | | |
| Ibrahim Benoud Radjab (CHA) | 0 | Steven López (USA) | 10 | | | | |
| Mohammed Murtala (NGR) | 5 | Farkhod Negmatov (TJK) | 5 | | | | |
| Farkhod Negmatov (TJK) | 22 | | | Steven López (USA) | 4 | | |
| Mahmoud Abdelrahim (QAT) | 10 | | | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 3 | | |
| Agustin Alves (ARG) | 9 | Mahmoud Abdelrahim (QAT) | 5 | | | | |
| Akbar Aitakhunov (KGZ) | 3 | Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 15$^P$ | | | | |
| Cheick Sallah Cissé (CIV) | 16 | | | | | Steven López (USA) | 1 |
| Christian dela Cruz (PHI) | DQ | | | | | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | 13 |
| Kelly Oyoo (KEN) | | Christian dela Cruz (PHI) | 2 | | | | |
| Maksat Abdrambek (KAZ) | 8 | André Bilia (BRA) | 6 | | | | |
| André Bilia (BRA) | 11 | | | André Bilia (BRA) | 1 | | |
| Nikolaos Tzellos (GRE) | DQ | | | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | 8 | | |
| Anas Taleb Abdallah (JOR) | | Nikolaos Tzellos (GRE) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Mehdi Khodabakhshi (IRI) | 5 | | | | |