# Sumo at the 2009 World Games – Women's openweight

The women's openweight competition in sumo at the 2009 World Games took place on 18 July 2009 at the Kaohsiung Senior High School Gymnasium in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

## Competition format

A total of 47 athletes entered the competition. They fought in the cup system with repechages.

## Results
### 1/48 finals

| | Score | |
| 1/48 Finals |||
| Olesya Kovalenko (RUS) | | Bye |
| Françoise Harteveld (NED) | | Bye |
| Nicole Niemeier (GER) | | Bye |
| Epp Mäe (EST) | W-L | Asano Matsuura (JPN) |
| Gyongyi Kallo (HUN) | | Bye |
| Alina Boykova (UKR) | W-DNS | Svetlana Panteleeva (RUS) |
| Mak Ka-po (HKG) | | Bye |
| Cheng Chiu-jung (TPE) | W-L | Tassama Chalearmthip (THA) |
| Marta Karpova (EST) | | Bye |
| Tamami Iwai (JPN) | W-DNS | Anna Alexandrova (RUS) |
| Steffi Muller (GER) | | Bye |
| Erika Makai (HUN) | W-L | Stephanie Wong (AUS) |
| Nelli Vorobyeva (RUS) | | Bye |
| Lien Pei-ju (TPE) | W-L | Orolzod Bayarsaikhan (MGL) |
| Olga Davydko (UKR) | | Bye |
| Sayaka Sasaki (JPN) | W-L | Luciana Montgomery Watanabe (BRA) |
| Edyta Witkowska (POL) | | Bye |
| Supawadee Laenglah (THA) | L-W | Lee Pei-shan (TPE) |
| Selengiin Enkhzayaa (MGL) | | Bye |
| Fernanda Rojas Pelegrini (BRA) | L-W | Miki Satoyama (JPN) |
| Viktoria Fabian (HUN) | | Bye |
| Marina Dvoretskaya (RUS) | W-L | Maryna Maksymenko (UKR) |
| Yuka Ueta (JPN) | | Bye |
| Anna Metodieva (BUL) | W-L | Paola Boz (ITA) |
| Ekaterina Keyb (RUS) | | Bye |
| Chen Chia-fan (TPE) | W-L | Katherine Eber (AUS) |
| Kairi Kuur (EST) | | Bye |
| Nicole Hehemann (GER) | W-DNS | Maryna Pryshchepa (UKR) |
| Lindsay Hood (USA) | | Bye |
| Miki Niikawa (JPN) | W-DNS | Hetal Dave (IND) |
| Leung Hoi Man (HKG) | | Bye |
| Anna Zhigalova (RUS) | W-L | Dulmaa Yadmaa (MGL) |
| 1/48 repechages |||
| Sayaka Sasaki (JPN) | | Bye |
| Anna Metodieva (BUL) | | Bye |
| Leung Hoi Man (HKG) | L-W | Dulmaa Yadmaa (MGL) |

### 1/32 finals

| | Score | |
| 1/32 Finals |||
| Olesya Kovalenko (RUS) | DNS-W | Françoise Harteveld (NED) |
| Nicole Niemeier (GER) | L-W | Epp Mäe (EST) |
| Gyongyi Kallo (HUN) | L-W | Alina Boykova (UKR) |
| Mak Ka-po (HKG) | L-W | Cheng Chiu-jung (TPE) |
| Marta Karpova (EST) | L-W | Tamami Iwai (JPN) |
| Steffi Muller (GER) | L-W | Erika Makai (HUN) |
| Nelli Vorobyeva (RUS) | W-L | Lien Pei-ju (TPE) |
| Olga Davydko (UKR) | W-L | Sayaka Sasaki (JPN) |
| Edyta Witkowska (POL) | W-L | Lee Pei-shan (TPE) |
| Selengiin Enkhzayaa (MGL) | W-L | Miki Satoyama (JPN) |
| Marina Dvoretskaya (RUS) | W-DNS | Viktoria Fabian (HUN) |
| Yuka Ueta (JPN) | W-L | Anna Metodieva (BUL) |
| Ekaterina Keyb (RUS) | DNS-W | Chen Chia-fan (TPE) |
| Kairi Kuur (EST) | DNS-W | Nicole Hehemann (GER) |
| Miki Niikawa (JPN) | W-DNS | Lindsay Hood (USA) |
| Leung Hoi Man (HKG) | L-W | Anna Zhigalova (RUS) |
| 1/32 repechages |||
| Epp Mäe (EST) | | Bye |
| Miki Niikawa (JPN) | L-W | Dulmaa Yadmaa (MGL) |

### 1/16 finals

| | Score | |
| 1/16 Finals |||
| Françoise Harteveld (NED) | W-L | Epp Mäe (EST) |
| Alina Boykova (UKR) | L-W | Cheng Chiu-jung (TPE) |
| Tamami Iwai (JPN) | L-W | Erika Makai (HUN) |
| Nelli Vorobyeva (RUS) | L-W | Olga Davydko (UKR) |
| Edyta Witkowska (POL) | W-L | Selengiin Enkhzayaa (MGL) |
| Marina Dvoretskaya (RUS) | L-W | Yuka Ueta (JPN) |
| Chen Chia-fan (TPE) | W-L | Nicole Hehemann (GER) |
| Miki Niikawa (JPN) | L-W | Anna Zhigalova (RUS) |
| 1/16 repechages |||
| Cheng Chiu-jung (TPE) | W-L | Epp Mäe (EST) |
| Erika Makai (HUN) | L-W | Sayaka Sasaki (JPN) |
| Edyta Witkowska (POL) | W-L | Marina Dvoretskaya (RUS) |
| Chen Chia-fan (TPE) | L-W | Dulmaa Yadmaa (MGL) |

### Quarterfinals

| | Score | |
| Quarterfinals |||
| Françoise Harteveld (NED) | W-L | Cheng Chiu-jung (TPE) |
| Erika Makai (HUN) | L-W | Olga Davydko (UKR) |
| Edyta Witkowska (POL) | L-W | Yuka Ueta (JPN) |
| Chen Chia-fan (TPE) | L-W | Anna Zhigalova (RUS) |
| Quarterfinals repechages |||
| Cheng Chiu-jung (TPE) | W-L | Sayaka Sasaki (JPN) |
| Edyta Witkowska (POL) | W-L | Dulmaa Yadmaa (MGL) |

### Semifinals

| | Score | |
| Semifinals |||
| Françoise Harteveld (NED) | L-W | Olga Davydko (UKR) |
| Yuka Ueta (JPN) | L-W | Anna Zhigalova (RUS) |
| Repechages Semifinals |||
| Cheng Chiu-jung (TPE) | L-W | Yuka Ueta (JPN) |
| Françoise Harteveld (NED) | L-W | Edyta Witkowska (POL) |

### Finals

| | Score | |
| Gold medal match |||
| Olga Davydko (UKR) | L-W | Anna Zhigalova (RUS) |
| Bronze medal match |||
| Yuka Ueta (JPN) | L-W | Edyta Witkowska (POL) |