# 2023 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's lightweight

The men's lightweight is a competition featured at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on 3 June 2023. Lightweights were limited to a maximum of 74 kilograms in body mass.

## Results
### Legend

* P — Won by punitive declaration

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Leon Sejranovic (AUS) | 4 | 9 | | | | |
| Marko Golubić (CRO) | 21 | 15 | Marko Golubić (CRO) | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Stefan Takov (SRB) | 7 | 4 | Stefan Takov (SRB) | 3 | 9 | 8 |
| Kadyrbech Daurov (AIN) | 1 | 3 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | Daniel Quesada (ESP) | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Yiğithan Kılıç (TUR) | 1 | 9 | 6 | Yiğithan Kılıç (TUR) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Omar Dawoud (DEN) | 2 | 3 | 4 | | | | | Daniel Quesada (ESP) | 6 | 7 | 9 | | | |
| Juan Valencia (COL) | 12 | 8 | 9 | | | | | Leon Sejranovic (AUS) | 7 | 0 | 11 | | | |
| Omid Sahak (AFG) | 10 | 9 | 10 | Omid Sahak (AFG) | 7 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Łukasz Cudnoch (POL) | 10 | 2 | 2 | Leon Sejranovic (AUS) | 11 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| Leon Sejranovic (AUS) | 0 | 2 | 14 | | | | | | | | | Leon Sejranovic (AUS) | 11 | 11 |
| Vinícius Matos (BRA) | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | Jasurbek Jaysunov (UZB) | 7 | 10 |
| Amed Sama (GHA) | 0 | 1 | | Vinícius Matos (BRA) | 9 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Kang Jae-gwon (KOR) | 12 | 4 | | Kang Jae-gwon (KOR) | 8 | 13 | 13 | | | | | | | |
| Nurkanat Kozhakhmet (KAZ) | 9 | 3 | | | | | | Kang Jae-gwon (KOR) | 18 | 6 | 9 | | | |
| Dave Cea (PHI) | 12 | 12 | 18 | | | | | Jasurbek Jaysunov (UZB) | 16 | 7 | 14 | | | |
| Ilia Ruderman (ISR) | 13 | 12 | 4 | Dave Cea (PHI) | 5 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| Dmitri Șuleac (MDA) | 0 | 2 | | Jasurbek Jaysunov (UZB) | 9 | 12 | | | | | | | | |
| Jasurbek Jaysunov (UZB) | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | Marko Golubić (CRO) | 9 | 16 | | | | | | | | |
| Rubén Nava (MEX) | 5 | 6 | | Rubén Nava (MEX) | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Federico González (URU) | 2 | 1 | | | | | | Marko Golubić (CRO) | 14 | 17 | | | | |
| Brandon Sealy (JAM) | 3 | 11 | | | | | | Tomáš Sittek (CZE) | 1 | 5 | | | | |
| Tomáš Sittek (CZE) | 5 | 14 | | Tomáš Sittek (CZE) | 9 | 16 | 10 | | | | | | | |
| Diogo Costa (POR) | 4 | 0 | | Leroy Nsilu Dilandu (IRL) | 12 | 3 | 7 | | | | | | | |
| Leroy Nsilu Dilandu (IRL) | 16 | 12 | | | | | | | | | Marko Golubić (CRO) | 5 | 10 | 17 |
| Sebastian Thune (NOR) | 6 | 9 | | | | | | | | | Eltaj Gafarov (AZE) | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| Yazan Bassam Yousif (JOR) | 1 | 5 | | Sebastian Thune (NOR) | 6 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| Shivam Tyagi (IND) | 6 | 3 | | Mohamad Chehade (SWE) | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| Mohamad Chehade (SWE) | 9 | 4 | | | | | | Sebastian Thune (NOR) | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Vasilije Peruničić (MNE) | 10 | 12 | 12 | | | | | Eltaj Gafarov (AZE) | 7 | 3 | | | | |
| Charlélie Mercier (CAN) | 2 | 13 | 8 | Vasilije Peruničić (MNE) | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Eltaj Gafarov (AZE) | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 3

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| | | | | Stefan Takov (SRB) | 11 | 16 | | | | | | | |
| Rahiti Iorss (FPO) | 4 | 6 | 3 | Cameron Booth (GBR) | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| Cameron Booth (GBR) | 6 | 2 | 9 | | | | Stefan Takov (SRB) | 8 | 10 | 11 | | | |
| Kaloyan Binev (BUL) | 6 | 10 | 6 | | | | Mirhashem Hosseini (IRI) | 3 | 12 | 10 | | | |
| Sean Laloan (HAI) | 7 | 6 | 6 | Sean Laloan (HAI) | 3 | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Ruslan Makarov (KGZ) | 2 | 0 | | Mirhashem Hosseini (IRI) | 13 | 12$^P$ | | | | | | | |
| Mirhashem Hosseini (IRI) | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | | | Stefan Takov (SRB) | 7 | 11 |
| Rami Eissa (EGY) | 2 | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | | Nedžad Husić (BIH) | 1 | 2 |
| Stefano Maggiore (ITA) | 4 | 3 | 10 | Rami Eissa (EGY) | 4 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Boubacar Mangue (NIG) | 12 | 15 | | Boubacar Mangue (NIG) | 10 | 15 | | | | | | | |
| Arbnor Bajra (KOS) | 0 | 3 | | | | | Boubacar Mangue (NIG) | 9 | 4 | | | | |
| Kiel Buenaventura (USA) | 14 | 14 | | | | | Nedžad Husić (BIH) | 9 | 6 | | | | |
| Stefano Crescentini (SMR) | 2 | 1 | | Kiel Buenaventura (USA) | 13 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Nedžad Husić (BIH) | 15 | 12 | | | | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals |
| Badr Achab (BEL) | 13 | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mihai Bura (ROU) | 5 | 2 | | Badr Achab (BEL) | 3 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Juan Carlos Sastre (PUR) | 2 | 1 | | Lyve-Stone Célin (FRA) | 11 | 11 | | | | | | | |
| Lyve-Stone Célin (FRA) | 6 | 11 | | | | | | Lyve-Stone Célin (FRA) | 11 | 4 | | | |
| Cui Yang (CHN) | 11 | 10 | | | | | | Cui Yang (CHN) | 10 | 2 | | | |
| Evangelos Charalambous (CYP) | 4 | 5 | | Cui Yang (CHN) | 3 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Gantulgyn Enkhbayar (MGL) | 1 | 1 | | Zurab Kintsurashvili (GEO) | 2 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | |
| Zurab Kintsurashvili (GEO) | 9 | 13 | | | | | | | | | Lyve-Stone Célin (FRA) | 2 | 2 |
| Ahmad Bahlool (PLE) | 11 | 10 | 13 | | | | | | | | Kadyrbech Daurov (AIN) | 9 | 6 |
| Pan Kuei-en (TPE) | 7 | 20 | 15 | Pan Kuei-en (TPE) | 10 | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Grigoris Kasidiaris (GRE) | 4 | 4 | | Lin Kovačič (SLO) | 12 | 9 | | | | | | | |
| Lin Kovačič (SLO) | 8 | 8$^P$ | | | | | | Lin Kovačič (SLO) | 0 | 8 | | | |
| Kadyrbech Daurov (AIN) | 10 | 14 | | | | | | Kadyrbech Daurov (AIN) | 12 | 12 | | | |
| Yasuhiro Hamada (JPN) | 2 | 1 | | Kadyrbech Daurov (AIN) | 8 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Firas Katoussi (TUN) | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | |