# 2009 World Taekwondo Championships – Men's bantamweight

The Men's bantamweight competition at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships was held at the Ballerup Super Arena in Copenhagen, Denmark on October 16.
Bantamweights were limited to a maximum of 63 kilograms in body mass.

## Results
### Legend

* DQ — Won by disqualification
* RSC — Won by referee stop contest

### Finals

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Rafik Zohri (NED) | 2 | | | | |
| Javier Marrón (ESP) | 3 | Javier Marrón (ESP) | 0 | | |
| Ouahid Briki (TUN) | 0 | Reza Naderian (IRI) | 4 | | |
| Reza Naderian (IRI) | 3 | | | Reza Naderian (IRI) | 2 |
| Ziaullah Aimal (AFG) | 2 | | | Yeom Hyo-seob (KOR) | 4 |
| Yeom Hyo-seob (KOR) | 3 | Yeom Hyo-seob (KOR) | 8 | | |
| Jairo Rijo (DOM) | 7 | Cem Uluğnuyan (TUR) | 5 | | |
| Cem Uluğnuyan (TUR) | 9 | | | | |

### Top half
#### Section 1

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Rafik Zohri (NED) | 7 | | | | |
| Kurt Haluk Atalar (AUT) | DQ | Kurt Haluk Atalar (AUT) | 2 | | | | |
| Naser Al-Hurais (KUW) | | | | Rafik Zohri (NED) | 9 | | |
| | | | | Shahobuddin Saidov (TJK) | 7 | | |
| | | Zainobiddin Nazaraliev (UZB) | 5 | | | | |
| | | Shahobuddin Saidov (TJK) | 10 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Rafik Zohri (NED) | 5 |
| | | | | | | Fariz Aliyev (AZE) | 4 |
| | | Keita Suzuki (JPN) | 1 | | | | |
| Fariz Aliyev (AZE) | 7 | Fariz Aliyev (AZE) | 13 | | | | |
| Waldo Peña (CHI) | 2 | | | Fariz Aliyev (AZE) | 4 | | |
| Alpheus Mkhonazi (RSA) | 6 | | | Tshomlee Go (PHI) | 3 | | |
| Anatol Kachuk (BLR) | 12 | Anatol Kachuk (BLR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Tshomlee Go (PHI) | 5 | | | | |

#### Section 2

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Hussein Mohammed (GHA) | 3 | | | | |
| Edgar Recinos (ESA) | RSC | Edgar Recinos (ESA) | 6 | | | | |
| Safwan Khalil (AUS) | | | | Edgar Recinos (ESA) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Liau Molikoe (LES) | 11 | | |
| | | Adam Sagir (ISR) | | | | | |
| | | Liau Molikoe (LES) | DQ | | | | |
| | | | | | | Liau Molikoe (LES) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Javier Marrón (ESP) | 10 |
| | | Maciej Ruta (POL) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Mussagali Zhumagaliyev (KAZ) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Mussagali Zhumagaliyev (KAZ) | 3 | | |
| Kirk Causadías (PAN) | 5 | | | Javier Marrón (ESP) | 6 | | |
| Andrew Mugisha (UGA) | 2 | Kirk Causadías (PAN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Javier Marrón (ESP) | 6 | | | | |

#### Section 3

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Ouahid Briki (TUN) | 4 | | | | |
| Angelos Panayiotou (CYP) | 3 | Angelos Panayiotou (CYP) | 3 | | | | |
| Jure Pantar (SLO) | 2 | | | Ouahid Briki (TUN) | 8 | | |
| | | | | David Thomas (BEL) | 2 | | |
| | | Langton Chokwenda (ZIM) | | | | | |
| | | David Thomas (BEL) | DQ | | | | |
| | | | | | | Ouahid Briki (TUN) | 4 |
| | | | | | | Lars Ness (NOR) | 1 |
| | | Marcel Wenceslau (BRA) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Lars Ness (NOR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | Lars Ness (NOR) | 5 | | |
| Oleksandr Shaposhnyk (UKR) | DQ | | | Mostafa Abuelnaga (EGY) | 5 | | |
| Hugo Fernández (PAR) | | Oleksandr Shaposhnyk (UKR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Mostafa Abuelnaga (EGY) | 1 | | | | |

#### Section 4

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Stevan Rašić (SRB) | | | | | |
| Moayad Amin (JOR) | DQ | Moayad Amin (JOR) | DQ | | | | |
| Honorin Randriamandimby (MAD) | | | | Moayad Amin (JOR) | 5 | | |
| | | | | Simon Cox (CAN) | 6 | | |
| | | Abdulrazak Al-Hallak (SYR) | | | | | |
| | | Simon Cox (CAN) | DQ | | | | |
| | | | | | | Simon Cox (CAN) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Reza Naderian (IRI) | 8 |
| | | Alex Sanabria (HON) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Mackenson Pierre (HAI) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | Alex Sanabria (HON) | 2 | | |
| Khalifa Ababacar Sarr (SEN) | DQ | | | Reza Naderian (IRI) | 6 | | |
| Abdulrauf Gerwash (LBA) | | Khalifa Ababacar Sarr (SEN) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Reza Naderian (IRI) | 5 | | | | |

### Bottom half
#### Section 5

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Jean-Noël Obou (CIV) | 11 | | | | |
| Samer Chaaya (LIB) | 2 | Pedro Rinaldi (PUR) | 10 | | | | |
| Pedro Rinaldi (PUR) | 3 | | | Jean-Noël Obou (CIV) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Filip Grgić (CRO) | 4 | | |
| | | Filip Grgić (CRO) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Thomas Concannon (IRL) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Jean-Noël Obou (CIV) | 14 |
| | | | | | | Ziaullah Aimal (AFG) | 16 |
| | | Brian Gallagher (USA) | 7 | | | | |
| Ganesh Khadka (NEP) | 1 | Boris Winkler (GER) | 4 | | | | |
| Boris Winkler (GER) | 3 | | | Brian Gallagher (USA) | 0 | | |
| Chu Yuan-chih (TPE) | 7 | | | Ziaullah Aimal (AFG) | 6 | | |
| Edgar Borja (ECU) | 3 | Chu Yuan-chih (TPE) | 11 | | | | |
| | | Ziaullah Aimal (AFG) | 12 | | | | |

#### Section 6

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Dmitry Frank (RUS) | 3 | | | | |
| Lixan Batista (CUB) | 2 | Ryan Chong (MAS) | 4 | | | | |
| Ryan Chong (MAS) | 3 | | | Ryan Chong (MAS) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Redouane Chtatou (DEN) | 3 | | |
| | | Deniss Sisojevs (LAT) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Redouane Chtatou (DEN) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Redouane Chtatou (DEN) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Yeom Hyo-seob (KOR) | 7 |
| | | Nacha Punthong (THA) | DQ | | | | |
| | | Namoa Sitapa (TGA) | | | | | |
| | | | | Nacha Punthong (THA) | 2 | | |
| Roberto Chiarella (ITA) | 1 | | | Yeom Hyo-seob (KOR) | 4 | | |
| Yeom Hyo-seob (KOR) | 4 | Yeom Hyo-seob (KOR) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Yassine Belhadj (FRA) | 1 | | | | |

#### Section 7

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Michael Harvey (GBR) | 3 | | | | |
| Isiah Kasuku (COD) | 1 | Hernán Villafañe (VEN) | 6 | | | | |
| Hernán Villafañe (VEN) | 2 | | | Hernán Villafañe (VEN) | 2 | | |
| | | | | Pei Guangqi (CHN) | 8 | | |
| | | Stamen Zahariev (BUL) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Pei Guangqi (CHN) | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Pei Guangqi (CHN) | 9 |
| | | | | | | Jairo Rijo (DOM) | 10 |
| | | Amran Saida (PLE) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Khalid Boulabhaiem (MAR) | 9 | | | | |
| | | | | Khalid Boulabhaiem (MAR) | 5 | | |
| Attila Juhász (HUN) | 3 | | | Jairo Rijo (DOM) | 8 | | |
| Malcolm Tester (NZL) | 1 | Attila Juhász (HUN) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Jairo Rijo (DOM) | 4 | | | | |

#### Section 8

| Round of 128 | Round of 128 | Round of 64 | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 |
| | | Alfonso Victoria (MEX) | 0 | | | | |
| Nguyễn Thái Hoàng Minh (VIE) | 0 | Mohammed Qatanani (SWE) | 0 | | | | |
| Mohammed Qatanani (SWE) | 1 | | | Alfonso Victoria (MEX) | 1 | | |
| Said Gafar Salih (QAT) | 5 | | | Stylianos Mechteridis (GRE) | 0 | | |
| Matas Norvydas (LTU) | 4 | Said Gafar Salih (QAT) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Stylianos Mechteridis (GRE) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Alfonso Victoria (MEX) | 5 |
| | | | | | | Cem Uluğnuyan (TUR) | 8 |
| | | Hassan Mehoula (GAB) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Edwin Montoya (COL) | 6 | | | | |
| | | | | Edwin Montoya (COL) | 5 | | |
| Adrian Stalide (ROU) | DQ | | | Cem Uluğnuyan (TUR) | 9 | | |
| David Boui (CAF) | | Adrian Stalide (ROU) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Cem Uluğnuyan (TUR) | 9 | | | | |