Taekwondo World Ranking System

Bylaw on WTF World Ranking

(Effectuated as of March 1, 2010)

Article 1.  Fundamental principles

1.Ranking  system  shall  be  applied  to  all  WTF-promoted  and  sanctioned

championships, provided that the championships are organized in compliance

with  WTF Competition  Rules,  on an  individual  basis in  the eight (8)  weight

categories (men and women) that are defined in the WTF Competition Rules.

2.In  the  case  of  the  Olympic  Games  and  any  other  championships  applying

Olympic weight divisions, points shall be awarded to the participating athletes

regardless of their registered weight categories.

3.In the case of Olympic Qualification Tournaments, two weight divisions shall

be consolidated in seeding. For example, the top-ranked athletes of the Men’s

Fin and Fly weight divisions can be seeded according to their achieved points,

regardless of their original weight categories in the Men’s under 58kg division.

4.In  the  WTF  World  Cup  Taekwondo  Team  Championships,  the  first  team

athletes and substitute athletes shall all win the points equally on the basis of

the points the pertinent team achieved provided that they have passed weigh-in

and have competed at least once at the pertinent event.

5.If two or more athletes achieved the same points, it shall be considered as tied.

In the case of tie-ranks  at  the  seeding,  the  athlete who won the points  at  the

higher  graded  events shall be considered as  the  higher-ranked  athlete. In  the

case that the athletes are still tied in terms of points, the higher-ranked athlete

shall be decided by random drawing.

Article 2.  Formula of ranking points

The points shall be awarded according to the following formula:

A:Points received according to the rank at the WTF-promoted or sanctioned

championships

B:Grade of pertinent championships

A x B =Final Points

Article 3.  Allocated points per rank

1. The 1st ranked athlete shall receive 10 points;

2. The 2nd ranked  athlete  shall  receive  60%  of  the  points  awarded  to        the 1st     ranked athlete (i.e 6 points)

3. The 3rd ranked  athlete  shall  receive  60%   of  the  points  awarded  to  the       2nd   ranked athlete (i.e. 3.6 points);

4. The 4th ranked  athlete  shall  receive  60%  of  the  points  awarded  to  the  3rd     ranked athlete (i.e. 2.16);

5. The 5th ranked athlete shall receive 70% of the points awarded to the 4th ranked      athlete  (i.e.  1.512).  From  this  point  on,  an  athlete  shall  receive  70%  of       the     points awarded to the athlete ranked higher than him or her.

6. Points  will  be  rounded-up  to  two  (2)  decimal  places  (e.g.  94.235  will  be

recorded as 94.24).

7. Ranking points shall be awarded to the certain ranked athletes as follows:

* G-1 event: All medalists

* G-2 ~ G-5 events: Quarter-finalists and above

* WTF-Promoted Championships: Athletes advanced to round of 16 or above

* Olympic Games: All competitors

Article 4. Determination of ranks (‘T’ means ‘tie’ ; more than one athlete)

1. Olympic Games (according to current quota)

1st :gold medalist,          2nd: Silver medalist,          T-3: Bronze medalist

T-5: losers to bronze medalists

T-7: losers at repechage

T-9: Quarter-finalists who didn’t advance to repechage

T-11: Losers at preliminary without advancing to repechage

2. Qualification Tournament for Olympic Games (in case of 1st, 2nd and 3rd      ranked  athletes are qualified)

1st   : winner of final,                 2nd  : Loser of final,                 3rd  : winner of bronze-medal contest                 4th   : Loser of bronze-medal contest                 5th  : Loser to first placed athlete at quarter final

T-6 : losers at quarter-finals except the one who lost to 1st placed athlete

T-9: losers at round of 16

T-17: losers at round of 32 and so on.

3. Qualification Tournament  for  Olympic  games  (in  case  of  1st and 2nd ranked      athletes are qualified)

1st : winner of final,

2nd : loser of final

3rd : loser to 1st placed athlete at semi-final                 4th : loser to the 2nd placed athlete at semi-final

T-5: losers of quarter-finals

T-9: losers at round of 16

4. Qualification  Tournament  for  Olympic games (in case of 1st ranked athlete is      qualified)

1st   : winner of final,                     2nd  : loser of the final

T-3   : Losers to finalists at semi-final

T-5   : Losers of quarter- final

T-9   : Losers at round of 16

T-17 : Losers at round of 32 and so on.

5. WTF-promoted championships

1st  : winner of final

2nd : loser of final

T-3 : Losers to finalists at semi-final

T-5 : Losers of quarter- final

T-9 : Losers at round of 16

T-17: Losers at round of 32 and so on.

Article 5.  Grade of events

I).Criteria of grading events is as follows:

1.Number of participants and countries, participating number of top-ranked

athletes outside the host country

2.Organizing Committee’s abidance by WTF Competition Rules

WTF Bylaw on World Ranking

3.Overall operation of tournaments

4.Venue facilities

5.Number and quality of registered media

6.TV broadcasting

7.Number of spectators    8.Anti doping-tests     9.Logistic management (transportation, accommodation, etc)

10.Successful submission of the report

11.Gener al comments of Technical Delegate

II)The  grades  of  all  WTF-promoted  and  sanctioned  championships  shall  be

published on the official WTF Web site at the beginning of each year.

III)The Technical Delegate assigned for the pertinent championship shall evaluate

the championships in accordance with the evaluation  criteria, and  submit  the

report to the WTF Secretary General within two ( 2) weeks after  the               completion of the championship.

IV)The  WTF  President  shall  determine  or  may  empower  Secretary  General         to determine  the  grade  of  the  championship  upon  the  evaluation  and

recommendation  of  the  Technical  Delegate  and  the  report  submitted  by

Organizing Committee.

V) Grade of events is as follows:

Grade Event 10 Olympic games 7 WTF World Championships, World Qualification Tournament for Olympic games 5 WTF  World  Cup  Team  Championships,  Continental Championships  (once  per  two  years),  Continental  Multi-Games (once  per  four  years),  Continental  Qualification  Tournament for Olympic Games 4 WTF-tour Open Championships (if any) 3 AAA-class  Multi-Games,  AAA-class  WTF-sanctioned tournament  (including  continental  team  championships  and/or continental tournaments other than Continental Championships) 2 AA-class  Multi-Games,  AA-class  WTF-sanctioned  tournament, World University Championships 1 A-class  Multi-Games,  A-class  WTF-sanctioned  tournament, World Military Championships.

Article 6.  Validation of the points

1. The  awarded  points  shall only be  valid  for  four  (4)  full  years, starting  from

January  1, 2009  and will be reviewed every year.  This process is  continuous

(rolling),  i.e.  new  points  awarded  to  an  athlete  will  be  subjected  to  its           own four-year cycle. The official ranking can always be found in the WTF      website, and the WTF will officially announce the world ranking every month.

2. During the four-year term,  25% of a particular set of awarded points shall be

deducted  every  year.  After  the  completion  of  the  four  (4)  year-reviews         (i.e. four-year term), no  points  from  this  set  shall  remain.  Based  on  this        rolling point review process, the only remaining points shall be those awarded       to  the athlete in other competitions.

3. In the case of  changing weight divisions, the athlete will only retain 50% of the      points that he/she earned in the registered weight division

Article 7.  Application of the points

1. The Organizing Committee shall submit tournament report (template provided      by   WTF) to WTF Secretariat within two weeks after completion of pertinent       tournament. 2. Ranking  points  shall  only  be  applied  when  the  Organizing  Committee      successfully submits the official result within designated time line.

Article 8.  Seeding

1. In the following events, certain number of athletes shall be seeded on the basis      of their ranking: Olympic Games World  Qualification Tournament for Olympic Games  World Taekwondo Championships and other championships determined World  Taekwondo  Championships  and  other  championships  determined by WTF

2. For every category, regardless of the number of athletes, a quarter (25%) of the

athletes will be seeded. However, half (50% ) of the athletes will be seeded at

the Olympic Games.

3. In the event that any of the seeded athletes is ineligible to participate (i.e. not

registered in the entry list), the next highest ranked athlete(s) shall be seeded to

make up the quota.

4. In  the  event  that  the  registered  athlete  from  the  host  nation  has  not  been

included in the 25%, he/she will be seeded at the right below the seeded 25%.

Article 9.  Annual President Cup Invitational Tournament (Tentatively named)

1.  On  the  basis  of  the  WTF  Ranking  system,  the  Annual  President  Cup

Invitational Tournament (tentatively named) may be held every year.

2.  Only the top ranked athletes (number of invited athletes will be determined in      consultation  with organizing committee) shall be invited.

Article 10.  Effectuation

1. This amended bylaw shall come into effect as of March 2, 2009.

2. It shall be applied retroactive to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games considering      that the Olympic Games take place only once every four(4) years.

Article 11.  Update and management of World Ranking

WTF Sports Division shall manage World Ranking and is responsible to post

on official WTF website.

Article 12.  Amendment

This Bylaw shall be amended by approval of WTF Council.