2022 in combat sports

Boxing

International boxing events

• May 8 – 20: 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships in Istanbul

Fencing

International fencing events

• July 15 – 23: 2022 World Fencing Championships in Cairo

2021–22 Fencing World Cup

• November 19 – 21, 2021: WC #1 in Tallinn
• Women's Épée winner: Joséphine Jacques-André-Coquin
• Women's Team Épée winners:
• November 19 – 21, 2021: WC #2 in Bern
• Men's Épée winner: Rubén Limardo
• Men's Team Épée winners:
• December 10 – 12, 2021: WC #3 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
• Women's Foil winner: Alice Volpi
• Women's Team Foil winners:
• January 14 – 16: WC #4 in Paris
• Men's Foil winner: Cheung Ka Long
• Men's Team Foil winners:
• January 14 – 16: WC #5 in Poznań
• Women's Foil winner: Alice Volpi
• Women's Team Foil winners:
• January 15 – 17: WC #6 in Tbilisi
• Men's Sabre winner: Sandro Bazadze
• Women's Sabre winner: Caroline Queroli
• Men's Team Sabre winners:
• Women's Team Sabre winners:
• January 28 – 30: WC #7 in Plovdiv
• Women's Sabre winner: Anna Bashta
• Women's Team Sabre winners:
• January 28 – 30: WC #8 in Doha
• Men's Épée winner: Yannick Borel
• Women's Épée winner: Katrina Lehis
• February 11 – 13: WC #9 in Sochi
• Men's Épée winner: Valerio Cuomo
• Men's Team Épée winners:
• February 11 – 13: WC #10 in Barcelona
• Women's Épée winner: Song Se-ra
• Women's Team Épée winners:
• February 25 – 27: WC #11 in Cairo
• Men's Foil winner: Anton Borodachev
• Men's Team Foil winners:
• February 25 – 27: WC #12 in Guadalajara
• Women's Foil winner: Alice Volpi
• Women's Team Foil winners:
• March 4 – 6: WC #13 in Athens
• Women's Sabre winner: Anna Bashta
• Women's Team Sabre winners:
• March 4 – 6: WC #14 in Budapest
• Men's Épée winner: Rubén Limardo
• Women's Épée winner: Alberta Santuccio
• March 18 – 20: WC #15 in Budapest
• Men's Sabre winner: Áron Szilágyi
• Men's Team Sabre winners:
• March 18 – 20: WC #16 in Istanbul
• Women's Sabre winner: Manon Apithy-Brunet
• Women's Team Sabre winners:
• April 15 – 17: WC #17 in Paris
• Men's Épée winner: Nelson Lopez-Pourtier
• Men's Team Épée winners:
• April 15 – 18: WC #18 in Belgrade
• Men's Foil winner: Tommaso Marini
• Women's Foil winner: Anne Sauer
• Men's Team Foil winners:
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• April 29 – May 1: WC #19 in Plovdiv
• Men's Foil winner: Alessio Foconi
• Men's Team Foil winners:
• April 29 – May 1: WC #20 in Tauberbischofsheim
• Women's Foil winner: Lee Kiefer
• Women's Team Foil winners:
• April 29 – May 1: WC #21 in Cairo
• Men's Épée winner: Yannick Borel
• Women's Épée winner: Choi In-jeong
• May 6 – 8: WC #22 in Madrid
• Men's Sabre winner: Oh Sang-uk
• Men's Team Sabre winners:
• May 6 – 8: WC #23 in Hammamet
• Women's Sabre winner: Misaki Emura
• Women's Team Sabre winners:
• May 12 – 14: WC #24 in Heidenheim an der Brenz
• Men's Épée winner: Romain Cannone
• Men's Team Épée winners:
• May 13 – 15: WC #25 in Incheon
• Men's Foil winner: Tommaso Marini
• Women's Foil winner: Lee Kiefer
• May 20 – 22: WC #26 in Padua
• Men's Sabre winner: Áron Szilágyi
• Women's Sabre winner: Anna Bashta
• May 27 – 29: WC #27 in Katowice
• Women's Épée winner: Choi In-jeong
• Women's Team Épée winners:
• May 27 – 29: WC #28 in Tbilisi
• Men's Épée winner: Volodymyr Stankevych
• Men's Team Épée winners:

Judo

• August 7 – 14: 2022 World Judo Championships in Tashkent

Judo World Tour

• January 28 – 30: 2022 Judo Grand Prix Almada
• Extra-lightweight winners: Lee Ha-rim (m) / Catarina Costa (f)
• Half-lightweight winners: Denis Vieru (m) / Distria Krasniqi (f)
• Lightweight winners: Murodjon Yuldoshev (m) / Rafaela Silva (f)
• Half-middleweight winners: Matthias Casse (m) / Joanne van Lieshout (f)
• Middleweight winners: Jesper Smink (m) / Lara Cvjetko (f)
• Half-heavyweight winners: Jorge Fonseca (m) / Yoon Hyun-ji (f)
• Heavyweight winners: Kim Min-jong (m) / Kim Ha-yun (f)
• February 5 & 6: 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris
• Extra-lightweight winners: Ryuju Nagayama (m) / Natsumi Tsunoda (f)
• Half-lightweight winners: Yondonperenlein Baskhüü (m) / Amandine Buchard (f)
• Lightweight winners: Lasha Shavdatuashvili (m) / Haruka Funakubo (f)
• Half-middleweight winners: Sotaro Fujiwara (m) / Nami Nabekura (f)
• Middleweight winners: Sanshiro Murao (m) / Margaux Pinot (f)
• Half-heavyweight winners: Toma Nikiforov (m) / Audrey Tcheuméo (f)
• Heavyweight winners: Odkhüügiin Tsetsentsengel (m) / Wakaba Tomita (f)
• February 17 – 19: 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv
• Extra-lightweight winners: Artem Lesiuk (m) / Shirine Boukli (f)
• Half-lightweight winners: Baruch Shmailov (m) / Astride Gneto (f)
• Lightweight winners: Hidayat Heydarov (m) / Priscilla Gneto (f)
• Half-middleweight winners: Matthias Casse (m) / Megumi Horikawa (f)
• Middleweight winners: Mammadali Mehdiyev (m) / Shiho Tanaka (f)
• Half-heavyweight winners: Ilia Sulamanidze (m) / Beata Pacut (f)
• Heavyweight winners: Guram Tushishvili (m) / Romane Dicko (f)
• April 1 – 3: 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya
• Extra-lightweight winners: Yang Yung-wei (m) / Ganbaataryn Narantsetseg (f)
• Half-lightweight winners: Denis Vieru (m) / Réka Pupp (f)
• Lightweight winners: Giorgi Terashvili (m) / Jessica Klimkait (f)
• Half-middleweight winners: Guilherme Schimidt (m) / Lucy Renshall (f)
• Middleweight winners: Iván Felipe Silva Morales (m) / Marie-Ève Gahié (f)
• Half-heavyweight winners: Jorge Fonseca (m) / Anna-Maria Wagner (f)
• Heavyweight winners: Guram Tushishvili (m) / Léa Fontaine (f)
• June 3 – 5: 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi

Judo Senior European Cup

• March 19 & 20: Senior European Cup #1 in Riga
• April 23 & 24: Senior European Cup #2 in Dubrovnik

Judo European Cup

• February 11 – 13: European Cup #1 in Sarajevo
• Extra-lightweight winners: Turan Bayramov (m) / Gülkader Şentürk (f)
• Half-lightweight winners: Ejder Toktay (m) / Binta Ndiaye (f)
• Lightweight winners: Michel Adam (m) / Carla Ubasart Mascaró (f)
• Half-middleweight winners: Arnaud Aregba (m) / Sarai Padilla (f)
• Middleweight winners: Martin Matijass (m) / Lara Cvjetko (f)
• Half-heavyweight winners: Enrico Bergamelli (m) / Loriana Kuka (f)
• Heavyweight winners: Vito Dragič (m) / Valentine Marchand (f)
• February 26 & 27: European Cup #2 in Warsaw

Judo European Open

• March 5 & 6: European Open #1 in Prague

Judo African Open

• March 12 & 13: African Open #1 in Tunis
• March 19 & 20: African Open #2 in Algiers

Karate

• May 25 – 29: 2022 European Karate Championships in Gaziantep
• May 26 – 28: 2022 Pan American Karate Championships in
• June 4 – 5: 2022 Oceania Karate Championships in

2022 Karate1 Premier League

• February 18 – 20: #1 in Fujairah
• Kata winners: Enes Özdemir (m) / Kiyou Shimizu (f)
• Men's −60 kg winner: Abdullah Hammad
• Men's −67 kg winner: Didar Amirali
• Men's −75 kg winner: Abdalla Abdelaziz
• Men's −84 kg winner: Youssef Badawy
• Men's +84 kg winner: Hazeem Mohamed
• Women's −50 kg winner: Moldir Zhangbyrbay
• Women's −55 kg winner: Anna Chernysheva
• Women's −61 kg winner: Alessandra Mangiacapra
• Women's −68 kg winner: Irina Zaretska
• Women's +68 kg winner: Nancy Garcia
• April 22 – 24: #2 in Matosinhos
• Kata winners: Kakeru Nishiyama (m) / Kiyou Shimizu (f)
• Men's −60 kg winner: Christos-Stefanos Xenos
• Men's −67 kg winner: Steven Da Costa
• Men's −75 kg winner: Daniele De Vivo
• Men's −84 kg winner: Brian Timmermans
• Men's +84 kg winner: Babacar Seck
• Women's −50 kg winner: Yorgelis Salazar
• Women's −55 kg winner: Anzhelika Terliuga
• Women's −61 kg winner: Anita Serogina
• Women's −68 kg winner: Silvia Semeraro
• Women's +68 kg winner: Lucija Lesjak
• May 13 – 15: #3 in Rabat
• Kata winners: Kazumasa Moto (m) / Hikaru Ono (f)
• Men's −60 kg winner: Abdel Ali Jina
• Men's −67 kg winner: Dionysios Xenos
• Men's −75 kg winner: Abdalla Abdelaziz
• Men's −84 kg winner: Youssef Badawy
• Men's +84 kg winner: Taha Tarek Mahmoud
• Women's −50 kg winner: Reem Ahmed Salama
• Women's −55 kg winner: Anzhelika Terliuga
• Women's −61 kg winner: Dahab Ali
• Women's −68 kg winner: Elena Quirici
• Women's +68 kg winner: Ayumi Uekusa
• September 2 – 4: #4 in Baku

2022 Karate1 Series A

• January 28 – 30: #1 in Pamplona
• Kata winners: Ryuji Moto (m) / Gema Morales (f)
• Kata Team winners: (Mohammad Hussain, Sayed Salman Al-Mosawi, Mohammad Al-Mosawi) (m) / (Raquel Roy Rubio, María López Pintado, Lidia Rodríguez Encabo) (f)
• Men's −60 kg winner: Danilo Greco
• Men's −67 kg winner: Ernest Sharafutdinov
• Men's −75 kg winner: Kilian Cizo
• Men's −84 kg winner: Dany Makamata
• Men's +84 kg winner: Ondřej Bosák
• Women's −50 kg winner: Valéria Kumizaki
• Women's −55 kg winner: Mia Bitsch
• Women's −61 kg winner: Elena Quirici
• Women's −68 kg winner: Lynn Snel
• Women's +68 kg winner: Tatiana Zyabkina
• June 10 – 12: #2 in Cairo
• September 23 – 25: #3 in Temuco
• November 11 – 13: #4 in TBD

Mixed Martial Arts

UFC

The UFC promotional company has held a total of 33 events so far in 2022.

Bellator

In 2022 Bellator has held a total of 14 events so far.

ONE Championship

The ONE Championship has held a total of 32 events across the world in 2022.

Sambo

• April 21 – 23: 2022 European Youth and Junior Sambo Championships in Tallinn
• May 27 – 29: 2022 European Sambo Championships in Yekaterinburg
• June 2 – 4: 2022 Asian Sambo Championships in Jounieh
• June 2 – 4: 2022 Asian Youth and Junior Sambo Championships in Jounieh
• July 15 – 17: 2022 African Sambo Championships in Yaounde
• July 29 – 31: 2022 Pan American Sambo Championships in Puntarenas
• August 27 & 28: 2022 World Beach Sambo Championships in Bat Yam
• September 17 & 18: 2022 World Masters Sambo Championships in Yerevan
• October 14 – 16: 2022 World Youth and Junior Sambo Championships in Panagyurishte
• November 11 – 13: 2022 World Sambo Championships in Ashgabat
• November 26 – 27: 2022 World Schools Sambo Championships in Tsaghkadzor
• December 3 & 4: 2022 World Cadet Sambo Championships in Chișinău

2022 World Sambo Cup

• March 24 & 25: World Super Cup "Memorial to the SAMBO Founders" in Moscow
• May 14 & 15: WC #1 in Santo Domingo
• June 18 & 19: WC #2 in Casablanca
• August 20 & 21: WC #3 in Bishkek
• September 17 & 18: WC #4 in Novi Sad

2022 European Sambo Cup

• February 11 – 13: EC #1 in Minsk
• Women's 50 kg winner: Kristina Karekyan
• Women's 54 kg winner: Alena Kupava
• Men's 58 kg winner: Tigran Kirakosyan
• Women's 59 kg winner: Evgenia Pavlova
• Men's 64 kg winner: Alexander Pshenychnykh
• Women's 65 kg winner: Karina Cherevan
• Men's 71 kg winner: Mindia Liluashvili
• Women's 72 kg winner: Anastasia Filippovich
• Men's 79 kg winner: Besarioni Berulava
• Women's 80 kg winner: Nino Odzelashvili
• Women's 80+ kg winner: Maria Kondratieva
• Men's 88 kg winner: Vladimir Zhupikov
• Men's 98 kg winner: Sergey Kuznetsov
• Men's 98+ kg winner: Anton Brachev
• September 10 & 11: EC #2 in Tbilisi
• October 9 & 10: EC #3 in Kazan
• December 9 – 11: EC #4 in Bucharest

2022 Asian Sambo Cup

• TBD in July: AC #1 in Bali

Taekwondo

• April 21 – 24: 2022 World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Goyang
• May 19 – 22: 2022 European Taekwondo Championships and 2022 Para-European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester

Wrestling

2022 Wrestling Continental Championships

• March 7–13: 2022 European U23 Wrestling Championship in Plovdiv
• Freestyle wrestling winners:
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• March 26 – April 3: 2022 European Wrestling Championships in Budapest
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• April 19–24: 2022 Asian Wrestling Championships in Ulaanbaatar
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• May 10–13: Wrestling at the 2021 Summer Deaflympics in Caxias do Sul
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• May 5–8: 2022 Pan American Wrestling Championships in Acapulco
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• May 17–19: Wrestling at the 2022 Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi
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• May 17–22: 2022 African Wrestling Championships in El Jadida
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• June 13–19: 2022 European Cadets Wrestling Championships in Bucharest
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• June 19–26: 2022 Asian U23 and Cadets Wrestling Championship in Bishkek
• Cadets (U-17)
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• U-23
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• June 24–26: 2022 Pan American Cadets Wrestling Championships in Buenos Aires
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• June 27–30: Wrestling at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran
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• June 27 – July 3: 2022 European Juniors Wrestling Championships in Rome
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• July 2–10: 2022 Asian Juniors Wrestling Championships in Manama
• Schools (U-15)
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• Juniors U-20
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• July 3–5: Wrestling at the 2022 Bolivarian Games in Valledupar
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• July 8–10: 2022 Pan American Juniors Wrestling Championships in Oaxtepec
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• July 16–19: 2022 European Schools Wrestling Championship in Zagreb
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• July 25–31: 2022 World Cadets Wrestling Championships in Rome
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• August 5–6: Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham
• August 10–13: Wrestling at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya
• August 15–21: 2022 World Junior Wrestling Championships in Sofia
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• September 10–18: 2022 World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade
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• September 26-30: Wrestling at the FISU World Cup Combat Sports in Samsun
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• October 4–9: 2022 Veterans World Wrestling Championships in Sofia
• October 12–14: Wrestling at the 2022 South American Games in Asunción
• October 17–23: 2022 U23 World Wrestling Championships in Pontevedra
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• November 5–6: 2022 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman in Baku
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• December 10–11: 2022 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle in Iowa City
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• December 10–11: 2022 Wrestling World Cup - Women's freestyle in Iowa City
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2022 Wrestling Ranking Series

Ranking Series Calendar 2022:

• 24–27 February: 1st Ranking Series: 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament and 2022 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament in Istanbul
• Freestyle wrestling winners:
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• 2–5 June: 2nd Ranking Series: 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup in Almaty
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• 22–25 June: 3rd Ranking Series: Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022 in Rome
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• 14–17 July: 4th Ranking Series: 2022 Tunis Ranking Series in Tunisia Tunis
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2022 Wrestling International tournament

• January 20–23: Grand Prix de France Henri Deglane 2022 in Nice
• Competition cancelled.
• January 26–30: Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2022 in Krasnoyarsk
• Final medals rankings: 1st place: , 2nd place: Dagestan, 3rd place:
• January 29–30: 2022 Grand Prix Zagreb Open in Zagreb
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• February 17–20: 2022 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament in Veliko Tarnovo
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• May 12–15: 2022 Muhamet Malo in Tirana
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• May 27–29: 2022 Pat Shaw Memorial in Guatemala City
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• June 10–12: 2022 Macedonian Pearl in Radovish
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• July 8–10: 2022 Grand Prix of Spain in Madrid
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• July 21–24: 2022 Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski, Poland Open in Warsaw
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• July 29–31: 2022 Ion Cornianu & Ladislau Simon in Bucharest
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• August 6–7: 2022 Grand Prix of Germany in Dortmund
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• August 12–13: 2022 Ljubomir Ivanovic Gedza Memorial in Mladenovac
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• August 19–21: 2022 Druskininkai Cup in Druskininkai
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• August 25-26: Slavin, Halfen, Weinberg & Gottfreund Memorial in Beer Sheva
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• September 30–1: 2022 Thor Masters in Nykobing Falster
• November 2–6: 2022 Kunayev D.A. in Taraz City
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• November 5–6: 2022 Kristjan Palusalu Memorial in Tallinn
• December 3–4: 2022 Haparanda Cup in Haparanda
• December 10–11: 2022 Arvo Haavisto in Ilmajoki

References

External links

• International Boxing Association (Amateur)
• FIE - Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (International Fencing Federation)
• International Judo Federation
• World Karate Federation
• World Association of Kickboxing Organizations
• International Mixed Martial Arts Federation
• International Federation of Muaythai Amateur
• International Sambo Federation
• International Sumo Federation
• World Taekwondo Federation
• United World Wrestling
• International Wushu Federation