Author: WKF head office

An officially sanctioned International Referee Seminar will take place on October 20th in Mielec, Poland.

This seminar will prepare our best international referees for the upcoming 2026 World Championships and renew their WKF licenses.

No WKF license,

no WKF Referee!

To date, 14 nations from Latin and Central America alone have been confirmed for the 2026 World Championships in Cartagena, Colombia.

Therefore, around 1.000 South Americans – men and women – are expected!

Our friends will be returning with numerous amateur boxers. Anyone who attended the last World Championships 2024 in Alicante saw the level of our sports friends for themselves. 

The next World Referee Seminar will take place in November 2026 in Cartagena.

The next World Cup will be held after the summer break from September 15-21 in Minsk, Belarus.

Eastern Europe will be represented by major teams.

EU citizens do NOT require a visa if they stay in Belarus for less than 30 days ! The complete announcement will be made shortly.

Our representative and confirmed chairman of the of the WKF BELARUS is Mr. Khmialkou Siarhei –  Хмельков Сергей Васильевич!.

Since the European congress in Moldova in June 2025, he was new elected WKF EUROPE continental President. He is General Director of the Republican Olympic Center and “Stayki”.

WKF BELARUS  E-mail contact

Initial information about the next World Championships in November 2026 in Cartagena, Colombia, will also follow very soon. 

Our Amateur World President Mr. Carlos SUAREZ from Buenos Aires, Argentina, will be official WKF observer. He will attend the WKF Board meeting in Minsk, where high-ranking WKF representatives from Eastern Europe and Asia are expected. Many new, exciting events are in the works.

AND: the last WKF World Cup this Year will be from November 13-15 in the city of Bucaramanga, Colombia!

Amateur MMA is officially part of the WKF European Championships from June 22nd to 29th in Chisinau, Moldova.

As partners of the WKF many nations are already fully involved in Moldova!

Free and non-bureaucratic!

The international WKF license is also valid for all MMA CHAMPIONS worldwide!

All women and men who are interested in MMA can contact our office by email with no obligation, photo and a fighter profile.

Each nation can send two participants per weight class for the European Championship

Dimitris PAPAKONSTANTINOU

is another Greek on the world association board.

He is coach of numerous professional Greek MMA fighters competing in UFC , Bellator, Cage warriors, Fight Night, King of the cage, Abu Dhabi warriors Oktagon etc.

Dimitris holds his masters degree in sports management by university of Peloponnese and several Black Belts as well.

Co-Owner of EFL academies , the leading MMA gyms in Greece.

Co-owner of quest the leading televised MMA promotion in Greece.

Soon he will start with an amzing  international MMA event in Athens and updating MMA World rankings and much more.

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WKF GREECE president Annis DOMETIOU announces its first two events!

The year begins on February 15th with an international event in Athens. In addition to many Greek champions – women and men – foreign champions are also invited. Two WKF title fights are the main fights on the fight card. Mr. Dometiou has started his work as the new World President of the Muay Thai Division!

The newly updated age and weight classes will apply from January 1, 2025!

Our Greek sports friends are known everywhere as very strong but fair MMA fighters.

The MMA QEST is now in its 14th edition. Together with our MMA Division World President Dimitris PAPAKONSTANTINOU many of the best MMA champions from all over Europe will compete to determine the best.

If you are interested in participating in the MMA Quest series, send your request directly to Annis DOMETIOU by e-mail

We have got many request for title fights around the World and many people ask about how it goes in our WKF MMA division.

It is very simple, everybody can download WKF MMA title fight minimum request , this should answer FAQ.

Like in Ring sport all fighters must be listed in the European or World ranking.

Send your fighter profile with JPG photo and your fighter will be posted in the MMA European and World rankings, of course for male and female!

If you want to promote MMA title fights send a „title application form“ to our head office, to avoid all misunderstandings. All fees on request !

Detailed Rule books for amateur and pro MMA available.

For further requests send just a mail to our WKF World head office.

To all our strong WKF member countries,

Champions and our best referees!

The whole world will meet after Cairo 2021 in November 2024 in Spain and many strong teams from Europe and Asia, North America,  Latin America,  Australia and Africa will challenge our best Champions !

In order to stay at the top of the world rankings,

WKF needs all of our best fighters,

women and men!

Full information and updates as always HERE: https://events.wkfworld.com/

I’ll see you all in Spain in November 2024

WKF ESPAÑA, Juan PINILLA

We look forward to working with new experts who would like to represent their country as the new WKF country President.

Interested in working in a large world association? 

Send us a non-binding email with your inquiry!