Saturday’s fights of 178 competitors selected eight men and four women in each weight category. They will fight for the highest titles on Sunday.
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WOMAN: Semifinals
– 50 kg
Alona Veresniak, Ukrain – Karin Kojima Japan
Misaki Utsunomiya Japan – Misaki Teshima
– 55 kg
Yuki Yoshida Japan – Honoka Inoue Japan
Sayaka Kato Japan – Nichika Tomimura Japan
-60 kg
Riri Ishihara Japan – Ramu Amikawa Japan
Mirjam Björklund Sweden – Rūta Brazdžionytė Lithuania
+60 kg
Ivanka Popova Bulgaria – Brigita Gustaitytė Lithuania
Yuna Mokudai Japan – Monika Zielińska Poland
MEN: Quarterfinals
-65 kg
Atsushi Kawase Japan – Yelaman Mukashev Kazachstan
Yuki Otsubo Japan – Kazuto Teshima Japan
Tenshin Sawai Japan – Daniel Sternik Poland
Hayato Iino Japan – Kodai Hosokawa Japan
-75 kg
Yota Kaneoka Japan – Hotaka Yoshizawa Japan
Junki Ochi Japan – Yerkebulan Beisembayev Kazachstan
Haruto Fujita Japan – David Mskhaladze Georgia
Mikheil Tsiklauri Georgia – Ryuki Ushirosako Japan
–85 kg
Nariyoshi Tada Japan – Justinas Kvietka Lithuania
Kazushi Watanabe Japan – Salahat Hasanov Azebejdżan
Jonas Rosin Sweden – Juras Sokolovas Lithuania
Vladimir Artyushin Kazachstan – Valeri Dimitrov Bulgaria
+85 KG
Eventas Guzauskas Lithuania – Marek Wolny Poland
Kodai Suzuki Japan – Yusaku Watanabe Japan
Edgard Secinski Lithuania – Maciej Mazur Poland
Orestas Abazorius Lithuania – Kembu Iriki Japan
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