Monday, 31 August 2026. The XX Mediterranean Games have been live in Taranto, Puglia, since 21 August. They close on 3 September.
Karate is the last FIJLKAM combat block at PalaWojtyla. Wrestling first. Then judo. Karate takes the hall on Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 September. Two concentrated kumite days. Karate sits at the end of the combat programme in this hall, on the last two full competition days before the Games close on 3 September.
Tuesday, 1 September, 09:00 CEST. PalaWojtyla, Martina Franca. Women −50 kg and women −55 kg, qualifications and repechage, through 11:00. Then men −60 kg and men −67 kg, 11:00–13:00. First finals at 13:00.
Kumite only. No kata. Ten events. One athlete per NOC per weight category. Direct elimination and repechage.
Ten weight categories
The programme is kumite. Ten events. Five for women, five for men. Maximum ten athletes per NOC: five women, five men.
Women: −50 kg, −55 kg, −61 kg, −68 kg, +68 kg.
Men: −60 kg, −67 kg, −75 kg, −84 kg, +84 kg.
One athlete per NOC per weight category. Direct elimination and repechage. That is the format, locked on the WKF event page, the bulletin and FINAL2.
Two competition tatamis carry the paired morning windows. Women −50 kg and women −55 kg share 09:00–11:00. Men −60 kg and men −67 kg share 11:00–13:00. The bulletin lists the windows. It does not list a draw.
WKF technical delegates: Bechir Cherif (TUN), Marco Scaramuzza (ITA). Competition manager: Marco Scaramuzza (ITA). Host NF: FIJLKAM.
Fight times match the WKF bulletin, FFKDA and CONI. The WKF bulletin also slots medal ceremonies. FFKDA and CONI omit those slots. The fight times match across all three.
No start lists on the Microplus results hub at research time. No brackets here. The session is the session.
Locked timetable
Times in CEST. Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 September 2026.
Tuesday 1 September.
09:00–11:00: women −50 kg, women −55 kg, qualifications and repechage.
11:00–13:00: men −60 kg, men −67 kg, qualifications and repechage.
13:00 women −50 kg final. 13:15 women −55 kg final. 13:45 men −60 kg final. 14:00 men −67 kg final.
WKF bulletin medal ceremonies after that block: 13:30, then 14:15.
16:00–18:00: women −61 kg, women −68 kg, qualifications and repechage.
18:00–19:00: men −75 kg, qualifications and repechage.
19:00 women −61 kg final. 19:15 women −68 kg final. 19:30 men −75 kg final.
WKF bulletin medal ceremony: 19:45.
Seven events on Tuesday. Lighter weight categories first. The afternoon takes −61 kg and −68 kg, then men −75 kg into the evening.
Wednesday 2 September.
09:00–11:00: men −84 kg, men +84 kg, qualifications and repechage.
11:00–12:00: women +68 kg, qualifications and repechage.
12:00 men −84 kg final. 12:15 women +68 kg final. 12:30 men +84 kg final.
WKF bulletin medal ceremony: 12:45.
Three events on Wednesday. The heavier end. Day two closes the programme.
PalaWojtyla
Wojtyla Sport Hall. PalaWojtyla. Martina Franca, zona Pergolo. Indoor, about 2,000 spectators. Judo and wrestling share the hall. Karate is the last of that combat block.
Two competition tatamis, 12×12 m. Three warm-up tatamis. That is the WKF bulletin and FINAL2. Not a third figure.
The hall was handed over in mid-August. Wrestling first. Then judo. Karate takes the two days left before 3 September.
Planned training window, bulletin and FINAL2: Pacinotti School Sport Hall, Taranto, 29–31 August, 08:00–20:00. Competition days at Wojtyla. That is the window. Not a roll call.
TA2026 lists the hall. CONI lists it. Martina Franca is the karate city on the Games map. The tatamis sit in zona Pergolo.
Host Italy
FIJLKAM named ten azzurri on 27 August. Same ten weight categories. Coaches Gennaro Talarico, Andrea Torre, Luca Valdesi.
Women: Erminia Perfetto −50 kg, Veronica Brunori −55 kg, Alessandra Mangiacapra −61 kg, Silvia Semeraro −68 kg, Clio Ferracuti +68 kg.
Men: Christian Sabatino −60 kg, Luca Maresca −67 kg, Daniele De Vivo −75 kg, Matteo Fiore −84 kg, Matteo Avanzini +84 kg.
Host list. Same quota. Not a draw. FIJLKAM put karate last in its combat block at these Games, after wrestling and judo.
Other NOCs
One athlete per NOC per weight category. Published lists sit with the federations. karate.news is not filling a field from unpublished start lists.
France published a full ten on 4 August. FFKDA and Équipe France. No later withdrawal found.
Women: Tiphaine Bonnarde −50 kg, Silya Abdesselem −55 kg, Monica Arzumian −61 kg, Thalya Sombé −68 kg, Clémence Péa +68 kg.
Men: Sami Tas −60 kg, Younesse Salmi −67 kg, Kilian Cizo −75 kg, Issa Lardjoum −84 kg, Hendrick Confiac +84 kg.
Staff, FFKDA: Ludovic Cacheux, head of delegation. Coaches Stéphanie Bel Lahsen Duperret, Mathieu Cossou, Kenji Grillon.
Gilles Cherdieu, FFKDA president, on the federation page: karate on the Games since 1993; France six medals in Mersin 2013, four medals in Tarragona 2018, two of them titles. One NOC’s published line. Not the field.
The Microplus results hub had the general schedule. No start lists at research time. karate.news is not filling brackets.
Two kumite days. Then 3 September, the Games close.
Sources
- WKF: 2026 Mediterranean Games Taranto (Karate competition)
- WKF bulletin: 2026 Mediterranean Games
- WKF FINAL2
- FIJLKAM: dieci azzurri del karate in gara a Martina Franca
- TA2026: PalaWojtyla
- TA2026: Martina Franca
- CONI: PalaWojtyla - Martina Franca
- FFKDA: Jeux Méditerranéens 2026 : la sélection France Karaté
- Équipe France: Jeux méditerranéens 2026 : les Bleus dévoilés
- Microplus: general schedule
