Nine judokas represented the Belgian tricolor at the World Judo Championships in the Uzbek capital Tashkent. Reigning world champion Matthias Casse (-81kg) failed to extend his title but took silver. The second-best performance is for Toma Nikiforov (-100kg) who just missed the bronze ending in fifth place. Below is an overview of all Team Belgium bouts.
Ellen SALENS (-48kg/42 WRL/Judoschool Merelbeke/JV)
Round 1: win vs. Estefania Soriano (DOM)
Round 2: loss vs. Shirine Boukli (FRA)
Mina LIBEER (-57kg/12 WRL/Judoschool Merelbeke/JV)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: win vs. Tihea Topolovec (CRO)
Round 3: loss vs. Mimi Huh (KOR)
Gabriella Willems (-70kg/41 WRL/JC Andrimont/JWB)
Round 1: win vs. Maria Perez (PUR)
Round 2: loss vs. Martina Esposito (ITA)
Sophie Berger (-78kg/RJC Mons/JWB)
Round 1: bye
Round 2: loss vs Giorgia Stangherlin (ITA)
Jorre Verstraeten (-60kg/6 WRL/JC IGW/JWB)
Round 1: bye
Round 2: win vs. Marcus Auer (AUT)
Round 3: loss vs. Angelo Pantano (ITA)
Abdul Malik Umayev (-73kg/138 WRL/JC Visé/JWB)
Round 1: win vs. Ali Abdelmouaty (EGY)
Round 2: loss vs. Hidayat Heydarov (AZE)
Matthias CASSE (-81kg/2 WRL/JC Fudji Yama Boom/Schelle/JV) - SILVER
Round 1: bye
Round 2: win vs. Lachlan Moorhead (GBR)
Round 3: win vs. Asad Masabirov (KGZ)
Quarter-Final: win vs. Shamil Borchashvili (AUT)
Semi-Final: win vs. Sotaro Fujiwara (JPN)
Final: loss vs. Tato Grigalashvili (GEO)
Sami Chouchi (-81kg/7 WRL/JC La Chenaie/JWB)
Round 1: bye
Round 2: win vs. Abdelrahman Abdelghany (EGY)
Round 3: loss vs. Takanori Nagase (JPN)
Toma NIKIFOROV (-100kg/6 WRL/Elte Sport Army/JV) – 5th Place
Round 1: bye
Round 2: win vs. Dzhafar Kostoev (UAE)
Round 3: win vs. Zsombor Veg (HUN)
Quarterfinals: loss vs. Michael Korrel (NED)
Repechage: win vs. Shady Elnahas (CAN)
Bronze Fight: loss vs. Zelym Kotsoiev (AZE)
