W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)
The poster for W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged)
Promotion	W.A.K.O.
Date	28 November (Start) 5 December 2005 (End)
Venue	Városi Sportcsarnok
City	Szeged, Hungary
Attendance	4,000
Event chronology
W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Agadir) W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 (Szeged) W.A.K.O. European Championships 2006 (Lisbon)

W.A.K.O. World Championships 2005 in Szeged were the joint fifteenth world championships held by the W.A.K.O. organization and the third ever to be held in Hungary - with the other event having been held a couple of months earlier in Agadir, Morocco. The championships in Szeged were open to amateur men and women from across the world with around 720 athletes from 48 countries across five continents taking part.^[1]

There were four styles on offer at Szeged; Full-Contact, Light-Contact, Semi-Contact and Aero-Kickboxing. The other styles (Low-Kick, Thai-Boxing and Musical Forms) were held at the Agadir event. By the end of the championships, Russia were the strongest nation overall, followed closely by hosts Hungary, with Italy in third place. The event was held at the Városi Sportcsarnok in Szeged, Hungary on Monday, 28 November to Monday, 5 December 2005 in front of a crowd of around 4,000.^[2]