Vietnam Vovinam successfully defended its top position in the 2025 world championship

VHO - The 8th WVVF World Vovinam Championships 2025 ended on November 7 in Bali (Indonesia) with the overall top position belonging to the Vietnamese Vovinam team.

The tournament was attended by more than 600 athletes from 26 countries and territories with developed Vovinam movements in 4 continents: Asia, Europe, Africa, and Oceania. The athletes competed in 45 sets of medals, including 26 martial arts events and 19 combat weight classes.

The tournament featured exciting competitions.

This pinnacle sporting event is not only a place for the world's best martial artists to compete, but also carries a historic mission: to realize the Olympic dream for traditional Vietnamese martial arts.

This year, the Vietnamese Vovinam team registered 39 athletes to participate in the events for combat and performance.

After 4 days of competition, the Vietnamese Vovinam team won 24 gold medals and 1 silver medal to defend their top position.

In 2023, when the tournament was held in Vietnam, the Vietnamese Vovinam team won first place overall with 18 gold medals.

Vietnamese boxers had a successful tournament.

With the progress of the countries, the competitions were fierce and intense. The fighters had to work hard to win the final victory. The race for the top 3 of the whole delegation belonged to 3 countries with large investment and participation.

In which, Algeria and Cambodia competed with each other until the last content to determine the final top 3 position.

Accordingly, the third place overall belongs to Cambodia with 7 gold medals, 11 silver medals, 5 bronze medals. The second place belongs to Algeria with 9 gold medals, 10 silver medals, 5 bronze medals.

Vietnamese Vovinam continues to affirm its position in the world arena.

Assessing the quality of the tournament, martial artist Florin Macovei - Permanent Vice President of the World Vovinam Federation said: "This year's tournament has many sporting powers such as Japan, Korea, Iran, France, and Algeria participating.

Notably, two martial arts powerhouses like Japan and South Korea have significantly improved the quality of their athletes. We believe that in the future the quality and quantity of athletes will increase further as countries are investing in developing Vovinam.”

The 9th World Vovinam Championship in 2027 is expected to take place in Algeria. In 2015, the World Vovinam Championship was also held in this African country.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/vovinam-viet-nam-bao-ve-thanh-cong-ngoi-dau-giai-the-gioi-2025-179853.html