8th World Open Tournament
IKO 1
November 1st, 2nd & 3rd, 2003, Tokyo, Japan
1. Hitoshi Kiyama JAPAN                    2. Sergey Plekhanov RUSSIA                    3. Ewerton Teixeira BRAZIL                    4. Glaube Feitosa BRAZIL                    5. Lechi Kurbanov RUSSIA                    6. Yasuhiro Kimura JAPAN                    7. Sergey Osipov RUSSIA                    8. Hiroyuki Kidachi JAPAN
Last 16:
Sergio Da Costa BRAZIL     Marcos Furlan BRAZIL     Atsushi Kadoi JAPAN     Emil Kostov BULGARIA	Artur Oganasian ARMENIA Masafumi Tagahara JAPAN Kentaro Tanaka JAPAN Alexandre Pichkunov RUSSIA
Fighting Spirit Award : Emil Kostov BULGARIA                          Hiroyuki Kidachi JAPAN                Technical Award : Masafumi Tagahara JAPAN         Tameshiwari Award : Sergey Plekhanov RUSSIA
240 competitors from 63 Countries
Report

FINAL DAY DRAW

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Photos

World Champion	Final
Hitoshi Kiyama	2nd : Sergey Plekhanov	Kiyama axe kick	Plekhanov blocks

	Semi Finals
Plekhanov attacks Feitosa	Kiyama avoids Teixeira	Kiyama

	Quarter Finals
Feitosa takes on Osipov	Plekhanov versus Kimura	Teixeira attacks Kidachi	Kiyama battles with Kurbanov

Last 16
Osipov versus Da Costa	Kurbanov comes close against Tagahara	Plekhanov and Kostov
Feitosa axe kick against Kadoi	Teixeira versus Tanaka	Kidachi avoids Pichkunov

Other Photos
Emil Kostov	Furlan KO's his opponent	Spain's Alejandro Navarro	Kimura scores Ippon

Argentina's Raul Zunino

Russia's Igor Peplov

Oganasian takes out Guerra

Isobe versus Shiojima

Competitors Line up

FULL DRAW

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