2024 Taolu World Cup


The 2024 Taolu World Cup was the third edition of the Taolu World Cup. It was held at the in Yokohama, Japan, from October 26 to 27, 2024. Qualification was done through the 2023 World Wushu Championships and the 2024 Wushu International Invitational Tournament.

Background

Selection process

At the International Wushu Federation congress at the 2019 World Wushu Championships, it was decided that the 3rd Taolu World Cup would be held in Tokyo, Japan from November 14 to 19, 2020. It would be organized by the Japan Wushu Taijiquan Federation. Previously, Japan had only hosted three prior major international wushu competitions with the most recent being the wushu event at the 2001 East Asian Games.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

Shortly after the completion, the COVID-19 pandemic spread internationally. On April 20, 2020, the IWUF announced that the 3rd Taolu World Cup would be postponed to 2022 after a request from the local organizing committee. This announcement was later followed by cancellations of the World Junior Wushu Championships, the Sanda World Cup, the World Taijiquan Championships, the Asian Wushu Championships, the World Kungfu Championships, and eventually the 2021 World Wushu Championships were moved to 2023. With this update, the 3rd Taolu World Cup was rescheduled to 2024, and the qualifications from the 2019 world championships were to be replaced by rankings at the 2023 world championships.

Qualification

The top eight athletes at the 2023 World Wushu Championships qualified for the 2024 Taolu World Cup. In addition, an additional spot in each event was given to the gold medalists at the 2024 Wushu International Invitational Tournament held in April in China. The invitational tournament was organized because several countries had visa issues while trying to participate in the previous world championships.

Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time
DateStart timeCarpet
October 269:30Women's Changquan
October 269:55Men's Qiangshu
October 2610:20Women's Nandao
October 2610:45Men's Nangun
October 2611:10Women's Taijiquan
October 2614:30Men's Nandao
October 2614:55Women's Nangun
October 2615:20Men's Changquan
October 2615:45Women's Jianshu
October 2616:10Men's Taijijian
October 279:30Women's Nanquan
October 279:55Men's Gunshu
October 2710:20Women's Daoshu
October 2710:45Men's Jianshu
October 2711:10Women's Taijijian
October 2714:30Men's Nanquan
October 2714:55Women's Gunshu
October 2715:20Men's Daoshu
October 2715:45Women's Qiangshu
October 2716:10Men's Taijiquan
October 2715:50Women's Duilian
October 2717:00Men's Duilian