The World Taekwondo Federation selected the host sites for three of its major events in 2010 and 2011 at its Council meeting in Tijuana, Mexico on March 1, 2010.
China won the right to host the 2010 WTF World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on July 25-30, 2010. China outvoted Senegal to earn the honors.
Azerbaijan beat the United States to earn the right to host the 2011 WTF World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for the 2012 London Olympic Games in Baku. In 2009, Baku successfully hosted the 2009 World Cup Taekwondo Team Championships and the 1st World Para-Taekwondo Championships.
Uzbekistan also grabbed the right to host the 5th WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships in Tashkent this year as it outvoted Vietnam.
Under the new WTF Rules and Regulations, the WTF Council has the authority to select the host countries of the WTF championships.
The Council members were briefed by Mr. Dai-soon Lee, chairman of the Taekwondo Promotion Foundation and WTF vice president, on the preparations for the curriculum of the World Taekwondo Academy at the Taekwondo Park in Muju, Korea.
At the Council meeting, WTF President Chungwon Choue announced his appointment of Mr. Philip Buedo of France as chairman of the WTF Technical Committee for Games. He also appointed Mr. Chakir Chelbat of Sweden as chairman of the WTF Technical Committee for Referee.
The Council meeting, which lasted more than three hours in a very democratic, fair manner, took place at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Tijuna one day prior to the WTF General Assembly on March 2 at the Grand Hotel Tijuana.
On March 3, the WTF World Taekwondo Qualification Tournament for the 2010 Youth Olympic Games will begin for a two-day run at the Multi-Purpose Gymnasium of the High Performance Sports Center of Baja California, drawing about 380 athletes from 93 countries.
At the same venue, the 8th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships will be held from March 6-9, attracting about 800 athletes from more than 100 countries, a record for the WTF World Junior Championships
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