General

Coaches and competitors, please note the following times for the weigh-in and the height check on Friday and Saturday! A declaration of consent and data protection is mandatory for each competitor (see the last page of the invitation), the form needs to be handed in at the verification and weigh-in/height check on the 24th or the 25th of January 2025. Please weigh-in, if possible, on Friday to avoid long queues on Saturday!

• Friday – 18:00 until 20:00
• Saturday – 7:15 until 8:15

Every competitor needs to hand in the declaration of consent and data protection form, so please make sure to do this on Friday between 18:00 and 20:00 or on Saturday between 7:15 and 8:15. This applies to everyone who wants to participate, regardless of age. If you are a minor, your parents (or legal guardian) will have to sign the agreement as well.

The competition will start at 9:15, we will start on time, and we will not extend the weigh-in time slot so make sure to be there on time! We do not make any exceptions!

Registration for the 2025 Open Dutch Championships has just closed, as we have reached the maximum capacity of the tournament. 740 competitors from 26 countries are registered to compete! Coaches and umpires can be added until the 14th of January, please note that there’s a penalty if you do not comply with the rules regarding the number of umpires required as stated below. Also note, that changes to competitor details (Name, Age, Gender, Division, Category, etc)  can be made until the 14th of January for free, but between the 15th and the 20th of January there’s a penalty fee, please read the invite for more details.

Every club/team must bring one, or multiple, umpires. If no umpire is provided, there will be a fine of € 75,- for every missing umpire. Without umpires it is impossible to organize this tournament, so please make sure to provide as many as you can, we appreciate it!

• Up to 7 competitors : 1 umpire
• 8 till 15 competitors : 2 umpires
• 16 competitors or more : 3 umpires

We’ve had some great prizes for Open Dutch winners the last few years, and we just had some questions about what to expect this year? Last year we gave out backpacks, we’ve had hoodies, t-shirts, pads, and of course the notorious winner gloves! We still see people wearing these gloves at tournaments, and considering we gave those out in 2018 and 2019, we figured we would bring them back for 2025! We worked closely with 2Create Design to ensure they look amazing, and of course, worked closely with our sponsor Top Ten to ensure you get the quality you expect. And yes, these will be for all categories, colored and black belts. I have to say I loved the 2019 gloves, but the 2025 edition looks even better if you ask me!

We hope that by now most of you are training hard to be ready for the Open Dutch 2025. Registrations are looking great, and we’ve already had some of the best ITF Taekwon-do teams/clubs in the world signing up. More than 25 teams/clubs, from of course many different countries. But that is not why we are writing this post. We wanted to share with you the medals for 2025. We hope you like them as much as we do. We will continue with the preparations for the tournament, and we are looking forward to seeing all of you in January on Saturday the 25th!

Please note, there are various fake Open Dutch Championships facebook accounts out there looking to connect with people. We don’t send friendship requests, we do not have an online store for merchandise, we typically don’t send private messages, and we certainly don’t sell cheap taekwon-do gear. All Open Dutch communication will go through our website and/or Sportdata! Please do not accept those requests, and if you are certain they are fake, please report them!

Meanwhile, registrations are looking great. We expect a sold-out tournament again, so don’t wait until the last minute to register and end up disappointed. Register early!