10th World Kendo Championship

The Individuals Draw

The individual competition of the 10th World Kendo Championship, held in Kyoto, Japan in March 1997 was broken into 64 pools of two or three competitors, one to proceed to the second round of 32 sudden death matches. The pools were as listed below, while the ID codes are as per the official program, with a 2 character country code (AU austria, BR brazil, SI singapore, TP taiwan, JP japan, AS australia etc) and an identifying number from 1 to 10. Photos of the members of some contingents including Australia, Canada and the USA are here (note, these contingent pictures are over 100k each].

Pool Number	Id Code	Competitors Name
	LU1	R. Heidersscheid
	SW3	B. Gustavsson
1	TP6	K-F Lin
	CA3	T. Davidson
	HW7	S. Nakao
2	~	~
	HK1 0	W-K. Leung
	SA1	M. Walluschnig
3	BE4	P. Vanlaeken
	RO5	D. Sanddu
	US1	M. Grivas
4	~	~
	NR6	K-J. Lund
	SP7	D. Castro
5	~	~
	AS1 0	P. Szwarcbord
	KO1 0	J-S. Yuang
6	GB5	J. Kincaid
	VE4	A. Pinto
	SU1	A. Schoch
7	FI4	K. Jaaskelainen
	GE2	R. Niewerth
	SI3	D. Yeo
8	~	~
	GE9	J. Sengfelder
	HK6	K-K. Ko
9	SU5	K. Zehnder
	AR6	H. Mascarelli
	FR2	A. Hamot
10	~	~
	SI7	E. Tan
	NR8	K. Pederson
11	BR8	R. Hayashi
	GB2	C. McCurdy
	KO3	K-N. Kim
12	~	~
	IT7	R. Trevisan
	HO1	R. Bnne
13	~	~
	HU1	F. Kovacs
	SW7	N. Rydgren
14	SP8	D. Castro
	PL3	A. Drapa
	AU3	R. Zivanovic
15	NZ3	A. Stephenson
	ML1	T-H. Ong
	JP1	T. Ishida
16	~	~
	CA1	M. Noda
	LU4	N. Hank
17	BR7	E. Matsumoto
	NZ7	H. Robison
	SU3	A. Jenny
18	~	~
	JP9	F. Miyazaki
	HO2	M. Herbold
19	FR4	F. Tran
	NR9	R. Uilvestad
	HU4	T. Balogh
20	~	~
	PL9	Woyna-Orblewicz
	AU5	C. Lettau
21	~	~
	RO3	V. Craciunel
	SW2	J. Stromsnas
22	AR1 0	B. Abelardo
	HW9	H. Small
	AS7	Y. Sano
23	FI7	M. Salonen
	US3	C. Yang
	SI5	K-L. Teoh
24	~	~
	AR4	O. Schneider
	AU4	M. Steinbrenner
25	TP1	Y-Y. Liu
	FI5	P. Kylaniemi
	IC4	I. Bjorgvinsson
26	~	~
	BE5	C. Tange
	AS3	D. Carmody-Stephens
27	YU2	N. Zrnovic
	ML5	T-Y. Loh
	IT5	W. Pomero
28	~	~
	SA2	B. Sefor
	YU3	M. Sevaljevic
29	~	~
	PL2	A. Hessel
	HK5	M-H. Poon
30	VE3	A. Sanchez
	GB4	R. Harris
	KO9	W. Hur
31	SP1	A. Arregui
	GE4	M. Hehner
	NZ6	P. Frazer
32	~	~
	GB6	A. Sahla
	BE6	R. Bernaers
33	SI1	A. Lim
	GE1	R. Lehmann
	CA2	G. Harada
34	~	~
	AR5	E. Montiel
	VE1	H. Fuenmayor
35	IT8	P. Valenti
	HO3	S. Nieuwenhuizen
	US9	J. Caroll
36	~	~
	AS6	P. Rixon
	HW1 0	B. Shibuya
37	~	~
	RO1	I. Garbea
	TP7	M-F. Chow
38	FI6	K. Ruuhilahti
	SW4	P. Biro
	JP6	K. Terachi
39	FR3	T. Isckia
	HU3	M. Ilyes
	SA3	T. Hughes
40	~	~
	NZ9	G. Egerton
	US2	K. Mitsukubo
41	HU5	T. Barany
	HK9	K-W. So
	JP1 0	M. Miyazaki
42	~	~
	PL1 0	A. Ziolkowski
	BE3	S. Boffa
43	SP2	A. Gutierrez
	FR5	S. Perrin
	KO2	Y-C. Park
44	~	~
	HW8	S. Wilson
	NR1	T. Andersen
45	~	~
	RO6	D. Iliescu
	IT2	O. Gasparetti
46	BR1	R. Kishikawa
	AU1	D. Hauk
	SU4	M. Lohrer
47	ML6	W-K. Wong
	HO7	B. Jansen
	LU2	O. Keiser
48	~	~
	FI2	M. Frey
	ML9	Y-F. Liew
49	NZ1 0	R. Tremain
	IT6	P. Scarcella
	CA6	T. Kondo
50	~	~
	JP7	T. Nabeyama
	BE2	C. Maes
51	KO8	S-S. Park
	GB8	S. Bradley
	TP1 0	C-Y. Juan
52	LU3	D. Gerard
	HW6	L. Uyehara
	SW1	M. Wahlovist
53	~	~
	HU2	A. Habony
	BR6	T. Yoshimura
54	SI2	C-L. Chan
	SA4	R. Fleming
	HK8	C-C. Wu
55	AS2	B. Brestovac
	RO4	O. Cismas
	PL5	A. Kanka
56	~	~
	DE1	T. Pescli
	VE5	M. Gruber
57	AU2	M. Kendl
	TP4	C-C. Huang
	FR1	J-P. Labru
58	~	~
	AR2	O. Cirone
	JC2	Baldursson
59	HO4	W. Tang
	US8	D. Anderson
	NR5	B. Flatas
60	~	~
	ML2	K-S. Chan
	BE9	S. Hendrickx
61	~	~
	CA8	M. Raymond
	GE6	C. Haist
62	SA5	G. Bell
	BR1 0	J. Toida
	SP3	P. Soler
63	SU2	D. Frohlich
	YU1	V. Vukic
	IC1	S. Tryggvason
64	~	~

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