Men's middleweight at the 2023 World Championships
Venue	Baku Crystal Hall
Dates	31 May 2023
Competitors	43 from 41 nations
Medalists
Kang Sang-hyun    South Korea   Ivan Šapina    Croatia   Arian Salimi    Iran   Artsiom Plonis
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2023 World Taekwondo Championships
	Men	Women
Finweight	54 kg	46 kg
Flyweight	58 kg	49 kg
Bantamweight	63 kg	53 kg
Featherweight	68 kg	57 kg
Lightweight	74 kg	62 kg
Welterweight	80 kg	67 kg
Middleweight	87 kg	73 kg
Heavyweight	+87 kg	+73 kg
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The men's middleweight is a competition featured at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships, and was held at the Baku Crystal Hall in Baku, Azerbaijan on 31 May 2023. Middleweights were limited to a maximum of 87 kilograms in body mass.^[1]

Legend

• DQ — Won by disqualification
• P — Won by punitive declaration
• W — Won by withdrawal

	Semifinals						Final
	Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	9	16	7
	Arian Salimi (IRI)	6	16	6			Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	6	9
	Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	9	2	1			Ivan Šapina (CRO)	5	7
	Ivan Šapina (CRO)	3	4	15P

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA)	4	1
	Gulshan Sharma (IND)	8	8				Gulshan Sharma (IND)	0	0
	Niraj Deuba (NEP)	3	5										Ícaro Miguel Soares (BRA)	1	2
													Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	11	3
							Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	6	9	9
							Soufiane El-Asbi (MAR)	4	11	6
																			Kang Sang-hyun (KOR)	11	4	0
																			Ahmad Rawy (EGY)	11	3	0
							Patrik Divkovič (SLO)	4	3
	Ozdjan Pashaev (GEO)	3	6				Ethienne Brunet (CAN)	11	4
	Ethienne Brunet (CAN)	6	13										Ethienne Brunet (CAN)	7	2	8
	Luis Soto (COL)	1	3										Ahmad Rawy (EGY)	3	6	14
	Huang Yu-jen (TPE)	2	9				Huang Yu-jen (TPE)	1	3	4
							Ahmad Rawy (EGY)	0	5	6

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Bryan Salazar (MEX)	1	1	3
	Ahmed Al-Muwallad (KSA)	0	4				Seydou Gbané (CIV)	0	1	0
	Seydou Gbané (CIV)	3	4										Bryan Salazar (MEX)	1	4
													Arian Salimi (IRI)	8	10
							Arian Salimi (IRI)	0	9	6
							Raúl Martínez (ESP)	5	5	5
																			Arian Salimi (IRI)	12	12
																			Michael Rodriguez (USA)	8	8
							Michael Rodriguez (USA)	13	8
							Arash Mozhdeh (AUS)	5	3
													Michael Rodriguez (USA)	4	4
	Manuel Pollet (BEL)	7	8	10									Taleh Suleymanov (AZE)	0	4
	Laurenţiu Snacov (ROU)	10	1	3			Manuel Pollet (BEL)	0	8
							Taleh Suleymanov (AZE)	3	9

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB)	0	7
	Fred Gwali (SOL)	2	0				Hassan Amer Ali (DEN)	0	2
	Hassan Amer Ali (DEN)	4	12										Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB)	W
													Roberto Botta (ITA)
							Rafael Kamalov (AIN)	1	2	0
							Roberto Botta (ITA)	1	2	1DQ
																			Mehdi Khodabakhshi (SRB)	2	4
																			Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	6	4
							Smaiyl Duisebay (KAZ)	5	7
	Manuel Martinho (POR)	0	6				Vasileios Tholiotis (GRE)	2	5
	Vasileios Tholiotis (GRE)	10	7										Smaiyl Duisebay (KAZ)	1	3
	Paivou Gomis (GBS)	0	1										Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	1	5
	Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	12	9				Artsiom Plonis (AIN)	11	7
							Meng Mingkuan (CHN)	8	4

	Round of 64						Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals
							Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	10	13
	Karol Robak (POL)	21	12				Karol Robak (POL)	2	3
	Jahn Estrada (PUR)	9	0										Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	6	11
	Motaz Ifaoui (TUN)	6	14										Fahed Ammar Sbeihi (JOR)	4	0
	Otgonjargalyn Azkhüü (MGL)	2	2				Motaz Ifaoui (TUN)	6	9	3
							Fahed Ammar Sbeihi (JOR)	15	7	3
																			Nikita Rafalovich (UZB)	3	2	0
																			Ivan Šapina (CRO)	6	2	1
							Enbiya Taha Biçer (TUR)	7	10
							Dinko Šegedin (BIH)	3	6
													Enbiya Taha Biçer (TUR)	7	1	3
	Andreas Theocharous (CYP)	14	17P	12									Ivan Šapina (CRO)	7	12P	4
	Ashraf Shukran (AFG)	19	9	6			Andreas Theocharous (CYP)	5	2
							Ivan Šapina (CRO)	13	11

• Draw