
The first ever University Taekwondo Championships in Mongolia will be held at the Cultural Palace of Mongolian Trade Unions between March 29th and 30th.
Currently almost 20 national universities including the Mongolian University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mongolian State University of Agriculture (MSUA), Defense University of Mongolia, University of Internal Affairs Mongolia, Mongolian National Institute of Physical Education, Health Sciences University of Mongolia, Mongolian State University of Education and Khuree Institute have applied to participate in these Taekwondo Championships along with the Mongolian Taekwondo Federation.
Winners will be granted mandates to participate in the 13th World University Taekwondo Championship held in Hohhot, China over June 8th to 14th.
Mongolian taekwondo athletes from the national universities won four gold, seven silver and three bronze medals from the 3rd Asian University Taekwondo Championship in Malaysia in 2012 and the 4th Asian University Taekwondo Championship in South Korea 2013. In South Korea the Mongolian university taekwondo team overcame the host South Korean team to win the gold medal. Mongolia was placed second overall based on the total team scores.