In total there were around 600 competitors at the event, representing fifty countries from five continents, competing in forty-three competitions.

As with most forms of amateur competition, all fighters are required to wear protection for their head, teeth, breast (women only) groin, shin and feet, and must fight with the standard 10oz gloves.

By the end of the championships, the nation that dominated Full-Contact was Russia with an impressive haul of ten gold, four silvers and one bronze, in both the male and female categories.

It is similar to Light-Contact kickboxing only that less force is used in Semi-Contact, with almost all fights won on points, although matches have been stopped by the referee due to a KO/TKO on rare occasions.

Semi-Contact is seen as a good starting position for fighters who want fight experience without the additional physicality of Full or (to a lesser extent) Light-Contact kickboxing.

Despite the less physical nature all fighters are still required to wear protection for their head, teeth, breast (women only) groin, shin and feet, and must fight with the standard 10oz gloves.

By the end of the championships, Hungary was the top nation in Semi-Contact with four gold, three silver and two bronze medals, in the male, female and team categories.

There are four separate categories in Musical Forms: Points can be deducted for routines that are too short or go past the allocated time.

Points are also deducted for contestants who drop weapons, loss of synchronization with the music, lose balance, perform illegal moves such as western break dancing etc.

Points are awarded for successful form and technique (e.g. delivery of kicks and punches), balance, degree of difficulty involved in a move, synchronization and more.

[8] By the end of the championships, Russia was the strongest nation in Musical Forms having won four golds, four silvers and five bronzes in both the male and female categories.

Points are rewarded for clean technique with difficulty of moves being taken into consideration and good synchronization with teammates in team competition.

[10] Hungary and Slovenia were joint top in Aero Kickboxing at the end of the championships, having won two golds and two silvers each.

Amateur World Championships in Coimbra was Russia (who was also the top nation at the event held in Belgrade the previous month).