Competition Formats
Kendama competitions come in many shapes. Browse the formats used at events worldwide — from trick ladders to freestyle battles.
14 formats
Kendama World Cup 2014
L11/12 not published. Format detail not captured in research; future gap-fill via per-year rules PDFs would refine qualifying/finals shape.
Kendama World Cup 2015
Annual international kendama competition organized by Gloken (GLOKEN Co., Ltd.). Held in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Uses a 12-level trick ladder with qualifying and finals brackets. The flagship event of the kendama calendar.
Kendama World Cup 2016
Annual international kendama competition organized by Gloken (GLOKEN Co., Ltd.). Held in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Uses a 12-level trick ladder with qualifying and finals brackets. The flagship event of the kendama calendar.
Kendama World Cup 2017
Annual international kendama competition organized by Gloken (GLOKEN Co., Ltd.). Held in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Uses a 12-level trick ladder with qualifying and finals brackets. The flagship event of the kendama calendar.
Kendama World Cup 2018
Annual international kendama competition organized by Gloken (GLOKEN Co., Ltd.). Held in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Uses a 12-level trick ladder with qualifying and finals brackets. The flagship event of the kendama calendar.
Kendama World Cup 2019
Annual international kendama competition organized by Gloken (GLOKEN Co., Ltd.). Held in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Uses a 12-level trick ladder with qualifying and finals brackets. The flagship event of the kendama calendar.
Kendama World Cup 2020 (Online)
No published trick list; placeholder division for the cancelled/online edition.
Kendama World Cup 2021 (Online)
Annual international kendama competition organized by Gloken (GLOKEN Co., Ltd.). Held in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Uses a 12-level trick ladder with qualifying and finals brackets. The flagship event of the kendama calendar.
Kendama World Cup 2022 (Hybrid)
Annual international kendama competition organized by Gloken (GLOKEN Co., Ltd.). Held in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Uses a 12-level trick ladder with qualifying and finals brackets. The flagship event of the kendama calendar.
Kendama World Cup 2022 (Hybrid) — KWC 2022 Beginner Entry
Beginner Entry trick list (L0.5 × 20 slots) not yet transcribed — gap-fill follow-up. Division row reserved so the edition's intake is structurally complete.
Kendama World Cup 2023
Annual international kendama competition organized by Gloken (GLOKEN Co., Ltd.). Held in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. Uses a 12-level trick ladder with qualifying and finals brackets. The flagship event of the kendama calendar.
Kendama World Cup 2023 — KWC 2023 Beginner Entry
Beginner Entry trick list not yet transcribed — gap-fill follow-up.
Kendama World Cup 2024
Local 2024 PDF is L1-10 only (10 levels × 10 slots = 100 cells). Canonical L1-12 PDF must be fetched to backfill L11/L12 rows.
Kendama World Cup 2025
data/research/intake/kwc-2025/source/kwc-rules-2025.pdf renders text as alpha-masked image stripes (Microsoft Word 2019 output). Use multimodal PDF read or OCR; do not rely on pdftotext. Trick list not in this artifact — fetch the canonical KWC2025 L1-12 trick PDF when available.