Grand Master Jimmy Jagtiani with 1st Place Winner (Nepal) and 2nd Place Winner (India)

The 1st International Taekwondo Championship was also held in Lucknow, India in 2006 where Afghanistan stood first, India were runner-up,
while Malaysia finished third.

Mr. Jimmy R. Jagtiani, Secretary General of Taekwondo Federation of India & Founder Taekwondo in India informed that initially a bilateral
series between India & Pakistan was planned but taking into account the recent Mumbai terror attacks the Organizers asked the Pakistan team
not to visit the Country, and hence due to security issues we have to dropped the neighbouring Team this time from the list. The competition
would have been even better if Pakistan could have participated in the event. Meanwhile One Teams from Nepal and two Team from the host
India comprising of 148 players and officials participated in the Championship.

Nepal emerged the Champions they collected 136 points through 16 Golds, 3 Silvers and 3 bronzes to finish in the top. Host India A-Team
132 points claimed the second place with 7 Golds 10 Silvers and 11 Bronzes. India B-Team got 116 points and had to be contended with
the third sport. They bagged 3 Golds 10 Silvers and 15 Bronzes.

The awards were presented by Chief Special Guest Grand Master Jimmy R. Jagtiani, 8th Dan, Secretary General : Taekwondo Federation
of India and Founder of Taekwondo in India.