The 8th Sofia International tournament G1, in junior section and two groups of male and female held in Sofia, Bulgaria. In this edition of the tournament , 390 taekwondo athletes participated. Hossein Lotfi, Soroosh Ahmadi, Amirmohammad Bakhshi, Mehran Barkhordari and Sajad Mardani were the Iranian taekwondo athletes who competed with their rivals. Hossein Lotfi and amirmohammad Bakhshi won 2 gold medals and with 240 scores stood in the third place. Jordan gained 3 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze medals and with 530 scores and became champion. England came second with 450 points, taking three gold medals, one silver and two bronze. Iran taekwondo national team will also hold a 10-day training camp in Sofia after the Open. The head coach of the team is Fariborz Askari and the coaches are Alimohammad Boshagh and Vahid Abdollahi.