Iran and China took home their respective men's and women's title in the taekwondo team competition of the 2013 SportAccord World Combat Games in St. Petersburg, Russia on Oct. 24, 2013.
Host Russia earned their country the bronze medal each in the men's and women's team competition.
In the men's tag team final match, the Iranian team beat the United States 17-12 to grab the gold medal.
The two-day taekwondo competition, which took place at the Spartak Arena Sport Complex, drew a total of 72 athletes, 48 females and 24 females, from 11 countries.
Iran advanced to the final round as it edged down Spain 6-5 in a semifinal match. Iran, which fielded a total of six athletes, including a substitute, for the five-on-five tag-team matches, won three preliminary round-robin team matches on Oct. 23.
In the men's team bronze-medal contest, host Russia brushed aside a still challenge from Spain to edge down Spain 13-12 for the bronze medal.
A total of eight countries, host Russia, Korea, Iran, Spain, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Uzbekistan and Venezuela, sent their respective male taekwondo team for the 2013 SportAccord World Combat Games, the second of its kind after the inaugural edition in 2010 in Beijing, China.
In the women's team final match, the Chinese team was ahead 2-1 at the end of the first round and maintained its lead in the second round to defeat France 12-8 for the top honors.
The Chinese squad, which grabbed three victories in the preliminary round, is composed of six athletes, including Jingyu Wu, the gold medal winner in the women's -49kg category at the 2012 London Olympic Games. The other athletes are Yunfei Guo, Yushuo Hou, Chen Li, Yun Wang and Hua Zhang.
In the women's team bronze-medal contest, host Russia required a fourth-round golden-point round to clinch the bronze medal against Croatia. The two teams tied at 4-4 after two rounds of competition.
A total of four countries, host Russia, China, France and Croatia, competed for top honors in the women's division.
An electronic protector and scoring system was used at the taekwondo competition.
The tag team match consists of two five-minute rounds with a one-minute break. The first round was conducted in a traditional team format, under which each of the five athletes has to compete in the order from the lighter to heavier weight. The second five-minute round is conducted in a tag-team match, in which athletes can be replaced any time after a minimum three attacks.
