Holmquist defeated Australia's Dounia Larhoulle and Croatia's Lana Pustak to reach the quarterfinal round. There she lost to eventual bronze medalist Estefania Hernandez of Spain. Howe defeated Grzegorz Babynko of Poland and Seitenov Arnat of Kazakhstan defore losing to Mario Leal of Venezuela. In the women's middleweight division, Dalia Avivi (Davie, Fla.) lost her opening match in sudden death to Katrina Iacobucci of Australia, after the two were tied 8-8 in regulation.

The U.S. finished tied for fifth place with Mexico in the team standings. Germany placed first, followed by Croatia, Turkey and Great Britain.

In the junior competition, USAT members won five medals. Gold medals were won by female light heavyweight Nazara Muwakkil (Clearwater, Fla.), female finweight Anees Hasnain (McKinney, Texas) and male lightweight Thomas Ly (Rockville, Md.). Kodylee Karm (Largo, Fla.) won a silver medal in the male middleweight class and Sean Aston (Clarksburg, Md.) took home a bronze medal in the male featherweight division.