Five weight divisions were contested on day one of the event at La Salle Couverte Hammamet in Tunisia.

The top eight players in each class earned a quota place for the Youth Olympics in Argentina's capital, with Iran sealing three berths.

South Korea, Croatia, Tunisia, Russia, United States, Egypt, Serbia and Chinese Taipei all sealed two places each while 21 countries clinched one.

As well as sealing a Buenos Aires place, winning the tournament was also a prize on offer and Egypt's Eyad Barakat sealed gold in the men's under-73kg division.

He beat Iran's Ali Eshkevarian in the final as Serbia's Dusan Bozanic and Armenia's Andranik Khachatryan collected bronze.

Abdelrahman Elsayed also won Egyptian gold in the men's over-73kg, as he proved too strong for Chinese Taipei's Lee Meng-en.

Iran's Mohammad Khani and Canada's Ethan McClymont won bronze.

Uzbekistan, the US and Mexico won the remaining three gold medals on offer.

The Uzbek success came courtesy of Ulugbek Rashitov who won his final over Russia's Dmitrii Shishko.

Tunisia won a home bronze through Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi with Georgia's Zurab Kintsurashvili also earning a podium place.

American Anastasija Zolotic won the women's under-49kg class, defeating China's Zihan Cao.

Russia and Britain won bronze through Elizaveta Ryadninskaya and Aaliyah Powell respectively.

Leslie Soltero was Mexico's champion, winning the women's under-63kg division.

She beat Serbia's Nadica Bozanic in the final, as Italy's Assunta Cennamo and Iran's Yalda Valinejad won bronze.

Thirty-eight more Youth Olympic quotas places will be decided tomorrow.

A further 22 spots will also be up for grabs through wildcards and host city quotas to take the Buenos Aires field up to 100.

The World Taekwondo Junior Championships will then begin at the same venue on April 9.