In the Male Kumite under-67 kilograms category Grand Winner and world champion Steven Dacosta of France produced an impressive display to reach the final as he narrowly beat Burak Uygur of Turkey 1-0.

Dacosta will face Abdel Rahman Almasatfa of Jordan after he edged out Ali Elsawy of Egypt 5-4 courtesy of a late yuko in the final seconds of their bout.

In the Female Kumite under-55kg category Grand Winner Anzhelika Terliuga of Ukraine reached the final after beating Jana Messerdschmidt of Germany 4-2.

Her opponent will be Yassmin Attia of Egypt who produced one of the most convincing displays of the day to defeat Tuba Yakan of Turkey 8-0.

The Female Kata final sees Hikaru Ono of Japan, who topped her pool with 26.28 points, take on Mo Sheung Grace Lau of Hong Kong, who also topped her pool with a total of 25.66 points.

In the Male Kumite under-60 kg category Kalvis Kalnins of Latvia produced an impressive comeback to seal his place in the final.

The former European champion was 4-1 down to Egypt’s Karime Aboeitta before turning the fight around to win by first unopposed point.

Kalnins will face Kazakhstan’s Kaisar Alpysbair after he beat compatriot and Grand Winner Darkhan Assadilov by first unopposed point.

In the Female Kumite under-50kg category Junna Tsukii of the Philippines booked her place in the final by upsetting fan favourite Alexandra Recchia of France 2-0.

Tsukii will face Moldir Zhangbyrbay of Kazakhstan in the final after he beat Li Ranran of China convincingly 6-2.

In the Men’s Kumite under-75kg category Luigi Busa of Italy continued his impressive recent form, which saw him win in the Karate-1 Premier League event in Istanbul last month, as he reached the final in Lisbon by beating Beybarys Zhangbyr of Kazakhstan 3-0 by ippon.

Busa will face current world champion and Olympic standings leader Bahman Asgari Ghoncheh of Iran in the final, after Ghoncheh overcame Stanislav Horuna of Ukraine 2-0.