Mister World 2024

Mister World 2024 was the eleventh edition of the Mister World competition, held at the NovaWorld Phan Thiết in Bình Thuận, Vietnam, on 23 November 2024.^[1]

Mister World 2024
Date	23 November 2024
Presenters	Sandro Finoglio, Lương Thùy Linh
Entertainment	Võ Lê Quế Anh
Venue	NovaWorld Phan Thiết, Bình Thuận, Vietnam
Entrants	60
Placements	20
Debuts	Guinea Laos Pakistan
Withdrawals	Armenia Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina Cameroon Chile Costa Rica Curaçao Equatorial Guinea Estonia Ghana Greece Honduras Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Luxembourg Nigeria Panama Paraguay Russia Samoa Sint Maarten South Korea Tonga
Returns	Albania Belgium Bolivia Botswana Ethiopia France Jamaica Turkey Vietnam
Winner	Daniel Mejía Puerto Rico
← 2019

Jack Heslewood of England crowned Daniel Mejía of Puerto Rico at the end of the event.

Background

Location and date

On 17 March 2024, the organizer of the Mister World pageant, announced on their official social that the 11th edition of the contest was scheduled to be held in Vietnam in September 2024.^[2] This will be the first time for Vietnam to host the contest and the fourth time an Asian country has hosted the contest, after China in 2007, South Korea in 2010 and the Philippines in 2019. The memorandum of understanding signing ceremony between the Miss World organization and the local organizer Sen Vàng Entertainment, which also organizes the Mister World Vietnam competition, took place during the press conference of the inaugural edition of Mister World Vietnam contest at Vertical Garden Rex Hotel in Ho Chi Minh City on 22 June 2024. Attending this event were Mister World 2019 Jack Heslewood and Miss World 2023 Krystyna Pyszková.^[3][4]

The contest was originally scheduled to take place between September 12–28, but rescheduled to September 17 to October 5, and once again to November 5-23, due to the passing of Vietnam’s former president, Nguyễn Phú Trọng. The contestants will be going through many locations such as Phan Thiet City, Vung Tau City, and Nam Cat Tien National Park.^[5] This year, the contest will include several activities including pre-final challenge events, body art photo shoot session, and election of "Nam Cat Tien Green Environment Ambassador".^[6]

Selection of participants

This edition will feature the debuts of Guinea, Laos and Pakistan.

Out of a total of 60 contestants, 13 contestants are replacement representatives for the previously officially announced participants such as representatives from countries: Cambodia, Brazil, and India. Before the competition, twelve contestants withdrew from the competition: Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama and Uganda. Nine countries returned from a hiatus, including Botswana, which last competed in 1996, Jamaica in 1998, Albania in 2007, Ethiopia in 2010, Vietnam in 2012, Belgium and Turkey in 2014 and Bolivia and France in 2016.

Results

Placements

Placement	Contestant
Mister World 2024	Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía
1st Runner-Up	Vietnam – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc
2nd Runner-Up	Spain – Antonio Company
3rd Runner-Up	Angola – Salvatore Crisball
Top 10	Czech Republic – Tomas Haring India – Gokul Ganesan Kenya – Teddy Rossiter Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi Turkey – Ege Karabenli Venezuela – Juan Alberto García
Top 20	Argentina – Tomas Ghigo Belgium – Nathan de Schepper Italy – Bruno Barbieri Roggiero Lebanon – Mario El Hajj Mexico – Alan Salazar Myanmar – Sai Toung Law Peru – Mickael Peña Olivieri Philippines – Kirk Bondad Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray United States – Daryn Friedman

Order of announcements

Top 20  Puerto Rico  United States  Turkey  Italy  Myanmar  Peru  Belgium  Sierra Leone  Sri Lanka  Argentina  Mexico  Venezuela  Czech Republic  Spain  Angola  Kenya  India  Lebanon  Philippines  Vietnam

Top 10  Puerto Rico  Venezuela  Czech Republic  Spain  Angola  Kenya  India  Turkey  Vietnam  Sri Lanka

Top 4  Puerto Rico  Spain  Angola  Vietnam

Continental Zone Winners

Continent	Contestant
Africa	Angola – Salvatore Crisball
Americas	Venezuela – Juan Alberto García
Asia	Vietnam – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc
Caribbean	Jamaica – Tarique Barrett
Europe	Spain – Antonio Company
Oceania	Australia – Lochlan Carey

People's Choice Winners

People's Choice	Contestant
Africa	Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray
Americas & Caribbean	Peru – Mickael Peña Olivieri
Asia & Oceania	Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi
Europe	Belgium – Nathan de Schepper

Fast Track Events

Event		Contestant
Sports Challenge		Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía
Talent
Multimedia		Italy – Bruno Barbieri Roggiero
Head-to-Head Challenge		United States – Daryn Friedman
Top Model		Turkey – Ege Karabenli
Beauty with a Purpose		Myanmar – Sai Toung Law
People's Choice		Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi
Best National Costume	People's Choice
	Judges' Choice	South Sudan – Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi

Challenge Events

Head-to-Head Challenge

The challenge was held in multiple rounds. Twenty semifinalists were selected after the first round held on 11 November 2024 in which the contestants presented a self-introduction speech. In the second round held on 12 November 2024, the semifinalists were divided into 5 groups and had to present a speech about Vietnam tourism. The best semifinalist from each group was selected to become part of the five finalists who competed in the third round. Daryn Friedman from United States won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

Round 1

•   Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.
•   Advanced to Round 2 of the Head-to-Head Challenge, but advanced to the Top 20 via judges' choice or a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
•   Advanced to the Top 20 via a challenge event other than Head-to-Head Challenge.
•   Advanced to the Top 20 via judges' choice.

Continental Group	Delegates
Asia & Oceania	Australia	Bangladesh	Cambodia	China
	India	Indonesia	Japan	Laos
	Lebanon	Malaysia	Myanmar	Nepal
	New Zealand	Pakistan	Philippines	Singapore
	Sri Lanka	Thailand	Turkey	Vietnam
Africa	Angola	Botswana	Ethiopia	Guinea
	Kenya	Mauritius	Sierra Leone	South Africa
Americas & Caribbean	Argentina	Bolivia	Brazil	Canada
	Colombia	Dominican Republic	Ecuador	El Salvador
	Guadeloupe	Jamaica	Mexico	Nicaragua
	Puerto Rico	United States	Venezuela	—
Europe	Albania	Belgium	Bulgaria	Czech Republic
	England	Finland	France	Ireland
	Italy	Malta	Montenegro	Netherlands
	Northern Ireland	Poland	Serbia	Spain

• Note:  Peru and  South Sudan weren't assigned for the Head-to-Head challenge.

Round 2

•   Advanced to Round 3 of the Head-to-Head Challenge.

Group	Country 1	Country 2	Country 3	Country 4
1	Puerto Rico	Argentina	Ireland	Vietnam
2	Italy	Czech Republic	El Salvador	Singapore
3	England	Guinea	Canada	India
4	Australia	Spain	Sierra Leone	Ethiopia
5	France	Indonesia	United States	Montenegro

Round 3

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via the Head-to-Head challenge.

Country 1	Country 2	Country 3	Country 4	Country 5
Puerto Rico	Czech Republic	Canada	Australia	United States

Overall

Placement	Contestant
Winner	United States – Daryn Friedman
1st Runner-up	Australia – Lochlan Carey
2nd Runner-up	Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía
Top 5	Canada – Travis Edward  Czech Republic – Tomas Haring
Top 20	Argentina – Tomas Ghigo  El Salvador – Josue Molina  England – Manuel Alcantara-Turner  Ethiopia – Natnael Yazbec  France – Maxime Klinger  Guinea – Djibril Cissé  India – Gokul Ganesan  Indonesia – Nathanael Yoga  Ireland – Glenn Williamson  Italy – Bruno Barbieri  Montenegro – Vladimir Vukcevic  Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray  Singapore – John Sathguru  Spain – Antonio Company  Vietnam – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc

Talent

The thirty-three semifinalists in the Talent Competition were announced via Mister World social media platforms on 9 November 2024. Three additional semifinalists were added during the final round held on 10 November 2024, where the five finalists were selected. Danny Mejia from Puerto Rico won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via the Talent challenge.

Placement	Contestant
Winner	Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía
Top 5	Canada – Travis Edward  Poland – Hubert Gromadzki  United States – Daryn Friedman  Vietnam – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc
Top 36	Albania – Algert Beraj  Angola – Salvatore Crisball  Botswana – Vincent Gobuamang  Cambodia – Sokhunrangsey Thul  Czech Republic – Tomas Haring  Ecuador – Antonio Borja  El Salvador – Josue Molina  Finland – Juuso Savolainen  France – Maxime Klinger  India – Gokul Ganesan  Indonesia – Nathanael Yoga  Italy – Bruno Barbieri  Jamaica – Tarique Barrett  Japan – Tomohiro Mitani  Kenya – Teddy Rossiter  Laos – Sithpaseuth Syinthavong  Mauritius – Govind Nagi  Mexico – Alan Salazar  Montenegro – Vladimir Vukcevic  Myanmar – Sai Toung Law  Nepal – Santosh Lokshum Limbu  Netherlands – Ahmed Haydar  New Zealand – Tim Kiriwi  Nicaragua – Erlin Ayerdis  Pakistan – Usman Janjua  Philippines – Kirk Bondad  Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray  South Africa – Samuel Chauke  Spain – Antonio Company  Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi  Thailand – Jeerawat Vatchasakol

Top Model Challenge

The Top Model challenge was held on 9 November 2024 at the Villa Blanche, a historical building located in Vung Tau City, in conjunction with the ninth edition of the Vietnam Beauty Fashion Fest with the theme "Oriental Flow".^[7] The contestants paraded in two outfits, one provided by Vietnamese designers and one prepared by the contestants themselves, before the twelve semifinalists were selected. Ege Karabenli from Turkey won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via the Top Model challenge.

Final Result	Contestant
Winner	Turkey – Ege Karabenli
Top 5	India – Gokul Ganesan  Northern Ireland – James Moody  Philippines – Kirk Bondad  Spain – Antonio Company
Top 12	China – Wei Zihong  Colombia – Juan Esteban Rodriguez  Italy – Bruno Barbieri  Kenya – Teddy Rossiter  Mexico – Alan Salazar  Venezuela – Juan Alberto García  Vietnam – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc

Sports

The challenge was held in two parts, 50 meter freestyle swim and 5 kilometer run. The swimming round was held on 14 November 2024 while the running round was held in conjunction with the Strong Vietnam Marathon in Vung Tau City on 17 November 2024.^[8] Danny Mejia from Puerto Rico won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via the Sports challenge.

Overall

Final result	Contestants
Winner	Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía
1st runner-up	Philippines – Kirk Bondad
2nd runner-up	Italy – Bruno Barbiero
3rd runner-up	England – Manuel Alcantara-Turner
4th runner-up	Botswana – Vincent Gobuamang

Swimming Round Placement Contestant Winner  Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía 1st runner-up  Italy – Bruno Barbieri 2nd runner-up  Brazil – Eduardo Menezes Top 20 (by placement order)  Spain – Antonio Company  Australia – Lochlan Carey  United States – Daryn Friedman  El Salvador – Josue Molina  Venezuela – Juan Alberto García  England – Manuel Alcantara-Turner  Czech Republic – Tomas Haring  France – Maxime Klinger  Finland – Juuso Savolainen  Montenegro – Vladimir Vukcevic  Philippines – Kirk Bondad  Northern Ireland – James Moody  Turkey – Ege Karabenli  Belgium – Nathan de Schepper  Mexico – Alan Salazar  Thailand – Jeerawat Vatchasakol  Dominican Republic – Julio Peña

Running Round Placement Contestant Winner  Botswana – Vincent Gobuamang 1st runner-up  Philippines – Kirk Bondad 2nd runner-up  China – Wei Zihong Top 20 (by placement order)  Mexico – Alan Salazar  Japan – Tomohiro Mitani  Puerto Rico – Danny Mejia  Finland – Juuso Savolainen  England – Manuel Alcantara-Turner  South Sudan – Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi  Kenya – Teddy Rossiter  Netherlands – Ahmed Haydar  Malta – Slaven Micallef  South Africa – Samuel Chauke  Mauritius – Govind Nagi  Italy – Bruno Barbieri  United States – Daryn Friedman  Indonesia – Nathanael Yoga  Spain – Antonio Company  Pakistan – Usman Janjua  Turkey – Ege Karabenli

Beauty With a Purpose

The thirty semifinalists in the Beauty With a Purpose were announced via Mister World social media platforms on 20 November 2024. Sai Toung Law from Myanmar won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via the Beauty With a Purpose challenge.

Placement	Contestant
Winner	Myanmar – Sai Toung Law
Top 5	Dominican Republic – Julio Peña  South Africa – Samuel Chauke  Spain – Antonio Company  Vietnam – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc
Top 30	Australia – Lochlan Carey  Belgium – Nathan de Schepper  Botswana – Vincent Gobuamang  Brazil – Eduardo Menezes  Cambodia – Sokhunrangsey Thul  El Salvador – Josue Molina  England – Manuel Alcantara-Turner  France – Maxime Klinger  Guinea – Djibril Cissé  India – Gokul Ganesan  Indonesia – Nathanael Yoga  Ireland – Glenn Williamson  Italy – Bruno Barbieri  Jamaica – Tarique Barrett  Lebanon – Mario El Hajj  Malaysia – Joshua Benedict  Mexico – Alan Salazar  Montenegro – Vladimir Vukcevic    Nepal – Santosh Lokshum Limbu  Philippines – Kirk Bondad  Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía  Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray  South Sudan – Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi  Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi  Thailand – Jeerawat Vatchasakol

Multimedia Challenge

The seventeen semifinalists in the Multimedia Challenge were announced via Mister World social media platforms on 21 November 2024. Bruno Barbieri from Italy won the challenge, obtaining a placement in the Top 20.

•   Advanced to the Top 20 via the Multimedia Challenge.

Placement	Contestant
Winner	Italy – Bruno Barbieri
Top 5	El Salvador – Josue Molina  India – Gokul Ganesan  Netherlands – Ahmed Haydar  Spain – Antonio Company
Top 17	Argentina – Tomas Ghigo  China – Wei Zihong  Czech Republic – Tomas Haring  France – Maxime Klinger  Indonesia – Nathanael Yoga  Kenya – Teddy Rossiter  Laos – Sithpaseuth Syinthavong  Malaysia – Joshua Benedict  Mexico – Alan Salazar  Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía  South Africa – Samuel Chauke  Vietnam – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc

Mr People's Choice

•   Advanced to the Top 10 via winning Round 2.
•   Advanced to the Top 20 via winning Round 1 (per continental group).

Placement		Contestant
Winner		Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi
Top 4
	Africa	Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray
	Americas & Caribbean	Peru – Mickael Peña Olivieri
Asia & Oceania	Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi
Europe	Belgium – Nathan de Schepper

Best National Costume

Placement		Contestant
Winner	People's Choice	Sri Lanka – Megha Sooriyaarachchi
	Judges' Choice	South Sudan – Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi
Top 20		Angola – Salvatore Crisball  Colombia – Juan Esteban Rodriguez  Czech Republic – Tomas Haring  Indonesia – Nathanael Yoga  Ireland – Glenn Williamson  Italy – Bruno Barbieri  Jamaica – Tarique Barrett  Kenya – Teddy Rossiter  Mexico – Alan Salazar  Netherlands – Ahmed Haydar  Nicaragua – Erlin Ayerdis  Philippines – Kirk Bondad  Poland – Hubert Gromadzki  Puerto Rico – Daniel Mejía  Sierra Leone – Alhaji Hassan Mansaray  South Africa – Samuel Chauke  Venezuela – Juan Alberto García  Vietnam – Phạm Tuấn Ngọc

Contestants

60 contestants competed for the title.

Country/territory	Contestant	Age[a]	Height	Hometown
Albania	Algert Beraj		1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Tirana
Angola	Salvatore Crisball		2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Luanda
Argentina	Tomas Ghigo[9]	23	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Buenos Aires
Australia	Lochlan Carey	25	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Melbourne
Bangladesh	B Proshad Das	24	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Dhaka
Belgium	Nathan de Schepper[10]	21	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Oudenaarde
Bolivia	Mario Chávez[11]	25	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Santa Cruz
Botswana	Vincent Gobuamang	22	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)	Qabo
Brazil	Eduardo Menezes[12]	19	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Toledo
Bulgaria	Mihail Sitev[13]	30	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Plovdiv
Cambodia	Sokhunrangsey Thul	21	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Kampot
Canada	Travis Edward	21	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Halifax
China	Wei Zihong	24	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Sichuan
Colombia	Juan Esteban Rodriguez[14]	18	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Santa Fe de Bogota
Czech Republic	Tomas Haring	30	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Prague
Dominican Republic	Julio Peña[15]	25	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Santo Domingo
Ecuador	Antonio Borja	24	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Guayaquil
El Salvador	Josue Molina[16]	26	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	San Salvador
England	Manuel Alcantara-Turner[17]	22	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Windsor
Ethiopia	Natnael Yazbec	28	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Dire Dawa
Finland	Juuso Savolainen	24	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)	Helsinki
France	Maxime Klinger[18]	24	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Kembs
Guadeloupe	Melvin Bartan	21	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Basse-Terre
Guinea	Djibril Cissé	28	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Conakry
India	Gokul Ganesan[19]	24	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Chennai
Indonesia	Nathanael Yoga[20]	21	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Jakarta
Ireland	Glenn Williamson[21]	28	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Togher
Italy	Bruno Barbieri[22]	30	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Rome
Jamaica	Tarique Barrett[23]	22	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Kingston
Japan	Tomohiro Mitani[24]	23	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Minato
Kenya	Teddy Rossiter[25]		1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Nairobi
Laos	Sithpaseuth Syinthavong		1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Vientiane
Lebanon	Mario El Hajj		1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Beirut
Malaysia	Joshua Benedict[26]	30	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Johor Bahru
Malta	Slaven Micallef[27]	27	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Naxxar
Mauritius	Govind Nagi	25	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Moka
Mexico	Alan Salazar[28]	24	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Mexico City
Montenegro	Vladimir Vukcevic	20	1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)	Podgorica
Myanmar	Sai Toung Law	26	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)	Shan State
Nepal	Santosh Lokshum Limbu[29]	20	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Jhapa
Netherlands	Ahmed Haydar[30]	19	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Amsterdam
Nicaragua	Erlin Ayerdis[31]	24	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Managua
Northern Ireland	James Moody	18	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Belfast
Pakistan	Usman Janjua	24	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Lahore
Peru	Mickael Peña Olivieri	24	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Cusco
Philippines	Kirk Bondad[32]	27	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Baguio
Poland	Hubert Gromadzki[33]	27	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Warsaw
Puerto Rico	Daniel Mejía[34]	27	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	San Juan
Serbia	Filip Bakic	21	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Belgrade
Sierra Leone	Alhaji Hassan Mansaray	26	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Kamabai
Singapore	John Sathguru	29	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Singapore
South Africa	Samuel Chauke[35]	30	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Potchefstroom
South Sudan	Amac Mathiang Ater Apugi	21	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Juba
Spain	Antonio Company[36]	26	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)	Palma de Mallorca
Sri Lanka	Megha Sooriyaarachchi[37]	28	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Kandy
Thailand	Jeerawat Vatchasakol[38]	28	1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)	Chiang Rai
Turkey	Ege Karabenli[39]	26	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Kuşadası
United States	Daryn Friedman[40]	25	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hollywood
Venezuela	Juan Alberto García[41]	25	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Valencia
Vietnam	Phạm Tuấn Ngọc[42]	25	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)	Haiphong

Notes

1. Ages at the time of the pageant

Debuts

• Guinea
• Laos
• Pakistan

Returns

Last competed in 1996:  Botswana Last competed in 1998:  Jamaica Last competed in 2007:  Albania Last competed in 2010:  Ethiopia

Last competed in 2012:  Vietnam Last competed in 2014:  Belgium  Turkey Last competed in 2016:  Bolivia  France

Replacement

•  Argentina – Franco Luciano Touceda replaced by Tomas Ghigo
•  Brazil – Vilmar Bertolino replaced by Eduardo Menezes
•  Cambodia – Oliver Sara and Chomreoun Sovananreach replaced by Sokhunrangsey Thul
•  Czech Republic – Zbyněk Vlček replaced by Tomas Haring
•  England – Liam Royce Ulla replaced by Manuel Alcantara-Turner
•  India – Jitesh Singh Deo replaced by Gokul Ganesan
•  Kenya – Franklyne Herbert Asoyo replaced by Teddy Rossiter
•  Malta – Alex Borg replaced by Slaven Micallef
•  Nepal – Nutan Shrestha replaced by Santosh Lokshum Limbu
•  Nicaragua – Hanniel Espinoza replaced by Erlin Ayerdis
•  Peru – Victor Soto replaced by Mickael Peña Olivieri
•  Singapore – Joshua Moses replaced by John Sathguru
•  South Africa – Sean van Noordwyk replaced by Samuel Chauke

Withdraws

Before the competition

Armenia  Austria  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Curaçao

Greece  Honduras  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan

Latvia  Luxembourg  Paraguay  Russia

Samoa  Sint Maarten  South Korea  Tonga

During the competition

Cameroon – Hendrix Allan Moth  Chile – Jorge Aldoney  Costa Rica – José Roberto Mena Araya  Equatorial Guinea – Abraham Mauvé

Estonia – Janno Talumaa  Ghana – Richard Ouro-Tagba Kofi  Guinea-Bissau – Gabriel Monteiro  Liberia – Bruce Irwin Schuler

New Zealand – Tim Kiriwi  Nigeria – Michael Mazi-Michael  Panama – Aaron Guerra  Uganda – Shaun Micheal Alinda