| Women's team kata at the 2023 World Karate Championships | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | László Papp Budapest Sports Arena | ||||||||||||
| Location | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 26, 29 October | ||||||||||||
| Nations | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| 2023 World Karate Championships | ||
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| Men | Women | |
| Kata | Kata | |
| 60 kg | 50 kg | |
| 67 kg | 55 kg | |
| 75 kg | 61 kg | |
| 84 kg | 68 kg | |
| +84 kg | +68 kg | |
| Team kata | Team kata | |
| Team kumite | Team kumite | |
The women's team kata competition at the 2023 World Karate Championships was held on 26 and 29 October 2023. [1] [2]
| Rank | Pool 1 | Pool 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Total | Team | Total | |
| 1 |  Italy | 41.6 |  Japan | 42.9 |
| 2 |  Spain | 41.6 |  Egypt | 40.7 |
| 3 |  Portugal | 40.0 |  Morocco | 39.7 |
| 4 |  Turkey | 39.7 |  Germany | 39.0 |
| 5 |  France | 38.8 |  Hong Kong | 39.0 |
| 6 |  Australia | 37.8 |  Peru | 38.7 |
| 7 |  Colombia | 36.9 |  Hungary | 38.6 |
| 8 |  Brazil | 36.9 |  Malaysia | 37.5 |
| 9 |  Croatia | 36.5 |  Switzerland | 36.0 |
| 10 |  Czech Republic | 35.3 |  South Africa | 33.7 |
| 11 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.5 | ||
| Rank | Pool 1 | Pool 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Total | Team | Total | |
| 1 | Italy | 42.9 | Japan | 43.3 |
| 2 | Spain | 42.0 | Egypt | 41.3 |
| 3 | Turkey | 41.0 | Morocco | 41.3 |
| 4 | Portugal | 40.2 | Germany | 39.2 |
| Final | ||
| Italy | 44.3 | |
| Japan | 47.1 | |
| Bronze medal | ||||||
| Spain | 44.8 | |||||
| Morocco | 44.0 | |||||
| Turkey | 43.1 | |||||
| Egypt | 44.0 | |||||
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