Abbreviation | AKF Championships |
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Location | |
Region served | Asian Continental countries/regions |
Membership | 40 Affiliated Countries |
Official language | English is the official language. If any question in respect to the sport or technique of karate, it will be referred to the original Japanese text. |
Website | http://asiankaratefederation.net |
The Asian Karatedo Championships are the highest level of competition for sport karate in Asia. The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by the Asian Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Karate Federation (WKF), the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 180 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than fifty million members. The AKF organizes the Junior and Senior Asian Karatedo Championships in every two years in between the Olympic and Asian Games and participates in WKF World Karate Championships which its member Japan play as a powerhouse country when it comes to sport karate vying for world titles with counterpart opponents from the powerful nations such as France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain and Italy in many world championships.
Year | Edition | Date | City and host country |
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2022 | 1st | 16–20 December | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
2023 | 2nd | 18–23 July | Malacca, Malaysia |
Year | Edition | Date | City and host country |
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1993 | 1 | 23–24 November | Taipei, Taiwan |
1995 | 2 | 18–24 September | Manila, Philippines |
1997 | 3 | 3–9 November | Macau |
1999 | 4 | 1–2 December | Singapore |
2001 | 5 | 2–4 November | Genting Highlands, Malaysia |
2004 | 6 | 6–8 February | Taoyuan, Taiwan |
2005 | 7 | 19–22 May | Macau |
2007 | 8 | 24–26 August | Seremban, Malaysia |
2009 | 9 | 25–27 September | Foshan, China |
2011 | 10 | 21–24 July | Quanzhou, China |
2012 | 11 | 14–17 July | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
2013 | 12 | 5–7 December | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
2015 | 13 | 4–6 September | Yokohama, Japan |
2017 | 14 | 15–17 July | Astana, Kazakhstan |
2018 | 15 | 13–15 July | Amman, Jordan |
2019 | 16 | 19–21 July | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
2021 | 17 | 20–22 December | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
2022 | 18 | 16–20 December | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
2023 | 19 | 18–23 July | Malacca, Malaysia |
Year | Edition | Date | City and host country |
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1992 | 1 AUKO | September | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1994 | 2 AUKO | September | Hanoi, Vietnam |
1996 | 3 AUKO | September | Taichung, Taiwan |
1998 | 4 AUKO | November | Macau |
2000 | 5 AKF | August | Macau |
2002 | 6 AKF | September | Tokyo, Japan |
2005 | 7 AKF | November | Macau |
2006 | 8 AKF | October | Singapore, Singapore |
2008 | 9 AKF | September | Sabah, Malaysia |
2010 | 10 AKF | August | Hong Kong, Hong Kong China |
2011 | 11 AKF | July | Quanzhou, China |
2012 | 12 AKF | July | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
2013 | 13 AKF | December | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
2015 | 14 AKF | August | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
2016 | 15 AKF | November | Makassar, Indonesia |
2017 | 16 AKF | July | Astana, Kazakhstan |
2018 | 17 AKF | May | Okinawa, Japan |
2019 | 18 AKF | April | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
2021 | 19 AKF | 19–22 December | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
2022 | 20 AKF | 16–20 December | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
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