European Karate Championships

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European Karate Championships
Competition details
Discipline Karate
Type team/individual limited and kata, Annual
Organiser European Karate Federation (EKF)
History
First edition 1966 in Paris, France

The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year. [1]

Contents

History

Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which was at that stage, an associated member of the Judo Federation. In 1963, he invited six other known European federations (Italy, Great Britain, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Spain) to come to France for the first-ever international karate event. Great Britain and Belgium accepted the invitation. [2]

By 1965, the European Karate Union was created with Jacques Delcourt voted in as President. [3] The following year the first European Karate Championships were held in Paris. The event drew roughly three hundred spectators and was shown live on television. It drew criticism for being too violent as there were many facial injuries. The EKU council had differing opinions about the cause(s) of the injuries. With opinions ranging from excessive violations of rules to lack of conditioning and blocking skill, this problem was addressed in some part, at the first referee course held in Rome. At that time, the refereeing rules were harmonised using the JKA rules as a basis. [4]

The 2023 event was scheduled to be held in Moscow, Russia but the country was stripped of the right to host the event after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [5]

Championships

EKU Championships (1966–1992) and EKF Championships (since 1993). [6] Para Karate was added to championships since 2018. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

EditionYearHost CityHost CountryEvents
Organized by European Karate Union (EKU)
1 1966 Paris Flag of France.svg  France 2
2 1967 London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2
3 1968 Paris Flag of France.svg  France 2
4 1969 London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2
5 1970 Hamburg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
6 1971 Paris Flag of France.svg  France 2
7 1972 Brussels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5
8 1973 Valencia Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 5
9 1974 London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5
10 1975 Ostend Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 5
11 1976 Tehran State Flag of Iran (1964).svg  Iran 7
12 1977 Paris Flag of France.svg  France 7
13 1978 Geneva Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 7
14 1979 Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 9
15 1980 Barcelona Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 12
16 1981 Venice Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12
17 1982 Gothenburg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 15
18 1983 Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15
19 1984 Paris Flag of France.svg  France 16
20 1985 Oslo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 16
21 1986 Madrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16
22 1987 Glasgow Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 16
23 1988 Genoa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 17
24 1989 Titograd Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 17
25 1990 Vienna Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 17
26 1991 Hannover Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 18
27 1992 Den Bosch Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 17
Organized by European Karate Federation (EKF)
28 1993 Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 17
29 1994 Birmingham Flag of England.svg  England 17
30 1995 Helsinki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 17
31 1996 Paris Flag of France.svg  France 17
32 1997 Tenerife Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17
33 1998 Belgrade Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006).svg Yugoslavia 17
34 1999 Euboea Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 17
35 2000 Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 17
EditionYearHost CityHost CountryEvents
36 2001 Sofia Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 17
37 2002 Tallinn Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 17
38 2003 Bremen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 17
39 2004 Moscow Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 17
40 2005 Tenerife Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17
41 2006 Stavanger Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 17
42 2007 Bratislava Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 17
43 2008 Tallinn Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 17
44 2009 Zagreb Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 16
45 2010 Athens Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 16
46 2011 Zurich Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 16
47 2012 Tenerife Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16
48 2013 Budapest Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16
49 2014 Tampere Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 16
50 2015 Istanbul Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 16
51 2016 Montpellier Flag of France.svg  France 16
52 2017 Kocaeli Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 16
53 2018 Novi Sad Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 16+6
54 2019 Guadalajara Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16+6
552020 Baku Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Cancelled
56 2021 Poreč Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 16+8
57 2022 Gaziantep Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 16+8
58 2023 Guadalajara Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 16+8
59 2024 Zadar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
60 2025 Baku Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
61 2026 TBCTBC
62 2027 Paris Flag of France.svg  France
63 2028 TBCFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia

Medals

Medals table Europe Cadet, Junior and U21 (2000-2023)

The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 2000 European Karate Cadet, Junior and U21 Championships:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 975081228
2Flag of France.svg  France 9270117279
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 9250129271
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 8174114269
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 323474140
6Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 2983067
7Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 243065119
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 223167120
9Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 184266126
10Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 17152961
11Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 15165182
12Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 14263272
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 14102044
14Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 12304385
15Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 12285898
16Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 12173261
17Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 9151741
18Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8132849
19Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 8102543
20Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 882541
21Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 691631
22Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 5102540
23Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 52411
24Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 45817
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 45817
26Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 341320
27Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 311519
28Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2112538
29Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2102335
30Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 231419
31Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 23611
32Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 22812
33Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2103
34Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1101526
35Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 1359
36Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 1214
37Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1146
Flag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 1146
39Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1124
40Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1067
41Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 0145
42Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0134
43Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 001919
44Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0033
Totals (44 entries)66566313342662

See also

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