European Karate Championships

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

European Karate Championships
Competition details
DisciplineKarate
Typeteam/individual limited and kata, Annual
OrganiserEuropean Karate Federation (EKF)
History
First edition1966 in Paris, France

History

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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

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

Edition Year Host City Host Country Events
Organized by European Karate Union (EKU)
1 1966 Paris   France 2
2 1967 London   United Kingdom 2
3 1968 Paris   France 2
4 1969 London   United Kingdom 2
5 1970 Hamburg   Germany 2
6 1971 Paris   France 2
7 1972 Brussels   Belgium 5
8 1973 Valencia   Spain 5
9 1974 London   United Kingdom 5
10 1975 Ostend   Belgium 5
11 1976 Tehran   Iran 7
12 1977 Paris   France 7
13 1978 Geneva   Switzerland 7
14 1979 Helsinki   Finland 9
15 1980 Barcelona   Spain 12
16 1981 Venice   Italy 12
17 1982 Gothenburg   Sweden 15
18 1983 Madrid   Spain 15
19 1984 Paris   France 16
20 1985 Oslo   Norway 16
21 1986 Madrid   Spain 16
22 1987 Glasgow   United Kingdom 16
23 1988 Genoa   Italy 17
24 1989 Titograd   Yugoslavia 17
25 1990 Vienna   Austria 17
26 1991 Hanover   Germany 18
27 1992 's-Hertogenbosch   Netherlands 17
Organized by European Karate Federation (EKF)
28 1993 Prague   Czech Republic 17
29 1994 Birmingham   England 17
30 1995 Helsinki   Finland 17
31 1996 Paris   France 17
32 1997 Santa Cruz de Tenerife   Spain 17
33 1998 Belgrade   Yugoslavia 17
34 1999 Euboea   Greece 17
35 2000 Istanbul   Turkey 17
Edition Year Host City Host Country Events
36 2001 Sofia   Bulgaria 17
37 2002 Tallinn   Estonia 17
38 2003 Bremen   Germany 17
39 2004 Moscow   Russia 17
40 2005 Tenerife   Spain 17
41 2006 Stavanger   Norway 17
42 2007 Bratislava   Slovakia 17
43 2008 Tallinn   Estonia 17
44 2009 Zagreb   Croatia 16
45 2010 Athens   Greece 16
46 2011 Zürich   Switzerland 16
47 2012 Santa Cruz de Tenerife   Spain 16
48 2013 Budapest   Hungary 16
49 2014 Tampere   Finland 16
50 2015 Istanbul   Turkey 16
51 2016 Montpellier   France 16
52 2017 Kocaeli   Turkey 16
53 2018 Novi Sad   Serbia 16+6
54 2019 Guadalajara   Spain 16+6
55 2020 Baku   Azerbaijan Cancelled
56 2021 Poreč   Croatia 16+8
57 2022 Gaziantep   Turkey 16+8
58 2023 Guadalajara   Spain 16+8
59 2024 Zadar   Croatia 16+8
60 2025 Yerevan   Armenia
61 2026 TBC TBC
62 2027 Paris   France
63 2028 TBC   Serbia

Medals

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

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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Spain975081228
2  France9270117279
3  Turkey9250129271
4  Italy8174114269
5  Russia323474140
6  Azerbaijan2983067
7  Slovakia243065119
8  Germany223167120
9  Croatia184266126
10  Ukraine17152961
11  Greece15165182
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina14263272
13  Netherlands14102044
14  Serbia12304385
15  Great Britain12285898
16  Hungary12173261
17  Denmark9151741
18  Belgium8132849
19  North Macedonia8102543
20  Montenegro882541
21  Switzerland691631
22  Portugal5102540
23  Estonia52411
24  Latvia45817
  Luxembourg45817
26  Bulgaria341320
27  Austria311519
28  Belarus2112538
29  Czech Republic2102335
30  Poland231419
31  Georgia23611
32  Sweden22812
33  Moldova2103
34  Slovenia1101526
35  Serbia and Montenegro1359
36  Scotland1214
37  Israel1146
  Kosovo1146
39  Cyprus1124
40  Romania1067
41  Albania0145
42  Armenia0134
43  Norway001919
44  Finland0033
Totals (44 entries)6656631,3342,662

See also

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References

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  10. ^ "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2021 - Porec".
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