Asian Karate Championships

The Asian Karate 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 Karate Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Karate Federation (WKF), the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 180 member countries. The federation was formed in 1973 as the APUKO (Asian Pacific Union of Karatedo Organizations). It was renamed AUKO (Asian Union of Karatedo Organizations) in 1992 after the World Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) was accepted by the IOC. In 1999, in conjunction with the World Federation of Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) renamed the World Karate Federation (WKF), the federation was renamed the AKF (Asian Karatedo Federation).[1]

Asian Karate Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)mid-year
Frequencyannual
Countryvarying
Inaugurated1973 / 1993 (1973 / 1993)

Championships

Seniors Championships

Year Number Host Events
APUKO and WUKO - Asian Pacific Karate-Do Championships
1973 1 Singapore Singapore, Singapore
1976 2 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
1978 3 Chinese Taipei Taipei, Taiwan
1981 4 Australia Sydney, Australia
1983 5 Japan Nagoya, Japan
1985 6 Malaysia Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
1987 7 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
1989 8 Australia Sydney, Australia
1991 9 New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand
AUKO / AKF and WKF - Asian Karate Championships
1993 1 Chinese Taipei Taipei, Taiwan
1995 2 Philippines Manila, Philippines
1997 3 Macau Macau, Macau
1999 4 Singapore Singapore, Singapore 19
2001 5 Malaysia Genting, Malaysia 19
2003 - Macau Macau, Macau 19
2004 6 Chinese Taipei Taoyuan City, Taiwan 19
2005 7 Macau Macau, Macau 19
2007 8 Malaysia Seremban, Malaysia 19
2009 9 People's Republic of China Foshan, China 17
2011 10 People's Republic of China Quanzhou, China 17
2012 11 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 17
2013 12 United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates 17
2015 13 Japan Yokohama, Japan 17
2017 14 Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan 17
2018 15 Jordan Amman, Jordan 17
2019 16 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 17

2003 Asian Karate Championships was unofficial because of 2003 SARS outbreak.

Juniors Championships

Year Number Host Events
APUKO and WUKO - Asian Pacific Juniors Karate-Do Championships
1989 1 Japan Fukuoka, Japan
1990 2 Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
1991 3 Chinese Taipei Taichung, Taiwan
AUKO / AKF and WKF - Asian Juniors Karate Championships
1992 1 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994 2 Vietnam Hanoi, Vietnam
1996 3 Chinese Taipei Taichung, Taiwan
1998 4 Macau Macau, Macau
2000 5 Macau Macau, Macau
2002 6 Japan Tokyo, Japan
2005 7 Macau Macau, Macau
2006 8 Singapore Singapore, Singapore
2008 9 Malaysia Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2010 10 Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2011 11 People's Republic of China Guangzhou, China 23
2012 12 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 23
2013 13 United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates 25
2014 14 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 31
2016 15 Indonesia Makassar, Indonesia 36
2017 16 Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan 36
2018 17 Japan Okinawa, Japan 35
2019 18 Malaysia Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 36

Ages : Cadets 14-16 / Juniors 16-18 / Hopes 18-21

All time medal table

Seniors 1999 - 2019 exclude 2003

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan1082837173
2 Iran533347133
3 China1492144
4 Malaysia11295393
5 Uzbekistan1072239
6 Kazakhstan9223970
7 Kuwait693146
8 Indonesia4143351
9 Vietnam3223459
10 Chinese Taipei3213054
11 Saudi Arabia3101427
12 South Korea32813
13 Jordan251623
14 United Arab Emirates1359
15 Pakistan1023
16 Hong Kong072229
17 Macau021113
18 Philippines0257
19 Syria0213
20 Thailand011314
21 Brunei0123
 Kyrgyzstan0123
 Myanmar0123
24 India0022
25 Iraq0011
 Nepal0011
 North Korea0011
 Singapore0011
 Sri Lanka0011
 Tajikistan0011
Totals (30 nations)231231458920

References

  1. "National Team Database 1970 - 1972". Archived from the original on 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2019-03-16.

Other websites

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