European Karate Championships

European Karate Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Karate
Type	kumite 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]

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]

Championships[]

EKU Championships (1966–1992) and EKF Championships (since 1993).^[5] Para Karate was added to championships since 2018.^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

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	Hannover	Germany	18
27	1992	Den Bosch	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	Tenerife	Spain	17
33	1998	Belgrade	Yugoslavia	17
34	1999	Euboea	Greece	17
35	2000	Istanbul	Turkey	16

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	Zurich	Switzerland	16
47	2012	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		Gaziantep	Turkey
58			Russia
59		Split	Croatia
60		Baku	Azerbaijan

Medals[]

All-time medal table Karate (1966-2021)[]

The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 1966 European Karate Championships:


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	166	97	186	449
2	Spain	143	107	129	379
3	Italy	110	117	136	363
4	Great Britain	63	65	76	204
5	Turkey	57	60	106	223
6	Netherlands	35	22	50	107
7	Germany	32	32	112	176
8	Croatia	17	15	55	87
9	Azerbaijan	17	10	21	48
10	Finland	12	10	30	52
11	Switzerland	10	12	30	52
12	Greece	9	10	29	48
13	Serbia	7	13	28	48
14	Sweden	7	11	28	46
15	Yugoslavia	7	10	24	41
16	Russia	6	15	30	51
17	Slovakia	6	9	22	37
18	Ukraine	6	6	12	24
19	Norway	6	5	9	20
20	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	21	14	38
21	Austria	3	8	24	35
22	North Macedonia	3	3	16	22
23	Belgium	2	10	16	28
24	Czech Republic	2	9	21	32
25	Latvia	1	2	3	6
25	Luxembourg	1	2	3	6
27	Albania	1	0	1	2
28	Slovenia	0	6	8	14
29	Poland	0	4	2	6
30	Montenegro	0	2	9	11
31	Denmark	0	2	3	5
32	Hungary	0	1	19	20
33	Bulgaria	0	1	5	6
34	Belarus	0	1	3	4
35	San Marino	0	1	0	1
36	Portugal	0	0	6	6
37	Georgia	0	0	3	3
38	Romania	0	0	2	2
39	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Kosovo	0	0	1	1
Totals (42 nations)		732	699	1275	2706

All-time medal table Para Karate (2018-2021)[]

The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 2018 European Karate Championships:^[11]^[12]^[13]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	10	3	3	16
2	France	3	0	3	6
3	Germany	2	0	4	6
4	Azerbaijan	2	0	2	4
5	Russia	1	4	5	10
6	Hungary	1	3	1	5
7	Romania	1	1	0	2
8	Ukraine	0	2	1	3
9	Estonia	0	2	0	2
10	Serbia	0	1	2	3
11	Portugal	0	1	1	2
12	Georgia	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
	Wales	0	1	0	1
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 nations)		20	20	25	65

Medals table Europe Cadet, Junior and U21 (2000-2021)[]

The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the :


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	89	63	102	254
2	Turkey	85	46	116	247
3	Spain	83	50	68	201
4	Italy	75	65	100	240
5	Russia	32	34	74	140
6	Germany	24	27	56	107
7	Azerbaijan	23	7	26	56
8	Slovakia	20	26	58	104
9	Croatia	18	36	57	111
10	Netherlands	13	10	17	40
11	Great Britain	12	27	54	93
12	Greece	12	14	49	75
13	Serbia	11	28	40	79
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina	11	21	31	63
15	Hungary	10	16	31	57
16	Ukraine	10	12	26	48
17	North Macedonia	8	10	22	40
18	Montenegro	8	6	17	31
19	Denmark	7	15	14	36
20	Switzerland	6	9	16	31
21	Belgium	6	8	23	37
22	Estonia	5	1	4	10
23	Luxembourg	4	4	7	15
24	Latvia	4	3	6	13
25	Bulgaria	3	4	13	20
26	Austria	3	1	14	18
27	Belarus	2	11	25	38
28	Czech Republic	2	9	19	30
29	Portugal	2	7	23	32
30	Sweden	2	1	6	9
31	Slovenia	1	10	13	24
32	Yugoslavia	1	3	5	9
33	Poland	1	2	14	17
34	Israel	1	1	4	6
35	Romania	1	0	2	3
36	Cyprus	1	0	1	2
37	Moldova	1	0	0	1
38	Georgia	0	3	6	9
39	Albania	0	1	4	5
39	Kosovo	0	1	4	5
41	Norway	0	0	18	18
42	Armenia	0	0	3	3
42	Finland	0	0	3	3
Totals (43 nations)		597	592	1191	2380

References[]

^ "Karate: Ancient pursuit in need of new face: Whitney Limbaugh reports from Birmingham, U.. on a sport's desire to upgrade their image". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
^ "WORLD KARATE FEDERATION - WKF History". Wkf-web.net. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
^ Arriaza, Rafael (March 2009). "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; et al. (eds.). Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. ISBN 9781848003545. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
^ "Black Belt". August 1966. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
^ "47th European Senior Karate Championships : MEDALS TABLE" (PDF). Rfek.es. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
^ "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2018".
^ "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2019 - Guadalajara".
^ "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2020 - Baku".
^ "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2021 - Porec".
^ "Para-Karate athletes set to shine at first European Championships".
^ "Set-Online WKF".
^ "Set-Online WKF".
^ "Set-Online WKF".

External links[]

European Karate Federation

[1] "Karate: Ancient pursuit in need of new face: Whitney Limbaugh reports from Birmingham, U.. on a sport's desire to upgrade their image". The Independent. Retrieved 2014-11-06.

[2] "WORLD KARATE FEDERATION - WKF History". Wkf-web.net. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

[3] Arriaza, Rafael (March 2009). "Chapter 16: Karate". In Kordi, Ramin; Maffulli, Nicola; Wroble, Randall R.; et al. (eds.). Combat Sports Medicine. p. 288. ISBN 9781848003545. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

[4] "Black Belt". August 1966. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

[5] "47th European Senior Karate Championships : MEDALS TABLE" (PDF). Rfek.es. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

[6] "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2018".

[7] "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2019 - Guadalajara".

[8] "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2020 - Baku".

[9] "EKF Online Registration: EKF PARA-Karate Championships 2021 - Porec".

[10] "Para-Karate athletes set to shine at first European Championships".

[11] "Set-Online WKF".

[12] "Set-Online WKF".

[13] "Set-Online WKF".

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