World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships

The World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships, also knows as World Karate Championship Junior are the highest level of competition for karate for U21 athletes organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF).^[1] Initiated in 1996 held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the competition is held in a different city every two years.^[2]

Weight divisions[]

The weight classification in this competition is divided into three categories, which are:

List of World Karate Championships Junior[]

Edition	Year	Host City	Country
1		Johannesburg	South Africa
2		Sofia	Bulgaria
3		Athens	Greece
4		Marseille	France
5		Limassol	Cyprus
6		Istanbul	Turkey
7		Rabat	Morocco
8		Malacca	Malaysia
9		Guadalajara	Spain
10		Jakarta	Indonesia
11		Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Spain
12	2019	Santiago	Chile
13	[3]	Cape Town	South Africa

All-time medals table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	52	18	27	97
2	Egypt (EGY)	43	25	46	114
3	France (FRA)	36	34	58	128
4	Turkey (TUR)	33	28	43	104
5	Iran (IRI)	24	13	32	69
6	Spain (ESP)	18	21	34	73
7	Italy (ITA)	16	23	37	76
8	Russia (RUS)	5	10	20	35
9	Morocco (MAR)	5	5	12	22
10	Croatia (CRO)	5	3	22	30
11	England (ENG)	5	3	12	20
12	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	1	10	16
13	Germany (GER)	4	10	28	42
14	Greece (GRE)	4	5	7	16
15	Indonesia (INA)	4	4	1	9
16	Serbia (SRB)	4	3	7	14
17	Hungary (HUN)	4	2	12	18
18	Montenegro (MNE)	4	0	6	10
19	United States (USA)	3	7	8	18
20	Algeria (ALG)	3	4	4	11
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)	3	3	7	13
22	Azerbaijan (AZE)	2	9	11	22
23	Brazil (BRA)	2	2	8	12
24	Tunisia (TUN)	2	2	6	10
25	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	2	2	1	5
26	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	11	14
27	Mexico (MEX)	2	1	8	11
28	Jordan (JOR)	2	1	5	8
29	Venezuela (VEN)	1	8	10	19
30	Slovakia (SVK)	1	6	11	18
31	Austria (AUT)	1	5	9	15
32	Ukraine (UKR)	1	4	6	11
33	Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)	1	4	3	8
34	Denmark (DEN)	1	3	4	8
35	Chile (CHI)	1	3	1	5
36	Belgium (BEL)	1	2	7	10
37	Kuwait (KUW)	1	2	6	9
38	Belarus (BLR)	1	1	7	9
39	Peru (PER)	1	1	6	8
40	Canada (CAN)	1	1	3	5
41	Senegal (SEN)	1	1	2	4
	Yugoslavia (YUG)	1	1	2	4
43	China (CHN)	1	1	1	3
	Luxembourg (LUX)	1	1	1	3
45	Estonia (EST)	1	0	4	5
46	Poland (POL)	1	0	2	3
47	Thailand (THA)	1	0	0	1
	United Arab Emirates (UAE)	1	0	0	1
49	Bulgaria (BUL)	0	5	6	11
50	Latvia (LAT)	0	5	0	5
51	Vietnam (VIE)	0	3	2	5
52	Switzerland (SUI)	0	3	1	4
53	Norway (NOR)	0	3	0	3
54	New Zealand (NZL)	0	2	3	5
55	North Macedonia (MKD)	0	1	6	7
56	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	4	5
	Scotland (SCO)	0	1	4	5
58	Australia (AUS)	0	1	2	3
59	Finland (FIN)	0	1	1	2
	Uzbekistan (UZB)	0	1	1	2
61	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain (GRB)	0	1	0	1
	Taiwan (TAI)	0	1	0	1
64	Malaysia (MAS)	0	0	4	4
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	4	4
66	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	0	3	3
67	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	2	2
68	Armenia (ARM)	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	0	1	1
	Colombia (COL)	0	0	1	1
	El Salvador (SLV)	0	0	1	1
	Moldova (MDA)	0	0	1	1
	Philippines (PHI)	0	0	1	1
	Qatar (QAT)	0	0	1	1
	Saar (SAR)	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia (SAU)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
78	Andorra (AND)	0	0	0	0
	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	0	0
	Hong Kong (HKG)	0	0	0	0
	India (IND)	0	0	0	0
	Ireland (IRE)	0	0	0	0
	Israel (ISR)	0	0	0	0
	Macau (MAC)	0	0	0	0
	Romania (ROM)	0	0	0	0
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	0	0
	South Korea (KOR)	0	0	0	0
	Syria (SYR)	0	0	0	0
	Wales (WAL)	0	0	0	0
Totals (89 nations)		314	314	621	1249

References[]