European Karate Championships

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

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

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]}

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 Frankfurt  Germany 62 2027 Paris  France 63 2028 TBC  Serbia

Medals

All-time medal table Karate (1966–2025) The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 1966 European Karate Championships: Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  France 171 101 205 477 2  Spain 149 117 137 403 3  Italy 117 128 154 399 4  Turkey 70 63 123 256 5  Great Britain 63 66 77 206 6  Germany 42 33 121 196 7  Netherlands 35 23 51 109 8  Croatia 24 20 60 104 9  Azerbaijan 17 13 27 57 10  Greece 12 15 39 66 11  Finland 12 10 30 52 12  Switzerland 11 13 33 57 13  Ukraine 11 9 20 40 14  Georgia 10 7 21 38 15  Serbia 8 13 28 49 16  Sweden 7 11 31 49 17  Yugoslavia 7 10 24 41 18  Slovakia 7 9 22 38 19  Russia 6 15 30 51 20  Norway 6 5 9 20 21  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 21 15 39 22  Austria 3 9 24 36 23  North Macedonia 3 4 17 24 24  Belgium 2 11 18 31 25  Czech Republic 2 9 21 32 26  Hungary 2 2 19 23 – European Karate Federation-1 2 1 1 4 27  Slovenia 1 8 9 18 28  Latvia 1 3 4 8 29  Luxembourg 1 3 3 7 30  Albania 1 2 1 4 31  Montenegro 0 4 13 17 32  Poland 0 4 2 6 33  Bulgaria 0 2 6 8 34  Denmark 0 2 3 5 35  Portugal 0 1 8 9 36  Belarus 0 1 3 4 37  England 0 1 0 1  San Marino 0 1 0 1 39  Kosovo 0 0 4 4 40  Armenia 0 0 2 2  Israel 0 0 2 2  Romania 0 0 2 2 43  Cyprus 0 0 1 1  Estonia 0 0 1 1 Totals (44 entries) 806 770 1,421 2,997

= All-time medal table Para Karate (2018–2025) The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 2025 European Karate Championships:[12][13][14] Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1  Spain 18 9 11 38 2  Azerbaijan 6 6 3 15 3  Hungary 5 3 8 16 4  France 5 2 13 20 5  Italy 4 3 6 13 6  Croatia 4 3 5 12 7  Romania 3 2 1 6 8  Turkey 3 1 4 8 9  Germany 2 4 8 14 10  Russia 1 4 5 10 11  Czech Republic 1 0 3 4 12  Ukraine 0 4 1 5 13  Serbia 0 3 2 5 14  Estonia 0 2 2 4  Slovenia 0 2 2 4 16  Portugal 0 1 4 5 17  Georgia 0 1 1 2 18  Wales 0 1 0 1 19  Netherlands 0 0 3 3 20  England 0 0 2 2 – European Karate Federation-1 0 0 2 2 21  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 1 1  Latvia 0 0 1 1 Totals (22 entries) 52 51 88 191

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:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	97	50	81	228
2	France	92	70	117	279
3	Turkey	92	50	129	271
4	Italy	81	74	114	269
5	Russia	32	34	74	140
6	Azerbaijan	29	8	30	67
7	Slovakia	24	30	65	119
8	Germany	22	31	67	120
9	Croatia	18	42	66	126
10	Ukraine	17	15	29	61
11	Greece	15	16	51	82
12	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14	26	32	72
13	Netherlands	14	10	20	44
14	Serbia	12	30	43	85
15	Great Britain	12	28	58	98
16	Hungary	12	17	32	61
17	Denmark	9	15	17	41
18	Belgium	8	13	28	49
19	North Macedonia	8	10	25	43
20	Montenegro	8	8	25	41
21	Switzerland	6	9	16	31
22	Portugal	5	10	25	40
23	Estonia	5	2	4	11
24	Latvia	4	5	8	17
	Luxembourg	4	5	8	17
26	Bulgaria	3	4	13	20
27	Austria	3	1	15	19
28	Belarus	2	11	25	38
29	Czech Republic	2	10	23	35
30	Poland	2	3	14	19
31	Georgia	2	3	6	11
32	Sweden	2	2	8	12
33	Moldova	2	1	0	3
34	Slovenia	1	10	15	26
35	Serbia and Montenegro	1	3	5	9
36	Scotland	1	2	1	4
37	Israel	1	1	4	6
	Kosovo	1	1	4	6
39	Cyprus	1	1	2	4
40	Romania	1	0	6	7
41	Albania	0	1	4	5
42	Armenia	0	1	3	4
43	Norway	0	0	19	19
44	Finland	0	0	3	3
Totals (44 entries)		665	663	1,334	2,662

See also

• European Juniors Karate Championships
• fr:Championnats d'Europe de karaté juniors et cadets