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]

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 60 2025 Yerevan   Armenia 61 2026 TBC TBC 62 2027 Paris   France 63 2028 TBC   Serbia

Medals

All-time medal table Karate (1966–2022) The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 1966 European Karate Championships: Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1   France 167 97 193 457 2   Spain 144 110 130 384 3   Italy 111 119 141 371 4   Turkey 64 61 107 232 5   Great Britain 63 66 77 206 6   Netherlands 35 22 50 107 7   Germany 32 33 113 178 8   Croatia 19 16 56 91 9   Azerbaijan 17 11 23 51 10   Finland 12 10 30 52 11   Switzerland 10 12 31 53 12   Georgia 10 7 21 38 13   Greece 9 11 33 53 14   Serbia 8 13 28 49 15   Sweden 7 11 28 46 16   Yugoslavia 7 10 24 41 17   Ukraine 7 6 15 28 18   Russia 6 15 30 51 19   Slovakia 6 9 22 37 20   Norway 6 5 9 20 21   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 21 14 38 22   Austria 3 8 24 35 23   North Macedonia 3 3 17 23 24   Belgium 2 11 17 30 25   Czech Republic 2 9 21 32 26   Slovenia 1 8 8 17 27   Hungary 1 2 19 22 28   Latvia 1 2 3 6   Luxembourg 1 2 3 6 30   Albania 1 0 1 2 31   Poland 0 4 2 6 32   Montenegro 0 2 9 11 33   Bulgaria 0 2 5 7 34   Denmark 0 2 3 5 35   Belarus 0 1 3 4 36   San Marino 0 1 0 1 37   Portugal 0 0 7 7 38   Israel 0 0 2 2   Kosovo 0 0 2 2   Romania 0 0 2 2 41   Cyprus 0 0 1 1   Estonia 0 0 1 1 Totals (42 entries) 758 722 1325 2805

All-time medal table Para Karate (2018–2021) The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 2018 European Karate Championships: [12] [13] [14] 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 entries) 20 20 25 65

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	1334	2662

See also

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

References

External links

• European Karate Federation