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).

Asian Karate Championships
Status	active
Genre	sporting event
Date(s)	mid-year
Frequency	annual
Country	varying
Inaugurated	1973 / 1993 (1973 / 1993)

Championships

Seniors Championships

Year	Number	Host	Events
APUKO and WUKO - Asian Pacific Karate-Do Championships
1973	1	Singapore, Singapore
1976	2	Jakarta, Indonesia
1978	3	Taipei, Taiwan
1981	4	Sydney, Australia
1983	5	Nagoya, Japan
1985	6	Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
1987	7	Jakarta, Indonesia
1989	8	Sydney, Australia
1991	9	Auckland, New Zealand
AUKO / AKF and WKF - Asian Karate Championships
1993	1	Taipei, Taiwan
1995	2	Manila, Philippines
1997	3	Macau, Macau
1999	4	Singapore, Singapore	19
2001	5	Genting, Malaysia	19
2003	-	Macau, Macau	19
2004	6	Taoyuan City, Taiwan	19
2005	7	Macau, Macau	19
2007	8	Seremban, Malaysia	19
2009	9	Foshan, China	17
2011	10	Quanzhou, China	17
2012	11	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	17
2013	12	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	17
2015	13	Yokohama, Japan	17
2017	14	Astana, Kazakhstan	17
2018	15	Amman, Jordan	17
2019	16	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	Fukuoka, Japan
1990	2	Jakarta, Indonesia
1991	3	Taichung, Taiwan
AUKO / AKF and WKF - Asian Juniors Karate Championships
1992	1	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1994	2	Hanoi, Vietnam
1996	3	Taichung, Taiwan
1998	4	Macau, Macau
2000	5	Macau, Macau
2002	6	Tokyo, Japan
2005	7	Macau, Macau
2006	8	Singapore, Singapore
2008	9	Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
2010	10	Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2011	11	Guangzhou, China	23
2012	12	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	23
2013	13	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	25
2014	14	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	31
2016	15	Makassar, Indonesia	36
2017	16	Astana, Kazakhstan	36
2018	17	Okinawa, Japan	35
2019	18	Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	36

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

All time medal table

Seniors 1999 - 2019 exclude 2003

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	108	28	37	173
2	Iran	53	33	47	133
3	China	14	9	21	44
4	Malaysia	11	29	53	93
5	Uzbekistan	10	7	22	39
6	Kazakhstan	9	22	39	70
7	Kuwait	6	9	31	46
8	Indonesia	4	14	33	51
9	Vietnam	3	22	34	59
10	Chinese Taipei	3	21	30	54
11	Saudi Arabia	3	10	14	27
12	South Korea	3	2	8	13
13	Jordan	2	5	16	23
14	United Arab Emirates	1	3	5	9
15	Pakistan	1	0	2	3
16	Hong Kong	0	7	22	29
17	Macau	0	2	11	13
18	Philippines	0	2	5	7
19	Syria	0	2	1	3
20	Thailand	0	1	13	14
21	Brunei	0	1	2	3
	Kyrgyzstan	0	1	2	3
	Myanmar	0	1	2	3
24	India	0	0	2	2
25	Iraq	0	0	1	1
	Nepal	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
	Singapore	0	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka	0	0	1	1
	Tajikistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (30 entries)		231	231	458	920

Other websites

Asian Karate Federation Official Website Past Asian Karate Federation Official Website 1993 Asian Karate Championships 1995 Asian Karate Championships 1997 Asian Karate Championships Asian Karate Championships History Hong Kong Karate Results Malaysia Karate Results Sabah Karate Results World Karate Federation Results "Continental Karate Championships History". Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. WKF Karate Records

"7th Juniors". Archived from the original on 2006-06-16. 10th Juniors 11th Juniors 12th Juniors 13th Juniors 14th Juniors 15th Juniors 16th Juniors 17th Juniors 18th Juniors