Asian Karate Championships Explained
Asian Karatedo Championships |
Size: | 220px |
Abbreviation: | AKF Championships |
Location: | Asia |
Region Served: | Asian Continental countries/regions |
Membership: | 40 Affiliated Countries |
Language: | English is the official language. If any question in respect to the sport or technique of karate, it will be referred to the original Japanese text. |
Website: | http://asiankaratefederation.net |
The Asian Karatedo 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 Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Karate Federation (WKF), the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 180 member countries. It is the only karate organization recognised by the International Olympic Committee and has more than fifty million members. The AKF organizes the Junior and Senior Asian Karatedo Championships in every two years in between the Olympic and Asian Games and participates in WKF World Karate Championships which its member Japan play as a powerhouse country when it comes to sport karate vying for world titles with counterpart opponents from the powerful nations such as France, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Spain and Italy in many world championships.
Para-Karate Asian Karate Championships
Asian Senior Karate Championships
Year | Edition | Date | City and host country |
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1993 | 1 | 23–24 November | Taipei, Taiwan |
1995 | 2 | 18–24 September | Manila, Philippines |
1997 | 3 | 3–9 November | Macau |
1999 | 4 | 1–2 December | Singapore |
2001 | 5 | 2–4 November | Genting Highlands, Malaysia |
2004 | 6 | 6–8 February | Taoyuan, Taiwan |
2005 | 7 | 19–22 May | Macau |
2007 | 8 | 24–26 August | Seremban, Malaysia |
2009 | 9 | 25–27 September | Foshan, China |
2011 | 10 | 21–24 July | Quanzhou, China |
2012 | 11 | 14–17 July | |
2013 | 12 | 5–7 December | |
2015 | 13 | 4–6 September | Yokohama, Japan |
2017 | 14 | 15–17 July | Astana, Kazakhstan |
2018 | 15 | 13–15 July | Amman, Jordan |
2019 | 16 | 19–21 July | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
2021 | 17 | 20–22 December | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
2022 | 18 | 16–20 December | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
2023 | 19 | 18–23 July | Malacca, Malaysia | |
Asian Cadet, Junior and U-21yrs Karate Championships
Year | Edition | Date | City and host country |
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1992 | 1 AUKO | September | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
1994 | 2 AUKO | September | Hanoi, Vietnam |
1996 | 3 AUKO | September | Taichung, Taiwan |
1998 | 4 AUKO | November | Macau |
2000 | 5 AKF | August | Macau |
2002 | 6 AKF | September | Tokyo, Japan |
2005 | 7 AKF | November | Macau |
2006 | 8 AKF | October | Singapore, Singapore |
2008 | 9 AKF | September | Sabah, Malaysia |
2010 | 10 AKF | August | Hong Kong, Hong Kong China |
2011 | 11 AKF | July | Quanzhou, China |
2012 | 12 AKF | July | |
2013 | 13 AKF | December | |
2015 | 14 AKF | August | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
2016 | 15 AKF | November | Makassar, Indonesia |
2017 | 16 AKF | July | Astana, Kazakhstan |
2018 | 17 AKF | May | Okinawa, Japan |
2019 | 18 AKF | April | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
2021 | 19 AKF | 19–22 December | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
2022 | 20 AKF | 16–20 December | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
2023 | 21 AKF | 6–8 November | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
2024 | 22 AKF | 23–25 August | Manila, Philippines | |
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