Asian Karate Championships facts for kids

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).

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 nations)		231	231	458	920

Juniors 2011 - 2019