Asian Karate Championships

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.

Asian Karatedo Championships
AbbreviationAKF Championships
Location
Region served
Asian Continental countries/regions
Membership
40 Affiliated Countries
Official 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.
Websitehttp://asiankaratefederation.net

Asian Senior Karate Championships
YearEditionDateCity and host country
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 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2013 12 5–7 December Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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 20–24 July Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Asian Cadet, Junior and U-21yrs Karate Championships
YearEditionDateCity and host country
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 Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2013 13 AKF December Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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 19 AKF 20–24 July Tashkent, Uzbekistan

See also
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