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 ten 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 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 16–20 December Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2023 19 18–23 July Malacca, Malaysia 2024 20 20–22 September Hangzhou, China 2025 21 23–25 May Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2026 22 18–21 June Bali, Indonesia
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 20 AKF 16–20 December Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2023 21 AKF 6–8 November Almaty, Kazakhstan 2024 22 AKF 23–25 August Manila, Philippines 2025 23 AKF 05-07 September Shaoguan China202624 AKF 08-11 September Amman, Jordan
See also
World Karate Championships Karate at the Asian Games World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships
References
External links Asian Karate Championships
Championship winners and hosts - World Karate Federation. WKF Karate Records AKF Senior, Junior and Cadet Championship results and information Malaysia Karate