The World University Karate Championships is a competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and have been held every two years since 1998 each time in a different host city.
University
World University Karate Championships
NumberYearLocation11998 Lille, France22000 Kyoto, Japan32002 Puebla, Mexico42004 Belgrade, Serbia52006 New York, United States62008 Wrocław, Poland72010 Podgorica, Montenegro82012 Bratislava, Slovakia92014 Bar, Montenegro102016 Braga, Portugal112018 Kobe, Japan
Champions
Men YearLocationIndividualKumite -60 kgKumite -67 kgKumite -75 kgKumite -84 kgKumite 84+ kgTeam KataTeam Kumite2012 Bratislava Damián Quintero Matías Gómez Ömer Kemaloğlu Serkan Yağcı Alexander Aliev Wellington Barbosa2014 Bar Ahmed Shawky Amir Mehdizadeh Yves Martial Tadissi Logan Da Costa Berat Jakupi Danilo Lucic2016 Braga Hiroki Kubo Matías Gómez Steven Da Costa Ali Elsawy Mohamed Elkotby Ljubiša Mihailovic2018 Kobe Yuhei Horiba Eray Samdan Francesco Donofrio Yusei Sakiyama Kamran Madani Saleh Abazari
Women YearLocationIndividualKumite -50 kgKumite -55 kgKumite -61 kgKumite -68 kgKumite +68 kgTeam KataTeam Kumite2012 Bratislava Kiyou Shimizu Bettina Plank Tuba Yakan Lucie Ignace Lamya Matoub Maša Martinović2014 Bar Kiyou Shimizu Sahar Karaji Yassmin Hamdy Ingrida Suchánková Ayumi Uekusa Kawamura Natsumi2016 Braga Misaki Tanaka Rocío Sánchez Emily Thouy Giana Lotfy Alizée Agier Kawamura Natsumi2018 Kobe Natsuki Shimizu Miho Miyahara Haname Katayama Yuki Kujuro Kanako Oryu Rosa Marie Liebold
References 2012 World University Karate Championship - 2012-07-13 2014 World University Karate Championship - 2014-06-19 2016 World University Karate Championship - 2016-08-10 2018 World University Karate Championship - 2018-07-19