European Karate Championships


The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year.

History

Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, which was at that stage, an associated member of the Judo Federation. In 1963, he invited six other known European federations to come to France for the first-ever international karate event. Great Britain and Belgium accepted the invitation.
By 1965, the European Karate Union was created with Jacques Delcourt voted in as President. The following year the first European Karate Championships were held in Paris. The event drew roughly three hundred spectators and was shown live on television. It drew criticism for being too violent as there were many facial injuries. The EKU council had differing opinions about the cause of the injuries. With opinions ranging from excessive violations of rules to lack of conditioning and blocking skill, this problem was addressed in some part, at the first referee course held in Rome. At that time, the refereeing rules were harmonised using the JKA rules as a basis.

List of tournaments

EditionYearHost CityCountryChampionEvents
11966Paris
21967London
31968Paris
41969London
51970Hamburg
61971Paris
71972Brussels
81973Valencia
91974London
101975Ostend
111976Tehran
121977Paris
131978Geneva
141979Helsinki
151980Barcelona
161981Venice
171982Gothenburg
181983Madrid
191984Paris
201985Oslo
211986Madrid
221987Glasgow
231988Genoa
241989Titograd
251990Vienna
261991Hannover
271992Den Bosch
281993Prague
291994Birmingham
301995Helsinki

EditionYearHost CityCountryChampionEvents
311996Paris
321997Tenerife
331998Belgrade Yugoslavia
341999Euboea
352000Istanbul
362001Sofia
372002Tallinn
382003Bremen
392004Moscow
402005Tenerife
412006Stavanger
422007Bratislava
432008Tallinn
442009Zagreb
452010Athens
462011Zurich
472012Tenerife
482013Budapest
492014Tampere
502015Istanbul
512016Montpellier
522017Kocaeli
532018Novi Sad
542019Guadalajara
552020Baku
562021Gothenburg
572022
582023