# 2024 World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships

The 2024 World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships, is a karate event held in Venice, Italy from 9 to 13 October 2024.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 12 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Egypt | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Italy* | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 |
| 4 | Turkey | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | France | 2 | 0 | 9 | 11 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Croatia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 12 | Iran | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Palestine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Spain | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Germany | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | Slovakia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Thailand | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 24 | Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Scotland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 30 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Georgia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (41 entries) | Totals (41 entries) | 37 | 37 | 74 | 148 |

## U-21
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Anthony Vu Sweden | Roman Hrčka Slovakia | Abdelrahman Elmowafi Egypt |
| Kata | Anthony Vu Sweden | Roman Hrčka Slovakia | Taiga Ishikawa Japan |
| Kumite −60 kg | Nuri Kılıç Turkey | Amin Abdelmalki Belgium | Janco Dorta United States |
| Kumite −60 kg | Nuri Kılıç Turkey | Amin Abdelmalki Belgium | Mohamed Youssef Egypt |
| Kumite −67 kg | Adel Omara Egypt | Akhmed Akhmedov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Guilherme Goncalves Portugal |
| Kumite −67 kg | Adel Omara Egypt | Akhmed Akhmedov Authorised Neutral Athletes | Muhammed Özdemir Germany |
| Kumite −75 kg | Ömer Faruk Yürür Turkey | Youssef Farag Egypt | Heorhii Pitsul Ukraine |
| Kumite −75 kg | Ömer Faruk Yürür Turkey | Youssef Farag Egypt | Ika Sulamanidze Georgia |
| Kumite −84 kg | Omar Osman Egypt | Mohammad Aljafari Jordan | Yosuke Abe Japan |
| Kumite −84 kg | Omar Osman Egypt | Mohammad Aljafari Jordan | Anas Alzahrani Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite +84 kg | Matteo Avanzini Italy | Anes Bostandzic Bosnia and Herzegovina | Stefan Stojanovikj North Macedonia |
| Kumite +84 kg | Matteo Avanzini Italy | Anes Bostandzic Bosnia and Herzegovina | Borja Gutiérrez Marques Spain |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Kotomi Sato Japan | Paola García Spain | Natasa Gamova Slovakia |
| Kata | Kotomi Sato Japan | Paola García Spain | Orsola Donofrio Italy |
| Kumite −50 kg | Mizuki Ishihara Japan | Ema Sgardelli Croatia | Valeriia Sergaieva Ukraine |
| Kumite −50 kg | Mizuki Ishihara Japan | Ema Sgardelli Croatia | Yalda Naghibeiranvand Iran |
| Kumite −55 kg | Fatemeh Zahra Saeidabadi Iran | Menatalah Elhawary Egypt | Nina Kvasnicová Slovakia |
| Kumite −55 kg | Fatemeh Zahra Saeidabadi Iran | Menatalah Elhawary Egypt | Sirikamonnate Chokprasertgul Thailand |
| Kumite −61 kg | Rahma Tolba Egypt | Anastasiia Semenenko Germany | Emina Sipović Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Kumite −61 kg | Rahma Tolba Egypt | Anastasiia Semenenko Germany | Darija Šnajder Croatia |
| Kumite −68 kg | Thalya Sombé France | Marina Kurteš Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sudenur Aksoy Turkey |
| Kumite −68 kg | Thalya Sombé France | Marina Kurteš Bosnia and Herzegovina | Anna Pia Desiderio Italy |
| Kumite +68 kg | Sophie Bednarski Sweden | Daria Iushkova Authorised Neutral Athletes | Asia Pergolesi Italy |
| Kumite +68 kg | Sophie Bednarski Sweden | Daria Iushkova Authorised Neutral Athletes | Nikolina Golomboš Croatia |

## Junior
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Soshi Okumura Japan | Tomas Izan Lopez Spain | Thomas Klemz France |
| Kata | Soshi Okumura Japan | Tomas Izan Lopez Spain | João Vieira Portugal |
| Team kata (Junior + Cadet) | Japan Haru Furuse Soshi Okumura Kodai Tai | Portugal Vasco Mateus Martim Oliveira João Vieira | Italy Salvatore Camanzo Emanuele Caponera Emanuel Romagnoli |
| Team kata (Junior + Cadet) | Japan Haru Furuse Soshi Okumura Kodai Tai | Portugal Vasco Mateus Martim Oliveira João Vieira | United States Daniel Ho David Ho Mateo Nacu Lance Santos |
| Kumite −55 kg | Hani Rashid Jordan | Thanakorn Taolek Thailand | Miras Abdikadyr Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −55 kg | Hani Rashid Jordan | Thanakorn Taolek Thailand | Ali Alariani Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite −61 kg | Emanuele Califano Italy | Saad AlSaif Saudi Arabia | Yasin Bettache France |
| Kumite −61 kg | Emanuele Califano Italy | Saad AlSaif Saudi Arabia | Alexandre Neagu Barzan Romania |
| Kumite −68 kg | Ashraf Mohamed Egypt | Alvise Toniolo Italy | Hairiss Hierso France |
| Kumite −68 kg | Ashraf Mohamed Egypt | Alvise Toniolo Italy | Ahmet Öztürk Turkey |
| Kumite −76 kg | Alikhan Kadyrgali Kazakhstan | Sven Strahija Croatia | Iker Leal Moreno Spain |
| Kumite −76 kg | Alikhan Kadyrgali Kazakhstan | Sven Strahija Croatia | Yacine Ben Fathallah France |
| Kumite +76 kg | Abdullah AlQahtani Saudi Arabia | Federico Supino Italy | Serigne Mbacke Seck Senegal |
| Kumite +76 kg | Abdullah AlQahtani Saudi Arabia | Federico Supino Italy | Lukáš Bohunický Slovakia |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Azusa Takata Japan | Yasmin Henrique Brazil | Julieta Fotheringham Spain |
| Kata | Azusa Takata Japan | Yasmin Henrique Brazil | Bùi Ngọc Nhi Vietnam |
| Team kata (Junior + Cadet) | Japan Non Hori Miu Kishida Misa Kobayashi | Spain Judith Nieto Abril Madrid Beatriz Carballo Lucia Rodrigo Diaz | Italy Francesca Crucitti Roberta Dominici Martina Padoan |
| Team kata (Junior + Cadet) | Japan Non Hori Miu Kishida Misa Kobayashi | Spain Judith Nieto Abril Madrid Beatriz Carballo Lucia Rodrigo Diaz | Egypt Maryam Abdelghany Mariam Elezaby Habiba Moussa Jana Raafat |
| Kumite −48 kg | Ludovica Legittimo Italy | Agnes Nyman Sweden | Towana Uchida Japan |
| Kumite −48 kg | Ludovica Legittimo Italy | Agnes Nyman Sweden | Arnella Gubashieva Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| Kumite −53 kg | Juria Natori Japan | Alexandra Wolf Germany | Elsa Schmitt France |
| Kumite −53 kg | Juria Natori Japan | Alexandra Wolf Germany | Sofiia Liaskalo Authorised Neutral Athletes |
| Kumite −59 kg | Monica Arzumian France | Gulnur Koishybay Kazakhstan | Gulay Orujova Azerbaijan |
| Kumite −59 kg | Monica Arzumian France | Gulnur Koishybay Kazakhstan | Violetta Makarenko Ukraine |
| Kumite −66 kg | Mariam Tantawi Egypt | Elize Bauld Scotland | Eirini Katsika Greece |
| Kumite −66 kg | Mariam Tantawi Egypt | Elize Bauld Scotland | Elisa Cattaneo Italy |
| Kumite +66 kg | Sara Tomić Croatia | Amálie Haková Czech Republic | Jovana Damjanović Montenegro |
| Kumite +66 kg | Sara Tomić Croatia | Amálie Haková Czech Republic | Malak Elbarbary Egypt |

## Cadet
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Takeru Hamazawa Japan | Tarık Koç Turkey | Matteo Freda Italy |
| Kata | Takeru Hamazawa Japan | Tarık Koç Turkey | Vasco Mateus Portugal |
| Kumite −52 kg | Maksym Viechkanov Ukraine | Arafat Abdulrahman Saudi Arabia | Leonardo Nascimento Brazil |
| Kumite −52 kg | Maksym Viechkanov Ukraine | Arafat Abdulrahman Saudi Arabia | Alim Tekuev Individual Neutral Athletes |
| Kumite −57 kg | Kabu Yagura Japan | Hatem Al-Harasees Jordan | David Ríos García Spain |
| Kumite −57 kg | Kabu Yagura Japan | Hatem Al-Harasees Jordan | Leo Lambert France |
| Kumite −63 kg | Mouaz Mostafa Egypt | Jorge Flores Ortiz Guatemala | Nikola Birač Croatia |
| Kumite −63 kg | Mouaz Mostafa Egypt | Jorge Flores Ortiz Guatemala | Rayan Zoueini Belgium |
| Kumite −70 kg | Almerico Tommasino Italy | Jusuf Saljiu Montenegro | Lisandro Fontana Argentina |
| Kumite −70 kg | Almerico Tommasino Italy | Jusuf Saljiu Montenegro | Bader Al-Bargawi Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite +70 kg | Arashi Chiba Japan | Amro Al-Bargawi Saudi Arabia | Sungkar Kanibek Kazakhstan |
| Kumite +70 kg | Arashi Chiba Japan | Amro Al-Bargawi Saudi Arabia | Lenny Malcoiffe France |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Kata | Wakana Ito Japan | Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh Vietnam | Tamara Lehner Austria |
| Kata | Wakana Ito Japan | Nguyen Mai Quynh Anh Vietnam | Ninon Vaucelle-Spelle France |
| Kumite −47 kg | Rinri Oda Japan | Jana Vinčić Serbia | Malak Afifi Egypt |
| Kumite −47 kg | Rinri Oda Japan | Jana Vinčić Serbia | Zsófia Ágnes Hefner Hungary |
| Kumite −54 kg | Mariia Hnes Ukraine | Wiktoria Kraczaj Poland | Adriana Boyadzhieva Bulgaria |
| Kumite −54 kg | Mariia Hnes Ukraine | Wiktoria Kraczaj Poland | Morgane Scarfone France |
| Kumite −61 kg | Graziella Ecchili Italy | Nourhan Elmorsi Egypt | Yasmine Rejraji Belgium |
| Kumite −61 kg | Graziella Ecchili Italy | Nourhan Elmorsi Egypt | Hannah Søndergaard Denmark |
| Kumite +61 kg | Mariam Bsharat Palestine | Roaa Mohamed Egypt | Nicole Correddu Italy |
| Kumite +61 kg | Mariam Bsharat Palestine | Roaa Mohamed Egypt | Valeria Linett Martinez Mexico |

## Participating nations

1960 athletes from 105 countries participated:
* Albania (10)
* Algeria (22)
* Angola (1)
* Argentina (10)
* Armenia (12)
* Australia (32)
* Austria (14)
* Azerbaijan (25)
* Bangladesh (1)
* Belgium (22)
* Benin (4)
* Bolivia (3)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (38)
* Brazil (42)
* Bulgaria (22)
* Burundi (1)
* Canada (35)
* Chinese Taipei (17)
* Colombia (19)
* Costa Rica (6)
* Croatia (40)
* Curaçao (2)
* Cyprus (27)
* Czech Republic (31)
* Denmark (28)
* Dominican Republic (4)
* Ecuador (3)
* Egypt (41)
* El Salvador (4)
* England (34)
* Estonia (9)
* Finland (5)
* France (39)
* Georgia (19)
* Germany (39)
* Greece (36)
* Guatemala (1)
* Hong Kong (24)
* Hungary (28)
* Iceland (3)
* India (7)
* Individual Neutral Athletes - 1 (33)
* Individual Neutral Athletes - 2 (27)
* Indonesia (7)
* Ireland (19)
* Iran (19)
* Israel (13)
* Italy (41) (Host)
* Jamaica (2)
* Japan (32)
* Jordan (10)
* Kazakhstan (30)
* Kosovo (28)
* Kuwait (19)
* Kyrgyzstan (12)
* Latvia (27)
* Libya (4)
* Lithuania (16)
* Luxembourg (24)
* Macau (6)
* Madagascar (1)
* Malaysia (5)
* Malta (12)
* Mexico (35)
* Moldova (11)
* Montenegro (36)
* Nepal (1)
* Netherlands (16)
* New Zealand (19)
* North Macedonia (37)
* Norway (10)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palestine (4)
* Panama (3)
* Paraguay (1)
* China (12)
* Peru (6)
* Philippines (5)
* Poland (35)
* Portugal (28)
* Puerto Rico (5)
* Qatar (4)
* South Korea (11)
* Romania (35)
* San Marino (4)
* Saudi Arabia (27)
* Scotland (25)
* Senegal (4)
* Serbia (39)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (35)
* Slovenia (23)
* South Africa (26)
* Spain (41)
* Sweden (5)
* Switzerland (26)
* Thailand (12)
* Tunisia (8)
* Turkey (42)
* Turkmenistan (10)
* Ukraine (37)
* United Arab Emirates (6)
* United States (41)
* Uruguay (4)
* Venezuela (34)
* Vietnam (10)
* Wales (1)