# 2018 European Karate Championships

The 2018 European Karate Championships were the 53rd edition of the European Karate Championships, and were held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 10 to 13 May 2018.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Damián Quintero Spain | Ali Sofuoğlu Turkey | Roman Heydarov Azerbaijan |
| Individual kata | Damián Quintero Spain | Ali Sofuoğlu Turkey | Mattia Busato Italy |
| Team kata | Spain José Carbonell Sergio Galán Francisco Salazar | Russia Maksim Ksenofontov Mehman Rzaev Emil Skovorodnikov | Italy Gianluca Gallo Alessandro Iodice Giuseppe Panagia |
| Team kata | Spain José Carbonell Sergio Galán Francisco Salazar | Russia Maksim Ksenofontov Mehman Rzaev Emil Skovorodnikov | Turkey Duran Kutluhan Emre Vefa Göktaş Ali Sofuoğlu |
| Kumite −60 kg | Emil Pavlov Macedonia | Angelo Crescenzo Italy | Evgeny Plakhutin Russia |
| Kumite −60 kg | Emil Pavlov Macedonia | Angelo Crescenzo Italy | Kalvis Kalniņš Latvia |
| Kumite −67 kg | Burak Uygur Turkey | Stefan Joksić Serbia | Stefan Pokorny Austria |
| Kumite −67 kg | Burak Uygur Turkey | Stefan Joksić Serbia | Yves Martial Tadissi Hungary |
| Kumite −75 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Gábor Hárspataki Hungary | Stanislav Horuna Ukraine |
| Kumite −75 kg | Rafael Aghayev Azerbaijan | Gábor Hárspataki Hungary | Luigi Busà Italy |
| Kumite −84 kg | Michele Martina Italy | Ivan Kvesić Croatia | Hélio Hernandez Portugal |
| Kumite −84 kg | Michele Martina Italy | Ivan Kvesić Croatia | Uğur Aktaş Turkey |
| Kumite +84 kg | Ivan Klepić Bosnia and Herzegovina | Shahin Atamov Azerbaijan | Tyron-Darnell Lardy Netherlands |
| Kumite +84 kg | Ivan Klepić Bosnia and Herzegovina | Shahin Atamov Azerbaijan | Gogita Arkania Georgia |
| Team kumite | Turkey Rıdvan Kaptan Erman Eltemur Uğur Aktaş Burak Uygur Alpaslan Yamanoğlu Ömer Kemaloğlu Samed Gök | Spain Pablo Arenas Samy Ennkhaili Rodrigo Ibáñez Raúl Cuerva Babacar Seck Jagoba Vizuete Alejandro Molina | Ukraine Ryzvan Talibov Kostiantyn Tsymbal Stanislav Horuna Andriy Toroshanko Ihor Uhnich Valerii Chobotar Oleksandr Grevtsov |
| Team kumite | Turkey Rıdvan Kaptan Erman Eltemur Uğur Aktaş Burak Uygur Alpaslan Yamanoğlu Ömer Kemaloğlu Samed Gök | Spain Pablo Arenas Samy Ennkhaili Rodrigo Ibáñez Raúl Cuerva Babacar Seck Jagoba Vizuete Alejandro Molina | Serbia Dejan Cvrkota Nteros Anastasios Slobodan Bitević Nikola Jovanović Stefan Joksić Uroš Mijalković Vladimir Brežančić |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Sandra Sánchez Spain | Viviana Bottaro Italy | Dilara Eltemur Turkey |
| Individual kata | Sandra Sánchez Spain | Viviana Bottaro Italy | Dorota Balciarová Slovakia |
| Team kata | Italy Sara Battaglia Michela Pezzetti Terryana D'Onofrio | Spain Marta García Lidia Rodríguez Raquel Roy | France Marie Bui Lila Bui Jessica Hugues |
| Team kata | Italy Sara Battaglia Michela Pezzetti Terryana D'Onofrio | Spain Marta García Lidia Rodríguez Raquel Roy | Turkey Dilara Eltemur Rabia Küsmüş Gizem Sofuoğlu |
| Kumite −50 kg | Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu Turkey | Bettina Plank Austria | Nurana Aliyeva Azerbaijan |
| Kumite −50 kg | Serap Özçelik Arapoğlu Turkey | Bettina Plank Austria | Alexandra Recchia France |
| Kumite −55 kg | Anzhelika Terliuga Ukraine | Alessandra Hasani Croatia | Sara Cardin Italy |
| Kumite −55 kg | Anzhelika Terliuga Ukraine | Alessandra Hasani Croatia | Tuba Yakan Turkey |
| Kumite −61 kg | Lucie Ignace France | Anita Serogina Ukraine | Merve Çoban Turkey |
| Kumite −61 kg | Lucie Ignace France | Anita Serogina Ukraine | Tjaša Ristić Slovenia |
| Kumite −68 kg | Elena Quirici Switzerland | Irina Zaretska Azerbaijan | Silvia Semeraro Italy |
| Kumite −68 kg | Elena Quirici Switzerland | Irina Zaretska Azerbaijan | Ivona Ćavar Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Kumite +68 kg | Anne-Laure Florentin France | Eleni Chatziliadou Greece | Laura Palacio Spain |
| Kumite +68 kg | Anne-Laure Florentin France | Eleni Chatziliadou Greece | Ana-Marija Bujas Čelan Croatia |
| Team kumite | Switzerland Noémie Kornfeld Nina Radjenovic Ramona Brüderlin Elena Quirici | Italy Clio Ferracuti Laura Pasqua Sara Cardin Silvia Semeraro | France Léa Avazeri Gwendoline Philippe Nancy Garcia Sophia Bouderbane |
| Team kumite | Switzerland Noémie Kornfeld Nina Radjenovic Ramona Brüderlin Elena Quirici | Italy Clio Ferracuti Laura Pasqua Sara Cardin Silvia Semeraro | Croatia Alessandra Hasani Ana-Marija Bujas Čelan Ana Lenard Marina Barac |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Serbia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Turkey (TUR) | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Republic of Macedonia (MKD) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Serbia (SRB)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Participating nations

532 athletes from 52 nations competed.
* Albania (4)
* Andorra (1)
* Armenia (7)
* Austria (13)
* Azerbaijan (15)
* Belarus (12)
* Belgium (12)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (15)
* Bulgaria (11)
* Croatia (16)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (9)
* Denmark (12)
* England (14)
* Estonia (6)
* Finland (12)
* France (16)
* FYR Macedonia (13)
* Georgia (6)
* Germany (14)
* Greece (15)
* Hungary (14)
* Iceland (1)
* Ireland (10)
* Israel (13)
* Italy (15)
* Latvia (12)
* Liechtenstein (1)
* Lithuania (9)
* Luxembourg (2)
* Kosovo (13)
* Malta (1)
* Moldova (3)
* Montenegro (15)
* Netherlands (14)
* Northern Ireland (1)
* Norway (7)
* Poland (15)
* Portugal (12)
* Romania (16)
* Russia (16)
* San Marino (1)
* Serbia (16)
* Scotland (5)
* Slovakia (14)
* Slovenia (11)
* Spain (16)
* Sweden (8)
* Switzerland (10)
* Turkey (16)
* Ukraine (14)
* Wales (4)

## Para Karate

The first Para-Karate European Championships was held May 10-13 in 2018. 43 athletes from 15 nations in 6 events was competed. Results:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | France | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Serbia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Wales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |