# 2016 World University Karate Championships

The 2016 World University Karate Championships was the 10th edition of World University Karate Championships and took place in Braga, Portugal between August 10 and August 13, 2016.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Hiroki Kubo  Japan | Mohammed El Hanni  Morocco | William Geoffray  France |
| Individual kata | Hiroki Kubo  Japan | Mohammed El Hanni  Morocco | Peter Fabian  Slovakia |
| Team kata | Japan Keita Nishihara Kazumasa Moto Ryuji Moto | France Lucas Jeannot Ahmed Zemouri Enzo Montarello | Spain Jose Manuel Carbonell Lopez Antonio Garcia Vargas Lorenzo Carios Marin Villalobos |
| Team kata | Japan Keita Nishihara Kazumasa Moto Ryuji Moto | France Lucas Jeannot Ahmed Zemouri Enzo Montarello | Egypt Islam Hassan Zeyad Mohamed Ahmed Elswafy |
| Kumite −60 kg | Matias Gomez Garcia  Spain | Aly Smail  Egypt | Sadriddin Saymatov  Uzbekistan |
| Kumite −60 kg | Matias Gomez Garcia  Spain | Aly Smail  Egypt | Maximiliano Larrosa  Uruguay |
| Kumite −67 kg | Steven Da Costa  France | Stefan Pokorny  Austria | Magdy Abdelazez  Egypt |
| Kumite −67 kg | Steven Da Costa  France | Stefan Pokorny  Austria | Barney Gill  New Zealand |
| Kumite −75 kg | Ali El-Sawy  Egypt | Ken Nishimura  Japan | Dastonbek Otabolaev  Uzbekistan |
| Kumite −75 kg | Ali El-Sawy  Egypt | Ken Nishimura  Japan | Wei-Chieh Hsu  Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −84 kg | Mohamed Elkotby  Egypt | Chun-Wei Wu  Chinese Taipei | Jamaal Ismail Khalid Otto  United Kingdom |
| Kumite −84 kg | Mohamed Elkotby  Egypt | Chun-Wei Wu  Chinese Taipei | Jessie Da Costa  France |
| Kumite +84 kg | Ljubisa Mihailovic  Montenegro | Arsen Megrabian  Russian Federation | Ahmed Elasfar  Egypt |
| Kumite +84 kg | Ljubisa Mihailovic  Montenegro | Arsen Megrabian  Russian Federation | Hocine Daikhi  Algeria |
| Team kumite | Japan Naotaka Ishihama Kamaguchi Koki Masamichi Funahashi Eiki Onishi Ken Nishimura Yuta Yoshiya | Spain Pablo Arenas Zapata Raul Cuerva Mora Daniel Gomez Borge Matias Gomez Garcia Jagoba Vizuete Fernandez | Egypt Ahmed Elasfar Zeyad Mohamed Magdy Abdelazez Aly Ismail Islam Hassan Ali Elsawy Mohamed Elkotby |
| Team kumite | Japan Naotaka Ishihama Kamaguchi Koki Masamichi Funahashi Eiki Onishi Ken Nishimura Yuta Yoshiya | Spain Pablo Arenas Zapata Raul Cuerva Mora Daniel Gomez Borge Matias Gomez Garcia Jagoba Vizuete Fernandez | Algeria Mouad Achache Abdelatif Benkhaled Hocine Daikhi Bilel Hareche Abdelmoumene Madi |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Misaki Tanaka  Japan | Sakura Kokumai  United States | Randa Abdelaziz  Egypt |
| Individual kata | Misaki Tanaka  Japan | Sakura Kokumai  United States | Alexandra Feracci  France |
| Team kata | Spain Margarita Morata Martos Jessica Moreno Wilkinson Lidia Rodríguez Encabo | Portugal Ana Sofîa Cruz Rita Morgado Patricia Cardoso | Czech Republic Barbora Kočtârovâ Simona Forstovâ Veronika Miškovâ |
| Team kata | Spain Margarita Morata Martos Jessica Moreno Wilkinson Lidia Rodríguez Encabo | Portugal Ana Sofîa Cruz Rita Morgado Patricia Cardoso | Egypt Randa Abdelaziz Nour Elswafy Shaimaa Solyman |
| Kumite −50 kg | Rocio Sanches Estepa  Spain | Miho Miyahara  Japan | Ku Tsui-ping  Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −50 kg | Rocio Sanches Estepa  Spain | Miho Miyahara  Japan | Bettina Plank  Austria |
| Kumite −55 kg | Emily Thouy  France | Simona Zaborska  Macedonia | Wen Tzu-yun  Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −55 kg | Emily Thouy  France | Simona Zaborska  Macedonia | Aya Brahim  Egypt |
| Kumite −61 kg | Giana Lotfy  Egypt | Natasha Stefanovska  Macedonia | Yin Xiaoyan  China |
| Kumite −61 kg | Giana Lotfy  Egypt | Natasha Stefanovska  Macedonia | Ayami Moriguchi  Japan |
| Kumite −68 kg | Alizée Agier  France | Alisa Buchinger  Austria | Maya Suzuki  Japan |
| Kumite −68 kg | Alizée Agier  France | Alisa Buchinger  Austria | Titta Keinänen  Finland |
| Kumite +68 kg | Natsumi Kawamura  Japan | Meltem Hocaoğlu  Turkey | Amelia Jayne Harvey  United Kingdom |
| Kumite +68 kg | Natsumi Kawamura  Japan | Meltem Hocaoğlu  Turkey | Sohila Ahmed  Egypt |
| Team kumite | Egypt Giana Lotfy Nada Mohamd Aisha Mohamed Hoda Moshraf | Chinese Taipei Ku Tsui-ping Wen Tzu-yun Ching-Hsiu Kao Chao Jou | Austria Alisa Buchinger Amila Gojak Bettina Plank Nathalie Reiter |
| Team kumite | Egypt Giana Lotfy Nada Mohamd Aisha Mohamed Hoda Moshraf | Chinese Taipei Ku Tsui-ping Wen Tzu-yun Ching-Hsiu Kao Chao Jou | Macedonia Sara Radichevska Monika Stefanovska Natasha Stefanovska Simona Zaborska |

## Medal count table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Egypt (EGY) | 4 | 1 | 8 | 13 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Montenegro (MNE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | North Macedonia (MKD) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Morocco (MAR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Uruguay (URU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |