# 2021 World Karate Championships

The 2021 World Karate Championships were held from 16 to 21 November 2021 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

## Medal table

* Host nation (United Arab Emirates)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Spain | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
| 5 | France | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | United States | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | RKF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Colombia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Morocco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Peru | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata details | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Damián Quintero Spain | Mattia Busato Italy |
| Individual kata details | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Damián Quintero Spain | Ali Sofuoğlu Turkey |
| Team kata details | Japan Koji Arimoto Kazumasa Moto Ryuji Moto | Spain Sergio Galán Alejandro Manzana Raúl Martín | Italy Mattia Busato Gianluca Gallo Alessandro Iodice |
| Team kata details | Japan Koji Arimoto Kazumasa Moto Ryuji Moto | Spain Sergio Galán Alejandro Manzana Raúl Martín | Turkey Emre Vefa Göktaş Enes Özdemir Ali Sofuoğlu |
| Kumite −60 kg details | Douglas Brose Brazil | Angelo Crescenzo Italy | Abdelali Jina Morocco |
| Kumite −60 kg details | Douglas Brose Brazil | Angelo Crescenzo Italy | Iurik Ogannisian Russian Karate Federation |
| Kumite −67 kg details | Steven Da Costa France | Emil Pavlov North Macedonia | Ali El-Sawy Egypt |
| Kumite −67 kg details | Steven Da Costa France | Emil Pavlov North Macedonia | Soichiro Nakano Japan |
| Kumite −75 kg details | Dastonbek Otabolaev Uzbekistan | Abdalla Abdelaziz Egypt | Nurkanat Azhikanov Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −75 kg details | Dastonbek Otabolaev Uzbekistan | Abdalla Abdelaziz Egypt | Thomas Scott United States |
| Kumite −84 kg details | Youssef Badawy Egypt | Fabián Huaiquimán Chile | Yuta Mori Japan |
| Kumite −84 kg details | Youssef Badawy Egypt | Fabián Huaiquimán Chile | Jessie Da Costa France |
| Kumite +84 kg details | Gogita Arkania Georgia | Simone Marino Italy | Anđelo Kvesić Croatia |
| Kumite +84 kg details | Gogita Arkania Georgia | Simone Marino Italy | Asiman Gurbanli Azerbaijan |
| Team kumite details | Italy Daniele De Vivo Gianluca De Vivo Ahmed El Sharaby Luca Maresca Simone Marino Michele Martina Lolrenzo Pietromarchi | Serbia Slobodan Bitević Vladimir Brezančić Stefan Joksić Ljubiša Marić Ðorđe Salapura Ðorđe Tešanović Bogdan Trikoš | Kazakhstan Nurkanat Azhikanov Igor Chikhmarev Abylay Toltay Nurniyaz Yeldashov Spandiyar Yerkebek Daniyar Yuldashev Beibarys Zhangbyr |
| Team kumite details | Italy Daniele De Vivo Gianluca De Vivo Ahmed El Sharaby Luca Maresca Simone Marino Michele Martina Lolrenzo Pietromarchi | Serbia Slobodan Bitević Vladimir Brezančić Stefan Joksić Ljubiša Marić Ðorđe Salapura Ðorđe Tešanović Bogdan Trikoš | Azerbaijan Panah Abdullayev Tural Aghalarzade Rafael Aghayev Tural Alakbarli Asiman Gurbanli Rafiz Hasanov Turgut Hasanov |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata details | Sandra Sánchez Spain | Hikaru Ono Japan | Grace Lau Hong Kong |
| Individual kata details | Sandra Sánchez Spain | Hikaru Ono Japan | Viviana Bottaro Italy |
| Team kata details | Japan Saori Ishibashi Sae Taira Misaki Yabumoto | Spain María López Lidia Rodríguez Raquel Roy | Egypt Noha Amr Antar Aya Hesham Asmaa Mahmoud |
| Team kata details | Japan Saori Ishibashi Sae Taira Misaki Yabumoto | Spain María López Lidia Rodríguez Raquel Roy | Italy Carola Casale Terryana D'Onofrio Michela Pezzetti |
| Kumite −50 kg details | Miho Miyahara Japan | Shara Hubrich Germany | Kateryna Kryva Ukraine |
| Kumite −50 kg details | Miho Miyahara Japan | Shara Hubrich Germany | Yasmin Nasr Elgewily Egypt |
| Kumite −55 kg details | Ahlam Youssef Egypt | Trinity Allen United States | Ivet Goranova Bulgaria |
| Kumite −55 kg details | Ahlam Youssef Egypt | Trinity Allen United States | Anna Chernysheva Russian Karate Federation |
| Kumite −61 kg details | Jovana Preković Serbia | Anita Serogina Ukraine | Lynn Snel Netherlands |
| Kumite −61 kg details | Jovana Preković Serbia | Anita Serogina Ukraine | Alexandra Grande Peru |
| Kumite −68 kg details | Irina Zaretska Azerbaijan | Silvia Semeraro Italy | Alizée Agier France |
| Kumite −68 kg details | Irina Zaretska Azerbaijan | Silvia Semeraro Italy | Halyna Melnyk Ukraine |
| Kumite +68 kg details | María Torres Spain | Menna Shaaban Okila Egypt | Sofya Berultseva Kazakhstan |
| Kumite +68 kg details | María Torres Spain | Menna Shaaban Okila Egypt | Lucija Lesjak Croatia |
| Team kumite details | Egypt Feryal Abdelaziz Sohila Abouismail Yasmin Elhawary Menna Shaaban Okila | France Alizée Agier Léa Avazeri Laura Sivert Jennifer Zameto | Colombia Wendy Mosquera Geraldine Peña Diana Ramírez Shanee Torres |
| Team kumite details | Egypt Feryal Abdelaziz Sohila Abouismail Yasmin Elhawary Menna Shaaban Okila | France Alizée Agier Léa Avazeri Laura Sivert Jennifer Zameto | Italy Lorena Busà Clio Ferracuti Alessandra Mangiacapra Silvia Semeraro |