# 2018 World University Karate Championships

The 2018 World University Karate Championships was the 11th edition of World University Karate Championships and took place in Kobe, Japan between July 19 and July 22, 2018.

## Participating nations

| Australia  Austria  China  Czech Republic  Spain  France  Germany  Iran  Italy | Japan  Kosovo  Saudi Arabia  Luxembourg  Malaysia  Poland  Chinese Taipei  Turkey  United States |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Yuhei Horiba  Japan | Abolfazl Shahrjerdi  Iran | Emre Vefa Göktaş  Turkey |
| Individual kata | Yuhei Horiba  Japan | Abolfazl Shahrjerdi  Iran | Mattia Busato  Italy |
| Team kata | Japan Kaito Fujita Takaya Fukuda Ryuji Moto | Austria Vincent Forster Lukas Buchinger Christoph Buchinger | Poland Maksymilian Szczypkowski Aleksander Adamow Jan Sieradzki |
| Team kata | Japan Kaito Fujita Takaya Fukuda Ryuji Moto | Austria Vincent Forster Lukas Buchinger Christoph Buchinger | Iran Abolfazl Shahrjerdi Milad Delikhoun Ali Zand |
| Kumite −60 kg | Eray Samdan  Turkey | Saud Albasher  Saudi Arabia | Ali Meskini  Iran |
| Kumite −60 kg | Eray Samdan  Turkey | Saud Albasher  Saudi Arabia | Kajith Kanagasingam  France |
| Kumite −67 kg | Francesco D'Onofrio  Italy | Soichiro Nakano  Japan | Mehdi Rahimi Nejad  Iran |
| Kumite −67 kg | Francesco D'Onofrio  Italy | Soichiro Nakano  Japan | Raul Cuerva Mora  Spain |
| Kumite −75 kg | Yusei Sakiyama  Japan | Lou Lebrun  France | Ammed Ezzat Momy ElSharaby  Italy |
| Kumite −75 kg | Yusei Sakiyama  Japan | Lou Lebrun  France | Luca Rettenbacher  Austria |
| Kumite −84 kg | Kamran Madani  United States | Durham Mitchell  Australia | Faraj Alnashri  Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite −84 kg | Kamran Madani  United States | Durham Mitchell  Australia | Alvin Karaqi  Kosovo |
| Kumite +84 kg | Saleh Abazari  Iran | Daiki Ando  Japan | Dnylson Jacquet  France |
| Kumite +84 kg | Saleh Abazari  Iran | Daiki Ando  Japan | Somanroy M Arulveeran  Malaysia |
| Team kumite | Japan Rikito Shimada Daiki Ando Hyoki Tachibana Yusei Sakiyama Soichiro Nakano Yugo Kozaki Koki Kamaguchi | Iran Younes Noroozi Mahdi Ghararizadeh Mahani Mohamadmahdi Ghaheri Sharghi Saleh Abazari Mehdi Khodabakhshi Milad Bahmani Mehdi Rahimi Nejad Dahka | Saudi Arabia Saud Albasher Abdulaziz Alhakami Faraj Alnashri Bader Alotaibi Raef Al-Turkistani Sultan Alzahrani Tareg Hamedi |
| Team kumite | Japan Rikito Shimada Daiki Ando Hyoki Tachibana Yusei Sakiyama Soichiro Nakano Yugo Kozaki Koki Kamaguchi | Iran Younes Noroozi Mahdi Ghararizadeh Mahani Mohamadmahdi Ghaheri Sharghi Saleh Abazari Mehdi Khodabakhshi Milad Bahmani Mehdi Rahimi Nejad Dahka | France Faadel Boussag Dnylson Jacquet Kajith Kanagasingam Thanh-Liêm Lê Lou Lebrun Nicolas Nirde Alexis Raspilair |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Natsuki Shimizu  Japan | Terryana D'Onofrio  Italy | Marta García Lozano  Spain |
| Individual kata | Natsuki Shimizu  Japan | Terryana D'Onofrio  Italy | Laetitia Feracci  France |
| Team kata | Japan Natsuki Shimizu Azuki Ogawa Yui Umekage | Spain Marta García Lozano Jessica Moreno Wilkinson Marta Vega Letamendi | Czech Republic Simona Forstová Barbora Kočtářová Sabina Forstová |
| Team kata | Japan Natsuki Shimizu Azuki Ogawa Yui Umekage | Spain Marta García Lozano Jessica Moreno Wilkinson Marta Vega Letamendi | China Qiao Yan Jialing Li Shuying Li |
| Kumite −50 kg | Miho Miyahara  Japan | Gu Shiau-shuang  Chinese Taipei | Faezeh Chizari  Iran |
| Kumite −50 kg | Miho Miyahara  Japan | Gu Shiau-shuang  Chinese Taipei | Gema Morales Ozuna  Spain |
| Kumite −55 kg | Katayama Haname  Japan | Avishan Bagheri  Iran | Sara Heurtault  France |
| Kumite −55 kg | Katayama Haname  Japan | Avishan Bagheri  Iran | Jennifer Warling  Luxembourg |
| Kumite −61 kg | Yuki Kujuro  Japan | Melika Ahadi  Iran | Coral Herrador Sánchez  Spain |
| Kumite −61 kg | Yuki Kujuro  Japan | Melika Ahadi  Iran | Wei-Ning Hsu  Chinese Taipei |
| Kumite −68 kg | Kanako Oryu  Japan | Laura Sivert  France | Maria Isabel Nieto Mejias  Spain |
| Kumite −68 kg | Kanako Oryu  Japan | Laura Sivert  France | Behnoosh Najafi Ghaghelestani  Iran |
| Kumite +68 kg | Rosa Marie Liebold  Germany | Tzu-Hsuan Wen  Chinese Taipei | Lora Ziller  Austria |
| Kumite +68 kg | Rosa Marie Liebold  Germany | Tzu-Hsuan Wen  Chinese Taipei | Ayaka Saito  Japan |
| Team kumite | France Andrea Brito Sara Heurtault Zoulikha Meghiche Laura Sivert | Spain Carlota Fernández Osorio Coral Herrador Sánchez Gema Morales Ozuna María Isabel Nieto Mejías | Austria Lara Hinterseer Lora Ziller Mariam Elaswad Kristin Isabelle Wieninger |
| Team kumite | France Andrea Brito Sara Heurtault Zoulikha Meghiche Laura Sivert | Spain Carlota Fernández Osorio Coral Herrador Sánchez Gema Morales Ozuna María Isabel Nieto Mejías | Japan Kanako Oryu Yuki Kujuro Haname Katayama Ayaka Saito |

## Medal count table

2018 World University Karate Championships :
| Pos | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Iran | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
| 3 | France | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 4 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Turkey | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Spain | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 9 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Australia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Total | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |