# Kyokushin World Cup in Weight Categories

World Karate Championship in Weight Categories is the second largest competition in Kyokushin Karate. This tournament is arranged by several kyokushin organisations and usually held every fourth year in between World Tournaments which do not have any weight classes.

## Rules

All world cup tournaments operates under knockdown karate rules which involves standup bareknuckle fighting with basically no protection. The more characteristical rules in knockdown karate compered to other styles is that you are not allowed to punch in the face and a point system that only count hits that actually "hurt" the opponent. This makes knockdown fighting very physical but at the same time quite safe considering that there are very few hits to the head. There can be slight variances in the rules between the different organizations responsible for a tournaments but the basics are the same. The rules has also been modified over the years.

### Normally knockdown rules includes

* No protectors or guards are used, with exception to groin guards and teeth protection.
* 3 minutes match-time
* The fighter that achieves an Ippon (one point) will win the match and the fight is stopped. An Ippon is achieved when an attack that knocks down the opponent for more than 3 seconds or renders the opponent being reluctant to continue the fight. An ippon can also be granted if an illegal technique is used and the other fighter is disqualified.
* A fighter can also win the fight by Waza-ari (half point) which is awarded if the opponent is knocks down by less than 3 seconds and is able to continue the fight. If two Waza-aris is achieved during the fight it is counted as an Ippon and the fight is stopped.
* If no knockdowns occurs, the judges can declare one fighter as winner by overall efficiency of techniques, force and dynamics.
* In case of a draw there can be up to 3 extensions (each 2 minutes long). Some tournaments will also settled draws by weight different and result of Tamaeshiwari (breaking of tiles)

### Illegal techniques are

* Punches to the face
* Kicks to the groin
* Grappling, grabbing of any form
* Headbutts
* Kick to knee
* Kick to rear of head
* Pushing
* Strike to spine from rear
* Elbow to face
Read more about various full contact karate rules

## Before split of IKO

Only world tournaments in open weight was organized by IKO (International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan) led by Sosai Masutatsu Oyama. After the death of Sosai, IKO was split in different fractions and several has since then started to organise world tournaments in weight categories from 1997 and onwards.

## All Japan Weight Category Tournament

IKO All Japan Weight Category Karate Championships is the annual Kyokushin Karate Japan Championship. It has been held in Osaka since 1984 and is held in four different weight classes. Exceptionally, the 2014 tournament was held in Tokyo. Earlier in 1969, the Japanese Championships were established, in which the championship is played in the open weight class. Between 1984 and 1996, there were three weight classes: light, medium and heavy. After the first World Weight Championships in 1997, the weight classes were increased by one.

### Super Heavyweight (+85 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1998 | Kiyoyuki Shida | Yasuhiko Kimura | Gun Irisawa |
| 1999 | Kiyoyuki Shida | Tadateru Sano | Gun Irisawa |
| 2000 | Hirokazu Kondo | Hideki Tokumoto | Satoshi Higuchi |
| 2001 | Atsushi Kadoi | Shinji Adachi | Tsuneya Ichikawa |
| 2002 | Letši Kurbanov | Hideki Tokumoto | Hirokazu Kondo |
| 2003 | Hirokazu Kondo | Norihito Satoh | Shinji Adachi |
| 2004 | Jan Soukup | Andrei Stepin | Oleg Lukyanenko |
| 2005 | Mihail Kozlov | Keiji Higuchi | Yoshiaki Uchida |
| 2006 | Darmen Sadvokasov | Makoto Akaishi | Arthur Hovhannisyan |
| 2007 | Makoto Taniguchi | Makoto Akaishi | Yuji Kogure |
| 2008 | Makoto Akaishi | Zahari Damyanov | Kentaro Aso |
| 2009 | Tadakuni Tokuda | Hideo Sawada | Tadateru Sano |
| 2010 | Syoki Arata | Makoto Taniguchi | Hideo Sawada |
| 2011 | Makoto Taniguchi | Seijyun Kinoshita | Norio Matsumura |
| 2012 | Syoki Arata | Sergei Uvitski | Satoru Araki |
| 2013 | Oleksandr Ieromienko | Kirill Kotšnev | Masahiro Ohe |
| 2014 | Shōhei Kamada | Mikio Ueda | Steven Cujic |
| 2015 | Steven Cujic | Satoru Araki | Kenta Nanbara |
| 2016 | Shōhei Kamada | Yuta Takahashi | Tatsuma Yamagawa |
| 2017 | Goderzi Kapanadze | Oleksandr Ieromenko | Seiya Tanigawa |
| 2018 | Anton Gulyaev | Kenta Nanbara | Ryunosuke Hoshi |
| 2019 | Goderzi Kapanadze | Anton Gulyaev | Danil Goryushkin |

### Heavyweight (-85 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1984 | Yasuhiro Shichinohe | Yoshitaka Nishiyama | Shinichi Sotodate |
| 1985 | Yasuhiro Shichinohe | Yoshitaka Nishiyama | Hirofumi Kanayama |
| 1986 | Yoshitaka Nishiyama | Hirofumi Kanayama | Katsutoshi Iguchi |
| 1987 | Yasuhiro Shichinohe | Hiroki Kurosawa | Masashi Kimoto |
| 1988 | Masashi Kimoto | Takehisa Iriki | Hirofumi Kanayama |
| 1989 | Yasuhiro Shichinohe | Yoshihiro Tamura | Iwao Takita |
| 1990 | Tatsuya Iwasaki | Iwao Takita | Yoshiharu Eguchi |
| 1991 | Yoshihiro Tamura | Yasuhiro Shichinohe | Yutaka Ishi |
| 1992 | Yoshihiro Tamura | Takehiro Minami | Kiyoshi Nemoto |
| 1993 | Kenji Yamaki | Kunihiro Suzuki | Hiroki Kurosawa |
| 1994 | Niiho Satoshi | Kunihiro Suzuki | Nicholas Pettas |
| 1995 | Tatsuya Iwasaki | Yoshihiro Tamura | Hiroki Kurosawa |
| 1996 | Masayoshi Takaku | Kiiyoyuki Shida | Yasuhiko Kimura |
| 1997 | Kyokushin World Championships held simultaneously | |
| 1998 | Atsushi Kadoi | Naoji Mikoshiba | Keiichi Hayashi |
| 1999 | Shinji Adachi | Osamu Sumitani | Kentaro Tanaka |
| 2000 | Kentaro Tanaka | Osamu Sumitani | Tetsuya Kano |
| 2001 | Yoshinori Ikeda | Masashi Nakagawa | Fumihiro Sugiyama |
| 2002 | Naoji Mikoshiba | Masashi Nakagawa | Osamu Sumitani |
| 2003 | Masato Ikeda | Yoshinori Ikeda | Masataka Ino |
| 2004 | Kenshin Morimura | Yuji Kogure | Masataka Ino |
| 2005 | Hiroyuki Kidachi | Yasushi Itatani | Yoshitatsu Beppu |
| 2006 | Osamu Sumitani | Toshihiro Kanamori | Yoshitatsu Beppu |
| 2007 | Osamu Shiojima | Kengo Shimizu | Naoki Ichimura |
| 2008 | Yoshitatsu Beppu | Nurmamed Mamedov | Yoshikazu Muraoka |
| 2009 | Yoshitatsu Beppu | Osamu Sumitani | Kyohei Yasujima |
| 2010 | Tariel Nikoleishvili | Zenjyuro Mori | Yoshikazu Muraoka |
| 2011 | Kyohei Ajima | Yoshikazu Muraoka | Yoshitatsu Beppu |
| 2012 | Daiki Kobayashi | Shōhei Kamada | Tatsuya Murata |
| 2013 | Mikio Ueda | Koinosuke Ishizaki | Kyohei Ajima |
| 2014 | Yuta Takahashi | Masanaga Nakamura | Farukh Turgunboev |
| 2015 | Masanaga Nakamura | Takuya Takeoka | Yota Higuchi |
| 2016 | Koinosuke Ishizaki | Takuya Takeoka | Chihiro Nakajima |
| 2017 | Chihiro Nakajima | Yutaro Ishizuka | Kyohei Ajima |
| 2018 | Andrei Luzin | Kyohei Ajima | Kashin Osawa |
| 2019 | Kashin Osawa | Andrei Tširkov | Youta Takahashi |

### Middleweight (-75 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1984 | Hideaki Kakinuma | Mitsuaki Satoh | Satoshi Yui |
| 1985 | Takehisa Iriki | Hidehiko Hashizume | Jyun Miwa |
| 1986 | Hidehiko Hashizume | Hideki Okamoto | Makoto Kusakai |
| 1987 | Yasuhiro Kuwajima | Hidehiko Hashizume | Masahiro Oga |
| 1988 | Hideki Shibata | Masahiro Oga | Takuya Akimoto |
| 1989 | Hiroyuki Miake | Niiho Satoshi | Masaaki Yoshii |
| 1990 | Kyouichi Taguchi | Shinegori Sakamoto | Toshiya Sasaki |
| 1991 | Naoyuki Sonoda | Takhiroh Katoh | Eiji Kawamoto |
| 1992 | Eiji Kawamoto | Hidenori Aoki | Shinichi Ogawa |
| 1993 | Hidenori Aoki | Toshiaki Iizumi | Masanori Ngatomo |
| 1994 | Hiroyuki Miake | Yoshinori Ikeda | Yoshikazu Koi |
| 1995 | Tetsuo Seto | Masato Ikeda | Garry O'Neill |
| 1996 | Ryū Narushima | Atsuya Fukuda | Hiroyuki Kidachi |
| 1997 | Kyokushin World Championships held the same year | | |
| 1998 | Yuji Arai | Khosro Yaghoubi | Tadashi Honma |
| 1999 | Hiroyuki Kidachi | Shin Ito | Masahiro Kaneko |
| 2000 | Hiroyuki Kidachi | Khosro Yaghoubi | Yoshinori Ikeda |
| 2001 | Yuji Shin | Tatsuya Fukuda | Tadashi Honma |
| 2002 | Shin Ito | Hisashi Noka | Toshihiro Kanamori |
| 2003 | Toshihiro Kanamori | Hisashi Noka | Joji Hibino |
| 2004 | Takamitsu Sakurai | Makoto Ikemoto | Adlan Abzotov |
| 2005 | Tomohiko Matsuoka | Zenjyuro Mori | Atsutomo Mori |
| 2006 | Zenjyuro Mori | Tomohiko Matsuoka | Dmitri Startsev |
| 2007 | Yuzo Suzuki | Yuto Watanabe | Zenjyuro Mori |
| 2008 | Yuzo Suzuki | Tomohiko Matsuoka | Takaichi Onuma |
| 2009 | Yuta Mita | Yuichi Sugimura | Masaru Shitanda |
| 2010 | Yuta Takahashi | Yuki Fukui | Tomohiko Matsuoka |
| 2011 | Takuya Takeoka | Takaichi Onuma | Yuki Inaoka |
| 2012 | Zenjyuro Mori | Yuta Sawamura | Yuta Takahashi |
| 2013 | Masanaga Nakamura | Takuya Takeoka | Yuta Takahashi |
| 2014 | Igor Titkov | Takehiro Kaga | Andrei Luzin |
| 2015 | Yuta Sawamura | Yukou Harada | Kasin Osawa |
| 2016 | Takuma Yamada | Kashin Osawa | Chiharu Higuchi |
| 2017 | Takuya Takeoka | Chiharu Higuchi | Takuya Yagihashi |
| 2018 | Chiharu Higuchi | Yuki Yoza | Yuki Usuda |
| 2019 | Takehiro Kaga | Yuki Shimizu | Kazutaka Watari |

### Lightweight (-65 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1984 | Masahiro Oga | Tatsumi Nakae | Haruo Nakijima |
| 1985 | Kenji Midori | Hiroyuki Miake | Yoshikuni Toyoda |
| 1986 | Takahiro Kajiwara | Masahiro Sakurazawa | Toshhiko Imanishi |
| 1987 | Kenji Midori | Hiroyuki Miake | Hisayoshi Tsuda |
| 1988 | Takahiro Kajiwara | Taichi Nishimura | Toshhiko Imanishi |
| 1989 | Seiji Yamame | Toshhiko Imanishi | Hisayoshi Tsuda |
| 1990 | Kenji Midori | Kensaku Yamamoto | Ken Kato |
| 1991 | Kensaku Yamamoto | Masanori Nagatomo | Naoki Kuniyoshi |
| 1992 | Kensaku Yamamoto | Kohtara Arinaga | Kou Tanigawa |
| 1993 | Kensaku Yamamoto | Seiji Yamane | Katae Minoru |
| 1994 | Kou Tanigawa | Ryū Narushima | Kohtara Arinaga |
| 1995 | Ryū Narushima | Takeshi Fukuda | Nobuyuki Kamio |
| 1996 | Masafumi Tagahara | Nobuyuki Kamio | Hiromitsu Takano |
| 1997 | World Kyokushin Championships the same year | | |
| 1998 | Hiroyuki Kidachi | Koji Yasuda | Masafumi Tagahara |
| 1999 | Ryū Narushima | Koji Yasuda | Masafumi Tagahara |
| 2000 | Masafumi Tagahara | Makoto Ozaki | Hisashi Noki |
| 2001 | Yuuki Fukui | Shiro Yaginuma | Koji Yasuda |
| 2002 | Osamu Shiojima | Ryo Ozaki | Tomohiko Matsuoka |
| 2003 | Osamu Shiojima | Atsushi Ono | Takahiro Fukuda |
| 2004 | Yuuki Fukui | Tomohiko Matsuoka | Makoto Ozaki |
| 2005 | Makoto Ozaki | Atsushi Ono | Shintarou Koyama |
| 2006 | Yuzo Suzuki | Makoto Ozaki | Kunitomo Kondou |
| 2007 | Yuuki Fukui | Yuya Fujita | Makoto Ozaki |
| 2008 | Roman Semtšenko | Nikolai Krush | Yuta Mita |
| 2009 | Yuzo Suzuki | Tomohiko Matsuoka | Takaichi Onuma |
| 2010 | Yuya Fujita | Yuta Sawamura | Masato Osugi |
| 2011 | Yuta Sawamura | Kazumasa Aizawa | Yuko Harada |
| 2012 | Takaichi Onuma | Naoya Kimura | Aleksandr Mihailov |
| 2013 | Yukou Harada | Yoshimasa Tokushige | Hiroisa Nishino |
| 2014 | Genki Kamei | Yuki Shimizu | Yuya Konishi |
| 2015 | Yuki Shimizu | Takaichi Onuma | Yuki Yoza |
| 2016 | Yuki Yoza | Yuki Fukui | Yuki Shimizu |
| 2017 | Kazutaka Watari | BeyNoah | Alexander Aristov |
| 2018 | BeyNoah | Alim Junusov | Jevgeni Gluhov |
| 2019 | Alexander Aristov | Alim Junusov | Kento Kobayashi |

## U.S. Weight Category Karate Championships (USWC)

The Kyokushin U.S. Weight Category Karate Championships (USWC) is the annual Kyokushin Karate U.S. Championship. It has been held in Los Angeles since 2005 and is held in four different weight classes. Previously, the All American Open was held in 1996, where the championship is played in the open weight class. In the first year, there were three weight classes.

### Super Heavyweight (+90 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2006 | Marek Kosowski | Michael Martinez | Slawomir Was |
| 2007 | Slawomir Was | Luis Giralt | Daymon Miller |
| 2008 | Slawek Was | Petar Martinov | Hristo Hristov |
| 2009 | Marcin Sieradzki | Petar Martinov | Yordan Yanev |
| 2010 | Marcin Sieradzki | Mark Berg | Joe Nguyen |
| 2011 | Arkadiusz Szir | Daniel Milicevic | Kris Erickson |
| 2012 | Daniel Milicevic | Mark Berg | Seiichiro Fujimoto |
| 2013 | Daniel Milicevic | Matth Payne | Mark Berg |
| 2014 | Daniel Milicevic | Patryk Sypien | Mark Berg |
| 2015 | Mark Berg | Damian Kolano | Lucas McKinnon |
| 2016 | Taiga Yanagisawa | Ryan Powell | Seiichiro Fujimoto |
| 2017 | Goderzi Kapanadze | Daniel Milicevic | Taiga Yanagisawa |
| 2018 | Miguel Rodriguez | Taiga Yanagisawa | Stanimir Kondov |
| 2019 | Taiga Yanagisawa | Stanimir Kondov | |
| 2020 | Stanimir Kondov | Woo Cheol Roh | |

### Heavyweight (-90 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2005 | Luis Giralt | Slawomir Was | Stephane Parent |
| 2006 | Johnny LeBlanc | Katsuhiko Nakakuki | Steven Cujic |
| 2007 | Zahari Damjanov | Shohei Yamamoto | Carlos Castro |
| 2008 | Masaru Sato | Zensaku Munn | Victor Potvin |
| 2009 | Shohei Yamamoto | Jordan Forget | Kiril Boev |
| 2010 | Shohei Yamamoto | Maxime Demeautis | Jordan Forget |
| 2011 | Nicolae Stoian | Krzysztof Galka | Pasha Mykhaylov |
| 2012 | Darmen Sadvokasov | Nicolae Stoian | Marek Mroz |
| 2013 | Mohamed Chikh | Evgenii Savin | Nicolae Stoian |
| 2014 | Tornike Kurtsikidze | Anthony Tockar | Damian Kolano |
| 2015 | Mohamed Chikh | Pasha Mykhaylov | Marek Mroz |
| 2016 | David Navojan | Jahnmaine Christie | Stanimir Kondov |
| 2017 | Sota Nakano | Achemi Chikh | Brett Burris |
| 2018 | Chihiro Nakajima | Sota Nakano | Robin Hussey |
| 2019 | Igor Lyashenko | Sota Nakano | Yuji Ishikawa |
| 2020 | Yuji Ishikawa | Johnerick Sanchez | Mohammad Saleh |

### Middleweight (-80 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2005 | Katsuhiko Nakakuki | Seiji Hori | Michihiro Nagase |
| 2006 | Masahiro Ito | Seiji Hori | Michihiro Nagase |
| 2007 | Damian Kolano | Tomasz Pelczar | Arnold Koh |
| 2008 | Stilian Petrov | Mladen Banushev | Eddie Potter |
| 2009 | Nicolae Stoian | Stiliyan Petrov | Daniel Bukowy |
| 2010 | Sota Nakano | Michihiro Nagase | Daniel Bukowy |
| 2011 | Mirel Iacob | Michi Nagase | Mauricio Alvarado |
| 2012 | Sota Nakano | Mirel Iacob | Kiril Boev |
| 2013 | Shohei Yamamoto | Mirel Iacob | Skander Youssfi |
| 2014 | Reece Henderson | David Tockar | Luigi Scarcella |
| 2015 | Kashin Osawa | Sota Nakano | Simon Deguire |
| 2016 | Sota Nakano | Enrique Mayers | |
| 2017 | Luigi Scarcella | Hoang Nguyen | Jiang Zhu |
| 2018 | Luigi Scarcella | Hoang Nguyen | Tanner Nordin |
| 2019 | Luigi Scarcella | Shosei Sugiura | Monet Garrett |
| 2020 | Anton Torres | Blagovest Petkov | Maksim Osadchenko |

### Lightweight (-70 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2005 | Tomofusa Yamakawa | Tomasz Pelczar | Masa Nakao |
| 2006 | Masa Nakao | Baldalip Thind | I-Shing Wu |
| 2007 | Julio Del Valle | Michiaki Motegi | Piotr Jasica |
| 2008 | Alexandar Petrov | Piotr Jasica | Nikola Kirov |
| 2009 | Julien Marquette | Nikola Kirov | Masashi Odate |
| 2010 | Victor Teixeira | Kotaro Zushi | Adel Al-Tamimi |
| 2011 | Taison Naito | Piotr Jasica | Paeden Sakauov |
| 2012 | Cyril Zubarev | Sithembiso Majozi | Piotr Jasica |
| 2013 | Alim Junusov | Alexander Mikhailov | Kirill Zubarev |
| 2014 | Ašot Zarinjan | Tomasz Pelczar | Enrique Mayers |
| 2015 | Showta Moriyama | Kohtaro Zushi | Cruz Plata |
| 2016 | Alim Junusov | Showta Moriyama | Grzegorz Kedzierski |
| 2017 | Alexander Mikhailov | Kirill Zubarev | Ilias Astamirov |
| 2018 | Shosei Sugiura | Chrsat Allogho | |
| 2019 | Chrsat Allogho | Salamat Demeuov | Sergei Galkin |
| 2020 | Christian Buffaloe | Omar Mohammed Alduaij | Kotaro Zushi |

## European Weight Category Karate Championships

The Kyokushin European Weight Category Karate Championships is the annual Kyokushin Karate European Championship. It has been organized since 1978 and is held in four different weight classes. The first European Championships in 1978 were known as the European Championships in London. After Oyama's death in 1994, the Kyokushi organization disbanded into several other organizations. The original IKO1 organization continued the European Championships under a new name in 1996. Between 1978 and 1996, there were mainly three weight classes, the light series (less than 70 kg), the middle series (less than 80 kg) and the heavy series (more than 80 kg). Exceptionally, the first European Championships had only two weight classes.

### Super Heavyweight (+90 kg)

* The weight limit for the super heavyweight series in 1982 was over 85 kg
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1982 | England | Julian Baker | H. Hernandez | Michael Thompson Gabriel Marxer |
| 1997 | Poland | Oleksandr Lapko | Rafal Czerniakowski | Alexander Bielecki Ion Gorgoiu |
| 1998 | Spain | Pavel Mandok | Eusebio Barbero | Siegfied Elson |
| 1999 | Ukraine | Oleksandr Lapko | Mihai Gorgoiu | Alexei Drobyazko Tibor Naby |
| 2000 | Portugal | Tomasz Najduch | Florian Ogunade | Alexei Drobyazko Fabrice Fourmont |
| 2001 | Hungary | Tomasz Najduch | Alexei Drobyazko | Marek Kosowski Adam Solyom |
| 2002 | Bulgaria | Tomasz Najduch | Marek Kosowski | Rudolf Conquet Lucian Sopiridon |
| 2003 | Ukraine | Sveto Dekovic | Marek Kosowski | Karol Ciesluk Arthur Hovhannisyan |
| 2004 | Germany | Sokat Sulejmanov | Valentin Krastev | Eduard Wallmen Alexandre Rodrigues |
| 2005 | Bulgaria | Arthur Hovhannisyan | Jan Soukup | Artem Pukas Rudolf Conquet |
| 2006 | Spain | Petar Martinov | Sergej Nikishaev | Piotr Banasik Alexej Kiushkin |
| 2007 | Greece | Jan Soukup | Petar Martinov | Djema Belkhodja Karol Ciesluk |
| 2008 | Spain | Krzysztof Habraszka | Petar Martinov | Djema Belkhodja Vldyslav Plyasonytsya |
| 2009 | Ukraine | Zahari Damjanov | Dmitry Lunev | Djema Belkhodja Petar Martinov |
| 2010 | Romania | Zahari Damjanov | Sergej Uwitskij | Charley Quinol Daniel Milicevic |
| 2011 | Italy | Alejandro Navarro | Djema Belkhodja | Semen Haran Maxime Demeautis |
| 2012 | Hungary | Djema Belkhodja | Marchin Prachino | Nikolai Davydov Ibragim Gogaev |
| 2013 | Ukraine | Zahari Damjanov | Alejandro Navarro | Patryk Sypień |
| 2014 | Bulgaria | Zahari Damjanov | Djema Belkhodja | Alejandro Navarro |
| 2015 | Germany | Alejandro Navarro | Zahari Damjanov | Djema Belkhodja |
| 2016 | Bulgaria | David Sarkoshyan | Tornike Kurtsikidze | Farukh Turgunboev |
| 2017 | France | Konstantin Kovalenko | Damian Galinski | Alejandro Navarro |
| 2018 | Bulgaria | Konstantin Kovalenko | Goderzi Kapanadze | Alejandro Navarro |
| 2019 | Poland | Oleksandr Ieromienko | Constantin Dogari | Maxim Kuzyaev |
| 2020 | | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Poland | Igor Zagainov | Danil Goriushkin | Patryk Sypień |

### Heavyweight (-90 kg)

* Years 1978–1995 heavyweight weight limit was +80 kg.
* The weight limit for the heavy series in 1982 was 76–85 kg
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1978 | England | Howard Collins | Jeff Whybrow | François Kappeler Ceno Marxer |
| 1982 | England | Ceno Marxer | J. Hernandez | Heinz Forster A. Lewandowsky |
| 1985 | Spain | Andy Hug | Klaus Rex | Lars Jensen G. Falkenhann |
| 1987 | Poland | Michel Wedel | Michael Thompson | Andy Hug Gabor Peko |
| 1989 | Hungary | Andy Hug | Michael Thompson | Juhani Vepsäläinen Thomas Retsack |
| 1991 | Spain | Michael Thompson | Andy Hug | Colm Daly Juhani Vepsäläinen |
| 1993 | Bulgaria | Juhani Vepsäläinen | Igor Timofiev | Rafal Szlazak Benno Rasmussen |
| 1995 | Romania | Nicholas Pettas | Assen Assenov | Oleksandr Lapko Mikael Wallberg |
| 1996 | Greece | Tomasz Najduch | Egil Arne Okland | Georgi Georgiev |
| 1997 | Poland | Marek Kosowski | Cayetano Mateo | Egil Arne Okland Lucian Spiridon |
| 1998 | Spain | Mateusz Wojcik | Marek Kosowski | Zeljo Micakovic |
| 1999 | Ukraine | Paul Kasprowski | Cayetano Mateo | Lechi Kurbanov Rafal Szlazak |
| 2000 | Portugal | Hitoshi Kiyama | Pavel Mandok | Marek Kubek Andrej Onopchenko |
| 2001 | Hungary | Lechi Kurbanov | Sergej Melyuk | Tomasz Glowacki Semen Haran |
| 2002 | Bulgaria | Akos Aladics | Mark Kubek | Pablo Estensoro Semen Haran |
| 2003 | Ukraine | Krzysztof Habraszka | Pablo Estensoro | Lorant Paksi Jan Soukup |
| 2004 | Germany | Krzysztof Habraszka | Igor Titkov | Pablo Estensoro Piotr Banasik |
| 2005 | Bulgaria | Goderzi Kapanadze | Krzysztof Habraszka | Alejandro Navarro |
| 2006 | Spain | Lucian Gogonel | Pablo Estensoro | Alejandro Navarro Oleksiy Pryhodko |
| 2007 | Greece | Lucian Gogonel | Krzysztof Habraszka | Alejandro Navarro Olexiy Pryhhdko |
| 2008 | Spain | Alejandro Navarro | Lucian Gogonel | Pablo Estensoro Marcin Sieradzki |
| 2009 | Ukraine | Alejandro Navarro | Lucian Gogonel | Oleksiy Prikhodko Pablo Estensoro |
| 2010 | Romania | Tariel Nikoleishvili | Mirel Iacob | Oleksandr Ieromienko Nurmagamed Mamedov |
| 2011 | Italy | Oleksandr Ieromienko | Daniel Bukowy | Pablo Estensoro Marcin Prachnio |
| 2012 | Hungary | Oleksandr Ieromienko | Ilja Karpenko | Daniel Bukowy Marian Negrescu |
| 2013 | Ukraine | Oleksandr Ieromienko | Andrei Chirkov | Alexei Medvedev |
| 2014 | Bulgaria | Oleksandr Ieromienko | Darmen Sadvokasov | Andrei Chirkov |
| 2015 | Germany | Oleksandr Ieromienko | Patryk Sypień | Nicolae Stoian |
| 2016 | Bulgaria | Eldar Ismailov | Ivan Mezentsev | David Navoian |
| 2017 | France | Antonio Tusseau | Patryk Sypień | Kirill Kotšnev |
| 2018 | Bulgaria | Andrei Luzin | Ivan Aksenenko | Kiril Boev |
| 2019 | Poland | Andrei Luzin | Alejandro Navarro | Antonio Tusseau |
| 2020 | | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Poland | Alejandro Navarro | Aleksei Fedoseev | Nikita Butko |

### Middleweight (-80 kg)

* The weight limit for the middle series in 1982 was 68–76 kg
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1982 | England | Fleming Jensen | Nick Da Costa | Jean-Pierre Louisset Istvan Bodi |
| 1985 | Spain | Nick Da Costa | Stanislaw Gwidz | Jose Luna Heinz Muntwyler |
| 1987 | Poland | Peter Smit | Nick Da Costa | Stanislaw Gwidz Istvan Bodi |
| 1989 | Hungary | Nick Da Costa | Miroslav Zuziak | Hans Mars Jose Luna |
| 1991 | Spain | Georgi Georgiev | George Karmazin | Remmert De Vit Jose Luna |
| 1993 | Bulgaria | Hans Mars | Robert van Boxtel | Göran Mohlin |
| 1995 | Romania | Paulius Klapatauskas | Eugeniusz Dadziburg | Robert van Boxtel Dmitar Trampov |
| 1996 | Greece | Eugeniusz Dadziburg | Fernando Perez | Pavel Mandok |
| 1997 | Poland | Vladimir Zadarozhniy | Florescu Tiberiu | Johannes Berget Iulian Nichalache |
| 1998 | Spain | Emil Kostov | Florescu Tiberiu | Sylwester Sypień |
| 1999 | Ukraine | Vadim Jakovenko | Emil Kostov | Ionel Stancu Mustafa Oksuz |
| 2000 | Portugal | Emil Kostov | Semen Haran | Sylwester Sypień Nicolae Stoian |
| 2001 | Hungary | Sylwester Sypień | Aleksandr Goulevich | Ivan Sidoti Valerij Vasjin |
| 2002 | Bulgaria | Emil Kostov | Plamen Jeliazkov | Erik Grindheim Javier Lezcano |
| 2003 | Ukraine | Sylwester Sypień | Nicolae Stoian | Lucian Gogonel Javier Lezcano |
| 2004 | Germany | Lucian Gogonel | Volodymyr Mashov | Otto Megrelishvili Javier Lezcano |
| 2005 | Bulgaria | Lucian Gogonel | Javier Lezcano | Mikhail Tretyakov Nicolae Stoian |
| 2006 | Spain | Evgenyi Shevnin | Volodymyr Mashkov | Nicolae Stoian Otto Megrelishvili |
| 2007 | Greece | Hussein Elikhanov | Javier Lezcano | Nicolae Stoian Rustam Unezhev |
| 2008 | Spain | Nicolae Stoian | Nikita Tomchuk | Stilian Petrov Michal Krzak |
| 2009 | Ukraine | Nicolae Stoian | Aleksandar Komanov | Vusau Ismailov Michal Krzak |
| 2010 | Romania | Giga Shamatava | Vusal Ismailov | Pawel Biszczak Michal Krzak |
| 2011 | Italy | Sultanamet Yunusov | Mirel Jacob | Vusal Ismailov Lucian Gogonel |
| 2012 | Hungary | Mirel Iacob | Lucian Gogonel | Dzhamshed Ulfatov Skander Youssfi |
| 2013 | Ukraine | Gerrard Will | Vladislav Jekimov | Vusal Ismailov |
| 2014 | Bulgaria | Antonio Tusseau | Andrej Zubarev | Igor Titkov |
| 2015 | Germany | Eldar Ismailov | Lucian Gogonel | Mykyrta Peshenko |
| 2016 | Bulgaria | Ašot Zarinjan | Andrej Zuborev | Igor Titkov |
| 2017 | France | Alexei Galiev | Lascha Gabarev | Yerbolat Kanapin |
| 2018 | Bulgaria | Ašot Zarinjan | Lascha Gabaraev | Dilyan Ivanov |
| 2019 | Poland | Ašot Zarinjan | Lascha Gabaraev | Mahmut Tarik Keskin |
| 2020 | | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Poland | Lascha Gabaraev | Grzegorz Kędzierski | Artsem Urbanovitš |

### Lightweight (-70 kg)

* The weight limit for the lightweight series in 1982 was 68 kg
| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1978 | England | Lucien Carbin | Lloyd Payne | Lee Costa Kent Carlson |
| 1982 | England | Lloyd Payne | Hans Biéth | Alan Payne J. Gonzales |
| 1985 | Spain | Marek Drodzowski | Frank Peterson | Csaba Toth Erdint Arslantas |
| 1987 | Poland | Wlodzmierz Roj | Josef Borza | Harald Skog Eric Wentink |
| 1989 | Hungary | Janusz Morys | Luigi D'Amico | Sandor Brezovai Bessam Ibrahim |
| 1991 | Spain | José María Gómez | Janusz Morys | Marino Deflorin Santiago Alacorn |
| 1993 | Bulgaria | Antal Bencze | Martijn Mellaert | Eric Constancia Christophe Van Schependom |
| 1995 | Romania | Antal Bencze | Piotr Sawicki | Michel St. Martory Mark Goodwin |
| 1996 | Greece | Piotr Sawicki | Leszek Zgrzebniak | Plamen Jeliazkov |
| 1997 | Poland | Piotr Sawicki | Leszek Zgrzebniak | Lucian Gogonel Ionel Stancu |
| 1998 | Spain | Piotr Sawicki | Michael Biskos | Ahmed Alinak |
| 1999 | Ukraine | Lucian Gogonel | Stefan Mocanu | Dimo Tenev Alon Shualy |
| 2000 | Portugal | Piotr Sawicki | Christian Luissint | Ronny Holf Leszek Zgrzebniak |
| 2001 | Hungary | Dmitry Startsev | Waldemar Wiszynski | Artur Szychowski Shamil Lakaev |
| 2002 | Bulgaria | Lucian Gogonel | Semen Jakovenko | Raymond Mikkelsen Georgi Vasilev |
| 2003 | Ukraine | Semen Jakovenko | Juri Lavrinenko | Karen Giadukin Georgi Vasilev |
| 2004 | Germany | Piotr Moczydlowski | Vusal Ismailov | Artyr Babaev Radovan Bosko |
| 2005 | Bulgaria | Dmitry Kuteka | Piotr Moczydlowski | Stilijan Petrov Piotr Sawicki |
| 2006 | Spain | Piotr Moczydlowski | Alexander Shikhalejev | Victor Teixeira Alexej Linchenko |
| 2007 | Greece | Shamil Lakaev | Piotr Moczydlowski | Ionut Mihalache Stilijan Petrov |
| 2008 | Spain | Piotr Moczydlowski | Victor Teixeira | Alexander Mikhailov Ionut Mihalache |
| 2009 | Ukraine | Jevgeni Jakovenko | Victor Teixeira | Piotr Moczydlowski Antonio Griegorescu |
| 2010 | Romania | Stanislav Romanchev | Victor Teixeira | Antonio Griegorescu Oleksyi Burlutskiy |
| 2011 | Italy | Piotr Moczydlowski | Antonio Grigorescu | Marius Stochitoiu Stheimbisio Majozi |
| 2012 | Hungary | Eldar Ismailov | Oleksandr Kostenko | Konrad Will Alberto Anzalone |
| 2013 | Ukraine | Guillaume Gründler | Cyril Zuborev | Alexander Grushenko |
| 2014 | Bulgaria | Alexander Mikhailov | Ašot Zarinjan | Eldar Ismailov |
| 2015 | Germany | Guillaume Gründler | Anton Khyzhynskyi | Alexander Grushenko |
| 2016 | Bulgaria | Kirill Psarev | Alim Junusov | Ilias Astamirov |
| 2017 | France | Alim Junusov | Andrei Kotov | Guillaume Gründler |
| 2018 | Bulgaria | Kirill Psarev | Alim Junusov | Albert Reyes |
| 2019 | Poland | Jevgeni Gluhov | Alim Junusov | Guillaume Gründler |
| 2020 | | Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Poland | Georgii Krutykh | Askar Artemev | Wiktor Kolaja |

### Featherweight (-60 kg)

| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2021 | Poland | Kirill Psarev | Daniil Hrabovik | İsmet Durmuş |

## IKO1 (Matsui branch)

From 1997, the World cup in weight categories has been organized by IKO1 led by Shokei Matsui.
* 1st World cup in weight categories IKO1 (1997, Osaka, Japan)
* 2nd World cup in weight categories IKO1 (10 June 2001, Osaka, Japan)
* 3rd World cup in weight categories IKO1 (1 May 2005, Tokyo, Japan)
* 4th World cup in weight categories IKO1 (23 August 2009, Tokyo-Chiba, Japan)
* 5th World cup in weight categories IKO1 (28 April 2013, Tokyo, Japan)
* 6th World cup in weight categories IKO1 (16 April 2017, Tokyo, Japan)

### Super Heavyweight (+90 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 | Francisco Filho | Glaube Feitosa | Nicholas Pettas |
| 2001 | Hajime Kazumi | Atsushi Kadoi | Sergei Plehanov |
| 2005 | Ewerton Teixeira | Lechi Kurbanov | Alexandre Pichkunov |
| 2009 | Mihail Kozlov | Zahari Damjanov | Makoto Akaishi |
| 2013 | Shoki Arata | Goderzi Kapanadze | Zahari Damjanov |
| 2017 | Shōhei Kamada | Oleksandr Ieromenko | Shoki Arata |

### Heavyweight (-90 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 | Masayoshi Takaku | Norihisa Horiike | Fumihiro Sugiyama |
| 2001 | Hitoshi Kiyama | Sergei Osipov | Naoki Ichimura |
| 2005 | Kentaro Tanaka | Maxim Dedik | Fabiano Da Silva |
| 2009 | Kentaro Tanaka | Alejandro Navarro | Eduardo Tanaka |
| 2013 | Alejandro Navarro | Shōhei Kamada | Ilja Karpenko |
| 2017 | Andrei Luzin | Yuta Takahashi | Mikio Ueda |

### Middleweight (-80 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 | Hitoshi Kiyama | Shinji Adachi | Marcos Costa |
| 2001 | Emil Kostov | Hiroyuki Kidachi | Khosro Yaghoubi |
| 2005 | Andrews Nakahara | Takamitsu Sakurai | Hiroyuki Kidachi |
| 2009 | Zenjūrō Mori | Hiroyuki Kidachi | Shohei Yamamoto |
| 2013 | Zenjūrō Mori | Yuta Sawamura | Igor Titkov |
| 2017 | Kashin Osawa | Andrei Zuborev | Ašot Zarinjan |

### Lightweight (-70 kg)

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1997 | Piotr Sawicki | Leszek Zgrzebiniak | Ryū Narushima |
| 2001 | Takehara Masafumi | Yuuki Fukuii | Shiro Yaginuma |
| 2005 | Lucian Gogonel | Yuzo Suzuki | Osamu Shiojima |
| 2009 | Yuzo Suzuki | Tomohiko Matsuoka | Piotr Moczydlowski |
| 2013 | Takaichi Onuma | Piotr Moczydlowski | Eldar Ismailov |
| 2017 | Yuki Yoza | Alim Junusov | Ilias Astamirov |

## WKO (Shinkyokushinkai)

From 1997, the World cup in weight categories has been organized by WKO (World Karate Organization Shinkyokushinkai) led by Kenji Midori.
* 1st World cup in weight categories WKO (1997, Chiba, Japan)
* 2nd World cup in weight categories WKO (23 June 2001, Budapest, Hungary)
* 3rd World cup in weight categories WKO (18-19 June 2005, Osaka, Japan)
* 4th World cup in weight categories WKO (20-21 June 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia)
* 5th World cup in weight categories WKO (13-14 April 2013, Vilnius, Lithuania)
* 6th World cup in weight categories WKO (1-2 July 2017, Astana City, Kazakhstan)
Results to be added

## IKO3 (Matsushima branch)

From 2002, the World Open Tournament has also been organized by IKO3 led by Yoshikazu Matsushima.
* 1st World cup in weight categories IKO3 (June 2002, Maine, USA)
* 2nd World cup in weight categories IKO3 (4 - 5 November 2006, Sydney, Australia)
* 3rd World cup in weight categories IKO3 (19-20 June 2010, Malaga, Spain)
* 4th World cup in weight categories IKO3 (6-7 September 2014, Durban, South Africa)
* 5th World cup in weight categories IKO3 (17-18 November 2018, Shanghai China)
Results to be added

## Kyokushin Union (Rengokai)

From 2009, the World Open Tournament has also been organized by All Japan Kyokushin Union (Kyokushin Rengōkai) led by Yasuhiro Shichinohe.
* 1st World cup in weight categories Rengokai (28 June 2009, Japan)
* 2nd World cup in weight categories Rengokai (6 July 2011, Japan)
* 3rd World cup in weight categories Rengokai (?)
* 4th World cup in weight categories Rengokai (24 October 2015, Schweinfurt, Germany)
* 5th World cup in weight categories Rengokai (12-13 November 2017, Jakarta, Indonesia)
* 6th World cup in weight categories Rengokai (5 -6 October 2019, Moscow, Russia)
Results to be added

## Kyokushin-kan (Royama branch)

Results to be added

## So-Kyokushin (Ohishi branch)

Results to be added

## IFK

Results to be added

## KWF

Results to be added

## Ibutz Oyama Cup (IBUSZ Oyama Kupa)

The Ibutz Oyama Cup was a Kyokushin karate tournament held in Hungary. It was held three times between 1983 and 1986 at the National Sports Arena in Budapest. The tournament was held in three different weight classes. Kyokushin founder Masutatsu Ōyama first visited Hungary in 1983 and was also involved in overseeing the next two tournaments.

### Heavyweight (+80 kg)

| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983 | Hungary | Michel Wedel | Michael Thompson | Janos Boros Roman Keska |
| 1985 | Hungary | Andy Hug | Michel Wedel | Janos Boros Gabriel Marxer |
| 1986 | Hungary | Michel Wedel | Artur Lenda | Michael Thompson Thomas Rathsack |

### Middleweight (-80 kg)

| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983 | Hungary | Andy Hug | Margk Niedziokka | Nick Da Costa D. Nedjalka |
| 1985 | Hungary | Nick Da Costa | Glenn Sharpe | Heinz Muntwyler Istvan Bodi |
| 1986 | Hungary | Nick Da Costa | Istvan Bodi | J. Warchol Martin Holder |

### Lightweight (-70 kg)

| Year | Host | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1983 | Hungary | Josef Borza | David Pickthall | Eric Constancia Hans Biéth |
| 1985 | Hungary | Josef Borza | Erdint Arslantas | Mac Mierzejewski Csaba Toth |
| 1986 | Hungary | Josef Borza | Eric Constancia | J. Szeman Frank Pettersen |