# 2023 World Karate Championships

The 2023 World Karate Championships was held from 24 to 29 October 2023 in Budapest, Hungary.

## Iranian team's visa problems

The visas of 21 Iranian karateka were not issued for various reasons. These karatekas were present in the men's kata and the women's committee.

## Medal table

* Host nation (Hungary)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Egypt | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | France | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Jordan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | China | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | Iran | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Hong Kong | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Hungary* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | United States | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (25 entries) | Totals (25 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata details | Ali Sofuoğlu Turkey | Damián Quintero Spain | Ariel Torres United States |
| Individual kata details | Ali Sofuoğlu Turkey | Damián Quintero Spain | Kakeru Nishiyama Japan |
| Team kata details | Japan Koji Arimoto Kazumasa Moto Ryuji Moto | Turkey Emre Vefa Göktaş Enes Özdemir Ali Sofuoğlu | Spain Salvador Balbuena Sergio Galán Rubén García Raúl Martín |
| Team kata details | Japan Koji Arimoto Kazumasa Moto Ryuji Moto | Turkey Emre Vefa Göktaş Enes Özdemir Ali Sofuoğlu | Italy Gianluca Gallo Alessio Ghinami Alessandro Iodice |
| Kumite −60 kg details | Christos-Stefanos Xenos Greece | Kaisar Alpysbay Kazakhstan | Angelo Crescenzo Italy |
| Kumite −60 kg details | Christos-Stefanos Xenos Greece | Kaisar Alpysbay Kazakhstan | Eray Şamdan Turkey |
| Kumite −67 kg details | Steven Da Costa France | Nenad Dulović Montenegro | Didar Amirali Kazakhstan |
| Kumite −67 kg details | Steven Da Costa France | Nenad Dulović Montenegro | Fahad Al-Khathami Saudi Arabia |
| Kumite −75 kg details | Abdalla Abdelaziz Egypt | Gábor Hárspataki Hungary | Ernest Sharafutdinov Individual Neutral Athletes |
| Kumite −75 kg details | Abdalla Abdelaziz Egypt | Gábor Hárspataki Hungary | Andrii Zaplitnyi Ukraine |
| Kumite −84 kg details | Youssef Badawy Egypt | Mehdi Khodabakhshi Iran | Valerii Chobotar Ukraine |
| Kumite −84 kg details | Youssef Badawy Egypt | Mehdi Khodabakhshi Iran | Mohammad Al-Jafari Jordan |
| Kumite +84 kg details | Mehdi Filali France | Taha Mahmoud Egypt | Đorđe Tešanović Serbia |
| Kumite +84 kg details | Mehdi Filali France | Taha Mahmoud Egypt | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran |
| Team kumite details | Jordan Zaki Abu Qaoud Mohammad Al-Jafari Afeef Ghaith Abdallah Hammad Hasan Masarweh Yousef Nofal Ahmad Shadid | Egypt Abdalla Abdelaziz Abdalla Hesham Abdelgawad Youssef Badawy Ahmed El-Masry Ali El-Sawy Taha Tarek Mahmoud Omar Ashraf Mohamed | France Enzo Berthon Kilian Cizo Jessie Da Costa Steven Da Costa Mehdi Filali Thanh-Liêm Lê Younesse Salmi |
| Team kumite details | Jordan Zaki Abu Qaoud Mohammad Al-Jafari Afeef Ghaith Abdallah Hammad Hasan Masarweh Yousef Nofal Ahmad Shadid | Egypt Abdalla Abdelaziz Abdalla Hesham Abdelgawad Youssef Badawy Ahmed El-Masry Ali El-Sawy Taha Tarek Mahmoud Omar Ashraf Mohamed | Italy Matteo Avanzini Matteo Fiore Luca Maresca Simone Marino Michele Martina Andre Minardi Lorenzo Pietromarchi |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata details | Hikaru Ono Japan | Grace Lau Hong Kong | Paola García Spain |
| Individual kata details | Hikaru Ono Japan | Grace Lau Hong Kong | Terryana D'Onofrio Italy |
| Team kata details | Japan Saori Ishibashi Chiho Mizukami Sae Taira | Italy Terryana D'Onofrio Michela Rizzo Elena Roversi | Spain Paola García María López Gema Morales Raquel Roy |
| Team kata details | Japan Saori Ishibashi Chiho Mizukami Sae Taira | Italy Terryana D'Onofrio Michela Rizzo Elena Roversi | Egypt Asmaa Allam Noha Amr Antar Aya Hesham |
| Kumite −50 kg details | Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan | Erminia Perfetto Italy | Reem Ahmed Salama Egypt |
| Kumite −50 kg details | Moldir Zhangbyrbay Kazakhstan | Erminia Perfetto Italy | Yorgelis Salazar Venezuela |
| Kumite −55 kg details | Tuba Yakan Turkey | Ivet Goranova Bulgaria | Barbara Pérez Venezuela |
| Kumite −55 kg details | Tuba Yakan Turkey | Ivet Goranova Bulgaria | Anzhelika Terliuga Ukraine |
| Kumite −61 kg details | Gong Li China | Fatma Naz Yenen Turkey | Laura Sivert France |
| Kumite −61 kg details | Gong Li China | Fatma Naz Yenen Turkey | Noursin Aly Egypt |
| Kumite −68 kg details | Irina Zaretska Azerbaijan | Elena Quirici Switzerland | Alizée Agier France |
| Kumite −68 kg details | Irina Zaretska Azerbaijan | Elena Quirici Switzerland | Ceyco Georgia Zefanya Indonesia |
| Kumite +68 kg details | Ayaka Saito Japan | María Torres Spain | Menna Shaaban Okila Egypt |
| Kumite +68 kg details | Ayaka Saito Japan | María Torres Spain | Clio Ferracuti Italy |
| Team kumite details | Spain Carlota Fernández Adriana Gil María Nieto María Torres | Japan Tsubasa Kama Ayaka Saito Yuzuki Sawae Sarara Shimada | Kosovo Albulena Gervalla Fortesa Orana Vlera Qerimi Hatigje Zejnullahu |
| Team kumite details | Spain Carlota Fernández Adriana Gil María Nieto María Torres | Japan Tsubasa Kama Ayaka Saito Yuzuki Sawae Sarara Shimada | Croatia Sadea Bečirević Nikolina Golomboš Lucija Lesjak Lea Vukoja |