# 2014 World Karate Championships

The 2014 World Karate Championships were the 22nd edition of the World Karate Championships, and were held in Bremen, Germany from November 5 to November 9, 2014.

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Ilja Smorguner Germany | Vu Duc Minh Dack France |
| Individual kata | Ryo Kiyuna Japan | Ilja Smorguner Germany | Antonio Díaz Venezuela |
| Team kata | Spain José Carbonell Damián Quintero Francisco Salazar | Egypt Ibrahim Magdy Ahmed Ashraf Mohamed Hamdy | France Vu Duc Minh Dack William Geoffray Rémi Martorana |
| Team kata | Spain José Carbonell Damián Quintero Francisco Salazar | Egypt Ibrahim Magdy Ahmed Ashraf Mohamed Hamdy | Malaysia Thomson Hoe Emmanuel Leong Leong Tze Wai |
| Kumite −60 kg | Douglas Brose Brazil | Geoffrey Berens Netherlands | Evgeny Plakhutin Russia |
| Kumite −60 kg | Douglas Brose Brazil | Geoffrey Berens Netherlands | Amir Mehdizadeh Iran |
| Kumite −67 kg | William Rollé France | Magdy Mamdouh Egypt | Vinícius Figueira Brazil |
| Kumite −67 kg | William Rollé France | Magdy Mamdouh Egypt | Kujtim Bajrami Switzerland |
| Kumite −75 kg | Ryuichi Tani Japan | Luigi Busà Italy | Stanislav Horuna Ukraine |
| Kumite −75 kg | Ryuichi Tani Japan | Luigi Busà Italy | Noah Bitsch Germany |
| Kumite −84 kg | Gogita Arkania Georgia | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Gökhan Gündüz Turkey |
| Kumite −84 kg | Gogita Arkania Georgia | Ryutaro Araga Japan | Mohamed El-Kotby Egypt |
| Kumite +84 kg | Enes Erkan Turkey | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran | Admir Zukan Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Kumite +84 kg | Enes Erkan Turkey | Sajjad Ganjzadeh Iran | Jagoba Vizuete Spain |
| Team kumite | Iran Saeid Ahmadi Bahman Askari Sajjad Ganjzadeh Ebrahim Hassanbeigi Saman Heidari Zabihollah Pourshab Iman Sanchouli | Germany Andreas Bachmann Noah Bitsch Mehmet Bolat Oliver Henning Jonathan Horne Heinrich Leistenschneider Nika Tsurtsumia | Turkey Uğur Aktaş Erman Eltemur Enes Erkan Gökhan Gündüz Rıdvan Kaptan Yaser Şahintekin Serkan Yağcı |
| Team kumite | Iran Saeid Ahmadi Bahman Askari Sajjad Ganjzadeh Ebrahim Hassanbeigi Saman Heidari Zabihollah Pourshab Iman Sanchouli | Germany Andreas Bachmann Noah Bitsch Mehmet Bolat Oliver Henning Jonathan Horne Heinrich Leistenschneider Nika Tsurtsumia | Japan Ryutaro Araga Rikiya Iimura Masaya Ishizuka Hideyoshi Kagawa Hiroto Shinohara Ryuichi Tani Daisuke Watanabe |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Individual kata | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Sandy Scordo France | Yaiza Martín Spain |
| Individual kata | Kiyou Shimizu Japan | Sandy Scordo France | Jasmin Bleul Germany |
| Team kata | Germany Jasmin Bleul Christine Heinrich Sophie Wachter | Japan Suzuka Kashioka Yoko Kimura Miku Morioka | Italy Sara Battaglia Viviana Bottaro Michela Pezzetti |
| Team kata | Germany Jasmin Bleul Christine Heinrich Sophie Wachter | Japan Suzuka Kashioka Yoko Kimura Miku Morioka | Iran Mahsa Afsaneh Najmeh Ghazizadeh Elnaz Taghipour |
| Kumite −50 kg | Serap Özçelik Turkey | Duygu Buğur Germany | Rocío Sánchez Spain |
| Kumite −50 kg | Serap Özçelik Turkey | Duygu Buğur Germany | Alexandra Recchia France |
| Kumite −55 kg | Sara Cardin Italy | Emily Thouy France | Miki Kobayashi Japan |
| Kumite −55 kg | Sara Cardin Italy | Emily Thouy France | Jana Bitsch Germany |
| Kumite −61 kg | Giana Farouk Egypt | Syakilla Salni Malaysia | Laura Pasqua Italy |
| Kumite −61 kg | Giana Farouk Egypt | Syakilla Salni Malaysia | Mayumi Someya Japan |
| Kumite −68 kg | Alizée Agier France | Gitte Brunstad Norway | Irina Zaretska Ukraine |
| Kumite −68 kg | Alizée Agier France | Gitte Brunstad Norway | Alisa Buchinger Austria |
| Kumite +68 kg | Shymaa Abou-El-Yazed Egypt | Hamideh Abbasali Iran | Ayumi Uekusa Japan |
| Kumite +68 kg | Shymaa Abou-El-Yazed Egypt | Hamideh Abbasali Iran | Laura Palacio Spain |
| Team kumite | Egypt Shymaa Abou-El-Yazed Yassmin Hamdy Giana Farouk Fatma Al-Zahraa | France Nadège Aït-Ibrahim Leïla Heurtault Lucie Ignace Alexandra Recchia | Japan Natsumi Kawamura Miki Kobayashi Mayumi Someya Ayumi Uekusa |
| Team kumite | Egypt Shymaa Abou-El-Yazed Yassmin Hamdy Giana Farouk Fatma Al-Zahraa | France Nadège Aït-Ibrahim Leïla Heurtault Lucie Ignace Alexandra Recchia | Turkey Buse Avcu Merve Çoban Meltem Hocaoğlu Serap Özçelik |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | France | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Iran | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Malaysia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (19 entries) | Totals (19 entries) | 16 | 16 | 32 | 64 |

## Participating nations

887 athletes from 116 nations competed.
* Albania (4)
* Algeria (10)
* Argentina (5)
* Armenia (2)
* Australia (7)
* Austria (10)
* Azerbaijan (12)
* Bahrain (2)
* Belarus (12)
* Belgium (11)
* Belize (1)
* Bolivia (1)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (12)
* Botswana (6)
* Brazil (15)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Canada (14)
* Chad (4)
* Chile (13)
* China (11)
* Chinese Taipei (4)
* Colombia (11)
* Congo (6)
* Croatia (16)
* Curaçao (4)
* Cyprus (2)
* Czech Republic (10)
* Denmark (12)
* Dominican Republic (12)
* Ecuador (6)
* Egypt (16)
* El Salvador (2)
* England (14)
* Estonia (4)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (10)
* France (16)
* Gabon (6)
* Georgia (5)
* Germany (15)
* Greece (12)
* Guatemala (6)
* Guinea (2)
* Hong Kong (13)
* Hungary (14)
* Iceland (4)
* India (14)
* Indonesia (5)
* Iran (16)
* Iraq (7)
* Ireland (10)
* Israel (7)
* Italy (13)
* Japan (16)
* Jordan (3)
* Kazakhstan (13)
* Kuwait (7)
* Latvia (7)
* Lebanon (2)
* Luxembourg (7)
* Macau (8)
* Macedonia (9)
* Madagascar (2)
* Malaysia (9)
* Mali (2)
* Mexico (9)
* Moldova (2)
* Montenegro (8)
* Morocco (8)
* Myanmar (1)
* Netherlands (7)
* Nepal (8)
* New Zealand (9)
* Nicaragua (2)
* Northern Ireland (1)
* Norway (4)
* Pakistan (1)
* Palestine (1)
* Paraguay (3)
* Peru (11)
* Philippines (4)
* Poland (13)
* Portugal (6)
* Qatar (4)
* Romania (14)
* Russia (15)
* Rwanda (3)
* San Marino (2)
* Saudi Arabia (7)
* Scotland (5)
* Senegal (1)
* Serbia (14)
* Singapore (1)
* Slovakia (11)
* Slovenia (11)
* South Africa (13)
* South Korea (10)
* Spain (16)
* Suriname (1)
* Sweden (4)
* Switzerland (9)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Thailand (1)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (12)
* Turkey (16)
* Ukraine (12)
* United Arab Emirates (7)
* United States (16)
* Uruguay (1)
* Uzbekistan (11)
* Venezuela (15)
* Vietnam (2)
* Wales (11)
* Yemen (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)