Asian Karate Championships

The **Asian Karate Championships** are the highest level of competition for sport karate in Asia. The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by the Asian Karate Federation (AKF) under the supervision of World Karate Federation (WKF), the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 180 member countries. The federation was formed in 1973 as the APUKO (Asian Pacific Union of Karatedo Organizations). It was renamed AUKO (Asian Union of Karatedo Organizations) in 1992 after the World Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) was accepted by the IOC. In 1999, in conjunction with the World Federation of Karate-Do Organizations (WUKO) renamed the World Karate Federation (WKF), the federation was renamed the AKF (Asian Karatedo Federation).

### Seniors Championships

|Year|Number|Host|Events||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="5"  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"|**APUKO and WUKO - Asian Pacific Karate-Do Championships**||||||
|style="text-align:center"|1973|align=center|1|Singapore, Singapore|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1976|align=center|2|Jakarta, Indonesia|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1978|align=center|3|Taipei, Taiwan|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1981|align=center|4|Sydney, Australia|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1983|align=center|5|Nagoya, Japan|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1985|align=center|6|Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1987|align=center|7|Jakarta, Indonesia|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1989|align=center|8|Sydney, Australia|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1991|align=center|9|Auckland, New Zealand|align=center||
|colspan="5"  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"|**AUKO / AKF and WKF - Asian Karate Championships**||||||
|style="text-align:center"|1993|align=center|1|Taipei, Taiwan|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1995|align=center|2|Manila, Philippines|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1997|align=center|3|Macau, Macau|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1999|align=center|4|Singapore, Singapore|align=center|19|
|style="text-align:center"|2001|align=center|5|Genting, Malaysia|align=center|19|
|style="text-align:center"|2003|align=center|-|Macau, Macau|align=center|19|
|style="text-align:center"|2004|align=center|6|Taoyuan City, Taiwan|align=center|19|
|style="text-align:center"|2005|align=center|7|Macau, Macau|align=center|19|
|style="text-align:center"|2007|align=center|8|Seremban, Malaysia|align=center|19|
|style="text-align:center"|2009|align=center|9|Foshan, China|align=center|17|
|style="text-align:center"|2011|align=center|10|Quanzhou, China|align=center|17|
|style="text-align:center"|2012|align=center|11|Tashkent, Uzbekistan|align=center|17|
|style="text-align:center"|2013|align=center|12|Dubai, United Arab Emirates|align=center|17|
|style="text-align:center"|2015|align=center|13|Yokohama, Japan|align=center|17|
|style="text-align:center"|2017|align=center|14|Astana, Kazakhstan|align=center|17|
|style="text-align:center"|2018|align=center|15|Amman, Jordan|align=center|17|
|style="text-align:center"|2019|align=center|16|Tashkent, Uzbekistan|align=center|17|
2003 Asian Karate Championships was **unofficial** because of 2003 SARS outbreak.

### Juniors Championships

|Year|Number|Host|Events||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="5"  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"|**APUKO and WUKO - Asian Pacific Juniors Karate-Do Championships**||||||
|style="text-align:center"|1989|align=center|1|Fukuoka, Japan|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1990|align=center|2|Jakarta, Indonesia|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1991|align=center|3|Taichung, Taiwan|align=center||
|colspan="5"  style="background:#ccc; text-align:center;"|**AUKO / AKF and WKF - Asian Juniors Karate Championships**||||||
|style="text-align:center"|1992|align=center|1|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1994|align=center|2|Hanoi, Vietnam|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1996|align=center|3|Taichung, Taiwan|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|1998|align=center|4|Macau, Macau|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|2000|align=center|5|Macau, Macau|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|2002|align=center|6|Tokyo, Japan|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|2005|align=center|7|Macau, Macau|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|2006|align=center|8|Singapore, Singapore|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|2008|align=center|9|Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|2010|align=center|10|Hong Kong, Hong Kong|align=center||
|style="text-align:center"|2011|align=center|11|Guangzhou, China|align=center|23|
|style="text-align:center"|2012|align=center|12|Tashkent, Uzbekistan|align=center|23|
|style="text-align:center"|2013|align=center|13|Dubai, United Arab Emirates|align=center|25|
|style="text-align:center"|2014|align=center|14|Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia|align=center|31|
|style="text-align:center"|2016|align=center|15|Makassar, Indonesia|align=center|36|
|style="text-align:center"|2017|align=center|16|Astana, Kazakhstan|align=center|36|
|style="text-align:center"|2018|align=center|17|Okinawa, Japan|align=center|35|
|style="text-align:center"|2019|align=center|18|Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia|align=center|36|
Ages : Cadets 14-16 / Juniors 16-18 / Hopes 18-21

## Infobox (recurring event)

- **name**: Asian Karate Championships
- **status**: active
- **genre**: sporting event
- **date**: mid-year
- **frequency**: annual
- **country**: varying