Asian Judo Championships

Current event or competition: 2026 Asian Judo Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Judo
Type	Annual
Organiser	Judo Union of Asia (JUA)
History
Most wins	Japan - 349 medals (166 gold medals)[citation needed]
Most recent	2025 Bangkok
Next edition	2026 Ordos City

Asian Judo Championships is theJudo Asian Championship organized by theJudo Union of Asia.

The men's tournament began in 1966 and was held approximately every four years, until 1991, when it became an annual event (except in the years when theAsian Games have been held.) The women's tournament was first staged in 1981, and it has been held with the men's tournament every year, except in 1984/5.

Tournaments^[1][2]

Year	Date	competition		City and host country	Venue	# Countries	# Athletes	Ref.
		♂	♀
1966	28–29 May	●	-	Manila,Philippines	Rizal Memorial Coliseum	8	29
1970	29–31 May	●	-	Kaohsiung,Taiwan	Kaohsiung Gymnasium
1974	30 October–4 November	●	-	Seoul,Korea	Jangchung Arena
1981	15–18 July	●	●	Jakarta,Indonesia	Senayan Basketball Hall		10
1984	1–4 April	●	-	Kuwait City,Kuwait		14
1985	23–24 March	-	●	Tokyo, Japan	Kodokan
1988	19–22 July	●	●	Damascus,Syria
1991	9–10 November	●	●	Osaka,Japan	Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium	17	157
1993	13–14 November	●	●	Macau	Macau Forum	19	182
1995	20–22 November	●	●	New Delhi,India	Indira Gandhi Arena	21
1996	9–10 November	●	●	Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam	Phan Dinh Phung Stadium
1997	22–23 November	●	●	Manila,Philippines	Ninoy Aquino Stadium
1999	25–26 June	●	●	Wenzhou,China
2000	26–28 May	●	●	Osaka,Japan	Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium	29
2001	14–15 April	●	●	Ulan Bator,Mongolia	National Wrestling Hall	20	148
2003	31 October – 1 November	●	●	Jeju,Korea	Halla Gymnasium
2004	15–16 May	●	●	Almaty,Kazakhstan	Baluan Sholak Palace of Culture and Sports	22
2005	14–15 May	●	●	Tashkent,Uzbekistan	Yunusobod Sports Hall
2007	17–18 May	●	●	Kuwait City,Kuwait	Qadsia Sports Hall
2008	26–27 April	●	●	Jeju,Korea	Halla Gymnasium
2009	23–24 May	●	●	Taipei,Taiwan	Taipei Arena
2010	22 April	●	●	Guangzhou,China		32	242	[3]
2011	5–7 April	●	●	Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates	UAE WJJ Federation Hall	30	209	[4]
2012	27–29 April	●	●	Tashkent,Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Sport Hall	26	107	[5]
2013	19–21 April	●	●	Bangkok,Thailand	Bangkok Youth Centre	28	218	[6]
2015	13–15 May	●	●	Kuwait City,Kuwait	Al-Qadsia Indoor Stadium	30	206	[7]
2016	14–16 April	●	●	Tashkent,Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan Sport Hall	31	233	[8]
2017	26–28 May	●	●	Hong Kong,	Hong Kong Velodrome	29	244	[9]
2019[a]	20–23 April	●	●	Fujairah,United Arab Emirates	Fujairah Centre	39	271	[10]
2021[a]	4–9 April	●	●	Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan	Sport Venue Gazprom	29	182	[11]
2022	4–7 August	●	●	Nur-Sultan,Kazakhstan	Zhaksylyk Ushkempirov Martial Arts Palace	17	168	[12]
2024	20–23 April	●	●	Hong Kong,China	Star Hall, KITEC	36	273	[13][14]
2025	24–28 April	●	●	Bangkok,Thailand	MCC Hall	29	289	[15][16]
2026	16–19 April	●	●	Ordos City,China				[17]

Year	Location		Men				Women
			Gold	Silver	Bronze		Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011	Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates		South Korea	Japan	Kazakhstan Uzbekistan		Japan	Mongolia	South Korea China
2012	Tashkent,Uzbekistan		South Korea	Japan	Kazakhstan Uzbekistan		Japan	Mongolia	South Korea Chinese Taipei
2013	Bangkok,Thailand		South Korea	Japan	Mongolia Kazakhstan		Japan	Mongolia	South Korea Kazakhstan
2015	Kuwait City,Kuwait		Japan	Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan South Korea		Japan	South Korea	Chinese Taipei Mongolia
2016	Tashkent,Uzbekistan		Uzbekistan	Mongolia	Japan Kazakhstan		Japan	Mongolia	China Kazakhstan
2017	Hong Kong,Hong Kong		South Korea	Mongolia	Iran Japan		Japan	Mongolia	Chinese Taipei South Korea

Year	Location	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2019	Fujairah,United Arab Emirates	Japan		South Korea		Mongolia	China
2021	Bishkek,Kyrgyzstan	South Korea		Kazakhstan		Uzbekistan	China
2022	Nur-Sultan,Kazakhstan	Japan		Mongolia		Kazakhstan	China
2024	Hong Kong, China	Japan		Mongolia		Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan
2025	Bangkok, Thailand	Japan		Uzbekistan		South Korea	Mongolia

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	166	83	100	349
2	South Korea	87	90	122	299
3	China	54	35	96	185
4	Mongolia	22	42	90	154
5	Uzbekistan	15	18	52	85
6	Kazakhstan	14	24	77	115
7	North Korea	12	20	31	63
8	Iran	12	14	28	54
9	Chinese Taipei	2	30	73	105
10	Tajikistan	2	10	11	23
11	Hong Kong	1	2	7	10
12	United Arab Emirates	1	0	2	3
13	Indonesia	0	4	15	19
14	India	0	4	11	15
	Kyrgyzstan	0	4	11	15
16	Turkmenistan	0	3	9	12
17	Kuwait	0	0	10	10
	Philippines	0	0	10	10
19	Syria	0	0	4	4
20	Australia	0	0	3	3
21	Pakistan	0	0	2	2
	Thailand	0	0	2	2
23	Bangladesh	0	0	1	1
	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
	Malaysia	0	0	1	1
	Myanmar	0	0	1	1
	Singapore	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (28 entries)		388	383	772	1,543

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