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| Abbreviation | AKF Championships |
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| Location | |
Region served | Asian Continental countries/regions |
| Membership | 40 Affiliated Countries |
Official language | English is the official language. If any question in respect to the sport or technique of karate, it will be referred to the originalJapanese text. |
| Website | http://asiankaratefederation.net |
TheAsian Karatedo Championships are the highest level of competition forsport karate inAsia. The competition is held in a different country every two years organized by theAsian Karatedo Federation (AKF) under the supervision ofWorld Karate Federation (WKF), the largest international governing body of sport karate with over 180 membercountries. It is the only karate organization recognised by theInternational Olympic Committee and has more than ten million members.[1] The AKF organizes the Junior andSenior Asian Karatedo Championships in every two years in between theOlympic andAsian Games and participates in WKFWorld Karate Championships which its memberJapan play as a powerhouse country when it comes to sport karate vying for world titles with counterpart opponents from the powerful nations such asFrance,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Spain andItaly in many world championships.
| Year | Edition | Date | City and host country |
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| 1993 | 1 | 23–24 November |  Taipei,Taiwan |
| 1995 | 2 | 18–24 September |  Manila,Philippines |
| 1997 | 3 | 3–9 November |  Macau |
| 1999 | 4 | 1–2 December |  Singapore |
| 2001 | 5 | 2–4 November |  Genting Highlands,Malaysia |
| 2004 | 6 | 6–8 February | Taoyuan,Taiwan |
| 2005 | 7 | 19–22 May |  Macau |
| 2007 | 8 | 24–26 August | Seremban,Malaysia |
| 2009 | 9 | 25–27 September |  Foshan,China |
| 2011 | 10 | 21–24 July | Quanzhou,China |
| 2012 | 11 | 14–17 July |  Tashkent,Uzbekistan |
| 2013 | 12 | 5–7 December |  Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
| 2015 | 13 | 4–6 September |  Yokohama,Japan |
| 2017 | 14 | 15–17 July |  Astana,Kazakhstan |
| 2018 | 15 | 13–15 July |  Amman,Jordan |
| 2019 | 16 | 19–21 July | Tashkent,Uzbekistan |
| 2021 | 17 | 20–22 December | Almaty,Kazakhstan |
| 2022 | 18 | 16–20 December | Tashkent,Uzbekistan |
| 2023 | 19 | 18–23 July | Malacca,Malaysia |
| 2024 | 20 | 20–22 September | Hangzhou,China |
| 2025 | 21 | 23–25 May | Tashkent,Uzbekistan |
| Year | Edition | Date | City and host country |
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| 1992 | 1 AUKO | September | Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia |
| 1994 | 2 AUKO | September |  Hanoi,Vietnam |
| 1996 | 3 AUKO | September | Taichung,Taiwan |
| 1998 | 4 AUKO | November | Macau |
| 2000 | 5 AKF | August | Macau |
| 2002 | 6 AKF | September | Tokyo,Japan |
| 2005 | 7 AKF | November | Macau |
| 2006 | 8 AKF | October | Singapore,Singapore |
| 2008 | 9 AKF | September | Sabah,Malaysia |
| 2010 | 10 AKF | August |  Hong Kong,Hong Kong China |
| 2011 | 11 AKF | July | Quanzhou,China |
| 2012 | 12 AKF | July | Tashkent,Uzbekistan |
| 2013 | 13 AKF | December | Dubai,United Arab Emirates |
| 2015 | 14 AKF | August | Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia |
| 2016 | 15 AKF | November |  Makassar,Indonesia |
| 2017 | 16 AKF | July | Astana,Kazakhstan |
| 2018 | 17 AKF | May | Okinawa,Japan |
| 2019 | 18 AKF | April | Kota Kinabalu, Sabah,Malaysia |
| 2021 | 19 AKF | 19–22 December | Almaty,Kazakhstan |
| 2022 | 20 AKF | 16–20 December | Tashkent,Uzbekistan |
| 2023 | 21 AKF | 6–8 November | Almaty,Kazakhstan |
| 2024 | 22 AKF | 23–25 August |  Manila,Philippines |
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