European Taekwondo Championships

European Taekwondo Championships

Current event or competition: 2024 European Taekwondo Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Taekwondo
Type	kyourugui, biennial
Organiser	European Taekwondo Union (ETU)
Divisions
Current weight divisions	Men (8) Women (8)
History
First edition	22 May 1976 in Barcelona, Spain
Editions	26 (2024)

The European Taekwondo Championships are the European senior championships in Taekwondo, first held in Barcelona in 1976. The event is held every two years and is organized by the European Taekwondo Union, the continental affiliate of World Taekwondo, which organises and controls Olympic style taekwondo. An additional event, the G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships were exceptionally held in 2019.

The championships should not be confused with:

• the European Games taekwondo competitions, which form part of a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition;
• the EITF European Taekwondo Championships, a championships organised by the European International Taekwondo Federation, the continental arm of the International Taekwondo Federation.^[1]
• the European Taekwondo Championships Olympic Weight Categories, also organised by the ETU but only a G-1 ranked tournament while the European Taekwondo Championships are ranked as a G-4 tournament and also the most important continental competition.

In addition to the kyorugi (full contact fighting) Championships, there are also Para European Championships^[2][3] as well as Poomsae and Para Poomsae Championships held every two years.^[4][5]

Editions

Main article: European Taekwondo Union

#	Year	Dates	Host	Champion	Events
1	1976 (details)	22 May	Barcelona, Spain	Netherlands	8
2	1978 (details)	20–22 October	Munich, West Germany	West Germany	8
3	1980 (details)	14–17 October	Esbjerg, Denmark	West Germany	17
4	1982 (details)	23–26 September	Rome, Italy	West Germany	18
5	1984 (details)	26–28 October	Stuttgart, West Germany	West Germany	18
6	1986 (details)	3–5 October	Seefeld, Austria	Netherlands	16
7	1988 (details)	26–29 May	Ankara, Turkey	Turkey	16
8	1990 (details)	18–21 October	Aarhus, Denmark	Turkey	16
9	1992 (details)	18–25 May	Valencia, Spain	Spain	16
10	1994 (details)	28–30 October	Zagreb, Croatia	Spain	16
11	1996 (details)	26–27 October	Helsinki, Finland	Spain	16
12	1998 (details)	23–25 October	Eindhoven, Netherlands	Spain	16
13	2000 (details)	4–7 May	Patras, Greece	Turkey	16
14	2002 (details)	1–5 April	Samsun, Turkey	Netherlands	16
15	2004 (details)	1–5 May	Lillehammer, Norway	Spain	16
16	2005 (details)	6–9 October	Riga, Latvia	Turkey	16
17	2006 (details)	26–28 May	Bonn, Germany	Spain	16
18	2008 (details)	10–13 April	Rome, Italy	Turkey	16
19	2010 (details)	12–15 May	St. Petersburg, Russia	Turkey	16
20	2012 (details)	3–6 May	Manchester, United Kingdom	France	16
21	2014 (details)	1–4 May	Baku, Azerbaijan	Croatia	16
22	2016 (details)	19–22 May	Montreux, Switzerland	Great Britain	16
23	2018 (details)	10–13 May	Kazan, Russia	Russia	16
24	2021 (details)	8–11 April	Sofia, Bulgaria	Russia	16
25	2022 (details)	19–22 May	Manchester, United Kingdom	Turkey	16
26	2024 (details)	10–12 May	Belgrade, Serbia	Turkey	16
27	2026 (details)	~4 June[6]	Nuremberg, Germany	tbd	16

• 2020 European Taekwondo Championships was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic ( Belgrade, Serbia).

Extra European Championships

The G4 Extra European Taekwondo Championships were held in November 2019 as a form of compensation for European athletes to provide them the chance to collect ranking points for the 2020 Olympic Games after taekwondo was dropped from the 2019 European Games program.^[7] World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) president referred to it as the continental flagship event.^[8]

Edition	Year	Date	City and host country	Overall champion	Events
1	2019 (details)	1–3 November	Bari, Italy	Great Britain[9]	10

U21

Main article: European U21 Taekwondo Championships

Source:^[10]

Team ranking

Team Points Rules:^[11][12][13]

1976-2018: Each Registered (weight-in) player 1 Point + Each win 1 Point + Gold medal 7 point + silver medal 3 point + bronze medal 1 point

2021-Ongoing: Each Registered (weight-in) player 1 Point + Each win 1 Point + Gold medal 120 point + silver medal 50 point + bronze medal 20 point

If the points are equal, the medals will choose the best team.

Year	Host		Men				Women
			1	2	3		1	2	3
1976	Spain		Spain	West Germany	Turkey		—	—	—
1978	West Germany		West Germany	Netherlands	Spain		—	—	—
1980	Denmark		Italy	Denmark	Great Britain		Italy	Germany	Netherlands
1982	Italy		Germany	Spain	Italy		Spain	Turkey	Italy
1984	West Germany		Germany	Turkey	Italy		Spain	Germany	Netherlands
1986	Austria		Turkey	Germany	Denmark		Germany	Turkey	Spain
1988	Turkey		Turkey	Spain	Germany		Turkey	Spain	Netherlands
1990	Denmark		Denmark	Turkey	Germany		Turkey	Spain	Italy
1992	Spain		Spain	Denmark	Turkey		Spain	Turkey	Germany
1994	Croatia		Spain	Denmark	Italy		Spain	Greece	Great Britain
1996	Finland		Spain	France	Turkey		Spain	Netherlands	Germany
1998	Netherlands		Turkey	Spain	France		Russia	Spain	Denmark
2000	Greece		Spain	Turkey	Germany		Russia	Spain	Turkey
2002	Turkey		Turkey	Spain	Azerbaijan		Turkey	Spain	Russia
2004	Norway		Spain	France	Azerbaijan		Spain	Turkey	France
2005	Latvia		Turkey	France	Azerbaijan		Spain	Russia	Turkey
2006	Germany		Netherlands	Azerbaijan	Russia		Spain	Turkey	Germany
2008	Italy		Turkey	Greece	Germany		Germany	Turkey	Spain
2010	Russia		Turkey	Russia	Germany		France	Spain	Great Britain
2012	Great Britain		Great Britain	Russia	Turkey		France	Turkey	Croatia
2014	Azerbaijan		Russia	Azerbaijan	Turkey		Croatia	France	Russia
2016	Switzerland		Belgium	Portugal	Russia		Great Britain	Turkey	Serbia
2018	Russia		Russia	Croatia	Spain		Turkey	Great Britain	Russia
2021	Bulgaria		Russia	Spain	Belarus		Great Britain	Croatia	Russia
2022	Great Britain		Turkey	Spain	France		Turkey	France	Spain

Medals (1976-2022)

Source:^[14][15]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	63	56	82	201
2	Turkey	62	64	59	185
3	Germany	48	34	77	159
4	Russia	29	22	43	94
5	France	26	28	60	114
6	Netherlands	26	28	48	102
7	Great Britain	24	14	37	75
8	Italy	22	22	63	107
9	Croatia	21	14	37	72
10	Denmark	18	19	32	69
11	Greece	9	12	26	47
12	Azerbaijan	8	13	18	39
13	Belgium	5	2	16	23
14	Sweden	4	10	28	42
15	Belarus	4	1	14	19
16	Serbia	3	8	13	24
17	Austria	3	7	17	27
18	Portugal	3	0	6	9
19	Ukraine	2	6	8	16
20	Poland	2	5	16	23
21	Hungary	2	2	4	8
22	Israel	1	3	7	11
23	Switzerland	1	3	3	7
24	Moldova	1	1	4	6
25	Armenia	1	1	1	3
26	Isle of Man	1	0	0	1
27	Slovenia	0	3	5	8
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	3	0	3
29	Finland	0	2	21	23
30	Norway	0	2	9	11
31	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
	Ireland	0	1	1	2
	Latvia	0	1	1	2
	Romania	0	1	1	2
35	Cyprus	0	0	4	4
36	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
37	North Macedonia	0	0	1	1
	Refugee Team	0	0	1	1
Totals (38 entries)		389	389	766	1,544

Multiple gold medalists

The table shows those who have won at least three gold medals.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Country				Total
Geremia Di Costanzo	Italy	5	0	1	6
Servet Tazegül	Turkey	5	0	0	5
Seyfula Magomedov	Russia	4	1	2	7
Pascal Gentil	France	3	3	0	6
Aaron Cook	Great Britain  Isle of Man  Moldova	3	1	1	5
Gabriel Esparza	Spain	3	1	0	4
Levent Tuncat	Germany	3	1	0	4
Joseph Salim	Denmark	3	0	3	6
Gergely Salim	Denmark	3	0	0	3
Jesper Roesen	Denmark	3	0	0	3

Women

Athlete	Country				Total
Coral Bistuer	Spain	5	0	0	5
Bianca Walkden	Great Britain	4	1	1	6
Brigitte Yagüe	Spain	4	1	1	6
Sarah Stevenson	Great Britain	4	0	2	6
Gwladys Épangue	France	3	3	1	7
Jade Jones	Great Britain	3	1	3	7
Nataša Vezmar	Croatia	3	1	1	5
Lucija Zaninović	Croatia	3	0	1	4
Anastasia Baryshnikova	Russia	3	0	0	3
Natalia Ivanova	Russia	3	0	0	3
Tatiana Kudashova	Russia	3	0	0	3

European Poomsae Championships

Edition	Year	Host Country[17]
6	2005 (details)	Finland, Turku
7	2007 (details)	Turkey, Antalya
8	2009 (details)	Portugal, Portimão
9	2010 (details)	Uzbekistan, Tashkent
10	2011 (details)	Italy, Genoa
11	2013 (details)	Spain, La Nucia
12	2015 (details)	Serbia, Belgrade[18]
13	2017 (details)	Greece, Rhodes[19]
14	2019 (details)	Turkey, Antalya[20]
15	2021 (details)	Portugal, Seixal[21]
16	2023 (details)	Austria, Innsbruck[22]
17	2025 (details)	Estonia, Tallinn

See also

• Taekwondo at the European Games
• Taekwondo at the 2015 European Games
• Taekwondo at the 2023 European Games
• European Taekwondo Championships Olympic Weight Categories
• European Juniors Taekwondo Championships
• European Universities Taekwondo Championships

References

1. ITF is a smaller international federation unaffiliated to either WTF or IOC, and competing under slightly modified rules including the wearing of padded gloves and footwear.
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8. "World Taekwondo 2020 Magazine". No. 107. p. 231. Europe remains the leading CU in the world with a record number of athletes participating in our events and a record number of 28 G-ranked events on our continent, including European Championships in eight different member countries. Our flagship event, G4 Extra European Championships for seniors in Italy was a huge success. Not only did we see the best of the best competing... {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
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External links

• Official site of the European Taekwondo Union