Current event or competition: 2022 European Taekwondo Championships | |
Competition details | |
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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 | 24 (2021) |
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:
# | Year | Dates | Host | Champion | Events |
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1 | 1976 ( | )22 May | Barcelona, Spain | Netherlands | 8 |
2 | 1978 ( | )20–22 October | Munich, West Germany | West Germany | 8 |
3 | 1980 ( | )14–17 October | Copenhagen, Denmark | West Germany | 17 |
4 | 1982 ( | )23–26 September | Rome, Italy | West Germany | 18 |
5 | 1984 ( | )26–28 October | Stuttgart, West Germany | West Germany | 18 |
6 | 1986 ( | )3–5 October | Seefeld, Austria | Netherlands | 16 |
7 | 1988 ( | )26–29 May | Ankara, Turkey | Turkey | 16 |
8 | 1990 ( | )18–21 October | Aarhus, Denmark | Turkey | 16 |
9 | 1992 ( | )18–25 May | Valencia, Spain | Spain | 16 |
10 | 1994 ( | )28–30 October | Zagreb, Croatia | Spain | 16 |
11 | 1996 ( | )26–27 October | Helsinki, Finland | Spain | 16 |
12 | 1998 ( | )23–25 October | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Spain | 16 |
13 | 2000 ( | )4–7 May | Patras, Greece | Turkey | 16 |
14 | 2002 ( | )1–5 April | Samsun, Turkey | Netherlands | 16 |
15 | 2004 ( | )1–5 May | Lillehammer, Norway | Spain | 16 |
16 | 2005 ( | )6–9 October | Riga, Latvia | Turkey | 16 |
17 | 2006 ( | )26–28 May | Bonn, Germany | Spain | 16 |
18 | 2008 ( | )10–13 April | Rome, Italy | Turkey | 16 |
19 | 2010 ( | )12–15 May | St. Petersburg, Russia | Turkey | 16 |
20 | 2012 ( | )3–6 May | Manchester, United Kingdom | France | 16 |
21 | 2014 ( | )1–4 May | Baku, Azerbaijan | Croatia | 16 |
22 | 2016 ( | )19–22 May | Montreux, Switzerland | Great Britain | 16 |
23 | 2018 ( | )10–13 May | Kazan, Russia | Russia | 16 |
24 | 2021 ( | )8–11 April | Sofia, Bulgaria | Russia | 16 |
25 | 2022 ( | )19–22 May | Manchester, United Kingdom | Turkey | 16 |
26 | 2024 ( | )10–12 May | Belgrade, Serbia | 16 |
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. [2] World Taekwondo Europe (WTE) president referred to it as the continental flagship event. [3]
Edition | Year | Date | City and host country | Overall champion | Events |
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1 | 2019 ( | )1–3 November | Bari, Italy | Great Britain [4] | 10 |
Source: [5]
Team Points Rules: [6] [7] [8]
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.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | 1544 |
The table shows those who have won at least three gold medals. [11]
Athlete | Country | Total | |||
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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 |
Athlete | Country | Total | |||
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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 |
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