World Traditional Karatedo Championships 2026 in Vrsar – Results and Medal Table (WTKU)
54 categories, 246 athletes from 16 countries and 44 golds for Poland. Results of the WTKU World Traditional Karatedo Championships 2026 in Vrsar, Croatia (23 October): country and club medal tables, top athletes and the podium of every category.
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The World Traditional Karatedo Championships 2026 in Vrsar, Croatia, ended on 23 October 2026. The event was organised by the World Traditional Karate-Do Union (WTKU), and the whole competition, from start lists to results and the medal table, was run in Turniej Generator (tg-app.pl). Polish athletes won 44 of the 54 categories and topped the country medal table by a wide margin.
You’ll find the full results of every category in Turniej Generator. Results of the World Traditional Karatedo Children’s Cup 2026, held on 24–25 October, are in a separate post: World Traditional Karatedo Children’s Cup 2026.
Header graphic: organiser’s materials – WTKU.
World Traditional Karatedo Championships 2026 in numbers
| Date | 23 October 2026 |
| Venue | Sportska dvorana Saline, Petalon 1F, 52450 Vrsar, Croatia |
| Organiser | World Traditional Karate-Do Union (WTKU) |
| Categories held | 54 |
| Athletes | 246, including those who competed in team events only |
| Countries | 16 (13 won medals) |
| Starts | 474: 381 individual and 93 team |
| Medals | 182: 54 gold, 54 silver, 74 bronze |
| Events | kata, en-bu, fuku-go, kumite – individual and team |
Athletes came from Poland, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Israel, the USA, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Great Britain, Slovenia, Brazil, Canada, Serbia, Cyprus, Croatia and Italy. Kumite and fuku-go were run as knockouts with two bronze medals, which is why there are more bronzes than golds and silvers. Two of the 56 planned categories (13 and 34) were not held.
Country medal table
| # | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland | 44 | 24 | 7 | 75 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 13 | 17 | 33 |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 4 | 5 | 12 | 21 |
| 4 | Israel | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Romania | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 7 | USA | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland won 75 medals, including 44 golds, over four times as many golds as all other countries combined (10). Ukraine came second (3 golds, 33 medals), with the most medals of any visiting team and wins including senior men’s kata. The Czech Republic was third: more golds (4) but fewer medals in total (21). Athletes from Israel, Great Britain and the USA also won gold.
Club medal table
| # | Club | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego (POL) | 8 | 8 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | Rokah Karate Israel (ISR) | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| 3 | Czech Traditional Karate Association (CZE) | 3 | 3 | 9 | 15 |
| 4 | Towarzystwo Sportowe “Sokół” (POL) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | Karate Klub Sochaczew (POL) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | MUKS przy Z.O.S.S. STO (POL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Czech Shito-Ryu Karate Federation (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Kluczborski Klub Karate (POL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Akademia Karate Tradycyjnego Płock (POL) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Lubelski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego (POL) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego won 8 golds and 17 medals. Rokah Karate Israel, the best foreign club, also won 17 medals, and the Czech Traditional Karate Association was third (15 medals, including 3 golds).
Top athletes of the championships
Two Polish athletes won five gold medals each:
- Radosław Durlej (Karate Klub Sochaczew, precadet) – fuku-go, kumite, team kata, mixed en-bu and team kumite,
- Feliks Kotuła (Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego, junior) – kata, fuku-go, team kata, en-bu and team kumite, plus bronze in kumite.
Three golds each went to Borys Blaszczok, Jakub Broszko, Rita Dziedzic, Franciszek Kotuła, Zofia Tenerowicz, Klaudia Wajda and Maria Depta-Błaszczyk.
Results of all categories
The podium of each of the 54 categories. For team events and en-bu we list the athletes’ names, with the country in brackets.
Precadet (born 2014–2013)
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 · individual kata, boys | Borys Blaszczok (POL) | Tymon Nowakowski (POL) | Yonatan Elishakov (ISR) |
| 02 · individual kata, girls | Berenika Niezgoda-Waliczek (POL) | Dorota Sidlova (CZE) | Maja Włodarczyk (POL) |
| 03 · fuku-go, boys | Radosław Durlej (POL) | Borys Blaszczok (POL) | Yonatan Elishakov (ISR) David Constantin (ROU) |
| 04 · fuku-go, girls | Iga Malinowska (POL) | Kaja Wesołowska (POL) | Michaela Folkova (CZE) Elena Hegmonova (CZE) |
| 05 · individual kumite, boys | Radosław Durlej (POL) | Alan Karpiński (POL) | Markas Kelmelis (LTU) David Constantin (ROU) |
| 06 · individual kumite, girls | Lucie Abikova (CZE) | Maja Włodarczyk (POL) | Adela Balasova (CZE) Iga Malinowska (POL) |
| 07 · team kata, boys | Tymon Nowakowski, Borys Blaszczok, Radosław Durlej (POL) | Yonatan Elishakov, Eytan Svidovsky, Yair Spanyev (ISR) | – |
| 08 · team kata, girls | Berenika Niezgoda-Waliczek, Sara Ochał, Kalina Szostak (POL) | Emilia Rokah, Mika Mishuris, Arina Maliavko (ISR) | Dorota Sidlova, Natalie Dolezalova, Elena Hegmonova (CZE) |
| 09 · en-bu, boys’ pairs | Tymon Nowakowski, Filip Hyrlicki (POL) | Yonatan Elishakov, Eytan Svidovsky (ISR) | – |
| 10 · en-bu, girls’ pairs | Maja Włodarczyk, Kaja Wesołowska (POL) | Emilia Rokah, Mika Mishuris (ISR) | – |
| 11 · en-bu, mixed pairs | Radosław Durlej, Iga Malinowska (POL) | Dorota Sidlova, Stepan Klimanek (CZE) | Yonatan Elishakov, Mika Mishuris (ISR) |
| 12 · team kumite, boys | Maciej Kusy, Borys Blaszczok, Radosław Durlej, Alan Karpiński (POL) | Jokubas Tertelis, Karolis Varanauskas, Markas Kelmelis (LTU) | Yonatan Elishakov, Eytan Svidovsky, Yair Spanyev (ISR) |
Cadet (2012–2011)
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 · individual kata, boys | Jakub Broszko (POL) | Franciszek Kotuła (POL) | Yonatan Cohen Kreczmer (ISR) |
| 15 · individual kata, girls | Rita Dziedzic (POL) | Pola Olejarczyk (POL) | Nika Bernstain (ISR) |
| 16 · fuku-go, boys | Franciszek Kotuła (POL) | Maksym Kryzhanovskyi (UKR) | Oliver Majewski (GBR) Vanja Kokić (SRB) |
| 17 · fuku-go, girls | Ava Rosendahl (USA) | Łucja Matyasik (POL) | Orysia Ivanova (UKR) Yelyzaveta Dyma (UKR) |
| 18 · individual kumite, boys | Jaroslav Vocadlo (CZE) | Yehor Yakovenko (UKR) | Nikita Holubchuk (UKR) Armin Mnatacanian (ROU) |
| 19 · individual kumite, girls | Łucja Matyasik (POL) | Karina Sichkaruk (UKR) | Rita Dziedzic (POL) Mia Yosef (ISR) |
| 20 · team kata, boys | Jakub Broszko, Franciszek Kotuła, Krzysztof Słodkowicz (POL) | Maksym Kryzhanovskyi, Hordii Barinov, Andrii Pistriuha (UKR) | Yuval Cohen, Eyal Havivi, Michael Pietroni (ISR) |
| 21 · team kata, girls | Naomi Rokah, Nika Bernstain, Noya Oz (ISR) | Rita Dziedzic, Lena Foryś, Karolina Hejmo (POL) | Yelyzaveta Dyma, Orysia Ivanova, Yana Druziuk (UKR) |
| 22 · en-bu, boys’ pairs | Jakub Broszko, Krzysztof Słodkowicz (POL) | Yonatan Cohen Kreczmer, Eyal Lapidot (ISR) | Arnas Federas, Matas Cernauskas (LTU) |
| 23 · en-bu, girls’ pairs | Rita Dziedzic, Karolina Hejmo (POL) | Izabela Janusova, Valerie Plesnikova (CZE) | Chichi Field, Anamaria Pherez (USA) |
| 24 · en-bu, mixed pairs | Rita Dziedzic, Szymon Krawczyk (POL) | Orysia Ivanova, Hordii Barinov (UKR) | Gabriela Stehlikova, Vit Jakubicek (CZE) |
Junior (2010–2009)
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 · individual kata, boys | Feliks Kotuła (POL) | Juliusz Barski (POL) | Oleksii Slobodianyk (UKR) |
| 26 · individual kata, girls | Zofia Tenerowicz (POL) | Sofiia Demchenko (UKR) | Lena Karwacka (POL) |
| 27 · fuku-go, boys | Feliks Kotuła (POL) | Filip Kosiński (POL) | Tomas Michalek (CZE) Oleksii Slobodianyk (UKR) |
| 28 · fuku-go, girls | Viktorie Vavrikova (CZE) | Kristina Samsonova (GBR) | Lucie Pistackova (CZE) Mustata Stefania (ROU) |
| 29 · individual kumite, boys | Danylo Hordiienko (UKR) | Alex Bradbury (CZE) | Feliks Kotuła (POL) Erick Patrascu (ROU) |
| 30 · individual kumite, girls | Amelia Jakubiak (POL) | Otilia Burlacioiu (ROU) | Lucie Pistackova (CZE) Marharyta Tokarchuk (UKR) |
| 31 · team kata, boys | Feliks Kotuła, Filip Kosiński, Allan Paszcza (POL) | Yonatan Cohen Kreczmer, Eyal Lapidot, Santiago Levi Kalach (ISR) | Nikita Holubchuk, Oleksii Slobodianyk, Denys Prykhodko (UKR) |
| 32 · team kata, girls | Zofia Tenerowicz, Milena Janusz, Zuzanna Płatek (POL) | Karina Sichkaruk, Marharyta Tokarchuk, Dariia Vasylevska (UKR) | Ava Rosendahl, Ava Moore, Isabel Shuey (USA) |
| 33 · en-bu, boys’ pairs | Feliks Kotuła, Filip Kosiński (POL) | Danylo Hordiienko, Rinat Kuchma (UKR) | Armin Mnatacanian, Mihnea Dumitru (ROU) |
| 35 · en-bu, mixed pairs | Juliusz Barski, Lena Karwacka (POL) | Nika Bernstain, Santiago Levi Kalach (ISR) | Danylo Hordiienko, Alina Falkova (UKR) |
Cadet-junior – team kumite (2012–2009)
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 · team kumite, boys | Franciszek Kotuła, Wojciech Zdebel, Filip Koziorowski, Feliks Kotuła (POL) | Nikita Holubchuk, Oleksii Slobodianyk, Danylo Hordiienko, Rinat Kuchma (UKR) | Luca Prihodcenco, Stanislav Cebotari, Nicolai Leșciuc (MDA) Lukas Chrastecky, Jaroslav Vocadlo, Alex Bradbury, Tomas Michalek (CZE) |
| 37 · team kumite, girls | Julia Cieśla, Amelia Jakubiak, Zofia Tenerowicz, Zuzanna Wróblewska (POL) | Izabela Janusova, Gabriela Stehlikova, Valerie Plesnikova, Viktorie Vavrikova (CZE) | Alina Falkova, Taisiia Malomuzh, Marharyta Tokarchuk, Sofiia Demchenko (UKR) Martina Hospodkova, Sofie Natalie Hyskova, Helena Filipova, Lucie Pistackova (CZE) |
Youth (2008–2006)
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 38 · individual kata, men | Adam Kolasiński (POL) | Oliwier Szkudlarek (POL) | Martin Chrastecky (CZE) |
| 39 · individual kata, women | Magdalena Różyło (POL) | Monika Ostrowska (POL) | Mia Rokah (ISR) |
| 40 · fuku-go, men | Martin Chrastecky (CZE) | Oliwier Szkudlarek (POL) | Vladyslav Kovalchuk (UKR) Dziugas Bardinas (LTU) |
| 41 · fuku-go, women | Adriana Peiseniece (GBR) | Magdalena Różyło (POL) | Wiktoria Kośka (POL) Alina Rubina (GBR) |
| 42 · individual kumite, men | Łukasz Rychel (POL) | Nikodem Gawłowski (POL) | Bohdan Bobra (UKR) Davi Stival De Oliveira (BRA) |
| 43 · individual kumite, women | Natalia Bielicka (POL) | Monika Ostrowska (POL) | Anna Matskova (UKR) Adriana Peiseniece (GBR) |
Senior (born 2005 or earlier)
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 44 · individual kata, men | Yevhen Buzinskiy (UKR) | Krzysztof Buczek (POL) | Michał Sowa (POL) |
| 45 · individual kata, women | Klaudia Wajda (POL) | Katarzyna Łuszczyńska (POL) | Veronika Hrabovan (UKR) |
| 46 · fuku-go, men | Michał Sowa (POL) | Patryk Jarosz (POL) | Ronaldier Nascimento Rodrigues (BRA) Dmytro Mostovyi (UKR) |
| 47 · fuku-go, women | Maria Depta-Błaszczyk (POL) | Klaudia Wajda (POL) | Julianna Rosendahl (USA) Darija Jocyte (LTU) |
| 48 · individual kumite, men | Dawid Rojowski (POL) | Paulo Igor Carvalho De Paiva (BRA) | Gustavo Anaissi Andrade Araujo (BRA) Daniil Pucha (UKR) |
| 49 · individual kumite, women | Maria Depta-Błaszczyk (POL) | Klaudia Wajda (POL) | Mihaela Jerinić (SLO) Silvia Bonaccorso (ITA) |
Youth-senior – team events (born 2008 or earlier)
| Category | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 50 · team kata, men | Krzysztof Buczek, Patryk Jarosz, Wiktor Wolanin (POL) | Vladyslav Kovalchuk, Yevhen Buzinskiy, Dmytro Mostoviy (UKR) | Nichita Maximciuc, Petru Isac, Daniel Popescu (MDA) |
| 51 · team kata, women | Klaudia Wajda, Mariamagdalena Mielnik, Gabriela Nowak (POL) | Kristina Samsonova, Adriana Peiseniece, Valentina Korowina (GBR) | Yelyzaveta Mohylian, Diana Iovkhymyshch, Valeriia Peniashkina (UKR) |
| 52 · en-bu, men’s pairs | Andrii Zabolotnii, Vitalii Halinskyi (UKR) | Łukasz Rychel, Julian Szewczyk (POL) | Alexandru Mnatacanian, Radu Constantin (ROU) |
| 53 · en-bu, women’s pairs | Aleksandra Błach, Ewa Czechowska (POL) | Julia Cieśla, Milena Janusz (POL) | Kristina Samsonova, Adriana Peiseniece (GBR) |
| 54 · en-bu, mixed pairs | Monika Ostrowska, Mikołaj Muchowski (POL) | Ihor Somkin, Sofiia Kudriavchenko (UKR) | Petru Baleanu, Cristiana Baleanu (ROU) |
| 55 · team kumite, men | Michał Sowa, Patryk Jarosz, Dawid Rojowski, Antoni Czechowski (POL) | Dmytro Mostovyi, Ihor Somkin, Andrii Zabolotnii, Daniil Pucha (UKR) | Davi Stival De Oliveira, Ronaldier Nascimento Rodrigues, Paulo Igor Carvalho De Paiva, Gustavo Anaissi Andrade Araujo (BRA) Pavel Kučera, Filip Smíšek, Petr Suja, Radek Havelka (CZE) |
| 56 · team kumite, women | Monika Ostrowska, Natalia Bielicka, Klaudia Wajda, Maria Depta-Błaszczyk (POL) | Anna Matskova, Diana Iovkhymyshch, Valeriia Peniashkina, Sofiia Kudriavchenko (UKR) | Adriana Peiseniece, Alina Rubina, Valentina Korowina, Kristine Rubina (GBR) |
How Turniej Generator ran the championships
The organiser ran the whole competition in Turniej Generator, from start lists through the schedule to results and the medal table. Athletes, coaches and fans from 16 countries had everything on their phones:
- “Who are you cheering for?” – type an athlete’s or club’s name and their categories appear under “My categories”.
- Start list and schedule – with athlete search, clubs and country flags.
- Judge scoring – kata and en-bu scores, groups in each round and progression to the next round calculated automatically. More in our guide to judge-scored tournaments.
- Knockout system in kumite and fuku-go, with two bronze medals.
- Medal summary – country, club and athlete tables as soon as the competition ended.
World Traditional Karatedo Children’s Cup 2026 – results
Straight after the championships, on 24–25 October, Vrsar hosted the Children’s Cup, WTKU’s world cup for kids. 442 kids from 11 countries competed in 80 categories. Poland won 45 golds and 178 medals, and the top club was Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego (13 golds, 47 medals). Medal tables and the podium of every category are in a separate post: World Traditional Karatedo Children’s Cup 2026 – Results.
Frequently asked questions
Who won the medal table at the World Traditional Karatedo Championships 2026?
Poland: 44 gold, 24 silver and 7 bronze medals, 75 in total. Ukraine (3 golds, 33 medals) and the Czech Republic (4 golds, 21 medals) followed.
Where can I find the full WTKU World Championships 2026 results?
In Turniej Generator: results of all categories and the tournament page with brackets and scores.
Which athletes won the most gold medals?
Radosław Durlej (Karate Klub Sochaczew) and Feliks Kotuła (Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego), with 5 golds each.
How many countries and athletes took part?
246 athletes from 16 countries, with 474 starts in 54 categories. Athletes from 13 countries won medals.
For more about the event, rules and documents, visit the organiser’s website – WTKU. Congratulations to all medallists, and thank you to WTKU for their trust!
Organising a karate event? See how to run a karate tournament step by step, and read our report from the Polish National Children’s Traditional Karate Cup 2026.
All championship results in Turniej Generator
The podium of every category, country, club and athlete medal tables, brackets, scores and the schedule.
