{"id":42,"date":"2026-10-09T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2026-10-09T10:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:37:00","slug":"krakow-karate-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/blog\/en\/krakow-karate-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"11th Krak\u00f3w International Traditional Karate Cup 2026 \u2013 Results and Medal Table"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 11th Krak\u00f3w International Traditional Karate Cup took place on <strong>14 March 2026<\/strong> in Krak\u00f3w, Poland. It was organized by <strong>Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego<\/strong> under the patronage of the <strong>Polish Traditional Karate Federation (PZKT)<\/strong>. Once again the Krak\u00f3w karate cup drew athletes from across Europe and beyond, making it one of the most international traditional karate tournaments in Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Krak\u00f3w karate cup in numbers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td>14 March 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Location<\/strong><\/td><td>Krak\u00f3w, Poland<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Organizer<\/strong><\/td><td>Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Patronage<\/strong><\/td><td>Polish Traditional Karate Federation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Athletes<\/strong><\/td><td>873<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Starts<\/strong><\/td><td>1088<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Clubs<\/strong><\/td><td>over 73<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Countries<\/strong><\/td><td>14 (8 won medals)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/td><td>50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Events<\/strong><\/td><td>kata, kumite<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost 900 athletes in 50 categories is a major logistics challenge for any organizer: several mats running in parallel, hundreds of bouts and kata performances in a single day, and results that coaches and fans from more than a dozen countries are waiting for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">14 countries on one mat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside the hosts from Poland, athletes from 13 other countries competed in Krak\u00f3w:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Armenia<\/li><li>Cyprus<\/li><li>Czech Republic<\/li><li>France<\/li><li>Greece<\/li><li>Italy<\/li><li>Lithuania<\/li><li>Moldova<\/li><li>North Macedonia<\/li><li>Romania<\/li><li>Turkmenistan<\/li><li>Ukraine<\/li><li>United Kingdom<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Krak\u00f3w karate cup: medal table by country<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>#<\/th><th>Country<\/th><th>Gold<\/th><th>Silver<\/th><th>Bronze<\/th><th>Total<\/th><th>Pts<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Poland<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>71<\/td><td>158<\/td><td>287<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Moldova<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>22<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Lithuania<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>12<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Czech Republic<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>6<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Ukraine<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>6<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Romania<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>4<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Armenia<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Turkmenistan<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Points: gold \u2013 3, silver \u2013 2, bronze \u2013 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polish athletes won 42 of the 50 categories. <strong>Moldova<\/strong> was the strongest visiting team with five gold medals, ahead of <strong>Lithuania<\/strong> (2 golds) and the <strong>Czech Republic<\/strong> (1 gold). Athletes from Ukraine, Romania, Armenia and Turkmenistan also took home medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Medal table by club<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>#<\/th><th>Club<\/th><th>Gold<\/th><th>Silver<\/th><th>Bronze<\/th><th>Total<\/th><th>Pts<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>16<\/td><td>45<\/td><td>87<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Towarzystwo Sportowe &#8222;Sok\u00f3\u0142&#8221;<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>31<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Qi Karate Klub<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>28<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>D\u0119bicka Akademia Karate Tradycyjnego<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>14<\/td><td>25<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Zanshin<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>22<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>MUKS przy Z.O.S.S. STO<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>11<\/td><td>22<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Ozorkowski Klub Karate<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>16<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Klub Karate Tradycyjnego Dojo Lubin<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>3<\/td><td>8<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Akademie karate Zl\u00edn<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>2<\/td><td>4<\/td><td>7<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Top nine clubs; the full list is in the tournament results.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hosts were in a class of their own. <strong>Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego<\/strong> won 13 golds and 45 medals in total, more than twice as many as second-placed <strong>Towarzystwo Sportowe &#8222;Sok\u00f3\u0142&#8221;<\/strong>. After the hosts, the most golds went to <strong>Qi Karate Klub<\/strong> and <strong>Zanshin<\/strong> (5 each).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best competitors of the tournament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organizers named the best competitors in two age groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Age group<\/th><th>Women<\/th><th>Men<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>U21 \u2013 senior<\/td><td>Klaudia Wajda (Krakowski KKT)<\/td><td>\u0141ukasz Rychel (TS Sok\u00f3\u0142 Aleksandr\u00f3w \u0141\u00f3dzki)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cadet \u2013 junior<\/td><td>Zofia Tenerowicz (Krakowski KKT)<\/td><td>Szymon Ha\u0142y\u015b (Dojo Lubin)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Turniej Generator ran the Krak\u00f3w karate cup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organizers chose <strong>Turniej Generator (TGapp)<\/strong> to run the entire event. With 873 athletes, 1088 starts and more than 73 clubs, the work started long before the first bout:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Automatic registration import<\/strong> \u2013 the start list came straight from the PZKT federation system, with no names retyped by hand.<\/li><li><strong>Schedule and start lists online<\/strong> \u2013 athletes, coaches and fans could check them on their phones at any time.<\/li><li><strong>Instant certificates<\/strong> \u2013 athlete details were printed onto pre-made certificates right after each category&#8217;s results were confirmed.<\/li><li><strong>Big screen<\/strong> \u2013 podium visualizations and a live view of bout statuses throughout the day.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The TGapp team was on site from start to finish, running the multimedia and supporting the technical officials at the mats. Thank you to the organizers for their trust! If you are preparing a similar event, see <a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/blog\/en\/how-to-run-a-karate-tournament\/\">how to run a karate tournament step by step<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Full results of the Krak\u00f3w International Cup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All tournament data is available in Turniej Generator:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/tg\/acefe\">Tournament view<\/a> \u2013 categories and brackets<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/harmonogram\/acefe\">Schedule<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/medals\/acefe\">Medal table<\/a> \u2013 countries, clubs and athletes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/score\/acefe\">Results<\/a> \u2013 podiums of all 50 categories<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/tg\/acefe\">See full results of the Krak\u00f3w Cup<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many athletes competed in the Krak\u00f3w karate cup 2026?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 11th edition brought together 873 athletes from more than 73 clubs and 14 countries. Across 50 kata and kumite categories there were 1088 starts in total, as some athletes competed in more than one event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which club won the 11th Krak\u00f3w International Cup?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The host club, Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego, topped the club ranking with 13 gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze medals, 45 podium places in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which country won the most medals?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Poland, with 158 medals including 42 golds. Among the visiting teams, Moldova did best with 5 golds and 11 medals in total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where can I find the full results of the Krak\u00f3w karate cup?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Turniej Generator: <a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/score\/acefe\">results<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/medals\/acefe\">medal table<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/harmonogram\/acefe\">schedule<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/tg\/acefe\">brackets for every category<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Partners and thanks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The general partner of the event was the <strong>Lesser Poland Voivodeship (Wojew\u00f3dztwo Ma\u0142opolskie)<\/strong>, with additional support from the City of Krak\u00f3w and many partner companies. Media patrons included TV Miasta Krak\u00f3w, Radio Eska and Dziennik Polski. Congratulations to all medalists, and thanks to the athletes, coaches, referees and fans, and to the organizers for another great edition of the cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can read the organizer&#8217;s report, including the full list of partners (in Polish), on the <a href=\"https:\/\/karatekrakow.pl\/xi-miedzynarodowy-puchar-krakowa-wielkie-swieto-karate-tradycyjnego\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krakowski Klub Karate Tradycyjnego<\/a> website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The tournament was run in Turniej Generator. If you organize competitions, read our guide <a href=\"https:\/\/tg-app.pl\/blog\/en\/how-to-run-a-karate-tournament\/\">How to run a karate tournament<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>873 athletes from 14 countries, 50 kata and kumite categories and 13 golds for the host club. 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