The World Cadet, Junior and U21 Karate Championships, also knows as World Karate Championship Junior are the highest level of competition for karate for U21 athletes organized by the World Karate Federation (WKF).^[1] Initiated in 1996 held in Johannesburg, South Africa, the competition is held in a different city every two years.^[2]

Age divisions

Cadets 14-16 / Juniors 16-18 / Espoirs 18-21 (Since 2009)

Weight divisions

The weight classification in this competition is divided into three categories, which are:

Editions

Source:^[3]

8th WORLD CADET & JUNIOR KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 3rd UNDER 21 CUP - 2013

1996 Unofficial

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Country	Events	Results
Cadet and Junior World Championship
0	1996	Johannesburg	South Africa
1	1999	Sofia	Bulgaria
2	2001	Athens	Greece
3	2003	Marseille	France
4	2005	Limassol	Cyprus
5	2007	Istanbul	Turkey
Cadet and Junior and U21 (Espoirs) World Championship
6	2009	Rabat	Morocco
7	2011	Malacca	Malaysia
8	2013	Guadalajara	Spain		[4]
9	2015	Jakarta	Indonesia		[5]
10	2017	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Spain		[6]
11	2019	Santiago	Chile	35	[7]
12	2022	Konya	Turkey	35	[8]

All-time medal table

The following reflects the all-time medal counts as of the 2022 U21, Junior & Cadet World Championships:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	62	18	30	110
2	Egypt	47	27	51	125
3	France	37	35	66	138
4	Turkey	37	33	46	116
5	Iran	25	13	32	70
6	Spain	18	23	39	80
7	Italy	17	23	46	86
8	Kazakhstan	7	2	11	20
9	Algeria	6	4	4	14
10	Croatia	6	3	23	32
11	Germany	5	13	28	46
12	Russia	5	10	20	35
13	Morocco	5	8	17	30
14	Greece	5	5	7	17
15	England	5	3	13	21
16	Montenegro	5	0	8	13
17	Azerbaijan	4	9	13	26
18	Indonesia	4	6	2	12
19	Hungary	4	3	13	20
20	Serbia	4	3	7	14
21	United States	3	7	8	18
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	4	10	17
23	Jordan	3	4	8	15
24	Saudi Arabia	3	4	2	9
25	Tunisia	2	3	7	12
26	Netherlands	2	2	12	16
27	Brazil	2	2	8	12
28	Mexico	2	1	8	11
29	Venezuela	1	8	10	19
30	Slovakia	1	6	13	20
31	Austria	1	5	9	15
32	Vietnam	1	5	2	8
33	Ukraine	1	4	11	16
34	Serbia and Montenegro	1	4	3	8
35	Denmark	1	3	4	8
36	Chile	1	3	1	5
37	Belgium	1	2	7	10
38	Kuwait	1	2	6	9
39	Belarus	1	1	7	9
40	Peru	1	1	6	8
41	Canada	1	1	4	6
	Estonia	1	1	4	6
43	Poland	1	1	2	4
	Senegal	1	1	2	4
	Yugoslavia	1	1	2	4
46	China	1	1	1	3
	Luxembourg	1	1	1	3
48	Thailand	1	0	1	2
49	United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	1
50	Bulgaria	0	5	6	11
51	Latvia	0	5	0	5
52	North Macedonia	0	3	6	9
53	Switzerland	0	3	1	4
54	Norway	0	3	0	3
55	Czech Republic	0	2	4	6
56	New Zealand	0	2	3	5
57	Scotland	0	1	5	6
58	Australia	0	1	3	4
59	Finland	0	1	1	2
	Uzbekistan	0	1	1	2
61	Ecuador	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain	0	1	0	1
	Taiwan	0	1	0	1
64	Malaysia	0	0	4	4
	Portugal	0	0	4	4
66	Dominican Republic	0	0	3	3
67	El Salvador	0	0	2	2
	Philippines	0	0	2	2
	Sweden	0	0	2	2
70	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	Armenia	0	0	1	1
	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Libya	0	0	1	1
	Moldova	0	0	1	1
	Qatar	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Saar	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	South Africa	0	0	1	1
Totals (80 entries)		349	349	693	1391