World Karate Federation - World Championships   Name Date City-Country Countries Athletes Results 1st World Championships 1970 Tokyo, Japan 33 178 View - Download 2nd World Championships 1972 Paris, France 22 220 View- Download 3rd World Championships 1975 Long Beach, U.S.A. 30 300 View- Download 4th World Championships 1977 Tokyo, Japan 47 400 View- Download 5th World Championships 1980 Madrid, Spain 48 800 View- Download 6th World Championships 1982 Taipei, Taiwan 46 850 View- Download 7th World Championships 1984 Maastricht, Netherlands 49 930 View- Download 8th World Championships 1986 Sydney, Australia 48 890 View- Download 9th World Championships 1988 Cairo, Egypt 54 1157 View- Download 10th World Championships 1990 Mexico, Mexico 53 673 View- Download 11th World Championships 1992 Grenada, Spain 72 712 View- Download 12th World Championships 1994 Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia 61 684 View- Download 13th World Championships 1996 Sun City, S.Africa 72 643 View- Download 14th World Championships 1998 Rio D.J., Brazils 75 720 View- Download 1st World Junior & Cadet Championships 1999 Sofia , Bulgaria 50 603 View- Download 15th World Championships 2000 Munich, Germany 84 820 View- Download 2nd World Junior & Cadet Championships 2001 Athens, Greece 56 671 View- Download 16th World Championships 2002 Madrid, Spain 84 751 View- Download 3rd World Junior & Cadet Championships 2003 Marseille, France 74 823 View- Download 17th World Championships 2004 Monterrey, Mexico 79 582 View- Download 4rth World Junior & Cadet Championships 2005 Cyprus, Limassol     View- Download 18th World Championships 2006 Tampere, Finland     View- Download