European Taekwondo Championships

The Taekwondo European Championships are the continental championships in Taekwondo organized by the European Taekwondo Union (ETU) . The title fights took place for the first time in 1976, just one month after the ETU was founded. Since then, they have been held every two years.

Events

Germany is the most frequent host of the title fights with three events, followed by Denmark, Spain, Russia and Turkey with two each. Twelve other countries have so far held the title fights once. They take place every two years, only in 2005 a championship took place once in an uneven year.

Event	date	venue	items
01	May 22-23, 1976	Barcelona	Details
02	October 20-22, 1978	Munich	Details
03	October 14-17, 1980	Copenhagen	Details
04th	September 23-26, 1982	Rome	Details
05	October 26-28, 1984	Stuttgart	Details
06th	3rd to 5th October 1986	Seefeld in Tyrol	Details
07th	May 26-29, 1988	Ankara	Details
08th	October 18-21, 1990	Aarhus	Details
09	May 18-25, 1992	Valencia	Details
10	October 28-30, 1994	Zagreb	Details
11	October 26-27, 1996	Helsinki	Details
12	October 23-25, 1998	Eindhoven	Details
13	May 4-7, 2000	Patras	Details
14th	May 6-10, 2002	Samsun	Details
15th	May 2-5, 2004	Lillehammer	Details
16	October 8th to 9th, 2005	Riga	Details
17th	May 26-28, 2006	Bonn	Details
18th	April 10-13, 2008	Rome	Details
19th	May 12-15, 2010	St. Petersburg	Details
20th	May 3 to 6, 2012	Manchester	Details
21st	1st to 4th May 2014	Baku	Details
22nd	May 19-22, 2016	Montreux	Details
23	May 10-13, 2018	Kazan	Details
24	2020	Belgrade	Details

Eternal medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Spain	60	48	72	180
2	Turkey	54	57	51	162
3	Germany	48	33	73	154
4th	Netherlands	26th	28	47	101
5	France	23	25th	51	99
6th	Russia	23	19th	33	75
7th	Italy	21st	22nd	56	99
8th	Denmark	18th	18th	32	68
9	United Kingdom	16	12	33	61
10	Croatia	15th	12	27	54
11	Greece	9	11	25th	45
12	Azerbaijan	7th	11	15th	33
13	Sweden	4th	9	27	40
14th	Austria	3	7th	16	26th
15th	Belgium	3	2	10	15th
16	Belarus	2	1	12	15th
17th	Ukraine	1	6th	7th	14th
18th	Serbia	1	5	11	17th
19th	Switzerland	1	3	3	7th
20th	Poland	1	1	14th	16
21st	Israel	1	1	4th	6th
22nd	Moldova	1	1	3	5
23	Portugal	1	0	4th	5
24	Armenia	1	0	0	1
25th	Isle of Man	1	0	0	1
26th	Finland	0	2	21st	23
27	Norway	0	2	8th	10
28	Slovenia	0	2	4th	6th
29	Hungary	0	2	3	5
30th	Latvia	0	1	0	0
31	Cyprus	0	0	4th	4th
32	Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
32	Ireland	0	0	1	1
32	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
32	Romania	0	0	1	1
	TOTAL	341	341	670	1352

Competitions

At the first two European championships, eight weight classes were held for men each. Athletes from the twelve countries that were involved in founding the ETU took part. In 1980 there were ten weight classes for men, and for the first time women also took part in seven different weight classes. The format with eight weight classes for women and men, which is still valid today, has been held since 1986. The division of the individual classes was often changed and was always based on the specifications of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF).

In the following weight classes competitions are being held today at the European Championships:

Classes (with indication of the weight limits)
Surname	Women	Men
Fin weight	up to 46 kg	up to 54 kg
Flyweight	up to 49 kg	up to 58 kg
Bantamweight	up to 53 kg	up to 63 kg
Featherweight	up to 57 kg	up to 68 kg
lightweight	up to 62 kg	up to 74 kg
Welterweight	up to 67 kg	up to 80 kg
medium weight	up to 73 kg	up to 87 kg
Heavyweight	over 73 kg	over 87 kg

Web links

• Results overview of the ETU (English)

Individual evidence

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