World Junior Taekwondo Championships

World Taekwondo Junior Championships
Current event or competition:; 2024 World Taekwondo Junior Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Taekwondo
Type	kyourugui, biennial
Organiser	World Taekwondo (WT)
History
First edition	1996 in Barcelona, Spain
Editions	14 (2024)
Most wins	171 medals South Korea

The World Taekwondo Junior Championships (U18 / U15) is a worldwide biennial championship organized for juniors and cadets age category by World Taekwondo, first held in 1996 in Barcelona. The event is contested every two years.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Age Groups:

U21: Since 2025 (18-21 Years)
U18: Since 1996 (15-18 Years)
U15: Since 2014 (12-15 Years)

Editions

Junior (Youth) / U18

Edition	Year	Date	Host city and country	Men's champion	Women's champion
1	1996	27-30 June^[4]	Barcelona, Spain	South Korea	South Korea
2	1998	9-13 September^[5]	Istanbul, Turkey	South Korea	South Korea
3	2000	15-18 November^[6]	Killarney, Ireland	South Korea	South Korea
4	2002	1-6 October^[7]	Heraklion, Greece	South Korea	South Korea
5	2004	12-18 June^[8]	Suncheon, South Korea	South Korea	South Korea
6	2006	26-30 July^[9]	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	South Korea	South Korea
7	2008	8-11 May^[10]	İzmir, Turkey	South Korea	South Korea
8	2010	6-9 March^[11]	Tijuana, Mexico	Iran	South Korea
9	2012	4-8 April^[12]	Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt	South Korea	South Korea
10	2014	23-26 March^[13]	Taipei, Taiwan	South Korea	South Korea
11	2016	16-20 November^[14]	Burnaby, Canada	South Korea	Iran
12	2018	9-13 April^[15]	Hammamet, Tunisia	Iran	Russia
13	2022	2–7 August^[16]	Sofia, Bulgaria	South Korea	South Korea
14	2024	1–6 October^[17]	Chuncheon, South Korea	Iran	Iran

Cadet / U15

Medal table

U21

U18

All results from 1996 to 2024^[18]^[3]
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	111	30	30	171
2	Iran	37	16	21	74
3	Turkey	11	22	39	72
4	Chinese Taipei	11	22	27	60
5	China	11	11	20	42
6	Russia	10	18	36	64
7	United States	10	10	25	45
8	Spain	7	11	28	46
9	Great Britain	7	4	12	23
10	Vietnam	6	0	6	12
11	Italy	5	3	19	27
12	Thailand	4	16	16	36
13	Croatia	4	8	20	32
14	Greece	4	8	19	31
15	Mexico	4	7	23	34
16	France	4	6	15	25
17	Azerbaijan	4	5	9	18
18	Jordan	3	8	7	18
19	Serbia	3	2	5	10
20	Brazil	2	2	8	12
21	Canada	2	1	20	23
22	Philippines	2	1	8	11
23	Tunisia	2	0	4	6
24	Germany	1	14	18	33
25	Kazakhstan	1	8	10	19
26	Uzbekistan	1	5	7	13
27	Ukraine	1	2	11	14
28	Morocco	1	1	4	6
29	Dominican Republic	1	1	0	2
	Puerto Rico	1	1	0	2
	Slovenia	1	1	0	2
32	Belgium	1	0	8	9
33	Denmark	1	0	1	2
34	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
35	Netherlands	0	6	4	10
36	Poland	0	5	5	10
37	Australia	0	3	7	10
38	Sweden	0	3	5	8
39	Egypt	0	2	2	4
40	Costa Rica	0	2	0	2
41	Israel	0	1	3	4
42	Argentina	0	1	2	3
42	Lesotho	0	1	2	3
44	Cuba	0	1	1	2
	Moldova	0	1	1	2
	Portugal	0	1	1	2
47	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	French Polynesia	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
51	Cyprus	0	0	3	3
	Guatemala	0	0	3	3
	India	0	0	3	3
	Japan	0	0	3	3
55	Afghanistan	0	0	2	2
	Ireland	0	0	2	2
	Lebanon	0	0	2	2
	Malaysia	0	0	2	2
	Niger	0	0	2	2
	Norway	0	0	2	2
	Qatar	0	0	2	2
	Slovakia	0	0	2	2
63	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Palestine	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
Totals (73 entries)		275	275	548	1,098

U15

All results from 2014 to 2025^[19]
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	36	21	12	69
2	South Korea	20	13	16	49
3	Thailand	13	10	13	36
4	Russia	9	16	12	37
5	Mexico	7	4	16	27
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	7	3	6	16
6	Turkey	6	9	24	39
7	Uzbekistan	6	1	17	24
8	Kazakhstan	5	7	11	23
9	Ukraine	5	4	8	17
10	Chinese Taipei	4	4	13	21
11	Italy	3	5	5	13
12	United States	3	3	11	17
13	Germany	2	2	8	12
14	Croatia	2	2	4	8
15	Serbia	1	7	3	11
16	Azerbaijan	1	3	7	11
17	France	1	3	6	10
18	Egypt	1	2	12	15
19	Spain	1	2	9	12
20	Jordan	1	2	3	6
21	Philippines	1	1	3	5
22	Bulgaria	1	1	1	3
23	Morocco	1	0	2	3
24	El Salvador	1	0	0	1
	Ivory Coast	1	0	0	1
	Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1
27	Greece	0	3	7	10
28	Great Britain	0	1	5	6
29	Australia	0	1	4	5
29	Belarus	0	1	4	5
31	Belgium	0	1	3	4
31	India	0	1	3	4
33	Canada	0	1	2	3
34	Colombia	0	1	1	2
34	Palestine	0	1	1	2
36	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Georgia	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
	Oman	0	1	0	1
	Vietnam	0	1	0	1
41	Tunisia	0	0	3	3
42	Denmark	0	0	2	2
	Lebanon	0	0	2	2
	Moldova	0	0	2	2
	Poland	0	0	2	2
46	Andorra	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Ecuador	0	0	1	1
	French Polynesia	0	0	1	1
	Haiti	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Mongolia	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands	0	0	1	1
	Puerto Rico	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Senegal	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia	0	0	1	1
	United Arab Emirates	0	0	1	1
Totals (60 entries)		140	141	278	559

References

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External links

Official World Taekwondo website Archived 2018-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
Official World Taekwondo Junior championships 2018 website Archived 2018-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
https://www.taekwondodata.com/
https://www.taekwondodata.com/resultlist_select.html

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[2] "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

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[4] Dept, WTF Communications. "1996 World Taekwondo Junior Championships (1st)". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2017-09-27. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[5] Dept, WTF Communications. "1998 World Taekwondo Junior Championships (2nd)". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[6] Dept, WTF Communications. "2000 World Taekwondo Junior Championships (3rd)". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[7] Dept, WTF Communications. "2002 World Taekwondo Junior Championships (4th)". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[8] "5th World Junior Championships 2004/Korea-Suncheon www.Iritf.org.ir". www.iritf.org.ir. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[9] "WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships to Start on July 26 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | News | Sportcal". www.sportcal.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[10] "TAEKWONDO- Eighty Athletes Advance From World Junior Championships Open". Team USA. Archived from the original on March 1, 2014. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[11] "8th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships Open in Mexico - Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee". en.olympic.cn. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[12] Dept, WT Communications (2015-12-02). "9TH WORLD JUNIOR TAEKWONDO CHAMPIONSHIPS KICK OFF IN SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT - World Taekwondo". World Taekwondo. Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[13] Supplies, Martial Arts Tournament Management Systems and. "Martial Arts Registration Online - 10th WTF World Junior Taekwondo Championships". www.ma-regonline.com. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[14] "2016 WTF World Taekwondo Junior Championships". World Taekwondo Junior Championships. Archived from the original on April 11, 2017. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[15] Supplies, Martial Arts Tournament Management Systems and. "Martial Arts Registration Online - HAMMAMET 2018 WORLD TAEKWONDO JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". www.ma-regonline.com. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

[16] "2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships". woorisports.co. Retrieved 2022-08-07.

[17] "[World Taekwondo] Chuncheon awarded 2024 World Taekwondo Junior Championship".

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