World Junior Taekwondo Championships

World Taekwondo Junior Championships
Current event or competition:; 2026 World Taekwondo Junior Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Taekwondo
Type	Kyorugi, biennial
Organiser	World Taekwondo (WT)
History
First edition	1996 in Barcelona, Spain
Editions	15 (2026)
Most wins	178 medals South Korea

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

DisciplineTaekwondo

TypeKyorugi, biennial

OrganiserWorld Taekwondo (WT)

Firstedition1996 in Barcelona, Spain

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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
15	2026	12–17 April^[18]	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	China

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Korea	114	32	32	178
2	Iran	41	16	24	81
3	China	14	12	20	46
4	Chinese Taipei	12	22	29	63
5	Russia	12	20	38	70
6	Turkey	11	23	42	76
7	United States	10	11	25	46
8	Spain	7	11	30	48
9	Great Britain	7	4	12	23
10	Vietnam	6	0	6	12
11	Thailand	5	16	17	38
12	Croatia	5	9	25	39
13	Mexico	5	8	23	36
14	Italy	5	4	19	28
15	Greece	4	9	20	33
16	France	4	7	16	27
17	Uzbekistan	4	7	8	19
18	Azerbaijan	4	5	9	18
19	Jordan	3	8	9	20
20	Serbia	3	4	7	14
21	Kazakhstan	2	8	14	24
22	Brazil	2	2	8	12
23	Canada	2	1	21	24
24	Philippines	2	1	8	11
25	Tunisia	2	1	5	8
26	Germany	1	14	18	33
27	Ukraine	1	2	13	16
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	9	10
33	Denmark	1	0	1	2
34	Indonesia	1	0	0	1
35	Poland	0	6	6	12
36	Netherlands	0	6	4	10
37	Australia	0	3	7	10
38	Sweden	0	3	5	8
39	Egypt	0	2	4	6
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	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
	Cuba	0	1	1	2
	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
	Moldova	0	1	1	2
	Portugal	0	1	1	2
49	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
	French Polynesia	0	1	0	1
	Montenegro	0	1	0	1
	Oman	0	1	0	1
53	Cyprus	0	0	3	3
	Guatemala	0	0	3	3
	India	0	0	3	3
	Japan	0	0	3	3
57	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
65	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Chile	0	0	1	1
	Colombia	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 (74 entries)		295	295	588	1,178

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Competition details
Current event or competition: 2026 World Taekwondo Junior Championships
Discipline	Taekwondo
Type	Kyorugi, biennial
Organiser	World Taekwondo (WT)
History
First edition	1996 in Barcelona, Spain
Editions	15 (2026)
Most wins	178 medals South Korea