KARATE1 OKINAWA 2015, THE LAST KARATE1 TOURNAMENT OF THIS YEAR

The last Karate1 Premier League was held in Okinawa Prefectural Budo-kan, Naha (Japan) from 28 to 29 November 2015. This second edition brought together 31 countries and 164 competitors. After an intensive year and great competitions around the , Okinawa closed 2015 program.

Many of top athletes, such as Damian Quintero (European games Champion and European Champion Male kata – UAE/Spain), Alisa Buchinger (European Kumite Female -68kg Champion – Austria) and Antonio Diaz (2x World kata Champion – Venezuela) were present and decide to beat the Japanese delegation, one of the best in the world.

In the medals table, Japan finished in first place with 26 medals (9/6/11). In second place, Brazil finished with 3 medals (2/0/1) and Iran obtain third place (1/1/0).

With the end of the 2015 season, we discovered the great champions of this year. The full list is on this link:https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=52#a_eventhead

The next Karate1, in 2016, will be held in Paris in January (22-24 January 2016).

More information can be found on the official statistics:

Official results

https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=results&vernr=52&active_menu=calendar

Medal / Nation

https://www.sportdata.org/wkf/set-online/popup_main.php?popup_action=medals&vernr=52&active_menu=calendar