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HISTORY OF TAEKWONDO TOURNAMENTS
AROUND THE WORLD

    Since the construction of Kukkiwon ( November 30, 1972 ), many tournaments are held every year, sometimes it become very Confusing to practitioners to keep track of all of them. This page will give you some historical information about the major tournaments since the Kukkiwon was established. If you have some information about it ( name of the winners...etc..) and would like to contribute to this page, please send me an E-mail ( angelc@mb.sympatico.ca ) with the information.

NAME OF TOURNAMENTS 

DATE WHEN TAEKWONDO STARTED TO PARTICIPATE
Asian Taekwondo Championships October 18, 1974. Hold every two years.
Asian Games September 30,1986. Taekwondo was included as an official sport in the 10th Asian Games.
African Taekwondo Championships
All African Games
Bolivarian Games
Brazil International Taekwondo Championships
Canada Open Taekwondo Championships
Central American Sports Games January 6, 1990. Debut of Taekwondo in the 4th Central American Sports Games.
CISM Championships. April 9, 1976 - CISM (Counseil International Sportive Militaire) Executive Committee adopted Taekwondo as an official sport.
European Championships May 22, 1976. Hold every two years.
European Junior Taekwondo Championships
European Cup
European Technical Championships
European Senior Championships Hold every two years.
Hiroshima Asian Games April 22, 1992. Taekwondo became an official sport at the 12th Hiroshima Asian Games.
International Collegiate Championships
Mexico Open International Taekwondo Championships June 27, 1997
Mediterranean Taekwondo Cup July 5, 1997. Hold every two years.
Olympic Games. September 17, 1988. Taekwondo was a demonstration sport at the 24th Olympic Games. Hold every 4 years.
Pan American Taekwondo Championships September 17, 1978. Hold every two years.
Pan American Games. (Taekwondo was accepted as an official sport on August 12, 1983) August 14, 1987. Debut of Taekwondo at the 10th Pan American Games. Hold every four years.
Pan American Junior & Senior Open
Pacific Ocean Games
Pan Arab Games Taekwondo
South American Games
Southeast Asian Championships November 29, 1990. Hold every two years.
Southeast Asian Games Hold every two years.
South Asian Federal Games
Spain Open Taekwondo Championships
South Pacific Games
USA. Open Taekwondo Championships
World Taekwondo Championships May 25, 1973. Hold every two years.
World Games July 29, 1981
World Cup Taekwondo Championships July 3, 1986. Hold every year.
World University Taekwondo Championships November 29, 1986.  Hold every two years.
Women's World Taekwondo Championships October 7, 1987.Hold every two years.
World Military Taekwondo Championships
World Military Games
World Junior Taekwondo Championships June 27, 1996. Hold every two years.
DATE NAME HOST
COUNTRY		 ATHLETES COUNTRIES  
May 25-27, 1973 1st World Taekwondo Championships Seoul, Korea 200 19
August 28-31, 1975 2nd World Taekwondo Championships Seoul, Korea 165 30
September 15-17, 1977 3rd World Taekwondo Championships United States 720 46
October 26-28, 1979 4st World Taekwondo Championships Germany 453 38
February 24-27, 1982 5th World Taekwondo Championships Ecuador 500 50
October 20-23, 1983 6th World Taekwondo Championships Denmark 189 51
September 4-8, 1985 7th World Taekwondo Championships Seoul, Korea 776 63
October 7-11, 1987 8th World Taekwondo Championships
1st Women's World Championships		 Barcelona, Spain 292 male
142 female		 57
October 9-14, 1989 9th World Taekwondo Championships
2nd Women's World Championships		 Seoul, Korea 310 male
136 female		 59
October 28-Nov.3, 1991 10th World Taekwondo Championships
3rd Women's World Championships		 Athens, Greece 273 male
161 female		 53
August 19-21, 1993 11th World Taekwondo Championships
4st Women's World Championships		 New York, USA. 443 male
226 female		 82
54
November 15-21, 1995 12th World Taekwondo Championships
5th Women's World Championships		 Manila, Philippine 379 male
219 female		 74
50
November 19-23, 1997 13th World Taekwondo Championships
6th Women's World Championships		 Hong Kong, China    
May 25-June 7, 1999 14th World Taekwondo Championships
7th Women's World Championships		 Alberta, Canada    
May 25-June 7, 1999 14th World Taekwondo Championships
7th Women's World Championships		 Alberta, Canada    

 

DATE NAME HOST
COUNTRY		 ATHLETES COUNTRIES
July 3-5, 1986 1st World Cup Taekwondo Championship Colorado Springs, USA. 94 17
May 15-16, 1987 2nd World Cup Taekwondo Championship Helsinki, Finland 105 14
February 22-25, 1989 3rd World Cup Taekwondo Championship Cairo, Egypt 114 16
November 9-11, 1990 4th World Cup Taekwondo Championship Madrid, Spain   18
May 16-18, 1991 5th World Cup Taekwondo Championship Zagreb, Yugoslavia   18
July 21-23, 1994 6th World Cup Taekwondo Championship Georgetown,Cayman 231 16
February 20-22, 1996 7th World Cup Taekwondo Championship Sao Pablo, Brazil 210 20
March 6-8, 1997 8th World Cup Taekwondo Championship Cairo, Egypt    
June 5-7, 1998 9th World Cup Taekwondo Championship Sindelfingen-Germany    
There will be no World Cup Taekwondo in 1999 10th World Cup Taekwondo Championship There will be no World Cup Taekwondo in 1999    
March 2000 10th World Cup Taekwondo Championship Lyons, France    

 

DATE NAME HOST
COUNTRY		 ATHLETES COUNTRIES
September 17-22, 1978 1st Pan American Taekwondo Championships Mexico City, Mexico 152 10
January 17-18, 1981 2nd Pan American Taekwondo Championships Houston-Texas,USA   14
December 15-20, 1982 3rd Pan American Taekwondo Championships Ponce, Puerto Rico 120 11
November 16-18, 1984 4th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Paramaribo, Surinam 134 15
December 10-14, 1986 5th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Guayaquil, Ecuador 132 22
December 9-11, 1988 6th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Lima, Peru   27
September 6-9, 1990 7th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Bayamon, Puerto Rico   18
December 4-5, 1992 8th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Colorado Springs, USA. 146 25
September 30-Oct.2, 1994 9th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Heredia, Costa Rica 176 29
October 3-6, 1995 10th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Havana, Cuba    
December 1-6, 1998 11th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Lima, Peru    
Year 2000 12th Pan American Taekwondo Championships Puerto Rico    

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
October 18-20, 1974 1st Asian Taekwondo Championships Seoul, Korea
October 16-17, 1976 2nd Asian Taekwondo Championships  Melbourne, Australia
September 8-10, 1978 3rd Asian Taekwondo Championships McPherson, Hong Kong
November 14-16, 1980 4th Asian Taekwondo Championships  Taipei, China
December 9-11, 1982 5th Asian Taekwondo Championships  Singapore
November 9-11, 1984 6th Asian Taekwondo Championships  Manila, Philippines
April 18-20, 1986  7th Asian Taekwondo Championships Darwin, Australia
March 23-25, 1988 8th Asian Taekwondo Championships Katmandu, Nepal
June 2-4, 1990 9th Asian Taekwondo Championships Taipei, China
January 31-February 2, 1992 10th Asian Taekwondo Championships Kuala-Lumpur,Malaysia
May 15-17, 1998 13th Asian Taekwondo Championships Hochiminh City, Vietnam
2000 14th Asian Taekwondo Championships Hong Kong, China

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY        
May 22-23, 1976 1st European Championships Barcelona, Spain
October 20-22, 1978 2nd European Championships Munich, Germany
October 14-17, 1980 3rd European Championships Copenhagen, Denmark
September 23-26, 1982 4th European Championships Rome, Italy
October 26-28, 1984 5th European Championships Stuttgart, Germany
October 3-5, 1986 6th European Championships Seefeld, Austria
May 26-29, 1988 7th European Championships Ankara, Turkey
October 18-21, 1990 8th European Championships Aarhus, Denmark
May 18-25, 1992 9th European Championships Valencia, Spain
October 23-25, 1998 12th European Championships Eindhoven, Netherlands
Year 2000 13th European Championships Athens, Greece

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
October 30-November 7, 1980 1st CISM Championships Seoul, Korea
October 25-November 1, 1987 2nd CISM Championships Seoul, Korea
June 15-21, 1991 3rd CISM Championships Seoul, Korea
October 17-25, 1992 4th CISM Championships Tehran, Iran
June 6-13, 1993 5th CISM Championships Kingston, Canada)

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
July 29-31, 1981 1st World Games Santa Clara, U.S.A.
August 3-4, 1985 2nd World Games Siuth London, U.K.
July 20-30, 1989 3rd World Games Karlsruhe, Germany
1993 4th World Games  
Aug. 7-17, 1997 5th World Games.
Taekwondo did not paticipate.		 Lahti, Finland. Taekwondo did not participated.
     

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
November 29-30, 1986  1st World University Taekwondo Championships Berkely, U.S.A.
April 6-8, 1990 2nd World University Taekwondo Championships Santander, Spain
October 12-15, 1992 3rd World University Taekwondo Championships Guadalajara, Maxico
1994. Was Cancelled 4th World University Taekwondo Championships  Was Cancelled
September 25-28, 1995 4th World University Taekwondo Championships St.Petersburg, Russia
November 23-27, 1998 5th World University Taekwondo Championships Manzanillo-Colima, Mexico
March 29-April 2, 2000 6th World University Taekwondo Championships Kaohsiung Chinese Taipei

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
January 6, 1990 Central American Sports Games Tegucogalpa, Honduras. Debut of Taekwondo in the 4th Central American Sports Games
     
December 5, 1997 Central American Sports Games San Pedro Sula, Honduras

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
November 29-December 3, 1990 1st Southest Asian Championships Singapore
December 5-6, 1992 2nd Southeast Asian Championships Manila, Philippines
September 1-3, 1995 3rd Southeast Asian Championships Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
October 23-27, 1996 4th Southeast Asian Championships Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
middle of July, 1998 5th Southeast Asian Championships Yogyakarta, Indonesia

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
June 27-30, 1996 1st World Junior TKD Championships  
September 9-13, 1998 2nd World Junior TKD Championships Istanbul, Turkey
     

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
September 5-7, 1997 European Junior TKD Championships Patra, Greece
April 15-18, 1999 European Junior TKD Championships Nicosta, Cyprus


DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
June 27-29, 1997 1st Mexico Open TKD Championships Acapulco, Mexico
1998 2nd Mexico Open TKD Championships  
February 18-21, 1999 3rd Mexico Open TKD Championships Mexico City, Mexico

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
April 3-5, 1998 1st Spanish Open TKD Championships Barcelona, Spain
March 19-21, 1999 2nd Spanish Open TKD Championships Sevilla, Spain

 

DATE NAME HOST COUNTRY
October 17, 1988 24th Olympic Games Taekwondo was a demonstration Sport.
July 30, 1992 25th Olympic Games Taekwondo was a demonstration Sport.
September 4, 1994 Taekwondo become an official Olympic sport in 2000 Sydney Olympic Games at 103 IOC Session in Paris.  
September 13, October 01, 2000 (Olympic Games)
September 27-30, 2000 (TKD)		 27th Olympic Games Sydney, Australia