World Karate Championship in Weight Categories is the second largest competition in Kyokushin Karate. This tournament is arranged by several kyokushin organisations and usually held every fourth year in between World Tournaments which do not have any weight classes.

Rules

All world cup tournaments operates under knockdown karate rules which involves standup bareknuckle fighting with basically no protection. The more characteristical rules in knockdown karate compered to other styles is that you are not allowed to punch in the face and a point system that only count hits that actually "hurt" the opponent. This makes knockdown fighting very physical but at the same time quite safe considering that there are very few hits to the head. There can be slight variances in the rules between the different organizations responsible for a tournaments but the basics are the same. The rules has also been modified over the years.^[1][2][3]

Before split of IKO

Only world tournaments in open weight was organized by IKO (International Karate Organization Kyokushinkaikan) led by Sosai Masutatsu Oyama. After the death of Sosai, IKO was split in different fractions and several has since then started to organise world tournaments in weight categories from 1997 and onwards.^[5]

All Japan Weight Category Tournament

IKO All Japan Weight Category Karate Championships is the annual Kyokushin Karate Japan Championship. It has been held in Osaka since 1984 and is held in four different weight classes. Exceptionally, the 2014 tournament was held in Tokyo.^[6] Earlier in 1969, the Japanese Championships were established, in which the championship is played in the open weight class. Between 1984 and 1996, there were three weight classes: light, medium and heavy. After the first World Weight Championships in 1997, the weight classes were increased by one.^[7]

Super Heavyweight (+85 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998[7]	Kiyoyuki Shida	Yasuhiko Kimura	Gun Irisawa
1999[7]	Kiyoyuki Shida	Tadateru Sano	Gun Irisawa
2000[7]	Hirokazu Kondo	Hideki Tokumoto	Satoshi Higuchi
2001[7]	Atsushi Kadoi	Shinji Adachi	Tsuneya Ichikawa
2002[7]	Letši Kurbanov	Hideki Tokumoto	Hirokazu Kondo
2003[7]	Hirokazu Kondo	Norihito Satoh	Shinji Adachi
2004[7]	Jan Soukup	Andrei Stepin	Oleg Lukyanenko
2005[7]	Mihail Kozlov	Keiji Higuchi	Yoshiaki Uchida
2006[7]	Darmen Sadvokasov	Makoto Akaishi	Arthur Hovhannisyan
2007[7]	Makoto Taniguchi	Makoto Akaishi	Yuji Kogure
2008[7]	Makoto Akaishi	Zahari Damyanov	Kentaro Aso
2009[7]	Tadakuni Tokuda	Hideo Sawada	Tadateru Sano
2010[7]	Syoki Arata	Makoto Taniguchi	Hideo Sawada
2011[7]	Makoto Taniguchi	Seijyun Kinoshita	Norio Matsumura
2012[7]	Syoki Arata	Sergei Uvitski	Satoru Araki
2013[7]	Oleksandr Ieromienko	Kirill Kotšnev	Masahiro Ohe
2014[7]	Shōhei Kamada	Mikio Ueda	Steven Cujic
2015[7]	Steven Cujic	Satoru Araki	Kenta Nanbara
2016[7]	Shōhei Kamada	Yuta Takahashi	Tatsuma Yamagawa
2017	Goderzi Kapanadze	Oleksandr Ieromenko	Seiya Tanigawa
2018	Anton Gulyaev	Kenta Nanbara	Ryunosuke Hoshi
2019	Goderzi Kapanadze	Anton Gulyaev	Danil Goryushkin

Heavyweight (-85 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984[7]	Yasuhiro Shichinohe	Yoshitaka Nishiyama	Shinichi Sotodate
1985[7]	Yasuhiro Shichinohe	Yoshitaka Nishiyama	Hirofumi Kanayama
1986[7]	Yoshitaka Nishiyama	Hirofumi Kanayama	Katsutoshi Iguchi
1987[7]	Yasuhiro Shichinohe	Hiroki Kurosawa	Masashi Kimoto
1988[7]	Masashi Kimoto	Takehisa Iriki	Hirofumi Kanayama
1989[7]	Yasuhiro Shichinohe	Yoshihiro Tamura	Iwao Takita
1990[7]	Tatsuya Iwasaki	Iwao Takita	Yoshiharu Eguchi
1991[7]	Yoshihiro Tamura	Yasuhiro Shichinohe	Yutaka Ishi
1992[7]	Yoshihiro Tamura	Takehiro Minami	Kiyoshi Nemoto
1993[7]	Kenji Yamaki	Kunihiro Suzuki	Hiroki Kurosawa
1994[7]	Niiho Satoshi	Kunihiro Suzuki	Nicholas Pettas
1995[7]	Tatsuya Iwasaki	Yoshihiro Tamura	Hiroki Kurosawa
1996[7]	Masayoshi Takaku	Kiiyoyuki Shida	Yasuhiko Kimura
1997[7]	Kyokushin World Championships held simultaneously
1998[7]	Atsushi Kadoi	Naoji Mikoshiba	Keiichi Hayashi
1999[7]	Shinji Adachi	Osamu Sumitani	Kentaro Tanaka
2000[7]	Kentaro Tanaka	Osamu Sumitani	Tetsuya Kano
2001[7]	Yoshinori Ikeda	Masashi Nakagawa	Fumihiro Sugiyama
2002[7]	Naoji Mikoshiba	Masashi Nakagawa	Osamu Sumitani
2003[7]	Masato Ikeda	Yoshinori Ikeda	Masataka Ino
2004[7]	Kenshin Morimura	Yuji Kogure	Masataka Ino
2005[7]	Hiroyuki Kidachi	Yasushi Itatani	Yoshitatsu Beppu
2006[7]	Osamu Sumitani	Toshihiro Kanamori	Yoshitatsu Beppu
2007[7]	Osamu Shiojima	Kengo Shimizu	Naoki Ichimura
2008[7]	Yoshitatsu Beppu	Nurmamed Mamedov	Yoshikazu Muraoka
2009[7]	Yoshitatsu Beppu	Osamu Sumitani	Kyohei Yasujima
2010[7]	Tariel Nikoleishvili	Zenjyuro Mori	Yoshikazu Muraoka
2011[7]	Kyohei Ajima	Yoshikazu Muraoka	Yoshitatsu Beppu
2012[7]	Daiki Kobayashi	Shōhei Kamada	Tatsuya Murata
2013[7]	Mikio Ueda	Koinosuke Ishizaki	Kyohei Ajima
2014[7]	Yuta Takahashi	Masanaga Nakamura	Farukh Turgunboev
2015[7]	Masanaga Nakamura	Takuya Takeoka	Yota Higuchi
2016[7]	Koinosuke Ishizaki	Takuya Takeoka	Chihiro Nakajima
2017	Chihiro Nakajima	Yutaro Ishizuka	Kyohei Ajima
2018	Andrei Luzin	Kyohei Ajima	Kashin Osawa
2019	Kashin Osawa	Andrei Tširkov	Youta Takahashi

Middleweight (-75 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984[7]	Hideaki Kakinuma	Mitsuaki Satoh	Satoshi Yui
1985[7]	Takehisa Iriki	Hidehiko Hashizume	Jyun Miwa
1986[7]	Hidehiko Hashizume	Hideki Okamoto	Makoto Kusakai
1987[7]	Yasuhiro Kuwajima	Hidehiko Hashizume	Masahiro Oga
1988[7]	Hideki Shibata	Masahiro Oga	Takuya Akimoto
1989[7]	Hiroyuki Miake	Niiho Satoshi	Masaaki Yoshii
1990[7]	Kyouichi Taguchi	Shinegori Sakamoto	Toshiya Sasaki
1991[7]	Naoyuki Sonoda	Takhiroh Katoh	Eiji Kawamoto
1992[7]	Eiji Kawamoto	Hidenori Aoki	Shinichi Ogawa
1993[7]	Hidenori Aoki	Toshiaki Iizumi	Masanori Ngatomo
1994[7]	Hiroyuki Miake	Yoshinori Ikeda	Yoshikazu Koi
1995[7]	Tetsuo Seto	Masato Ikeda	Garry O'Neill
1996[7]	Ryū Narushima	Atsuya Fukuda	Hiroyuki Kidachi
1997[7]	Kyokushin World Championships held the same year
1998[7]	Yuji Arai	Khosro Yaghoubi	Tadashi Honma
1999[7]	Hiroyuki Kidachi	Shin Ito	Masahiro Kaneko
2000[7]	Hiroyuki Kidachi	Khosro Yaghoubi	Yoshinori Ikeda
2001[7]	Yuji Shin	Tatsuya Fukuda	Tadashi Honma
2002[7]	Shin Ito	Hisashi Noka	Toshihiro Kanamori
2003[7]	Toshihiro Kanamori	Hisashi Noka	Joji Hibino
2004[7]	Takamitsu Sakurai	Makoto Ikemoto	Adlan Abzotov
2005[7]	Tomohiko Matsuoka	Zenjyuro Mori	Atsutomo Mori
2006[7]	Zenjyuro Mori	Tomohiko Matsuoka	Dmitri Startsev
2007[7]	Yuzo Suzuki	Yuto Watanabe	Zenjyuro Mori
2008[7]	Yuzo Suzuki	Tomohiko Matsuoka	Takaichi Onuma
2009[7]	Yuta Mita	Yuichi Sugimura	Masaru Shitanda
2010[7]	Yuta Takahashi	Yuki Fukui	Tomohiko Matsuoka
2011[7]	Takuya Takeoka	Takaichi Onuma	Yuki Inaoka
2012[7]	Zenjyuro Mori	Yuta Sawamura	Yuta Takahashi
2013[7]	Masanaga Nakamura	Takuya Takeoka	Yuta Takahashi
2014[7]	Igor Titkov	Takehiro Kaga	Andrei Luzin
2015[7]	Yuta Sawamura	Yukou Harada	Kasin Osawa
2016[7]	Takuma Yamada	Kashin Osawa	Chiharu Higuchi
2017	Takuya Takeoka	Chiharu Higuchi	Takuya Yagihashi
2018	Chiharu Higuchi	Yuki Yoza	Yuki Usuda
2019	Takehiro Kaga	Yuki Shimizu	Kazutaka Watari

Lightweight (-65 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984[7]	Masahiro Oga	Tatsumi Nakae	Haruo Nakijima
1985[7]	Kenji Midori	Hiroyuki Miake	Yoshikuni Toyoda
1986[7]	Takahiro Kajiwara	Masahiro Sakurazawa	Toshhiko Imanishi
1987[7]	Kenji Midori	Hiroyuki Miake	Hisayoshi Tsuda
1988[7]	Takahiro Kajiwara	Taichi Nishimura	Toshhiko Imanishi
1989[7]	Seiji Yamame	Toshhiko Imanishi	Hisayoshi Tsuda
1990[7]	Kenji Midori	Kensaku Yamamoto	Ken Kato
1991[7]	Kensaku Yamamoto	Masanori Nagatomo	Naoki Kuniyoshi
1992[7]	Kensaku Yamamoto	Kohtara Arinaga	Kou Tanigawa
1993[7]	Kensaku Yamamoto	Seiji Yamane	Katae Minoru
1994[7]	Kou Tanigawa	Ryū Narushima	Kohtara Arinaga
1995[7]	Ryū Narushima	Takeshi Fukuda	Nobuyuki Kamio
1996[7]	Masafumi Tagahara	Nobuyuki Kamio	Hiromitsu Takano
1997[7]	World Kyokushin Championships the same year
1998[7]	Hiroyuki Kidachi	Koji Yasuda	Masafumi Tagahara
1999[7]	Ryū Narushima	Koji Yasuda	Masafumi Tagahara
2000[7]	Masafumi Tagahara	Makoto Ozaki	Hisashi Noki
2001[7]	Yuuki Fukui	Shiro Yaginuma	Koji Yasuda
2002[7]	Osamu Shiojima	Ryo Ozaki	Tomohiko Matsuoka
2003[7]	Osamu Shiojima	Atsushi Ono	Takahiro Fukuda
2004[7]	Yuuki Fukui	Tomohiko Matsuoka	Makoto Ozaki
2005[7]	Makoto Ozaki	Atsushi Ono	Shintarou Koyama
2006[7]	Yuzo Suzuki	Makoto Ozaki	Kunitomo Kondou
2007[7]	Yuuki Fukui	Yuya Fujita	Makoto Ozaki
2008[7]	Roman Semtšenko	Nikolai Krush	Yuta Mita
2009[7]	Yuzo Suzuki	Tomohiko Matsuoka	Takaichi Onuma
2010[7]	Yuya Fujita	Yuta Sawamura	Masato Osugi
2011[7]	Yuta Sawamura	Kazumasa Aizawa	Yuko Harada
2012[7]	Takaichi Onuma	Naoya Kimura	Aleksandr Mihailov
2013[7]	Yukou Harada	Yoshimasa Tokushige	Hiroisa Nishino
2014[7]	Genki Kamei	Yuki Shimizu	Yuya Konishi
2015[7]	Yuki Shimizu	Takaichi Onuma	Yuki Yoza
2016[7]	Yuki Yoza	Yuki Fukui	Yuki Shimizu
2017	Kazutaka Watari	BeyNoah	Alexander Aristov
2018	BeyNoah	Alim Junusov	Jevgeni Gluhov
2019	Alexander Aristov	Alim Junusov	Kento Kobayashi

U.S. Weight Category Karate Championships (USWC)

The Kyokushin U.S. Weight Category Karate Championships (USWC) is the annual Kyokushin Karate U.S. Championship. It has been held in Los Angeles since 2005 and is held in four different weight classes. Previously, the All American Open was held in 1996, where the championship is played in the open weight class. In the first year, there were three weight classes.^[8]

Super Heavyweight (+90 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2006[8]	Marek Kosowski	Michael Martinez	Slawomir Was
2007[8]	Slawomir Was	Luis Giralt	Daymon Miller
2008[8]	Slawek Was	Petar Martinov	Hristo Hristov
2009[8]	Marcin Sieradzki	Petar Martinov	Yordan Yanev
2010[8]	Marcin Sieradzki	Mark Berg	Joe Nguyen
2011[8]	Arkadiusz Szir	Daniel Milicevic	Kris Erickson
2012[8]	Daniel Milicevic	Mark Berg	Seiichiro Fujimoto
2013[8]	Daniel Milicevic	Matth Payne	Mark Berg
2014[8]	Daniel Milicevic	Patryk Sypien	Mark Berg
2015[8]	Mark Berg	Damian Kolano	Lucas McKinnon
2016[8]	Taiga Yanagisawa	Ryan Powell	Seiichiro Fujimoto
2017[8]	Goderzi Kapanadze	Daniel Milicevic	Taiga Yanagisawa
2018[8]	Miguel Rodriguez	Taiga Yanagisawa	Stanimir Kondov
2019[8]	Taiga Yanagisawa	Stanimir Kondov
2020	Stanimir Kondov	Woo Cheol Roh

Heavyweight (-90 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005[8]	Luis Giralt	Slawomir Was	Stephane Parent
2006[8]	Johnny LeBlanc	Katsuhiko Nakakuki	Steven Cujic
2007[8]	Zahari Damjanov	Shohei Yamamoto	Carlos Castro
2008[8]	Masaru Sato	Zensaku Munn	Victor Potvin
2009[8]	Shohei Yamamoto	Jordan Forget	Kiril Boev
2010[8]	Shohei Yamamoto	Maxime Demeautis	Jordan Forget
2011[8]	Nicolae Stoian	Krzysztof Galka	Pasha Mykhaylov
2012[8]	Darmen Sadvokasov	Nicolae Stoian	Marek Mroz
2013[8]	Mohamed Chikh	Evgenii Savin	Nicolae Stoian
2014[8]	Tornike Kurtsikidze	Anthony Tockar	Damian Kolano
2015[8]	Mohamed Chikh	Pasha Mykhaylov	Marek Mroz
2016[8]	David Navojan	Jahnmaine Christie	Stanimir Kondov
2017[8]	Sota Nakano	Achemi Chikh	Brett Burris
2018[8]	Chihiro Nakajima	Sota Nakano	Robin Hussey
2019[8]	Igor Lyashenko	Sota Nakano	Yuji Ishikawa
2020	Yuji Ishikawa	Johnerick Sanchez	Mohammad Saleh

Middleweight (-80 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005[8]	Katsuhiko Nakakuki	Seiji Hori	Michihiro Nagase
2006[8]	Masahiro Ito	Seiji Hori	Michihiro Nagase
2007[8]	Damian Kolano	Tomasz Pelczar	Arnold Koh
2008[8]	Stilian Petrov	Mladen Banushev	Eddie Potter
2009[8]	Nicolae Stoian	Stiliyan Petrov	Daniel Bukowy
2010[8]	Sota Nakano	Michihiro Nagase	Daniel Bukowy
2011[8]	Mirel Iacob	Michi Nagase	Mauricio Alvarado
2012[8]	Sota Nakano	Mirel Iacob	Kiril Boev
2013[8]	Shohei Yamamoto	Mirel Iacob	Skander Youssfi
2014[8]	Reece Henderson	David Tockar	Luigi Scarcella
2015[8]	Kashin Osawa	Sota Nakano	Simon Deguire
2016[8]	Sota Nakano	Enrique Mayers
2017[8]	Luigi Scarcella	Hoang Nguyen	Jiang Zhu
2018[8]	Luigi Scarcella	Hoang Nguyen	Tanner Nordin
2019[8]	Luigi Scarcella	Shosei Sugiura	Monet Garrett
2020	Anton Torres	Blagovest Petkov	Maksim Osadchenko

Lightweight (-70 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2005[8]	Tomofusa Yamakawa	Tomasz Pelczar	Masa Nakao
2006[8]	Masa Nakao	Baldalip Thind	I-Shing Wu
2007[8]	Julio Del Calle	Michiaki Motegi	Piotr Jasica
2008[8]	Alexandar Petrov	Piotr Jasica	Nikola Kirov
2009[8]	Julien Marquette	Nikola Kirov	Masashi Odate
2010[8]	Victor Teixeira	Kotaro Zushi	Adel Al-Tamimi
2011[8]	Taison Naito	Piotr Jasica	Paeden Sakauov
2012[8]	Cyril Zubarev	Sithembiso Majozi	Piotr Jasica
2013[8]	Alim Junusov	Alexander Mikhailov	Kirill Zubarev
2014[8]	Ašot Zarinjan	Tomasz Pelczar	Enrique Mayers
2015[8]	Showta Moriyama	Kohtaro Zushi	Cruz Plata
2016[8]	Alim Junusov	Showta Moriyama	Grzegorz Kedzierski
2017[8]	Alexander Mikhailov	Kirill Zubarev	Ilias Astamirov
2018[8]	Shosei Sugiura	Chrsat Allogho
2019[8]	Chrsat Allogho	Salamat Demeuov	Sergei Galkin
2020	Christian Buffaloe	Omar Mohammed Alduaij	Kotaro Zushi

European Weight Category Karate Championships

The Kyokushin European Weight Category Karate Championships is the annual Kyokushin Karate European Championship. It has been organized since 1978 and is held in four different weight classes. The first European Championships in 1978 were known as the European Championships in London.^[9] After Oyama's death in 1994, the Kyokushi organization disbanded into several other organizations. The original IKO1 organization continued the European Championships under a new name in 1996. Between 1978 and 1996, there were mainly three weight classes, the light series (less than 70 kg), the middle series (less than 80 kg) and the heavy series (more than 80 kg). Exceptionally, the first European Championships had only two weight classes.^[9]

Super Heavyweight (+90 kg)

• The weight limit for the super heavyweight series in 1982 was over 85 kg^[10]

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1982	England	Julian Baker	H. Hernandez	Michael Thompson Gabriel Marxer
1997	Poland	Oleksandr Lapko	Rafal Czerniakowski	Alexander Bielecki Ion Gorgoiu
1998	Spain	Pavel Mandok	Eusebio Barbero	Siegfied Elson
1999	Ukraine	Oleksandr Lapko	Mihai Gorgoiu	Alexei Drobyazko Tibor Naby
2000	Portugal	Tomasz Najduch	Florian Ogunade	Alexei Drobyazko Fabrice Fourmont
2001	Hungary	Tomasz Najduch	Alexei Drobyazko	Marek Kosowski Adam Solyom
2002[11]	Bulgaria	Tomasz Najduch	Marek Kosowski	Rudolf Conquet Lucian Sopiridon
2003[12]	Ukraine	Sveto Dekovic	Marek Kosowski	Karol Ciesluk Arthur Hovhannisyan
2004[13]	Germany	Sokat Sulejmanov	Valentin Krastev	Eduard Wallmen Alexandre Rodrigues
2005[14]	Bulgaria	Arthur Hovhannisyan	Jan Soukup	Artem Pukas Rudolf Conquet
2006[15]	Spain	Petar Martinov	Sergej Nikishaev	Piotr Banasik Alexej Kiushkin
2007	Greece	Jan Soukup	Petar Martinov	Djema Belkhodja Karol Ciesluk
2008	Spain	Krzysztof Habraszka	Petar Martinov	Djema Belkhodja Vldyslav Plyasonytsya
2009[16]	Ukraine	Zahari Damjanov	Dmitry Lunev	Djema Belkhodja Petar Martinov
2010[17]	Romania	Zahari Damjanov	Sergej Uwitskij	Charley Quinol Daniel Milicevic
2011	Italy	Alejandro Navarro	Djema Belkhodja	Semen Haran Maxime Demeautis
2012	Hungary	Djema Belkhodja	Marchin Prachino	Nikolai Davydov Ibragim Gogaev
2013	Ukraine	Zahari Damjanov	Alejandro Navarro	Patryk Sypień
2014	Bulgaria	Zahari Damjanov	Djema Belkhodja	Alejandro Navarro
2015	Germany	Alejandro Navarro	Zahari Damjanov	Djema Belkhodja
2016[18]	Bulgaria	David Sarkoshyan	Tornike Kurtsikidze	Farukh Turgunboev
2017[19]	France	Konstantin Kovalenko	Damian Galinski	Alejandro Navarro
2018	Bulgaria	Konstantin Kovalenko	Goderzi Kapanadze	Alejandro Navarro
2019	Poland	Oleksandr Ieromienko	Constantin Dogari	Maxim Kuzyaev
2020		Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Poland	Igor Zagainov	Danil Goriushkin	Patryk Sypień

Heavyweight (-90 kg)

• Years 1978–1995 heavyweight weight limit was +80 kg.
• The weight limit for the heavy series in 1982 was 76–85 kg^[10]

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978	England	Howard Collins	Jeff Whybrow	François Kappeler Ceno Marxer
1982	England	Ceno Marxer	J. Hernandez	Heinz Forster A. Lewandowsky
1985	Spain	Andy Hug	Klaus Rex	Lars Jensen G. Falkenhann
1987	Poland	Michel Wedel	Michael Thompson	Andy Hug Gabor Peko
1989	Hungary	Andy Hug	Michael Thompson	Juhani Vepsäläinen Thomas Retsack
1991	Spain	Michael Thompson	Andy Hug	Colm Daly Juhani Vepsäläinen
1993	Bulgaria	Juhani Vepsäläinen	Igor Timofiev	Rafal Szlazak Benno Rasmussen
1995	Romania	Nicholas Pettas	Assen Assenov	Oleksandr Lapko Mikael Wallberg
1996	Greece	Tomasz Najduch	Egil Arne Okland	Georgi Georgiev
1997	Poland	Marek Kosowski	Cayetano Mateo	Egil Arne Okland Lucian Spiridon
1998	Spain	Mateusz Wojcik	Marek Kosowski	Zeljo Micakovic
1999	Ukraine	Paul Kasprowski	Cayetano Mateo	Lechi Kurbanov Rafal Szlazak
2000	Portugal	Hitoshi Kiyama	Pavel Mandok	Marek Kubek Andrej Onopchenko
2001	Hungary	Lechi Kurbanov	Sergej Melyuk	Tomasz Glowacki Semen Haran
2002[11]	Bulgaria	Akos Aladics	Mark Kubek	Pablo Estensoro Semen Haran
2003[12]	Ukraine	Krzysztof Habraszka	Pablo Estensoro	Lorant Paksi Jan Soukup
2004[13]	Germany	Krzysztof Habraszka	Igor Titkov	Pablo Estensoro Piotr Banasik
2005[14]	Bulgaria	Goderzi Kapanadze	Krzysztof Habraszka	Alejandro Navarro
2006[15]	Spain	Lucian Gogonel	Pablo Estensoro	Alejandro Navarro Oleksiy Pryhodko
2007	Greece	Lucian Gogonel	Krzysztof Habraszka	Alejandro Navarro Olexiy Pryhhdko
2008	Spain	Alejandro Navarro	Lucian Gogonel	Pablo Estensoro Marcin Sieradzki
2009[16]	Ukraine	Alejandro Navarro	Lucian Gogonel	Oleksiy Prikhodko Pablo Estensoro
2010[17]	Romania	Tariel Nikoleishvili	Mirel Iacob	Oleksandr Ieromienko Nurmagamed Mamedov
2011	Italy	Oleksandr Ieromienko	Daniel Bukowy	Pablo Estensoro Marcin Prachnio
2012	Hungary	Oleksandr Ieromienko	Ilja Karpenko	Daniel Bukowy Marian Negrescu
2013	Ukraine	Oleksandr Ieromienko	Andrei Chirkov	Alexei Medvedev
2014	Bulgaria	Oleksandr Ieromienko	Darmen Sadvokasov	Andrei Chirkov
2015	Germany	Oleksandr Ieromienko	Patryk Sypień	Nicolae Stoian
2016[18]	Bulgaria	Eldar Ismailov	Ivan Mezentsev	David Navoian
2017[19]	France	Antonio Tusseau	Patryk Sypień	Kirill Kotšnev
2018	Bulgaria	Andrei Luzin	Ivan Aksenenko	Kiril Boev
2019	Poland	Andrei Luzin	Alejandro Navarro	Antonio Tusseau
2020		Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Poland	Alejandro Navarro	Aleksei Fedoseev	Nikita Butko

Middleweight (-80 kg)

• The weight limit for the middle series in 1982 was 68–76 kg^[10]

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1982	England	Fleming Jensen	Nick Da Costa	Jean-Pierre Louisset Istvan Bodi
1985	Spain	Nick Da Costa	Stanislaw Gwidz	Jose Luna Heinz Muntwyler
1987	Poland	Peter Smit	Nick Da Costa	Stanislaw Gwidz Istvan Bodi
1989	Hungary	Nick Da Costa	Miroslav Zuziak	Hans Mars Jose Luna
1991	Spain	Georgi Georgiev	George Karmazin	Remmert De Vit Jose Luna
1993	Bulgaria	Hans Mars	Robert van Boxtel	Göran Mohlin
1995	Romania	Paulius Klapatauskas	Eugeniusz Dadziburg	Robert van Boxtel Dmitar Trampov
1996	Greece	Eugeniusz Dadziburg	Fernando Perez	Pavel Mandok
1997	Poland	Vladimir Zadarozhniy	Florescu Tiberiu	Johannes Berget Iulian Nichalache
1998	Spain	Emil Kostov	Florescu Tiberiu	Sylwester Sypień
1999	Ukraine	Vadim Jakovenko	Emil Kostov	Ionel Stancu Mustafa Oksuz
2000	Portugal	Emil Kostov	Semen Haran	Sylwester Sypień Nicolae Stoian
2001	Hungary	Sylwester Sypień	Aleksandr Goulevich	Ivan Sidoti Valerij Vasjin
2002[11]	Bulgaria	Emil Kostov	Plamen Jeliazkov	Erik Grindheim Javier Lezcano
2003[12]	Ukraine	Sylwester Sypień	Nicolae Stoian	Lucian Gogonel Javier Lezcano
2004[13]	Germany	Lucian Gogonel	Volodymyr Mashov	Otto Megrelishvili Javier Lezcano
2005[14]	Bulgaria	Lucian Gogonel	Javier Lezcano	Mikhail Tretyakov Nicolae Stoian
2006[15]	Spain	Evgenyi Shevnin	Volodymyr Mashkov	Nicolae Stoian Otto Megrelishvili
2007	Greece	Hussein Elikhanov	Javier Lezcano	Nicolae Stoian Rustam Unezhev
2008	Spain	Nicolae Stoian	Nikita Tomchuk	Stilian Petrov Michal Krzak
2009[16]	Ukraine	Nicolae Stoian	Aleksandar Komanov	Vusau Ismailov Michal Krzak
2010[17]	Romania	Giga Shamatava	Vusal Ismailov	Pawel Biszczak Michal Krzak
2011	Italy	Sultanamet Yunusov	Mirel Jacob	Vusal Ismailov Lucian Gogonel
2012	Hungary	Mirel Iacob	Lucian Gogonel	Dzhamshed Ulfatov Skander Youssfi
2013	Ukraine	Gerrard Will	Vladislav Jekimov	Vusal Ismailov
2014	Bulgaria	Antonio Tusseau	Andrej Zubarev	Igor Titkov
2015	Germany	Eldar Ismailov	Lucian Gogonel	Mykyrta Peshenko
2016[18]	Bulgaria	Ašot Zarinjan	Andrej Zuborev	Igor Titkov
2017[19]	France	Alexei Galiev	Lascha Gabarev	Yerbolat Kanapin
2018	Bulgaria	Ašot Zarinjan	Lascha Gabaraev	Dilyan Ivanov
2019	Poland	Ašot Zarinjan	Lascha Gabaraev	Mahmut Tarik Keskin
2020		Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Poland	Lascha Gabaraev	Grzegorz Kędzierski	Artsem Urbanovitš

Lightweight (-70 kg)

• The weight limit for the lightweight series in 1982 was 68 kg^[10]

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1978	England	Lucien Carbin	Lloyd Payne	Lee Costa Kent Carlson
1982	England	Lloyd Payne	Hans Biéth	Alan Payne J. Gonzales
1985	Spain	Marek Drodzowski	Frank Peterson	Csaba Toth Erdint Arslantas
1987	Poland	Wlodzmierz Roj	Josef Borza	Harald Skog Eric Wentink
1989	Hungary	Janusz Morys	Luigi D'Amico	Sandor Brezovai Bessam Ibrahim
1991	Spain	José María Gómez	Janusz Morys	Marino Deflorin Santiago Alacorn
1993	Bulgaria	Antal Bencze	Martijn Mellaert	Eric Constancia Christophe Van Schependom
1995	Romania	Antal Bencze	Piotr Sawicki	Michel St. Martory Mark Goodwin
1996	Greece	Piotr Sawicki	Leszek Zgrzebniak	Plamen Jeliazkov
1997	Poland	Piotr Sawicki	Leszek Zgrzebniak	Lucian Gogonel Ionel Stancu
1998	Spain	Piotr Sawicki	Michael Biskos	Ahmed Alinak
1999	Ukraine	Lucian Gogonel	Stefan Mocanu	Dimo Tenev Alon Shualy
2000	Portugal	Piotr Sawicki	Christian Luissint	Ronny Holf Leszek Zgrzebniak
2001	Hungary	Dmitry Startsev	Waldemar Wiszynski	Artur Szychowski Shamil Lakaev
2002[11]	Bulgaria	Lucian Gogonel	Semen Jakovenko	Raymond Mikkelsen Georgi Vasilev
2003[12]	Ukraine	Semen Jakovenko	Juri Lavrinenko	Karen Giadukin Georgi Vasilev
2004[13]	Germany	Piotr Moczydlowski	Vusal Ismailov	Artyr Babaev Radovan Bosko
2005[14]	Bulgaria	Dmitry Kuteka	Piotr Moczydlowski	Stilijan Petrov Piotr Sawicki
2006[15]	Spain	Piotr Moczydlowski	Alexander Shikhalejev	Victor Teixeira Alexej Linchenko
2007	Greece	Shamil Lakaev	Piotr Moczydlowski	Ionut Mihalache Stilijan Petrov
2008	Spain	Piotr Moczydlowski	Victor Teixeira	Alexander Mikhailov Ionut Mihalache
2009[16]	Ukraine	Jevgeni Jakovenko	Victor Teixeira	Piotr Moczydlowski Antonio Griegorescu
2010[17]	Romania	Stanislav Romanchev	Victor Teixeira	Antonio Griegorescu Oleksyi Burlutskiy
2011	Italy	Piotr Moczydlowski	Antonio Grigorescu	Marius Stochitoiu Stheimbisio Majozi
2012	Hungary	Eldar Ismailov	Oleksandr Kostenko	Konrad Will Alberto Anzalone
2013	Ukraine	Guillaume Gründler	Cyril Zuborev	Alexander Grushenko
2014	Bulgaria	Alexander Mikhailov	Ašot Zarinjan	Eldar Ismailov
2015	Germany	Guillaume Gründler	Anton Khyzhynskyi	Alexander Grushenko
2016[18]	Bulgaria	Kirill Psarev	Alim Junusov	Ilias Astamirov
2017[19]	France	Alim Junusov	Andrei Kotov	Guillaume Gründler
2018	Bulgaria	Kirill Psarev	Alim Junusov	Albert Reyes
2019	Poland	Jevgeni Gluhov	Alim Junusov	Guillaume Gründler
2020		Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Poland	Georgii Krutykh	Askar Artemev	Wiktor Kolaja

Featherweight (-60 kg)

Year	Host	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2021	Poland	Kirill Psarev	Daniil Hrabovik	İsmet Durmuş

IKO1 (Matsui branch)

From 1997, the World cup in weight categories has been organized by IKO1^[20] led by Shokei Matsui.

• 1st World cup in weight categories IKO1 (1997, Osaka, Japan)
• 2nd World cup in weight categories IKO1 (10 June 2001, Osaka, Japan)
• 3rd World cup in weight categories IKO1 (1 May 2005, Tokyo, Japan)
• 4th World cup in weight categories IKO1 (23 August 2009, Tokyo-Chiba, Japan)
• 5th World cup in weight categories IKO1 (28 April 2013, Tokyo, Japan)
• 6th World cup in weight categories IKO1 (16 April 2017, Tokyo, Japan)

Super Heavyweight (+90 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997[21]	Francisco Filho	Glaube Feitosa	Nicholas Pettas
2001[21]	Hajime Kazumi	Atsushi Kadoi	Sergei Plehanov
2005[22]	Ewerton Teixeira	Lechi Kurbanov	Alexandre Pichkunov
2009[23]	Mihail Kozlov	Zahari Damjanov	Makoto Akaishi
2013[24]	Shoki Arata	Goderzi Kapanadze	Zahari Damjanov
2017[25]	Shōhei Kamada	Oleksandr Ieromenko	Shoki Arata

Heavyweight (-90 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997[21]	Masayoshi Takaku	Norihisa Horiike	Fumihiro Sugiyama
2001[21]	Hitoshi Kiyama	Sergei Osipov	Naoki Ichimura
2005[22]	Kentaro Tanaka	Maxim Dedik	Fabiano Da Silva
2009[23]	Kentaro Tanaka	Alejandro Navarro	Eduardo Tanaka
2013[24]	Alejandro Navarro	Shōhei Kamada	Ilja Karpenko
2017[25]	Andrei Luzin	Yuta Takahashi	Mikio Ueda

Middleweight (-80 kg)

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1997[21]	Hitoshi Kiyama	Shinji Adachi	Marcos Costa
2001[21]	Emil Kostov	Hiroyuki Kidachi	Khosro Yaghoubi
2005[22]	Andrews Nakahara	Takamitsu Sakurai	Hiroyuki Kidachi
2009[23]	Zenjūrō Mori	Hiroyuki Kidachi	Shohei Yamamoto
2013[24]	Zenjūrō Mori	Yuta Sawamura	Igor Titkov
2017[25]	Kashin Osawa	Andrei Zuborev	Ašot Zarinjan