🥋 17th AKF Cadet, Junior & U-21 Championships 2018

Medal Tally

The 17th AKF Cadet, Junior & U-21 Championships 2018 was held from May 10 to 13 in Okinawa, Japan. 

Southeast Asian karatekas from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam collected medals at this competition.

The 4-day tournament also served as a qualifying event for the Youth Olympic Games 2018 for the sport of karate.

Team Malaysia managed to collect 2 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals to finish 5th overall. 

Indonesia placed 6th overall with 2 gold and 7 bronze medals while Vietnam ended its campaign with 1 gold, 4 silver and 5 bronze medals to rank 8th overall.

Thailand came in 9th place with 1 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals while Japan topped the medal board with 14 gold, 5 silver and 5 bronze medals.

Below are the successful medalists from our region.

Female - Cadet Kata

• Bronze - Nguyen Ngoc Tram (Vietnam)

Cadet Kumite Female -47 kg

• Bronze - Klaibandit Rattanaporn (Thailand) 

Cadet Kumite Female -54 kg

• Silver - Pham Thi Hoa (Vietnam)
• Bronze - Mughinii Fadhilah (Indonesia)

Cadet Kumite Female 54+ kg

• Silver - Hoang Thi My Tam  (Vietnam)
• Bronze - Debora Jessica Tety (Indonesia)

Cadet Kumite Male -52 kg

• Gold - Hari Sankar Sureeya Sankar (Malaysia)
• Bronze - Sahabuddin Muhammad Ardinan (Indonesia) 

Cadet Kumite Male -57 kg

• Bronze - Sivanesan Geerijaieswaran Pillai (Malaysia) 

Cadet Kumite Male -63 kg

• Bronze - Kemapunya Nontaphat (Thailand) 

Junior Kata Female

• Silver -Nguyen Thi Phuong (Vietnam)

Junior Kata Male

• Bronze - Yong Kojiro (Malaysia)

Junior Kata Team Female

• Gold - Vietnam

Junior Kata Team Male

• Gold - Malaysia
• Bronze - Indonesia

Junior Kumite Female -48 kg

• Bronze - Okazaki Aika (Thailand)

Junior Kumite Female -53 kg 

• Silver - Kullawanich Suchawalee (Thailand)
• Bronze -  Amelza Fiftari (Indonesia) 

Junior Kumite Female -59 kg

• Gold - Tangleing Neeranuch (Thailand)
• Bronze - Ho Thi Ha (Vietnam)  

Junior Kumite Male -55 kg

• Gold - Muhammad Arsyal (Indonesia)

Junior Kumite Male -68 kg

• Bronze - Dwi Maulana Bagus Yudha (Indonesia) 

U21 Kata Female

• Silver - Le Thi Khanh Ly (Vietnam)
• Bronze - Tararattanakul Minsicha (Thailand) 

U21 Kata Male

• Bronze - Ooi San Hong (Malaysia)
• Bronze -  Khuat Huy Thang (Vietnam) 

U21 Kumite Female -50 kg

• Bronze - Poovanesan Madhuri (Malaysia) 

U21 Kumite Female -61 kg

• Bronze - Thi Ngoan Nguyen (Vietnam)  

U21 Kumite Female -68 kg

• Silver - Misty Philip Pressy (Malaysia) 

U21 Kumite Male -67 kg

• Bronze - Kanabkaew Teerapat (Thailand) 

U21 Kumite Male -75 kg
Bronze - Karomi Faqih (Indonesia)

U21 Kumite Male -84 kg

• Bronze - Do Thanh Nhan (Vietnam)  

U21 Kumite Male 84+ kg

• Gold - Daniel Daniel (Indonesia)