The Balkan Championships for cadets, juniors and U21 was held from November 4 to 6, 2022 in Bar, Montenegro, where over a thousand competitors and over 250 judges, coaches and representatives of national federations from 10 countries took part. In compliance with all WKF rules and norms, the competition took place on 6 tatami mats.
In terms of success, Bosnia and Herzegovina was first with 10 gold medals, 8 silver and 16 bronze, second was Montenegro with 10 gold medals, 5 silver and 14 bronze, and in third place was Serbia with 7 gold medals, 10 silver and 10 bronze.
Slavoljub Piper, Vice President of the European Karate Federation, and Davor Cipek, Secretary General of the European Karate Federation, appointed by the President of the European Karate Federation Mr. Antonio Espinos, took part in the General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees, held in Skopje on June 10 and 11, 2022. They had the opportunity to meet and talk with Mr. Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, and Mr. Capralos Spiros, President of the European Olympic Committees about the participation of karate in the European Olympic Games in Poland in 2023 and to hear with other delegates of the European National Olympic Committees. progress report on the organization of the European Games.
26th Balkan Karate Championships for Children, 24th Balkan Karate Championships for Seniors and 5th Balkan Karate Championships for Veterans was held on 03-05 June 2022 in Belgrade, Serbia, was excellently organized by the Karate Federation of Serbia and gathered a large number of participants from 9 countries.