On the occasion of the WTE European Junior Taekwondo Championships 2017, the Council Meeting of the World Taekwondo Europe conducted its first meeting after the WTE Elections 2017 on Wednesday 1st of November, in Larnaca, Cyprus.

The 1st World Taekwondo Beach Championships held in Rhodes island, Greece between 5-6 May 2017 are officially shortlisted for the Peace and Sports Awards 2017 in the category April 6 Initiative of the Year category. The inaugural event was under the Auspices of H.E. the President of the Hellenic Republic Mr Prokopios Pavlopoulos. It was organized by the World Taekwondo Europe, the South Aegean Region and the Municipality of Rhodes, while it is promoted by the World Taekwondo.

There are about 20 million refugees in camps throughout the world. This figure does not include those internally displaced inside their own nations, nor those seeking asylum. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), one in every 122 of our fellow humans is now a refugee, internally displaced, or seeking asylum.

According to the results of the World Parathekvondo Championship in London, which took place on October 19, 2017 in London at the Copper Box Arena, Russian athletes showed the best results in team competitions among men and women and won 8 gold medals, 2 silver and 5 bronze medals.