The decision was made at an WTF Council meeting in Burnaby ahead of the World Junior Championships starting tomorrow.

It was determined that Manchester offered the "most attractive bid".

The city was also awarded the 2018 WTF World Taekwondo Grand-Prix Series, while the Copper Box Arena in London, which was used for Olympic competitions in 2012, will be a venue for the 2017 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series.

“This is three events, two cities, one vision,” said Steve Flynn of GB Taekwondo.

Abidjan in Ivory Coast will host next year's WTF World Taekwondo Grand-Prix Final and 2017 WTF World Taekwondo Team Championships - becoming the first city in Africa to host the events. 

It comes after the country won its first ever Olympic gold medal in any sport in taekwondo at Rio 2016.

Sydney will become the first place in Oceania to host any global WTF event after being awarded the 2019 WTF World Taekwondo Cadet Championships. 

Chiba, Japan, will stage the 2019 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series in the same city where the taekwondo competitions of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games will take place. 

Moscow was also selected as a stop during the 2018 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Series, the 2019 WTF World Taekwondo Grand Prix Final and the 2019 WTF World Taekwondo Team Championships.

Velje, Denmark, was chosen as the host of the 2020 WTF World Taekwondo Poomsae Championships.

“Today’s historic selections of so many world-class host cities demonstrate how strong the future of taekwondo is,” said WTF President Chungwon Choue. 

“I am delighted that we successfully established this new bidding process, which has dramatically improved our communication and collaboration with potential hosts. 

"Today we have seen the benefits of this new process as we have seven iconic cities which I am sure will stage fantastic events.”

The WTF’s next Extraordinary Council Meeting will be held in Thailand in March, 2017.