Judo World Masters

Judo World Masters
Competition details
DisciplineJudo
TypeAnnual
OrganiserInternational Judo Federation (IJF)
History
First editionSuwon 2010
Editions12
Most recentBudapest 2023
Next editionGuadalajara 2026

The Judo World Masters is an annual invite-only judo competition.[1][2] After being open for only the top 16 ranked judoka in each weight class for its first eight installments, the tournament was expended to host the top 36 of each weight class in 2019.[3][4] The world masters is the only world tour event with no limitation on the number of judoka competing from any single national association.[5]

Competitions

Edition Year Dates City and host country Venue # Countries # Athletes Ref.
1 2010 16–17 January Suwon, South Korea 33 168 [6][7]
2 2011 15–16 January Baku, Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex 41 205 [8][9]
3 2012 14–15 January Almaty, Kazakhstan 44 218 [10][11]
4 2013 25–26 May Tyumen, Russia 41 199 [12][13]
5 2015 23–24 May Rabat, Morocco 51 223 [14][15]
6 2016 27–29 May Guadalajara, Mexico Lopez Mateo Sports Centre 51 233 [16][17]
7 2017 16–17 December Saint Petersburg, Russia Yubileyny Sports Palace 46 214 [18][19]
8 2018 15–16 December Guangzhou, China Guangzhou Gymnasium 53 231 [20][21]
9 2019 12–14 December Qingdao, China Conson Gymnasium 67 445 [22][23]
10 2021 11–13 January Doha, Qatar Lusail Sports Arena 69 398 [24][25][26]
11 2022 20–22 December Jerusalem, Israel Pais Arena 58 367 [27][28][29][30]
12 2023 4–6 August Budapest, Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena 59 419 [31][32][33]
13 2026 December Guadalajara, Mexico [34]

Past winners

Men's

Year –60 kg –66 kg –73 kg –81 kg –90 kg –100 kg +100 kg Ref.
2010 Rishod Sobirov Sanjaasürengiin Miyaaragchaa Bang Gui-man Kim Jae-bum Takashi Ono Takamasa Anai Teddy Riner [7][35]
2011 Rishod Sobirov Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Wang Ki-chun Elnur Mammadli Elkhan Mammadov Sergei Samoilovich Teddy Riner [9][36]
2012 Arsen Galstyan Sanjaasürengiin Miyaaragchaa Wang Ki-chun Elnur Mammadli Masashi Nishiyama Maxim Rakov Rafael Silva [11][37]
2013 Naohisa Takato Sergey Lim Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir Ivan Nifontov Ilias Iliadis Elkhan Mammadov Adam Okruashvili [13][38]
2015 Naohisa Takato Georgii Zantaraia Denis Iartsev Takanori Nagase Beka Gviniashvili Elmar Gasimov Teddy Riner [15][39]
2016 Orkhan Safarov An Ba-ul Soichi Hashimoto Travis Stevens Mashu Baker Elmar Gasimov Daniel Natea [17][40]
2017 Ryuju Nagayama Ganboldyn Kherlen Soichi Hashimoto Khasan Khalmurzaev Beka Gviniashvili Varlam Liparteliani Guram Tushishvili [19][41]
2018 Robert Mshvidobadze Joshiro Maruyama Rustam Orujov Takeshi Sasaki Nikoloz Sherazadishvili Varlam Liparteliani Guram Tushishvili [21][42]
2019 Ryuju Nagayama Manuel Lombardo Soichi Hashimoto Matthias Casse Lasha Bekauri Michael Korrel Hisayoshi Harasawa [23][43]
2021 Kim Won-jin An Ba-ul An Chang-rim Tato Grigalashvili Noël van 't End Varlam Liparteliani Teddy Riner [25][44]
2022 Lee Ha-rim Baruch Shmailov Daniel Cargnin Tato Grigalashvili Sanshiro Murao Ilia Sulamanidze Tatsuru Saito [29][45]
2023 Ryuju Nagayama Ryoma Tanaka Soichi Hashimoto Matthias Casse Lasha Bekauri Muzaffarbek Turoboyev Martti Puumalainen [32][46]

Women's

Year –48 kg –52 kg –57 kg –63 kg –70 kg –78 kg +78 kg Ref.
2010 Haruna Asami Misato Nakamura Kaori Matsumoto Yoshie Ueno Hwang Ye-sul Céline Lebrun Qin Qian [7][47]
2011 Haruna Asami Misato Nakamura Telma Monteiro Gévrise Émane Lucie Décosse Yang Xiuli Megumi Tachimoto [9][48]
2012 Tomoko Fukumi Yuka Nishida Kaori Matsumoto Yoshie Ueno Lucie Décosse Mayra Aguiar Qin Qian [11][49]
2013 Hiromi Endō Majlinda Kelmendi Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa Kana Abe Kim Polling Mayra Aguiar Yu Song [13][50]
2015 Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg Natalia Kuziutina Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa Miku Tashiro Kim Polling Kayla Harrison Yu Song [15][51]
2016 Ami Kondo Misato Nakamura Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa Miku Tashiro Kim Polling Kayla Harrison Idalys Ortiz [17][52]
2017 Funa Tonaki Natalia Kuziutina Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa Miku Tashiro Maria Portela Marhinde Verkerk Kim Min-jeong [19][53]
2018 Distria Krasniqi Natsumi Tsunoda Tsukasa Yoshida Clarisse Agbegnenou Saki Niizoe Mami Umeki Akira Sone [21][54]
2019 Distria Krasniqi Ai Shishime Kim Jin-a Nami Nabekura Kim Polling Fanny Estelle Posvite Tessie Savelkouls [23][55]
2021 Distria Krasniqi Amandine Buchard Tsukasa Yoshida Clarisse Agbegnenou Yoko Ono Madeleine Malonga Romane Dicko [25][56]
2022 Shirine Boukli Distria Krasniqi Christa Deguchi Miku Takaichi Michaela Polleres Alice Bellandi Romane Dicko [29][57]
2023 Wakana Koga Amandine Buchard Jessica Klimkait Laura Fazliu Sanne van Dijke Inbar Lanir Romane Dicko [32][58]

Points

As in any IJF World Tour tournament, athletes earn WRL points by competing in IJF World Masters events. Points are awarded based on judoka placement in the competition.[1]

Place 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 7th 1/16th participation
Points 1800 1260 900 648 468 288 200

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