Tag: IJF
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History of Continental Judo Championships Explained
The IJF World Tour includes five continental judo championships — one for each of judo’s main geographic regions: Europe, Asia, Pan America (Americas), Africa, and Oceania. Each event crowns the continental champions across individual weight categories, distributes ranking points toward the IJF World Ranking, and serves as a competitive proving ground for athletes building toward…
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Doha 2023 Judo World Championships: Key Moments and Results
The 2023 Judo World Championships were held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar, from May 7 to May 14, 2023 — the 62nd edition of the event. A total of 657 athletes from 99 nations competed for 15 world titles: seven individual weight categories for men, seven for women, and the…
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History of the Team Event in Olympic Judo Explained
Team competition in judo has a history that precedes its Olympic inclusion by more than two decades. The first World Team Judo Championships were held in 1994 for men, with the women’s equivalent following in 1997 and the two events merging in 1998. The addition of a team format to the Olympic judo program was…
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History of the Judo World Championships: The First Edition in 1956
The Judo World Championships held their first edition on May 3–5, 1956, at the Kuramae Kokugikan in Tokyo — a single day of competition that drew 31 athletes from 21 nations and crowned Japan’s Shokichi Natsui as the first world judo champion in history. That event looks almost unrecognizable by today’s standards: no weight classes,…