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| Venue | Drive in Arena |
| Location | Tel Aviv, Israel |
| Dates | 11–12 November 2016 |
| Competitors | 321 from 40 nations |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2016 European U23 Judo Championships is an edition of the European U23 Judo Championships, organised by the European Judo Union. It was held in Tel Aviv, Israel from 11 to 12 November 2016. [1] [2]
* Host nation (Israel)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Georgia (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 |  Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Kosovo (KOS) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Serbia (SRB) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Moldova (MDA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Israel (ISR)* | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 |  Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 |  Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 18 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (21 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) | Sakhavat Gadzhiev (RUS) | Csaba Szabó (HUN) | Marcel Bizon (GER) |
| Tornike Tsjakadoea (NED) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−66 kg) | Denis Vieru (MDA) | Manuel Scheibel (GER) |  Nils Stump (SUI) |
| Alexander Raskopine (ISR) | |||
| Lightweight (−73 kg) | Hidayat Heydarov (AZE) | Tohar Butbul (ISR) | Akil Gjakova (KOS) |
| Andrea Gismondo (ITA) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−81 kg) | Koba Mchedlishvili (GEO) | Antonio Esposito (ITA) | Abas Azizov (RUS) |
| Jesper Smink (NED) | |||
| Middleweight (−90 kg) | Beka Gviniashvili (GEO) | Yahor Varapayeu (BLR) | Firudin Dadashov (AZE) |
| Nemanja Majdov (SRB) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−100 kg) | Niyaz Bilalov (RUS) | Mikita Sviryd (BLR) | Niyaz Ilyasov (RUS) |
| Philipp Galandi (GER) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Iakiv Khammo (UKR) | Tamerlan Bashaev (RUS) | Uladzislau Tsiarpitski (BLR) |
| Jur Spijkers (NED) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Milica Nikolić (SRB) | Réka Pupp (HUN) | Laura Martinez Abelenda (ESP) |
| Alexandra Pop (ROU) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Distria Krasniqi (KOS) | Alexandra-Larisa Florian (ROU) | Tihea Topolovec (CRO) |
| Katinka Szabó (HUN) | |||
| Lightweight (−57 kg) | Theresa Stoll (GER) | Adi Grossman (ISR) | Daria Mezhetskaia (RUS) |
| Natalia Golomidova (RUS) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−63 kg) | Lucy Renshall (GBR) | Kamila Badurova (RUS) | Diana Dzhigaros (RUS) |
| Lea Reimann (GER) | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Szabina Gercsák (HUN) | Jemima Yeats-Brown (GBR) | Aleksandra Samardzic (BIH) |
| Elisavet Teltsidou (GRE) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−78 kg) | Anastasiya Turchyn (UKR) | Antonina Shmeleva (RUS) | Giorgia Stangherlin (ITA) |
| Larissa Groenwold (NED) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Ivana Šutalo (CRO) | Sebile Akbulut (TUR) | Yelyzaveta Kalanina (UKR) |
| Jodie Myers (GBR) |
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