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| Venue | Pais Arena |
| Location | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Dates | 20–22 December 2022 |
| Competitors | 367 from 58 nations |
| Total prize money | €196,000 [1] |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2022 Judo World Masters was held at the Pais Arena in Jerusalem, Israel, from 20 to 22 December 2022 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The draw was held on 19 December at 14:00. [1] All times are local (UTC+2).
| Date | Weight classes | Preliminaries | Final Block | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | ||||
| Day 1 | 20 December | –60, –66 | –48, –52, –57 | 10:00 | 17:00 |
| Day 2 | 21 December | –73, –81 | –63, –70 | 11:00 | |
| Day 3 | 22 December | –90, –100, +100 | –78, +78 | 10:30 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) |  Lee Ha-rim (KOR) |  Ryuju Nagayama (JPN) |  Balabay Aghayev (AZE) |
 Yang Yung-wei (TPE) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−66 kg) |  Baruch Shmailov (ISR) |  Daikii Bouba (FRA) | Walide Khyar (FRA) |
 Denis Vieru (MDA) | |||
| Lightweight (−73 kg) |  Daniel Cargnin (BRA) |  Shakhram Akhadov (UZB) | Murodjon Yuldoshev (UZB) |
 Arthur Margelidon (CAN) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−81 kg) |  Tato Grigalashvili (GEO) | Saeid Mollaei (AZE) |  Matthias Casse (BEL) |
| Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA) | |||
| Middleweight (−90 kg) | Sanshiro Murao (JPN) | Alexis Mathieu (FRA) | Luka Maisuradze (GEO) |
| Rafael Macedo (BRA) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−100 kg) | Ilia Sulamanidze (GEO) |  Simeon Catharina (NED) | Peter Paltchik (ISR) |
| Zelym Kotsoiev (AZE) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Tatsuru Saito (JPN) |  Temur Rakhimov (TJK) | Kokoro Kageura (JPN) |
| Alisher Yusupov (UZB) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) | Shirine Boukli (FRA) | Wakana Koga (JPN) |  Assunta Scutto (ITA) |
 Catarina Costa (POR) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) |  Distria Krasniqi (KOS) |  Chelsie Giles (GBR) |  Réka Pupp (HUN) |
| Odette Giuffrida (ITA) | |||
| Lightweight (−57 kg) | Christa Deguchi (CAN) | Sarah-Léonie Cysique (FRA) | Huh Mi-mi (KOR) |
| Tsukasa Yoshida (JPN) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−63 kg) | Miku Takaichi (JPN) | Laura Fazliu (KOS) | Gili Sharir (ISR) |
 Angelika Szymańska (POL) | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) |  Michaela Polleres (AUT) | Marie-Ève Gahié (FRA) |  Lara Cvjetko (CRO) |
| Saki Niizoe (JPN) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−78 kg) | Alice Bellandi (ITA) | Audrey Tcheuméo (FRA) | Guusje Steenhuis (NED) |
| Mayra Aguiar (BRA) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Romane Dicko (FRA) | Coralie Hayme (FRA) | Raz Hershko (ISR) |
| Akira Sone (JPN) |
* Host nation (Israel)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Georgia (GEO) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Kosovo (KOS) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Israel (ISR)* | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 8 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 13 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tajikistan (TJK) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to €196,000. [1] (retrieved from: [2] )
| Medal | Total | Judoka | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | €6,000 | €4,800 | €1,200 |
 Silver | €4,000 | €3,200 | €800 |
 Bronze | €2,000 | €1,600 | €400 |
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