Champions League (judo)

European Club Championships Champions League

Current season, competition or edition: 2024
League	European Club Championships
Sport	Judo
Founded	1976
First season	1976
Most recent champion(s)	Mixed team: PSG Judo
Most titles	Men: Yawara Newa St. Petersburg (10) Women: US Orléans (6)

The Champions League (formerly European Club Cup, ^[1] until 2017 Golden League ^[2] ) is a competition for European men's and women's judo club teams. Like the Europa League, it is held under the umbrella of the European Judo Union. The top 8 clubs of the previous year but maximally three teams per national association are eligible to start. ^[3]

Winner

Men

Season	Host	Champion	x:x	Vice-Champion	Semi-final Loser / Third Place	Source
1976 [4]	Maisons-Alfort	Racing Club de France Paris	4:1 – 5:4	JC Nippon Zürich	?
1977 [4]		SC Dynamo Hoppegarten	6:0 – 7:0	Sports School Boersma Amersfoort	?
1978 [4]		Slavia Prag	4:2 – 1:2	JC Rüsselsheim	?
1979 [4]		VfL Wolfsburg	6:1 – 5:2	Sports School Boersma Amersfoort	?
1980 [4]		VfL Wolfsburg	5:2 – 4:3	JC Slavia Novi Sad	?
1981 [4]		VfL Wolfsburg	5:2 – 3:4	JC Villiers de bel Paris	?
1982 [4]		JC Villiers de bel Paris	5:2 – 4:2	Željezničar Sarajevo	VfL Wolfsburg ?	[5]
1983 [4]		JC Rüsselsheim	3:1 – 3:4	TSV Großhadern	JC Grenchen JC Oooms Tilburg	[6]
1984 [4]		JC Rüsselsheim	4:0 – 5:1	TJ Vysoke Prag	?
1985 [4]		US Orléans	2:2 – 4:1	JC Manner Wien	?	[7]
1986 [4]		US Orléans	3:2 – 1:2	Wolverhampton JC	?
1987 [4]		US Orléans	5:1 – 2:5	VfL Wolfsburg	?
1988 [4]		Racing Club de France Pars	5:2 – 4:1	VfL Wolfsburg	?
1989 [4]		US Orléans	5:4 – 4:3	Racing Club de France Paris	TSV Abensberg
1990 [4]		US Orléans	3:2 – 3:2	Carabinieri Rom	Judo Club Maison Alfort ?
1991 [4] [8]		Racing Club de France Paris	4:2 – 3:4	SC Berlin	?
1992 [4]	Paris	SC Berlin	4:4 (33:30)	TSV Abensberg	Sanjindo Bischofshofen ?	[9]
1993 [4]	Berlin	Racing Club de France Paris	5:2 (45:20)	JC Frankfurt/Oder	?
1994 [4]	Paris	TSV Abensberg	5:2 (50:20)	Racing Club de France Paris	?
1995 [4] [10]		PSG Judo	3:3 (27:25)	JC Taifu Dnjepropetrowsk	?
1996 [4] [11]	Paris	TSV Abensberg	6:1 (47:10)	US Orléans	Kenamju Haarlem PSG Judo
1997 [4] [12]	Abensberg	TSV Abensberg	4:3 (37:23)	PSG Judo	MTV Ingolstadt TSV Großhadern
1998 [4] [13]	Abensberg	Kenamju Haarlem	5:2 (39:17)	PSG Judo	TSV Abensberg
1999 [4] [14]	Oradea	Liberty Rom	6:0 (55:0)	JC Taifu Dnjepropetrowsk	Kenamju Haarlem JC Mytnyk
2000 [4] [15]	Abensberg	TSV Abensberg
2001 [4] [16]	Haarlem	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	4:3	Kenamju Haarlem	TSV Abensberg Istanbul Büyüksehir
2002 [4] [17]	Abensberg	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	8:6	TSV Abensberg	Petrom Liberty Oradea TSV Abensberg
2003 [4] [18]	Haarlem	Kenamju Haarlem	9:4	TSV Abensberg	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg Sambo-70 Moskau
2004 [4] [19]	Abensberg	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	13:1	Istanbul Büyüksehir	TSV Abensberg Kenamju Haarlem
2005 [4] [20]		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	9:4	TSV Abensberg	Sambo-70 Moskau BBC Istanbul
2006 [4] [21]	Budapest	TSV Abensberg	8:4	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	JC Sagarevo Tiflis Istanbul Büyüksehir
2007 [4] [22]		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg		Team Gladiator	Levallois SC Sambo-70 Moskau
2008 [4] [23]	Tallinn	Turkey Caykur Spor Club Rize		Team Gladiator	TSV Abensberg Levallois SC
2009 [24]		Russia Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	8:2	Levallois SC	Kocaeli Spor Club TSV Abensberg
2010 [25]		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg		Saint-Genevieve Sport	Kocaeli Spor Club TSV Abensberg
2011 [26]	Antalya	Levallois SC		JC Chilly-Mazarin Morangis	TSV Abensberg Yawara Newa St. Petersburg
2012 [27]	Istanbul	TSV Abensberg		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	Galatasaray Istanbul Sainte-Genvieve Sport
2013 [28]	Paris	TSV Abensberg		Levallois SC	Dinamo RNO-Alania Yawara-Neva
2014 [29]	Samara	Yawara-Neva		Dinamo RNO-Alania	TSV Abensberg Levallois SC
2015 [30]	Wien	Fighters Tbilisi		TSV Abensberg	Yawara-Neva Sporting Club Portugal
2016 [31]	Grozny	Sagarejo FF Superstars		Yawara-Neva	Fighters Tbilisi Sporting Club Portugal
2017 [32]	Ankara	Yawara-Neva		New Stream	Fighters Tbilisi Sporting Club Portugal
2018 [33]	Bucharest	Golden Gori		ESBM Judo Blanc-Mesnil	Red Star Belgrade Edelweiss Grozny
2019 [34]	Odivelas	Sporting Club Portugal		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	Red Star Belgrade Golden Gori
2020		cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021 [35]	Paris	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg		Red Star Belgrade	Golden Gori TSV Abensberg
2022 [36]	Gori	Fighter Tbilisi	3:2	Red Star Belgrade	Golden Gori Judo Stabia
2023 [37]	Belgrade	OJK Beograd		Aris JC	PSG Judo Red Star Belgrade

* 1986: Due to the tiebreaker and the undervaluation, three playoffs were played, which Orleans won 2-1.

Women

Season	Host	Champion	Vice-Champion	Third Place	Source
2023	Belgrade	PSG Judo	JC Pontault Combault	Galatasaray RSC Champigny	[38]

Mixed teams

Season	Host	Champion	Vice-Champion	Third Place	Source
2024	Montpellier	PSG Judo	Red Star	Judo Nice Golden Gori	[39]

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External links

• Europapokal Männer (1976 - 2008) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-02-01)(in German)