The IJF World Tour is a worldwide top-tier judo tour, organized by the International Judo Federation since 2009. [1]
The IJF World Tour consists of the annual World Championships and World Masters, a series of Grand Slam and Grand Prix tournaments, as well as the annual continental championships organized by the continental judo unions and the annual World Juniors Championships. achievements in these tournament are awarded with ranking points, used to determine athlete's world ranking. [2] [3]
Olympic Games | World Championships | World Masters | Grand Slam | Grand Prix | Continental Championships | World Juniors Championships | Continental Open | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st place | 2,200 | 2,000 | 1,800 | 1,000 | 700 | 100 | ||
2nd place | 1,540 | 1,400 | 1,260 | 700 | 490 | 70 | ||
3rd place | 1,100 | 1,000 | 900 | 500 | 350 | 50 | ||
5th place | 792 | 720 | 648 | 360 | 252 | 36 | ||
7th place | 572 | 520 | 468 | 260 | 182 | 26 | ||
1\16th | 352 | 320 | 288 | 160 | 112 | 16 | ||
1\32th | 264 | 240 | — | 120 | 84 | 12 | ||
1 fight won | — | 200 | — | 100 | 70 | 10 | ||
Participation | — | 20 | 200 | 10 | 6 | — | ||
A. per category | 1 | 2 | no limit | 2 \ 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 2 | no limit | ||
A. per country | 7 | 9 | no limit | 14 \ 28 | 10 | 9 | no limit |
Olympic Games | World Championships | World Masters | Grand Slam | Continental Championships | Grand Prix | Continental Open | |
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1st place | 1,000 | 900 | 700 | 500 | 400 | 300 | 100 |
2nd place | 600 | 540 | 420 | 300 | 240 | 180 | 60 |
3rd place | 400 | 360 | 280 | 200 | 160 | 120 | 40 |
5th place | 200 | 180 | 140 | 100 | 80 | 60 | 20 |
7th place | 160 | 144 | 112 | 80 | 64 | 48 | 16 |
1\16th | 120 | 108 | — | 60 | 48 | 36 | 12 |
1\32th | 80 | 72 | — | 40 | 32 | 24 | 8 |
1 fight won | 40 | 36 | 28 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 4 |
Participation | — | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
Year | Summer Olympics | World Championships | World Masters | Grand Slam | Grand Prix | Total |
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2009 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | ||
2010 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | |
2011 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |
2012 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | |
2013 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | |
2014 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | ||
2015 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |
2016 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |
2017 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | |
2018 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | |
2019 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 19 | |
2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
2022 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 14 | |
2023 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 17 | |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 14 | |
Total | 4 | 13 | 12 | 91 | 99 | 219 |
The International Judo Federation (IJF) is the international governing body for judo, founded in July 1951. Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents. There are over 20 million people around the globe who practice judo, according to the IJF.
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