Men's 81 kg at the 2023 World Judo Championships
Venue	Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena
Location	Doha, Qatar
Date	10 May 2023
Competitors	51 from 41 nations
Total prize money	€57,000[1]
Medalists
Tato Grigalashvili (2nd title)    Georgia   Matthias Casse    Belgium   Takanori Nagase    Japan   Lee Joon-hwan    South Korea
Competition at external databases
Links	IJF • JudoInside
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2023 World Judo Championships
	Men	Women
	60 kg	48 kg
	66 kg	52 kg
	73 kg	57 kg
	81 kg	63 kg
	90 kg	70 kg
	100 kg	78 kg
	+100 kg	+78 kg
	Mixed team
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The Men's 81 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships was held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar on 10 May 2023.^[1][2]

	Semi-finals				Final
	Tato Grigalashvili	02
	Lee Joon-hwan	00
					Tato Grigalashvili	01
					Matthias Casse	00
	Matthias Casse	10
	Sagi Muki	00

	Repechage				Bronze medal
	Wachid Borchashvili	00
	Takanori Nagase	10
					Takanori Nagase	10
					Sagi Muki	00
	Attila Ungvári	00
	François Gauthier-Drapeau	10
					François Gauthier-Drapeau	00
					Lee Joon-hwan	10

	First round				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					Tato Grigalashvili	10
					Achraf Moutii	00
	Mihail Latisev	00
	Achraf Moutii	10
									Tato Grigalashvili	11
									Shodmon Rizoev	00
	Sibghatullah Arab	00
	Shodmon Rizoev	02
					Shodmon Rizoev	01
					Anri Egutidze	00
													Tato Grigalashvili	01
													Wachid Borchashvili	00
					Vedat Albayrak	10
					Paweł Drzymał	00
	Paweł Drzymał	02
	Kell Berliner	00
									Vedat Albayrak	00
									Wachid Borchashvili	02
	Nugzar Tatalashvili	00
	Frank de Wit	10
					Frank de Wit	00
					Wachid Borchashvili	01
	Alain Mikael Aprahamian	00
	Wachid Borchashvili	10

	First round				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					Guilherme Schimidt	00
					Timo Cavelius	01
	Adam Kopecký	00
	Timo Cavelius	10
									Timo Cavelius	00
									Takanori Nagase	10
	Tomás Morales	00
	Aurélien Bonferroni	10
					Aurélien Bonferroni	00
					Takanori Nagase	10
	Adrián Gandía	00
	Takanori Nagase	02
													Takanori Nagase	00
													Lee Joon-hwan	01
					Alpha Oumar Djalo	01
					Asad Masabirov	00
	Athanasios Mylonelis	00
	Asad Masabirov	01
									Alpha Oumar Djalo	00
									Lee Joon-hwan	01
	Lee Joon-hwan	02
	Askerbii Gerbekov	00
					Lee Joon-hwan	02
					Mohamed Rebahi	00

	First round				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					Matthias Casse	10
					Antonio Esposito	00
	Antonio Esposito	10
	Agustín Gil	00
									Matthias Casse	01
									Medickson del Orbe	00
	Medickson del Orbe	10
	Somon Makhmadbekov	00
					Medickson del Orbe	02
					Nicolas Yonezuka	00
													Matthias Casse	10
													Attila Ungvári	00
					Attila Ungvári	10
					Muso Sobirov	01
	Muso Sobirov	10
	José María Mendiola	00
									Attila Ungvári	01
									Lachlan Moorhead	00
	Lachlan Moorhead	10
	Bearach Gleeson	00
					Lachlan Moorhead	01
					Theodoros Demourtsidis	00

	First round				Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarter-finals
					Saeid Mollaei	00
					François Gauthier-Drapeau	10
	Alex Barto	00
	François Gauthier-Drapeau	01
									François Gauthier-Drapeau	02
									Eduardo Yudy Santos	00
	Abylaikhan Zhubanazar	10
	João Fernando	00
					Abylaikhan Zhubanazar	00
					Eduardo Yudy Santos	10
													François Gauthier-Drapeau	00
													Sagi Muki	10
					Shamil Borchashvili	01
					Sagi Muki	02
	Georgi Gramatikov	00
	Sagi Muki	10
									Sagi Muki	10
									Gereltuyaagiin Bolor-Ochir	00
	Khalil Rebahi	01
	Gereltuyaagiin Bolor-Ochir	10
					Gereltuyaagiin Bolor-Ochir	10
					Victor Sterpu	00
	Victor Sterpu	10
	Dominic Ressel	00

The sums listed bring the total prizes awarded to €57,000 for the individual event.^[1]

Medal	Total	Judoka	Coach
Gold	€26,000	€20,800	€5,200
Silver	€15,000	€12,000	€3,000
Bronze	€8,000	€6,400	€1,600

• 2023 World Judo Championships – men's 81 kg at the International Judo Federation
• 2023 World Judo Championships – men's 81 kg at JudoInside.com