Judo Grand Slam

The Judo Grand Slam tournaments are international judo tournaments held by the International Judo Federation as part of the IJF World Tour.[1]

After the Olympic Games, World Championships and World Masters, the Grand Slam tournaments are the highest-ranking worldwide judo tournaments, i.e. the tournaments in which the judoka can acquire the most ranking points.[2]

While some sources states that the first Grand Slam tournament was held in Tokyo in December 2008,[3] the IJF titled it as "Kano Cup", not "Grand Slam".[4] In 2009 additional tournaments were also held in Paris, Moscow and Rio de Janeiro. In 2013, Baku replaced Rio de Janeiro. Until 2013 there were four Grand Slam tournaments every year. In 2014 it was decided that a fifth tournament would be added which would be held in Abu Dhabi.[citation needed] In 2019 two additional tournaments were added.[citation needed]

Tournaments

Judo Grand Slam is located in Afro-Eurasia
Paris
Baku
Baku
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Budapest
Budapest
Taschkent
Taschkent
Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Antalya
Antalya
Astana
Astana
Tokyo
Tel Aviv
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Locations of the Grand Slam Tournaments in 2024
Tournament City Country Editions Months Years Comments
GS Paris Paris  France 16 February 2009‍–‍ 2015 and 2021 in October
GS Tokyo Tokyo  Japan 12 November/December 2008‍–‍17, 2022‍–‍ The tournament moved to Osaka during 2018[5]‍–‍19 due to the renovation of the Tokyo hall where the tournament takes place.
GS Osaka Osaka  Japan 2 November 2018‍–‍19
GS Moscow Moscow  Russia 5 May/July 2009‍–‍13
GS Tyumen Tyumen  Russia 3 July 2014‍–‍16
GS Ekaterinburg Yekaterinburg  Russia 3 March/May 2017‍–‍19
GS Kazan Kazan  Russia 1 May 2021 On 25 February 2022 the International Judo Federation canceled the tournament in Russia in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine[6]
GS Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 4 May/June/July 2009‍–‍12
GS Brasília Brasília  Brazil 1 October 2019
GS Baku Baku  Azerbaijan 10 March/May 2013‍–‍ The event wasn't held in 2018 because the 2018 World Cup was held in Baku that year
GS Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi  UAE 9 October 2014‍–‍
GS Düsseldorf Düsseldorf  Germany 3 February 2018‍–‍20 The tournament moved from Baku to Düsseldorf in 2018.

The German Judo Federation announced on 15 February 2022 that the event will be canceled this year due to financial difficulties resulting from the restrictions caused by the Corona pandemic.

GS Budapest Budapest  Hungary 2 July/October 2020‍–‍
GS Tel Aviv Tel Aviv  Israel 3 February/December 2021‍–‍ Being held as a Grand Prix for the inaugural two years, the tournament was elevated to a Grand Slam in 2021.[7]
GS Taschkent Tashkent  Uzbekistan 3 March 2021‍–‍
GS Tbilisi Tbilisi  Georgia 4 March 2021‍–‍
GS Antalya Antalya  Turkey 4 April 2021‍–‍
GS Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar  Mongolia 2 June 2022‍–‍23
GS Astana Astana  Kazakhstan 1 June 2023‍–‍

World Ranking List Points

As in any IJF World Tour tournament, athletes earn WRL points by competing in IJF Grand Slam events. Points are awarded based on judoka placement in the competition.[2][8]

Place 1st 2nd 3rd 5th 7th 1/16th 1/32nd 1 fight won participation
Points 1000 700 500 360 260 160 120 100 10

References

  1. ^ "IJF Sport and Organisation Rules (SOR) – 09.03.2022 – ENG (Sport Commission)" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 9 March 2022. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "IJF Ranking Events" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 18 May 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Grand Slam Tokyo". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Kano Cup – Tokyo". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  5. ^ "OSAKA GRAND SLAM 2018 JAPAN" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Judo for Peace". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  7. ^ "IJF Confirms 2021 WJT Events". ijf.org. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  8. ^ "IJF Sport and Organisation Rules (SOR) – 08.07.2020" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 8 July 2020. p. 35. Retrieved 6 February 2022.