Judo World Masters

The Judo World Masters is an annual invite-only judo competition.^[1][2] After being open for only the top 16 ranked judoka in each weight class for its first eight installments, the tournament was expended to host the top 36 of each weight class in 2019.^[3][4] The world masters is the only world tour event with no limitation on the number of judoka competing from any single national association.^[5]

Competitions[]

Edition	Year	Dates	City and host country	Venue	# Countries	# Athletes	Ref.
1	2010	16–17 January	Suwon, South Korea		33	168	[6][7]
2	2011	15–16 January	Baku, Azerbaijan	Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex	41	205	[8][9]
3	2012	14–15 January	Almaty, Kazakhstan		44	218	[10][11]
4	2013	25–26 May	Tyumen, Russia		41	199	[12][13]
5	2015	23–24 May	Rabat, Morocco		51	223	[14][15]
6	2016	27–29 May	Guadalajara, Mexico		51	233	[16][17]
7	2017	16–17 December	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Yubileyny Sports Palace	46	214	[18][19]
8	2018	15–16 December	Guangzhou, China	Guangzhou Gymnasium	53	231	[20][21]
9	2019	12–14 December	Qingdao, China	Conson Gymnasium	67	445	[22][23]
10	2021	11–13 January	Doha, Qatar	Lusail Sports Arena	69	398	[24][25][26]
11		16–18 December	TBD				[27]

Points[]

As in any IJF World Tour tournament, athletes earn WRL points by competing in IJF World Masters events. points are awarded based on judoka placement in the competition.^[1]

References[]