Judo has always been intimately linked to the university world. The sport in fact developed within the universities of Japan before being sown throughout the world, thanks to the pioneering professors who emigrated to every continent and particularly to Europe. So it is not surprising that judo saw its first European Championship in Beauvallo, France, only to turn after two further editions into a World University Championship as of 1966 in Prague. In 1984 university judo was opened to women. From there on, judo rapidly took off, constantly increasing in size and importance.
Today, judo is the youngest compulsory sport in the Summer Universiade programme. It was presented as an optional sport at the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo, 1985 in Kobe and 1995 in Fukuoka and turned into a compulsory sport as from the Bangkok Universiade in 2007. The FISU judo championships are second in the world in terms of the numbers of participants and are singular in that they also include a team tournament – something particularly appreciated around the world.
If judo’s evolution in terms of participation level is positive, this is also true in terms of quality. FISU championships have become major events in the judo world calendar, enabling athletes to prepare for IJF Championships or the Olympic Games. During the past 40 years almost two hundred World or Olympic champions participated in FISU championships: Japan’s Sonoda, Shinomaki or Russia’s Chochochvili are just few of them to be mentioned. Thanks to a close cooperation with the International Judo Federation, excellent results as well as a high number of participating countries, judo continues to take an important role within the FISU sports programme.
The judo competitions will be organised in accordance with the most recent technical regulations of the “International Judo Federation” (IJF). The programme and duration of the competitions are fixed by the Executive Committee in agreement with the Organising Committee and the CTI. In principle, the judo competitions will last five (5) days and will include the following events:
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Individual: each contest will be |
Team: each contest will be |
Men |
up to 60kg |
up to 66kg |
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+ 60kg to 66 kg |
+ 66kg to 73kg |
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+ 66kg to 73kg |
+ 73kg to 81kg |
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+ 73kg to 81kg |
+ 81kg to 90kg |
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+ 81kg to 90kg |
+ 90kg |
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+ 90kg to 100kg |
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+ 100kg |
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Open |
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Women |
up to 48kg |
up to 52kg |
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+ 48kg to 52kg |
+ 52kg to 57kg |
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+ 52kg to 57kg |
+ 57kg to 63kg |
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+ 57kg to 63kg |
+63kg to 70kg |
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+ 63kg to 70kg |
+ 70kg |
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+70kg to 78kg |
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+ 78kg |
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Open |
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Each country is authorised to enter a maximum of sixteen (16) judoka:
Teams must be composed of competitors who are also accredited in the individual categories. On the day of the team competition, the competitors may compete in the weight category in which they are entered or in the category immediately above.
The international referees will be appointed by the IJF in close cooperation with FISU and the Organising Committee. The countries participating in the judo competition must participate in covering the costs of the international referees and judges from IJF (Art. 5.3.1).
The Organising Committee must provide, for exclusive use, suitable sports halls to accommodate the judo competition as approved by the Judo CT. The IJF regulations must be followed.
Type of Venue |
Number of Venues |
Changing room competitors |
Changing room TOJR |
Spectator Seating |
Press and Media Seating |
Indoor Arena |
1 |
Gender Segregated |
X |
2,000 |
100 |
Each mat area must be equipped with the following:
A meeting room (15-20 seats maximum) should be provided, to be reserved for the meetings of the Judo CT.