Graz Junior European Cup 2024 - Graz, Austria
The first day of competition at the JUNIOR EUROPEAN CUP in GRAZ (AUT) brought a number of surprises. Not a single top-seeded athlete managed to win any titles. From a European perspective, Joni GEILEN (-63/NED/3) and Tanja GRÜNEWALD (-70/GER/5) made the headlines.The 19-year-old Dutchwoman had lost in the finals at…
1 June 2024Velika Gorica Get Together Tournament 2024 - Velika Gorica, Croatia
The European Judo Union are delighted to announce that the Velika Gorica Get Together 2024 will be live streamed this weekend, showcasing adapted judo. Day one of the Get Together Tournament will commence with registration of the L1, L2 and VI athletes before the divisioning begins to determine which judoka…
1 June 20243rd Transnational Project Meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia: A Successful Step Forward
The European Judo Union (EJU) Education Commissioner Katja RUDAS and Education Director Ronnie SAEZ, brought their expertise to the 3rd Transnational Project Meeting in Ljubljana, Slovenia on May 24th and 25th, 2024. This exciting event marked a major milestone for the Erasmus+ project “Jita Kyoei 2 – Together for a…
30 May 2024Judo is a very popular and successful sport in Azerbaijan, with a rich history and numerous national and international successes. Recently, the National Judo Federation of Azerbaijan has shown interest in developing the sport outside of shiai. In recent months, the nation has organised its first ever national kata championships.…
29 May 2024Györ European Judo Hopes Cup & Technical Session Kodokan Experts - Györ, Hungary
The next edition of the European Judo Hopes Cup & Technical Session Kodokan Experts will take place in Győr from 1st – 2nd June. This is the third edition of this event which had proven to be a great success. The Olimpiai Sportpark – Olympic Sportpark will see Olympic silver…
29 May 2024Velika Gorica Get Together Tournament 2024 - Velika Gorica, Croatia
The European Judo Union has made a number of improvements this year, including the introduction of several EJU Tours for all different age groups. Following a successful test event in Venray at the end of 2023, we are pleased to announce that this upcoming weekend will see the EJU Get…
28 May 2024European Judo Championships Veterans and Kata 2024
From 6-11 June, hundreds of attendees will gather for the European Judo Championships Veterans 2024, which will be followed by the European Judo Championships Kata 2024. The local organising committee will be extremely busy during those 10 days as they also host a Sarajevo Kodokan Kata Seminar and Examination 2024…
27 May 2024Children Kata Festival & Kata Seminar in cooperation with European Judo Union - Ljubljana, Slovenia
This weekend, the Children Kata Festival & Kata Seminar was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, co-organized by the European Judo Union (EJU), the Judo Federation of Slovenia, the Slovenian Institute for Judo and Judo Kata, and Judo Club Golovec. The seminar was attended by 49 coaches from the following countries: Bosnia…
27 May 2024Coimbra Cadet European Cup 2024 - Coimbra, Portugal
Although the Brazilian girls were ready to take it all on the second day of the cadet European cup in Coimbra, the boys of the Uzbekistan team collected two more gold medals to, narrowly but yet, overcome the rest. Consequently, Brazil finished on second place of the final standings. The…
26 May 2024Coimbra Cadet European Cup 2024 - Coimbra, Portugal
Uzbekistan dominated the first day of the Coimbra Cadets European Cup, taking all the gold medals in the male weight categories. The day was perfect for all judo lovers as the Brazilian girls brought their joy to the party, taking 3 gold medals after winning the -44kg, 48kg and 52kg…
25 May 2024World Championships Seniors (Individual+Teams) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The new IJF World and Olympic rankings (including the World Championship results from Abu Dhabi) are eagerly awaited. There will then be an overview of the exact status of the quota places for all nations. Of course, the qualification period for Paris runs until 24 June, until then there are…
24 May 2024World Championships Seniors (Individual+Teams) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
France are always a leading nation in judo, and on the last of the World Judo Championships 2024 in Abu Dhabi, their Mixed Team continued to prove just that. It was a great road to the final with big wins for the team against Germany and Uzbekistan, that was sporting…
24 May 2024World Championships Seniors (Individual+Teams) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
It had been an incredible day for Italy in the World Judo Championships 2024 Mixed Team event, their initial head to head against the Netherlands went to a decider, and as fate would have it, the -70kg category was selected, meaning the former Dutch judoka, Kim POLLING was battling her…
24 May 2024World Championships Seniors (Individual+Teams) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The opening round of the World Judo Championships Mixed Team bronze medal contest between Germany and Georgia were the +100kg men. Johannes FREY (GER) stepped up to the plate to take on the current World and Olympic silver medallist, Guram TUSHISHVILI (GEO) but was disqualified for head diving. With this…
24 May 2024WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RETURNS TO EUROPE IN 2025
In 2025 the World Championships will take place in the Hungarian capital Budapest. The announcement was made at the end of the Abu Dhabi World Championships 2024, Individual and Teams, which have just taken place in the Emirates, when the IJF flag and responsibility was handed to Hungary by IJF…
24 May 2024World Championships Seniors (Individual+Teams) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
For the European judo fans, we know of the prestige from both teams of France and Georgia, who have shared the European Mixed Team title equally the past four years, with Team France becoming victors in the most recent European Championships. Now in Abu Dhabi on the final day of…
24 May 2024WHERE ARE JUDOKA HEADING THIS WEEKEND?
For those that feel they haven’t seen enough judo over the past week, fear not. JudoTV will have plenty for you, covering multiple European Judo Union events including; Follow the links to see the draw and live action in the days to come and don’t forget to head over to…
24 May 2024World Championships Seniors (Individual+Teams) - Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Zelym KOTSOIEV (AZE) left the last two world championships with a bronze medal in his luggage. In Abu Dhabi, the 25-year-old crowned himself only the third judo World champion for his country. Azerbaijan ranks 4th place in the medal table after the end of the individual competitions out of a…
23 May 2024
Velika Gorica Get Together Tournament 2024