The Judo Grand Slam tournaments are international judo tournaments held by the International Judo Federation as part of the IJF World Tour.
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.
While some sources states that the first Grand Slam tournament was held in Tokyo in December 2008, the IJF titled it as "Kano Cup", not "Grand Slam". 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. In 2019 two additional tournaments were added.
Tournaments
Tournament City Country Editions Months Years Comments GS Paris Paris 16 February 2009 2015 and 2021 in October GS Tokyo Tokyo 12 November/December 200817, 2022 The tournament moved to Osaka during 201819 due to the renovation of the Tokyo hall where the tournament takes place. GS Baku Baku 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 9 October 2014 GS Budapest Budapest 2 July/October 2020 GS Taschkent Tashkent 3 March 2021 GS Tbilisi Tbilisi 4 March 2021 GS Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar 3 June 2022 GS Astana Astana 1 June 2023 GS Lausanne Lausanne 1 August 2026
Former tournaments Tournament City Country Editions Months Years Comments GS Moscow Moscow 5 May/July 200913 GS Tyumen Tyumen 3 July 201416 GS Osaka Osaka 2 November 201819 GS Ekaterinburg Yekaterinburg 3 March/May 201719 GS Kazan Kazan 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 GS Düsseldorf Düsseldorf 3 February 201820 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 Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 4 May/June/July 200912 GS Brasília Brasília 1 October 2019 GS Tel Aviv Tel Aviv 3 February/December 20212023 Being held as a Grand Prix for the inaugural two years, the tournament was elevated to a Grand Slam in 2021. GS Antalya Antalya 4 April 20212024
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.
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