IJF World Tour

The IJF World Tour is a worldwide top-tier judo tour, organized by the International Judo Federation since 2009.^[1]

The IJF World Tour consists of the annual World Championships and World Masters, a series of Grand Slam and Grand Prix tournaments, the annual continental championships and open meets organized by the respective continental judo unions, as well as the annual World Juniors Championships. Achievements in these competitions are rewarded with ranking points, which are then used to determine a judoka's world ranking.^[2]^[3]

IJF World Ranking

2025–2028

IJF Ranking Events (2025–2028)^[4]
	Olympic Games	World Championships	World Masters	Grand Slam	Continental Championships	Grand Prix	World Juniors Championships	Continental Open
1st place	2,200	2,000	1,800	1,000	800	700		100
2nd place	1,540	1,400	1,260	700	560	490		70
3rd place	1,100	1,000	900	500	400	350		50
5th place	792	720	648	360	288	252		36
7th place	572	520	468	260	208	182		26
1\16th	352	320	288	160	128	112		16
1\32th	264	240	216	120	96	84		12
1 fight won	—	200	—	100	80	70		10
Participation	—	20	100	10	6			2
A. per category	1	2	no limit	2 \ 4^[a]	2	2 \ 4^[a]	2	no limit
A. per country	7	9	no limit	14 \ 28	10	14 \ 28	9	no limit

^ ^a ^b 4 for host, 2 for other countries

2017–2024

IJF Ranking Events (2017–2024)^[2]
	Olympic Games	World Championships	World Masters	Grand Slam	Grand Prix	Continental Championships	World Juniors Championships	Continental Open
1st place	2,200	2,000	1,800	1,000	700			100
2nd place	1,540	1,400	1,260	700	490			70
3rd place	1,100	1,000	900	500	350			50
5th place	792	720	648	360	252			36
7th place	572	520	468	260	182			26
1\16th	352	320	288	160	112			16
1\32th	264	240	—	120	84			12
1 fight won	—	200	—	100	70			10
Participation	—	20	200	10	6			—
A. per category	1	2	no limit	2 \ 4^[a]		2		no limit
A. per country	7	9	no limit	14 \ 28		10	9	no limit

^ 4 for host, 2 for other countries

2013–2016

IJF Ranking Events (2013–2016)^[5]^[6]
	Olympic Games	World Championships	World Masters	Grand Slam	Continental Championships	Grand Prix	Continental Open
1st place	1,000	900	700	500	400	300	100
2nd place	600	540	420	300	240	180	60
3rd place	400	360	280	200	160	120	40
5th place	200	180	140	100	80	60	20
7th place	160	144	112	80	64	48	16
1\16th	120	108	—	60	48	36	12
1\32th	80	72	—	40	32	24	8
1 fight won	40	36	28	20	16	12	4
Participation	—	4	—	2	2	2	—

IJF World Tour tournaments

Legend

OG — Olympic Games
WC — World Championships
JU — World Juniors Championships
MA — World Masters
GS — Grand Slam
GP — Grand Prix
AfC — African Championships
AfG — African Games
AmC — Pan American Championships
AmG — Pan American Games
AsC — Asian Championships
AsG — Asian Games
EuC — European Championships
EuG — European Games
OcC — Oceanian Championships

2009–2019

	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
January		MA Suwon	MA Baku	MA Almaty				GP Havana		GP Tunis	GP Tel Aviv
February	GS Paris GP Hamburg	GS Paris GP Düsseldorf	GS Paris GP Düsseldorf	GS Paris GP Düsseldorf	GS Paris GP Düsseldorf	GS Paris GP Düsseldorf	GP Düsseldorf	GS Paris GP Düsseldorf	GS Paris GP Düsseldorf	GS Paris GS Düsseldorf	GS Paris GS Düsseldorf
March	AmC Buenos Aires				GP Samsun	GP Tbilisi GP Samsun	GP Tbilisi GP Samsun	GP Tbilisi	GS Baku GP Tbilisi	GP Agadir GS Ekaterinburg GP Tbilisi	GP Marrakesh GS Ekaterinburg GP Tbilisi
April	AfC Port-Louis EuC Tbilisi	AmC San Salvador AfC Yaoundé OcC Canberra AsC Guangzhou EuC Vienna	AmC Guadalajara AsC Abu Dhabi AfC Dakar OcC Tahiti EuC Istanbul	AfC Agadir EuC Chelyabinsk OcC Sydney AsC Tashkent AmC Montreal	OcC Cairns AfC Maputo AmC San José AsC Bangkok EuC Budapest	AfC Port-Louis EuC Montpellier AmC Guayaquil OcC Auckland	OcC Païta AfC Libreville AmC Edmonton	GP Samsun AfC Tunis OcC Canberra AsC Tashkent EuC Kazan AmC Havana	GP Antalya AfC Antananarivo EuC Warsaw AmC Panama OcC Nukuʻalofa	GP Antalya OcC Nouméa AfC Tunis AmC San José EuC Tel Aviv	GP Antalya AsC Fujairah AfC Cape Town AmC Lima
May	GP Tunis AsC Taipei GS Moscow	GP Tunis GS Rio de Janeiro	GP Baku GS Moscow	GP Baku GS Moscow	GS Baku MA Tyumen	GS Baku	GP Zagreb GS Baku AsC Kuwait City MA Rabat	GS Baku GP Almaty MA Guadalajara	GS Ekaterinburg AsC Hong Kong	GP Hohhot	GS Baku GP Hohhot
June			GS Rio de Janeiro	GS Rio de Janeiro	GP Miami	GP Havana GP Budapest	GP Budapest EuG Baku	GP Budapest	GP Cancún GP Hohhot		EuG Minsk
July	GS Rio de Janeiro	GS Moscow		OG London	GP Ulaanbaatar GS Moscow	GP Ulaanbaatar GS Tyumen	GP Ulaanbaatar AmG Toronto GS Tyumen	GP Ulaanbaatar GS Tyumen		GP Zagreb	GP Montreal GP Budapest GP Zagreb
August	WC Rotterdam		WC Paris		WC Rio de Janeiro	WC Chelyabinsk	WC Astana	OG Rio de Janeiro	WC Budapest	GP Budapest AsG Jakarta	AmG Lima AfG Rabat WC Tokyo
September		WC Tokyo	AfG Maputo		GP Rijeka GP Almaty	GP Zagreb AsG Incheon	AfG Brazzaville	GP Zagreb	GP Zagreb	WC Baku	GP Tashkent
October	JU Paris	GP Rotterdam JU Agadir	GP Abu Dhabi AmG Guadalajara	GP Abu Dhabi	GP Tashkent JU Ljubljana GP Qingdao	GP Astana GP Tashkent JU F. Lauderdale GS Abu Dhabi	GP Tashkent GS Paris JU Abu Dhabi GS Abu Dhabi	GP Tashkent GS Abu Dhabi	GP Tashkent JU Zagreb GS Abu Dhabi	GP Cancún JU Nassau GS Abu Dhabi	GS Brasilia JU Marrakesh GS Abu Dhabi
November	GP Abu Dhabi GP Qingdao	AsG Guangzhou GP Abu Dhabi	JU Cape Town GP Amsterdam	GP Qingdao GS Tokyo	GP Abu Dhabi GS Tokyo	GP Qingdao GP Jeju	GP Qingdao GP Jeju	GP Qingdao	GP The Hague	GP Tashkent GP The Hague GS Osaka	GP Perth GS Osaka
December	GS Tokyo	GS Tokyo GP Qingdao	GS Tokyo GP Qingdao		GP Jeju	GS Tokyo	GS Tokyo	GS Tokyo	GS Tokyo MA S. Petersburg	MA Guangzhou	MA Qingdao
	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019

2020–present

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
January	GP Tel Aviv	MA Doha	GP Almada	GP Almada	GP Odivelas
February	GS Paris GS Düsseldorf	GS Tel Aviv	GS Paris GS Tel Aviv	GS Paris GS Tel Aviv	GS Paris GS Baku	GS Paris GS Baku GS Tashkent
March		GS Tashkent GS Tbilisi		GS Tashkent GS Tbilisi GS Antalya	GS Tashkent GP Linz GS Tbilisi GS Antalya	GP Linz GS Tbilisi GS Antalya
April		GS Antalya AsC/OcC Bishkek AmC Guadalajara EuC Lisbon	GS Antalya AmC/OcC Lima EuC Sofia		AsC Hong Kong AfC Cairo EuC Zagreb AmC/OcC Rio de Janeiro	EuC Podgorica AmC/OcC Santiago AfC Abidjan
May		GS Kazan AfC Dakar	~~GS Kazan~~ AfC Oran	WC Doha GP Linz	GS Dushanbe GS Astana WC Abu Dhabi	GS Dushanbe GS Astana
June		WC Budapest	GS Tbilisi ~~GS Düsseldorf~~ GS Ulaanbaatar	GP Dushanbe GS Astana GS Ulaanbaatar		WC Budapest
July		OG Tokyo	GS Budapest GP Zagreb		OG Paris	GS Ulaanbaatar
August			AsC Nur-Sultan JU Guayaquil	MA Budapest GP Zagreb
September		GP Zagreb		AfC Casablanca AmC/OcC Calgary GS Baku AsG Hangzhou	GP Zagreb
October	GS Budapest	JU Olbia GS Paris	WC Tashkent GS Abu Dhabi GP Perth	JU Odivelas GS Abu Dhabi	JU Dushanbe GS Abu Dhabi	JU TBC GS Abu Dhabi
November	EuC Prague AmC Guadalajara	GS Baku GS Abu Dhabi	GS Baku	EuC Montpellier GP Perth		GP Portugal GP Zagreb
December	AfC Antananarivo		GS Tokyo MA Jerusalem	GS Tokyo	GS Tokyo	GS Tokyo
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025

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Tournaments per year (since 2009)

Year	Summer Olympics	World Championships	World Masters	Grand Slam	Grand Prix	Total
2009		1		4	4	9
2010		1	1	4	5	11
2011		1	1	4	5	11
2012	1		1	4	4	10
2013		1	1	4	10	16
2014		1		5	11	17
2015		1	1	5	9	16
2016	1		1	5	10	17
2017		1	1	5	8	15
2018		1	1	5	10	17
2019		1	1	7	10	19
2020				3	1	4
2021	1	1	1	8	1	12
2022		1	1	9	3	14
2023		1	1	10	5	17
2024	1	1		9	3	14
Total	4	13	12	91	99	219

Grand Slam × Grand Prix comparison

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References

^ "Timeline". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "IJF Ranking Events" (PDF). International Judo Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ "IJF Senior World Ranking List". European Judo Union. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
^ "Istanbul Technical Seminar 2024 - Sport Commission" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
^ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). intjudo.eu. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
^ "Calendar". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
^ "IJF Calendar 2025" (PDF). International Judo Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

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[1] "Timeline". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[Rank2017-2] "IJF Ranking Events" (PDF). International Judo Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

[3] "IJF Senior World Ranking List". European Judo Union. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

[Rank2025-4] "Istanbul Technical Seminar 2024 - Sport Commission" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 21. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.

[7] "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). intjudo.eu. 25 February 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

[8] "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 5 December 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2022.

[9] "Calendar". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2023-12-11.

[10] "IJF Calendar 2025" (PDF). International Judo Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.

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