2014 World Judo Championships

2014 World Judo Championships
Venue Traktor Ice Arena
Location Chelyabinsk, Russia
Dates 25–31 August 2014
Competitors 712 from 118 nations
2014 World Judo Championships
Men Women
  60 kg     48 kg  
66 kg 52 kg
73 kg 57 kg
81 kg 63 kg
90 kg 70 kg
100 kg 78 kg
+100 kg +78 kg
Team Team

The 2014 World Judo Championships were held in Chelyabinsk, Russia, from 25–31 August 2014, in the Traktor Ice Arena. Each participating country was permitted to present a total of 18 men and women judokas to participate in the 14 weight categories (7 male and 7 female), but no more than two judokas from the same country were allowed to fight in the same category.

Bids

Bids were made by Azerbaijan, Russia, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and the USA to the International Judo Federation for the initial staging of the championships. On 2 October 2012, it was announced that Russia would hold the full championships for the first time. Previously, the 1983 World Judo Championships had been held in the Soviet Union (Moscow) and the open category of the 2011 Championships were held in Tyumen.[1] One reason for the choice was the successful staging of the 2012 European Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk.[1]

Gold memory coin to Judo Championships 2014
Silver memory coin to Judo Championships 2014

On 17 December 2012, at the Ritz-Carlton in Moscow, the President of IJF Marius Wizer, Mikhail Yurevich (the governor of Chelyabinsk Oblast) and Sergey Soloveychik, the vice-president of the Russian Judo Federation and the head of the European Judo Union, signed an agreement to host the championships.[2][3]

On 2 September 2013, following the 2013 World Judo Championships, the flag of the International Judo Federation was passed to a representative of the Russian Judo Federation.[4]

On 19 March 2014, the regulations of the competitions were approved for the competition. The championship took place between 25 and 31 August, with the individual tournament taking place between 25 and 30 August, and the team tournament on 31 August.[5]

Venue

The championships were held at the Traktor Ice Arena, with a capacity of 7,500 spectators.[6]

Mascot

The mascot of the championships was a baby tiger named Zhorik, a diminutive form of Georgiy. The mascot was chosen in a unanimous vote held before the 2012 European Judo Championships.[7]

Logo

The logo of the championships was a blue-white rectangle, augmented at the base by a red belt. The colours of the logo repeat the Russian flag. The logo also features a white silhouette of Vladimir Putin taken from a photo on the cover of the book Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin.[8]

Prize money

Total prize money was $300,000. The winner of the individual competition received $6,000 ($4,800 for the judoka and $1,200 for the coach), the runner-up $4,000 ($3,200 and $800, for the judoka and the coach respectively) and the bronze medalist $2,000 ($1,600 and $400, respectively). The two best judokas (man and woman) were awarded $2,000.

The winners of the team competition received a total of $25,000 ($20,000 for judokas and $5,000 for coaches), the runner-up $15,000 ($12,000 and $3,000 respectively) and the bronze medalist $5,000 ($4,000 and $1,000 respectively).[9]

Rules

Classical standing of judoka during fight

The rules of competition changed on January 1, 2014.

The IJF continued to differentiate judo from other kinds of wrestling, particularly from sambo, and reverted to classical judo traditions. Activity by the hands below the belt in standing position, limited by 2010 rules, is now fully forbidden under penalty of disqualification. In the spirit of saving specific characteristics of judo, possibility of fight for hold is limited: wrong methods of protection from holds is prohibited, and there is a limit to the number of protections from holds. Likewise, other methods of evading fight or blocking of an opponent are forbidden; for example, false attacks or coercion to assume bend position by power. The criteria of victory by fall (ippon) is specified: now a throw must have more power, quickness and amplitude with the fall of the opponent straight to their back. Rituals about combat were also modified: for example, opponents must greet each other only by bows; as handshaking before combat is now forbidden. The Golden score overtime is not limited by time, and winning by judge decision (hantei) is abolished.[10]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan52411
2 France3148
4 Brazil1124
 Cuba1124
5 Mongolia1102
6 Georgia1034
7 Colombia1001
 Czech Republic1001
 Greece1001
International Judo FederationA1001
11 Russia0369
12 Argentina0101
 Canada0101
 Hungary0101
 Israel0101
 North Korea0101
 Portugal0101
 Romania0101
19 Germany0033
20 Slovenia0022
 United Arab Emirates0022
21 Netherlands0011
 Poland0011
 Ukraine0011
 United States0011
Total 16 16 32 64

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
 Ganbatyn Boldbaatar
Mongolia (MGL)
 Beslan Mudranov
Russia (RUS)
 Amiran Papinashvili
Georgia (GEO)
 Naohisa Takato
Japan (JPN)
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
 Masashi Ebinuma
Japan (JPN)
 Mikhail Pulyaev
Russia (RUS)
 Georgii Zantaraia
Ukraine (UKR)
 Kamal Khan-Magomedov
Russia (RUS)
Lightweight (73 kg)
 Riki Nakaya
Japan (JPN)
 Hong Kuk-hyon
North Korea (PRK)
 Victor Scvortov
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 Musa Mogushkov
Russia (RUS)
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
 Avtandil Tchrikishvili
Georgia (GEO)
 Antoine Valois-Fortier
Canada (CAN)
 Loïc Pietri
France (FRA)
 Ivan Nifontov
Russia (RUS)
Middleweight (90 kg)
 Ilias Iliadis
Greece (GRE)
 Krisztián Tóth
Hungary (HUN)
 Varlam Liparteliani
Georgia (GEO)
 Kirill Voprosov
Russia (RUS)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
 Lukáš Krpálek
Czech Republic (CZE)
 José Armenteros
Cuba (CUB)
 Ivan Remarenco
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 Karl-Richard Frey
Germany (GER)
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
 Teddy Riner
France (FRA)
 Ryu Shichinohe
Japan (JPN)
 Renat Saidov
Russia (RUS)
 Rafael Silva
Brazil (BRA)
Team
 Japan  Russia  Germany
 Georgia

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
 Ami Kondo
Japan (JPN)
 Paula Pareto
Argentina (ARG)
 Amandine Buchard
France (FRA)
 Maria Celia Laborde
Cuba (CUB)
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
Majlinda Kelmendi
International Judo Federation (IJF)A
 Andreea Chițu
Romania (ROU)
 Erika Miranda
Brazil (BRA)
 Natalia Kuziutina
Russia (RUS)
Lightweight (57 kg)
 Nae Udaka
Japan (JPN)
 Telma Monteiro
Portugal (POR)
 Sanne Verhagen
Netherlands (NED)
 Automne Pavia
France (FRA)
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
 Clarisse Agbegnenou
France (FRA)
 Yarden Gerbi
Israel (ISR)
 Miku Tashiro
Japan (JPN)
 Tina Trstenjak
Slovenia (SLO)
Middleweight (70 kg)
 Yuri Alvear
Colombia (COL)
 Karen Nun-Ira
Japan (JPN)
 Onix Cortés
Cuba (CUB)
 Katarzyna Kłys
Poland (POL)
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
 Mayra Aguiar
Brazil (BRA)
 Audrey Tcheuméo
France (FRA)
 Kayla Harrison
United States (USA)
 Anamari Velenšek
Slovenia (SLO)
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
 Idalys Ortiz
Cuba (CUB)
 Maria Suelen Altheman
Brazil (BRA)
 Megumi Tachimoto
Japan (JPN)
 Emilie Andeol
France (FRA)
Team
 France  Mongolia  Germany
 Japan

Participating nations

Notes

A.^ Unlike 2013, Kelmendi did not compete under the Kosovo flag but under the International Judo Federation flag. Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has been recognised as an independent state by 108 out of 193 United Nations member states.

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