Qualification System – Judo

European Judo Union – Judo

A. Disciplines and Events Judo Men’s Individual Events (7) Extra-light weight (-60kg) Up to and including 60kg Half -light weight (-66kg) Over 60kg up to and including 66kg Light weight (-73kg) Over 66kg up to and including 73kg Half -middle weight (-81kg) Over 73kg up to and including 81kg Middle weight (-90kg) Over 81kg up to and including 90kg Half -heavy weight (-100kg) Over 90kg up to and including 100kg Heavy weight (+100kg) Over 100kg Judo Women’s Individual Events (7) Extra -light weight (-48kg) Up to and including 48kg Half -light weight (-52kg) Over 48kg up to and including 52kg Light weight (-57kg) Over 5248 kgkg upup toto andand includingincluding 57kg52kg Half -middle weight (-63kg) Over 57kg up to and including 63kg

Middle weight (-70kg) Over 63kg up to and including 70kg Half -heavy weight (-78kg) Over 70kg up to and including 78kg Heavy weight (+78kg) Over 78kg Judo – Mixed Team Event (1) 6 mixed team categories, 3 women and 3 men -57kg women, -73kg men, -70kg women, -90kg men, +70kg women , +90kg men

B. Athlete Quota 1. Total Quota for Sport / Events Individual Event Weight Universality Men Quota* Women Quota* Total Category Places Extra-light weight -60kg 28 -48kg 22 Half-light weight -66kg 32 -52kg 26 Light weight -73kg 42 -57kg 26 Half-middle weight -81kg 38 -63kg 26 Middle weight -90kg 34 -70kg 24 Half-heavy weight -100kg 30 -78kg 18 Heavy weight +100kg 24 +78kg 18 Total *228 *160 12 400 *This includes the Host NOC allocation of nine (9) quota places for Men’s events and nine (9) quota places for Women’s events. Version 4.0 November 2018 1 www.minsk2019.by Qualification System – Judo

Mixed Team Event Quota Places The NOC, who has qualified in total six (6) athletes for Individual Events in the following mixed team (group) categories fulfills the qualification criteria for the Mixed Team Event.

Women‘s -57kg (-48kg, -52kg, -57kg) Men‘s -73kg (-60kg, -66kg, -73kg) Women‘s -70kg (-57kg, -63kg, -70kg) Men‘s -90kg (-73kg, -81kg, -90kg) Women‘s +70kg (-70kg, -78kg, +78kg) Men‘s +90kg (-90kg, -100kg, +100kg)

2. Maximum Number of Athletes per NOC Event Specific Quota per NOC Men’s events 9 Maximum of two (2) athletes per weight category Women’s events 9 Maximum of two (2) athletes per weight category Total 18

3. Maximum Quota for the Host NOC Quota per Host NOC Men’s events 9 Maximum of two (2) athletes per weight category Women’s events 9 Maximum of two (2) athletes per weight category Total 18

С. Eligibility

Athlete Eligibility Athletes must be registered members of their National Federations affiliated to the EJU and the IJF. All athletes must comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force, including but not limited to, Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors). Only those athletes who have complied with the Olympic Charter may participate at MINSK 2019.

Age Requirements Athletes participating in Judo at MINSK 2019 must be born before 1 January 2005.

Medical and Anti-Doping Requirements To be eligible to participate at MINSK 2019, all athletes must satisfy the medical requirements according to the EOC Medical and Anti-Doping Guidelines. To be eligible to participate at MINSK 2019, all athletes must comply with doping control process in accordance with the EOC Medical and Anti-Doping Guidelines and the EOC Anti-Doping Rules. Version 4.0 November 2018 2 www.minsk2019.by Qualification System – Judo

Additional European Judo Union (EJU) Requirements To be eligible to participate at MINSK 2019 all athletes must have competed in a minimum of two (2) tournament, counting towards the IJF World Ranking List (WRL) during the European Games Qualifying period ending by 8 April 2019.

D. Qualification Process The qualification system allows for the participation of the best athletes through a fair and transparent process within the framework of the Olympic Charter. Seeding at the draw will be done according to the last IJF WRL edition before MINSK 2019 Judo Competition.

Qualification Places: MEN Individual Events Number of Quota Place Qualifying Event or Ranking Quota Places Allocation Qualification Type: The International Judo Federation (IJF) World Ranking List (WRL) for European athletes as of Monday, 8 April 2019. 228* Qualification Process: Athlete As priority, the EJU allocates nine (9) athletes in each Men’s weight categories entered by the Host NOC. Furthermore, the EJU will allocate remaining best ranked European athletes considering IJF WRL as of 8 April 2019 to reach a maximum of quota places per each weight category as detailed in Section B. Each NOC is entitled to enter 9 athletes in total for men. Only a maximum of two (2) athletes per category will be allowed. In case of equality of total points of two or more athletes on IJF WRL as of 8 April 2019, the higher ranking athlete will be decided according to Additional Rules of IJF WRL.

*This includes the Host NOC allocation of nine (9) quota places for Men’s events.

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Qualification Places: WOMEN Individual Events Number of Quota Place Qualifying Event or Ranking Quota Places Allocation Qualification Type: The International Judo Federation (IJF) World Ranking List (WRL) for European athletes as of Monday, 8 April 2019. 160* Qualification Process: Athlete As priority, the EJU allocates nine (9) athletes in each Men’s weight categories entered by the Host NOC. Furthermore, the EJU will allocate remaining best ranked European athletes considering IJF WRL as of 8 April 2019 to reach a maximum of quota places per each weight category as detailed in Section B. Each NOC is entitled to enter 9 athletes in total for men. Only a maximum of two (2) athletes per category will be allowed. In case of equality of total points of two or more athletes on IJF WRL as of 8 April 2019, the higher ranking athlete will be decided according to Additional Rules of IJF WRL.

*This includes the Host NOC allocation of nine (9) quota places for Women’s events.

Mixed Team Event Quota Place Qualifying Event or Ranking Allocation Qualification Type: NOC The NOC who has qualified in total 6 athletes for Individual Events in the Mixed Team (group) categories fulfills the qualification criteria for the Mixed Team Event. There is no limit of total Quota Places for the Mixed Team Event.

Host NOC Allocation Allocation Process The Host NOC is guaranteed the following allocation subject to meeting the eligibility requirements detailed in Section C. Nine (9) Male Quota Places for Individual. Nine (9) Female Quota Places for Individual. One (1) Quota Place for Mixed Team event.

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Universality Allocation Numbers 12 Universality Places are made available to eligible NOCs in the individual events at MINSK 2019, subject to the athletes meeting the eligibility criteria described under Section C.

The Universality places cannot be allocated to NOCs that have obtained a quota place in relevant events.

E. Confirmation Process for Quota Places Qualification will be based on the IJF WRL of Monday 8 April 2019. NFs/NOCs will provide to the EJU and MEGOC a list of candidate athletes and indicate whether they intend to participate in the Mixed Team event at MINSK 2019 by Friday, 12 April 2009. By Tuesday 16 April 2019 EJU will provide MEGOC with the list of qualified athletes and teams and submits to MEGOC and EOC proposals for the allocation of the Universality places. EOC will confirm, in writing, the allocation of the Universality places to MEGOC, and MEGOC on behalf of the EOC and the EJU inform, in writing, the NOCs of their allocated quota places, including the Universality places, and Mixed Team places by 19 April 2019. NOCs must confirm their allocated quota places to MEGOC and EJU in writing by 26 April 2019. MEGOC will inform, in writing, the EJU about using of allocated quota places by the NOCs by 29 April 2019. EJU will provide to MEGOC the reallocation list of unused quota places by 30 April 2019. By 2 May 2019 MEGOC will inform, in writing, the NOCs of their reallocated quota places. NOCs must confirm their re-allocated quota to MEGOC and EJU in writing by 9 May 2019. Seeding at the draw will be done according to the last IJF WRL edition before MINSK 2019 Judo Competition.

F. Reallocation of Unused Quota Places If obtained through the qualification process and allocated quota place is declined by the NOC or is not confirmed by the NOC by the deadline, the quota place in that event will be reallocated to the next best ranked athlete, not yet qualified. This process will be repeated until all places are allocated. The list of reserve athletes for each weight category will be established by the EJU taking into consideration only athletes on NOCs candidates’ lists.

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G. Qualification Timeline

Date Milestone

31 March 2019 Online Sport Entries and Qualifications System (SEQ) goes live The International Judo Federation (IJF) World Ranking List (WRL) 8 April 2019 published NFs/NOCs provide EJU and MEGOC with their list of candidates (incl. 12 April 2019 reserves) and indicate the entry for the Mixed Team event EJU will provide MEGOC with the list of qualified athletes and mixed 16 April 2019 teams EJU submits to MEGOC and EOC proposals for the allocation of the 16 April 2019 Universality places EOC to confirm, in writing, the allocation of the Universality places 18 April 2019 to MEGOC MEGOC on behalf of the EOC and the EJU to inform, in writing, the 19 April 2019 NOCs of their allocated quota places, Mixed Team quota places and Universality places NOCs to confirm, in writing, use of allocated quota places, Mixed 26 April 2019 Team quota places and Universality places to MEGOC MEGOC to inform, in writing, the EJU about using of allocated quota 29 April 2019 places, mixed team quota places and Universality places by the NOCs. EJU to reallocate all unused quota places and inform, in writing, 30 April 2019 MEGOC MEGOC to inform, in writing, the NOCs of their reallocated quota 2 May 2019 places NOCs to confirm, in writing, use of reallocated quota places to 9 May 2019 MEGOC. MEGOC to inform, in writing, the EJU about using of reallocated 10 May 2019 quota places by the NOCs 20 May 2019 Online Sport Entries and Qualifications System (SEQ) deadline EJU with MEGOC to reallocate quota places of injured athletes. 20 June 2019 The reserve list established by EJU will be used

H. 2020 Summer Olympics Qualification According to the IJF Qualification System for 2020 Summer Olympics the IJF World Ranking List is the exclusive pathway of qualification. IJF WRL points will be awarded to athletes for Individual Events of MINSK 2019 in the same value as for the Continental (European) Judo Championships. IJF Qualification System for Mixed Teams Event of Tokyo 2020 is considering exclusively the athletes qualified for Individual Events. The IJF Mixed Teams WRL will be used for seeding in 2020 Summer Olympics. For Mixed Team Event of MINSK 2019 the national mixed teams will be awarded IJF WRL points in the same value as for the Continental (European) Mixed Teams Championships.

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