2023 World Judo Championships Explained

The 2023 World Judo Championships were held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar, from 7 to 14 May 2023 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period, concluding with a mixed team event on the final day.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Schedule

All times are local (UTC+3).^[6]

Day	Date	Weight classes		Preliminaries	Final Block
		Men	Women
1	7 May	60 kg	48 kg	11:00	18:00
2	8 May	66 kg	52 kg	10:30
3	9 May	73 kg	57 kg
4	10 May	81 kg	63 kg
5	11 May	90 kg	70 kg
6	12 May	100 kg	78 kg	11:30
7	13 May	+100 kg	+78 kg
8	14 May	align=center colspan=2	Mixed team	10:30

Medal summary

Men's events

Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
Lightweight (73 kg)
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
Middleweight (90 kg)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)	Arman Adamian Individual Neutral Athletes
Heavyweight (+100 kg)		Not awarded
	Inal Tasoev Individual Neutral Athletes

Women's events

Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
Lightweight (57 kg)
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
Middleweight (70 kg)
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
Heavyweight (+78 kg)

Mixed events

Mixed team	Haruka Funakubo Soichi Hashimoto Kokoro Kageura Hayato Koga Moka Kuwagata Sanshiro Murao Saki Niizoe Tatsuru Saito Maya Segawa Akira Sone Goki Tajima Momo Tamaoki	Orlando Cazorla Sarah-Léonie Cysique Romane Dicko Joan-Benjamin Gaba Marie-Ève Gahié Priscilla Gneto Coralie Hayme Alexis Mathieu Amadou Meité Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou Margaux Pinot Joseph Terhec	Eter Askilashvili Lasha Bekauri Kote Kapanadze Eteri Liparteliani Luka Maisuradze Lasha Shavdatuashvili Sophio Somkhishvili Guram Tushishvili Gela Zaalishvili
			Julie Beurskens Frank de Wit Koen Heg Michael Korrel Roy Meyer Kim Polling Guusje Steenhuis Karen Stevenson Noël van 't End Sanne van Dijke

Prize money

The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to €798,000 for the individual events and €200,000 for the team event.^[1] (retrieved from: ^[2])

Medal		Individual				Mixed team
	Total	Judoka	Coach	Total	Judoka	Coach
	€26,000	€20,800	€5,200	€90,000	€72,000	€18,000
	€15,000	€12,000	€3,000	€60,000	€48,000	€12,000
	€8,000	€6,400	€1,600	€25,000	€20,000	€5,000

Russian and Belarusian participation controversy

The International Judo Federation (IJF) announced on 29 April 2023, the last day of event registration, that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be allowed to participate as individual neutral athletes following background checks.^{[7] [8] [9]} Following the announcement, twenty Russian and Belarusian athletes were registered were entered into the championships.^{[8] [10] [11]} Of the twenty, at least five were reported to have ties to the Russian Armed Forces,^{[8] [12]} despite the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) suggestion to deny participation of athletes who are contracted to the Russian or Belarusian military or national security agencies.^{[8] [13]} In protest, the Ukrainian team withdrew from the championships.^{[8] [10] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: WCS Doha 2023 Outlines version 15 March 2023 . . 18 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230316105927/https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2023/03/WCS_Doha_2023_Outlines_version-1678897988.pdf . 16 March 2023 . 12,20 . 15 March 2023.
2. Web site: Doha World Senior Championships 2023 Individuals . . 12 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720091619/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2442 . 20 July 2022.
3. Web site: Doha World Senior Mixed Teams Championships 2023 . . 12 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220720084338/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2443 . 20 July 2022.
4. Web site: Doha World Championships Seniors 2023 . . 10 October 2022 . 12 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221012073945/https://www.eju.net/event/doha-world-championships-seniors-2023/248205/ . 12 October 2022.
5. News: Messner . Nicolas . Logo and Branding of 2023 Worlds Unveiled in Doha . 9 January 2023 . . 9 January 2023.
6. Web site: Schedule . @JudoDoha2023 Twitter page . 30 April 2023 . 29 April 2023.
7. News: Resolution Regarding the Participation of Russian and Belarusian Athletes in IJF Events . 2 May 2023 . . 29 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230429170446/https://www.ijf.org/news/show/resolution-regarding-the-participation-of-russian-and-belarusian-athletes-in-ijf-events . 29 April 2023.
8. News: Ukraine set to boycott judo worlds after Russians allowed . 2 May 2023 . . 30 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502024138/https://apnews.com/article/judo-russia-ukraine-olympics-boycott-aebf3b7fcfb95ea4644a212187b2dfe7 . 2 May 2023.
9. News: Aharoni . Oren . Drama in judo: The international federation decided to bring Russian and Belarussian athletes back to competition . 2 May 2023 . . 29 April 2023 . he.
10. News: Aharoni . Oren . Ukraine will boycott the World Judo Championships: "The Rubles have won" . 2 May 2023 . . 30 April 2023 . he.
11. Web site: World Judo Championships - Doha 2023 Individuals — Nations — Individual Neutral Athletes . . 2 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230429210753/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2442/judoka_nations?nation=ain . 29 April 2023.
12. News: Berkeley . Geoff . Ukraine boycott World Judo Championships after decision to readmit Russians . 2 May 2023 . . 30 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502082616/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1136513/ukraine-to-boycott-world-judo-champs . 2 May 2023.
13. News: Following a request by the 11th Olympic Summit, IOC issues recommendations for International Federations and international sports event organisers on the participation of athletes with a Russian or Belarusian passport in international competitions . 2 May 2023 . . 28 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230328210025/https://olympics.com/ioc/news/ioc-issues-recommendations-for-international-federations-and-international-sports-event-organisers . 28 March 2023.