Russia wins five titles at Swedish Open in Boras

Russia has won the medal table at the European Cup in Boras. The Swedish Open again had a great field of participants. With 310 Participants from 30 countries Russia had the most successful team. With five gold medals and ten in total, it led... Read more

New regulations of backnumbers active per 1 january 2010

Not everyone is aware of the new rules regarding the backnumbers and more important regarding the penalties given if the athletes and federations don't act according these rules yet. A disqualifiction could be the result and EJU wants to prevent... Read more

New rules extended for European U23 Championships in Antalya

After the World Junior Championships of last weekend, the EJU Sports and Refereeing Sectors have decided to extend the new rules for the European U23 Championships to be held in Antalya (TUR) in November.
The only exception is that there will be... Read more

Loic Pietri (FRA) lights up Coubertin stadium

Loic Pietri set up the Stade Coubertin in Paris at the Junior U20 World Championships. His win over Magomed Magomedov (RUS) turned the hall into a fantastic venue for judo. Pietri captured the home crowd with excellent judo which resulted in the... Read more

European Cup:TSV Abensberg - JC Ettlingen 8:2 (72:10)

TSV Abensberg - JC Ettlingen 8:2 (72:10) Read more

Koceali Büyüksehir (TUR) defeats Izmir Büyüksehir in ECC 3rd round

Koceali Büyüksehir (TUR) has qualified for the next round in the European Club Cup. In Koceali the home team defeated Izmir Büyüksehir in two match rounds by 4-1 and 2-3.

You can find both team line-ups of the second round in the PDF... Read more

Judoka of the Week: Elkhan Rajabli (AZE)

Elkhan Rajabli (AZE) won a gold medal in his home country last weekend at the EJU World Cup in Baku. After a decade of international judo, Rajabli could win on home soil. He is already a veteran at the age of 29. At young age he managed to set... Read more

Huge age difference in Baku not a record

Last weekend’s match between Vugar Shirinli (AZE) and triple Olympic Champion Tadahiro Nomura was a class between ages.

In terms of giant slaying it does not get much bigger than a junior, for that is what Shirinli is, defeating the only... Read more

Experienced judoka offer Azerbaijan the lead in Baku

Azerbaijan, Georgia and Russia divided all gold medals this weekend in Baku. The home country was awarded with three gold medals and won the medal count. On Sunday another two gold medals where collected by Elkhan Rajabli (U81kg) and Elkhan... Read more