# Judo at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification
## Qualification system

A total of 140 judokas (ten per weight category) will qualify to compete at the games. There will be six qualification events for athletes to earn ranking points, and the top nine nations qualify per event. The host nation (Canada) is automatically qualified in each event, for a total of ten per event. If the host nations is not ranked in the top ten places, Canada will take the place of the tenth ranked nation. If Canada is ranked in the top nine nations, the tenth ranked nation will qualify instead. A nation may enter a maximum of one athlete per weight category.

## Qualification timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| 2012 Pan American Judo Championships | April 26–29 | Montreal |
| 2013 Pan American Judo Championships | April 18–19 | San Jose |
| 2013 Copa Panamericana | April 20 | San Jose |
| 2014 Pan American Judo Championships | April 24–26 | Guayaquil |
| 2014 Copa Panamericana | October 4 | Bridgetown |
| 2015 Pan American Judo Championships | April 24–26 | Edmonton |

## Qualification summary

The final list of countries qualified was published by the Pan American Judo Confederation on April 25, 2015.
| NOC | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| NOC | -60kg | -66kg | -73kg | -81kg | -90kg | -100kg | +100kg | -48kg | -52kg | -57kg | -63kg | -70kg | -78kg | +78kg | Total |
| Argentina | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | | | X | 11 |
| Brazil | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Canada | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Chile | | | | X | X | | | X | | | | | X | | 4 |
| Colombia | X | | | X | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | 9 |
| Costa Rica | | | | | | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Cuba | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 14 |
| Dominican Republic | X | X | X | | X | | | X | X | X | | | | X | 8 |
| Ecuador | X | X | X | | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 11 |
| El Salvador | | X | X | X | | | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Guatemala | | | | | | | | | | | X | X | X | | 3 |
| Honduras | | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Mexico | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | 12 |
| Peru | X | X | | | | X | X | | | | | | | | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | | | X | X | | | | | | X | | X | | | 4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | | | | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| United States | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 |
| Uruguay | | | | | X | X | | | | | | | | | 2 |
| Venezuela | X | X | | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 12 |
| Total: 19 NOCs | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 140 |

## Men
### 60kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil Ecuador Mexico Dominican Republic Argentina Peru Venezuela Cuba Colombia |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 66kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil Cuba Mexico Dominican Republic Peru Venezuela United States Argentina El Salvador Ecuador |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 73kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Cuba Brazil United States Argentina Ecuador Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Mexico El Salvador |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 81kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil Cuba Argentina United States Colombia El Salvador Chile Mexico Puerto Rico |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 90kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil Cuba Chile Dominican Republic United States Venezuela Uruguay Argentina Mexico |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 100kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil Cuba Argentina Venezuela Mexico Peru United States Uruguay Trinidad and Tobago |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### +100kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil Cuba Ecuador Mexico United States Colombia Honduras Venezuela Guatemala Peru |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

## Women
### 48kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Cuba Brazil Mexico Argentina Ecuador Venezuela Colombia Dominican Republic Chile |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 52kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Argentina Brazil Cuba Mexico Colombia United States Dominican Republic Ecuador Venezuela |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 57kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil United States Cuba Argentina Colombia Ecuador Dominican Republic Puerto Rico Venezuela |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 63kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Cuba Brazil Colombia Ecuador United States Mexico Costa Rica Venezuela Guatemala Argentina |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 70kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil Colombia Ecuador Venezuela Cuba United States Puerto Rico Mexico El Salvador Guatemala |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### 78kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Brazil Cuba Ecuador United States Guatemala Venezuela Mexico Chile Colombia |
| TOTAL | 10 | |

### +78kg

| Criteria | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Canada |
| Top 9 ranked countries | 9 | Cuba Brazil Mexico Ecuador United States Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Argentina Venezuela Costa Rica |
| TOTAL | 10 | |