# Judo World Masters

The Judo World Masters is an annual invite-only judo competition. After being open for only the top 16 ranked judoka in each weight class for its first eight installments, the tournament was expended to host the top 36 of each weight class in 2019. The world masters is the only world tour event with no limitation on the number of judoka competing from any single national association.

## Competitions

| Edition | Year | Dates | City and host country | Venue | # Countries | # Athletes |
| 1 | 2010 | 16–17 January | Suwon, South Korea | | 33 | 168 |
| 2 | 2011 | 15–16 January | Baku, Azerbaijan | Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex | 41 | 205 |
| 3 | 2012 | 14–15 January | Almaty, Kazakhstan | | 44 | 218 |
| 4 | 2013 | 25–26 May | Tyumen, Russia | | 41 | 199 |
| 5 | 2015 | 23–24 May | Rabat, Morocco | | 51 | 223 |
| 6 | 2016 | 27–29 May | Guadalajara, Mexico | Lopez Mateo Sports Centre | 51 | 233 |
| 7 | 2017 | 16–17 December | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Yubileyny Sports Palace | 46 | 214 |
| 8 | 2018 | 15–16 December | Guangzhou, China | Guangzhou Gymnasium | 53 | 231 |
| 9 | 2019 | 12–14 December | Qingdao, China | Conson Gymnasium | 67 | 445 |
| 10 | 2021 | 11–13 January | Doha, Qatar | Lusail Sports Arena | 69 | 398 |
| 11 | 2022 | 20–22 December | Jerusalem, Israel | Pais Arena | 58 | 367 |
| 12 | 2023 | 4–6 August | Budapest, Hungary | László Papp Budapest Sports Arena | 59 | 419 |

## Past winners
### Men's

| Year | –60 kg | –66 kg | –73 kg | –81 kg | –90 kg | –100 kg | +100 kg |
| 2010 | Rishod Sobirov | Sanjaasürengiin Miyaaragchaa | Bang Gui-man | Kim Jae-bum | Takashi Ono | Takamasa Anai | Teddy Riner |
| 2011 | Rishod Sobirov | Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar | Wang Ki-chun | Elnur Mammadli | Elkhan Mammadov | Sergei Samoilovich | Teddy Riner |
| 2012 | Arsen Galstyan | Sanjaasürengiin Miyaaragchaa | Wang Ki-chun | Elnur Mammadli | Masashi Nishiyama | Maxim Rakov | Rafael Silva |
| 2013 | Naohisa Takato | Sergey Lim | Sainjargalyn Nyam-Ochir | Ivan Nifontov | Ilias Iliadis | Elkhan Mammadov | Adam Okruashvili |
| 2015 | Naohisa Takato | Georgii Zantaraia | Denis Iartsev | Takanori Nagase | Beka Gviniashvili | Elmar Gasimov | Teddy Riner |
| 2016 | Orkhan Safarov | An Ba-ul | Soichi Hashimoto | Travis Stevens | Mashu Baker | Elmar Gasimov | Daniel Natea |
| 2017 | Ryuju Nagayama | Ganboldyn Kherlen | Soichi Hashimoto | Khasan Khalmurzaev | Beka Gviniashvili | Varlam Liparteliani | Guram Tushishvili |
| 2018 | Robert Mshvidobadze | Joshiro Maruyama | Rustam Orujov | Takeshi Sasaki | Nikoloz Sherazadishvili | Varlam Liparteliani | Guram Tushishvili |
| 2019 | Ryuju Nagayama | Manuel Lombardo | Soichi Hashimoto | Matthias Casse | Lasha Bekauri | Michael Korrel | Hisayoshi Harasawa |
| 2021 | Kim Won-jin | An Ba-ul | An Chang-rim | Tato Grigalashvili | Noël van 't End | Varlam Liparteliani | Teddy Riner |
| 2022 | Lee Ha-rim | Baruch Shmailov | Daniel Cargnin | Tato Grigalashvili | Sanshiro Murao | Ilia Sulamanidze | Tatsuru Saito |
| 2023 | Ryuju Nagayama | Ryoma Tanaka | Soichi Hashimoto | Matthias Casse | Lasha Bekauri | Muzaffarbek Turoboyev | Martti Puumalainen |

### Women's

| Year | –48 kg | –52 kg | –57 kg | –63 kg | –70 kg | –78 kg | +78 kg |
| 2010 | Haruna Asami | Misato Nakamura | Kaori Matsumoto | Yoshie Ueno | Hwang Ye-sul | Céline Lebrun | Qin Qian |
| 2011 | Haruna Asami | Misato Nakamura | Telma Monteiro | Gévrise Émane | Lucie Décosse | Yang Xiuli | Megumi Tachimoto |
| 2012 | Tomoko Fukumi | Yuka Nishida | Kaori Matsumoto | Yoshie Ueno | Lucie Décosse | Mayra Aguiar | Qin Qian |
| 2013 | Hiromi Endō | Majlinda Kelmendi | Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa | Kana Abe | Kim Polling | Mayra Aguiar | Yu Song |
| 2015 | Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg | Natalia Kuziutina | Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa | Miku Tashiro | Kim Polling | Kayla Harrison | Yu Song |
| 2016 | Ami Kondo | Misato Nakamura | Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa | Miku Tashiro | Kim Polling | Kayla Harrison | Idalys Ortiz |
| 2017 | Funa Tonaki | Natalia Kuziutina | Dorjsürengiin Sumiyaa | Miku Tashiro | Maria Portela | Marhinde Verkerk | Kim Min-jeong |
| 2018 | Distria Krasniqi | Natsumi Tsunoda | Tsukasa Yoshida | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Saki Niizoe | Mami Umeki | Akira Sone |
| 2019 | Distria Krasniqi | Ai Shishime | Kim Jin-a | Nami Nabekura | Kim Polling | Fanny Estelle Posvite | Tessie Savelkouls |
| 2021 | Distria Krasniqi | Amandine Buchard | Tsukasa Yoshida | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Yoko Ono | Madeleine Malonga | Romane Dicko |
| 2022 | Shirine Boukli | Distria Krasniqi | Christa Deguchi | Miku Takaichi | Michaela Polleres | Alice Bellandi | Romane Dicko |
| 2023 | Wakana Koga | Amandine Buchard | Jessica Klimkait | Laura Fazliu | Sanne van Dijke | Inbar Lanir | Romane Dicko |

## Points

As in any IJF World Tour tournament, athletes earn WRL points by competing in IJF World Masters events. Points are awarded based on judoka placement in the competition.
| Place | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | 1/16th | participation |
| Points | 1800 | 1260 | 900 | 648 | 468 | 288 | 200 |