# 2022 World Judo Championships – Men's 81 kg

The Men's 81 kg event at the 2022 World Judo Championships was held at the Humo Ice Dome arena in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 9 October 2022.

## Results
### Finals

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Tato Grigalashvili | 10 |
| Saeid Mollaei | 00 | | |
| Saeid Mollaei | 00 | Tato Grigalashvili | 01 |
| | | Matthias Casse | 00 |
| Matthias Casse | 10 | Matthias Casse | 00 |
| Sotaro Fujiwara | 01 | | |

### Repechage

| Repechage | Repechage | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Takanori Nagase | 01 | | |
| Lee Joon-hwan | 00 | | |
| Lee Joon-hwan | 00 | Takanori Nagase | 10 |
| | | Sotaro Fujiwara | 00 |
| Shamil Borchashvili | 10 | | |
| Attila Ungvári | 00 | | |
| Attila Ungvári | 00 | Shamil Borchashvili | 11 |
| | | Saeid Mollaei | 00 |

### Pool A

| First round | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | Tato Grigalashvili | 11 | | |
| | | Alpha Oumar Djalo | 00 | | |
| Alpha Oumar Djalo | 10 | Alpha Oumar Djalo | 00 | | |
| Paweł Drzymał | 00 | | | | |
| Paweł Drzymał | 00 | | | Tato Grigalashvili | 01 |
| | | | | Medickson del Orbe | 00 |
| Medickson del Orbe | 01 | | | Medickson del Orbe | 00 |
| Dominic Ressel | 00 | | | | |
| Dominic Ressel | 00 | Medickson del Orbe | 01 | | |
| | | Nicolas Yonezuka | 00 | | |
| | | | | | | Tato Grigalashvili | 10 |
| | | | | | | Takanori Nagase | 00 |
| | | Takanori Nagase | 01 | | | | |
| | | Nugzar Tatalashvili | 00 | | | | |
| Hievorh Manukian | 00 | Nugzar Tatalashvili | 00 | | | | |
| Nugzar Tatalashvili | 10 | | | | | | |
| Nugzar Tatalashvili | 10 | | | Takanori Nagase | 10 | | |
| | | | | Sami Chouchi | 00 |
| | | Sami Chouchi | 10 | | |
| | | Abdelrahman Abdelghany | 00 | | |
| Abdelrahman Abdelghany | 11 | Abdelrahman Abdelghany | 00 | | |
| Vladimir Zoloev | 01 | | | | |

### Pool B

| First round | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | Guilherme Schimidt | 10 | | |
| | | Batzayaagiin Erdenebayar | 01 | | |
| Antonio Esposito | 00 | Batzayaagiin Erdenebayar | 01 | | |
| Batzayaagiin Erdenebayar | 10 | | | | |
| Batzayaagiin Erdenebayar | 10 | | | Guilherme Schimidt | 00 |
| | | | | Lee Joon-hwan | 10 |
| | | Sagi Muki | 00 | | |
| | | Lee Joon-hwan | 10 | | |
| Lee Joon-hwan | 10 | Lee Joon-hwan | 10 | | |
| Athanasios Mylonelis | 00 | | | | | | |
| Athanasios Mylonelis | 00 | | | | | Lee Joon-hwan | 00 |
| | | | | | | Saeid Mollaei | 01 |
| | | Saeid Mollaei | 10 | | | | |
| | | Alex Barto | 00 | | | | |
| Alex Barto | 10 | Alex Barto | 00 | | | | |
| Nicon Zaborosciuc | 00 | | | | | | |
| Nicon Zaborosciuc | 00 | | | Saeid Mollaei | 10 | | |
| | | | | Achraf Moutii | 00 |
| | | Shodmon Rizoev | 01 | | |
| | | Achraf Moutii | 10 | | |

### Pool C

| First round | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | Matthias Casse | 10 | | |
| | | Lachlan Moorhead | 00 | | |
| Eljan Hajiyev | 00 | Lachlan Moorhead | 00 | | |
| Lachlan Moorhead | 10 | | | | |
| Lachlan Moorhead | 10 | | | Matthias Casse | 11 |
| | | | | Asad Masabirov | 00 |
| Asad Masabirov | 01 | | | Asad Masabirov | 00 |
| Sebastian Marcinkiewicz | 00 | | | | |
| Sebastian Marcinkiewicz | 00 | Asad Masabirov | 01 | | |
| | | Aghiles-Imad Benazoug | 00 | | |
| | | | | | | Matthias Casse | 10 |
| | | | | | | Shamil Borchashvili | 00 |
| | | Shamil Borchashvili | 10 | | | | |
| | | Adam Kopecký | 00 | | | | |
| Alfonso Urquiza | 00 | Adam Kopecký | 00 | | | | |
| Adam Kopecký | 01 | | | | | | |
| Adam Kopecký | 01 | | | Shamil Borchashvili | 10 | | |
| | | | | Sergii Krivchach | 00 |
| Sergii Krivchach | 01 | | | Sergii Krivchach | 00 |
| Adrián Gandía | 00 | | | | |
| Adrián Gandía | 00 | Sergii Krivchach | 10 | | |
| | | Fares Badawi | 00 | | |

### Pool D

| First round | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals |
| | | Vedat Albayrak | 10 | | |
| | | Frank de Wit | 00 | | |
| Frank de Wit | 10 | Frank de Wit | 00 | | |
| Abylaikhan Zhubanazar | 01 | | | | |
| Abylaikhan Zhubanazar | 01 | | | Vedat Albayrak | 00 |
| | | | | Attila Ungvári | 10 |
| | | Askerbii Gerbekov | 01 | | |
| | | Attila Ungvári | 11 | | |
| Mihail Latisev | 00 | Attila Ungvári | 11 | | |
| Attila Ungvári | 01 | | | | | | |
| Attila Ungvári | 01 | | | | | Attila Ungvári | 00 |
| | | | | | | Sotaro Fujiwara | 01 |
| | | Sharofiddin Boltaboev | 11 | | | | |
| | | Somon Makhmadbekov | 00 | | | | |
| François Gauthier | 00 | Somon Makhmadbekov | 00 | | | | |
| Somon Makhmadbekov | 01 | | | | | | |
| Somon Makhmadbekov | 01 | | | Sharofiddin Boltaboev | 00 | | |
| | | | | Sotaro Fujiwara | 01 |
| | | João Fernando | 00 | | |
| | | Sotaro Fujiwara | 01 | | |
| Sotaro Fujiwara | 01 | Sotaro Fujiwara | 01 | | |
| Kim Jong-hoon | 00 | | | | |