QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXIII OLYMPIAD – PARIS 2024
INTERNATIONAL JUDO FEDERATION (IJF)
JUDO
A. EVENTS (15)Men’s events (7)Women’s events (7)-60 kg-66 kg-73 kg-81 kg-90 kg-100 kg+100 kg-48 kg-52 kg-57 kg-63 kg-70 kg-78 kg+78 kgMixed events (1)Mixed Team
Women: -57 kg, -70 kg, +70 kg
Men: -73 kg, -90 kg, +90 kg

B. QUOTA PLACES
B.1. Total quota places for Judo:
Quota places
Men
Women
Total

169
169338Host country quotaplaces
7714Mixed Team event
invitation places

Universality Places

515515Total
186
186372B.2. Maximum number of athletes per National Olympic Committee (NOC) per individual event:Quota places per NOC
MenWomenTotal

7 (one per individual event)7 (one per individual event)14

If an NOC is eligible to participate in the mixed team event, the NOC must form its mixed team from theathletes who qualified for an individual event (see Mixed Team Invitation Places).
B.3. Type of allocation of quota places:
Quota places are allocated to the athlete(s) by name.

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However, as per the IJF World Ranking List direct qualification method, if within the same weight category aNOC has more than one (1) male athlete ranked in the top 17 of the World Ranking List of the Olympic
Qualification period and/or more than one (1) female athlete ranked in the top 17 of the World Ranking List ofthe Olympic Qualification period, the NOC can decide which of these athletes will receive the quota place.

C. ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY
Compliance with the Olympic Charter and other relevant rules
All athletes must respect and comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter currently in force, including
but not limited to Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors) and Rule 43 (World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic
Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions).
Only those athletes who respect and comply with the Olympic Charter, the World Anti-Doping Code and theOlympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions, including the conditions ofparticipation established by the IOC, plus the rules of the International Judo Federation, may participate in theOlympic Games Paris 2024.
Age requirements
To be eligible to participate in the Olympic Games Paris 2024, athletes must be born on or before 31 December
2009.

D. QUALIFICATION PATHWAY
D.1. QUOTA PLACESThe IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic Qualification period will be used to allocate the 338 qualification
places in the hierarchical order of qualification as described in the present section. It will also be used forseeding during the Olympic Games draw.
Mixed Team:
Weight categories
Women:-57 kg (-48 kg, -52 kg, -57 kg), -70 kg (-57 kg, -63 kg, -70 kg), +70 kg (-70 kg, -78 kg, +78 kg)Men:-73 kg (-60 kg, -66 kg, -73 kg), -90 kg (-73 kg, -81 kg, -90 kg), +90 kg (-90 kg, -100 kg, +100 kg)

All NOCs having a full mixed team (i.e., must have athletes able to compete in all six combined categories
mentioned above) can enter for the Mixed Team event:All athletes who qualify in the individual competition can take part in the team event (max. 7 women, 7men),provided their NOC is eligible to participate in the mixed team event
Number of quota places

Qualification events

238 Total athletes

Direct Qualification(119 Men)

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a maximum of one (1) athlete per NOC per weight category.
(119 Women)

Women: For each of the seven (7) weight categories, the 17highest ranked athletes on
the IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic Qualification period will be directly qualified,with a maximum of one (1) athlete per NOC per weight category.
Continental Qualification

100 Total athletes(50 Men)(50 Women)

An additional 100 athletes will be directly qualified as per the IJF World Ranking List ofthe Olympic Qualification period based on continental representation and according tothe following procedure:••••

For each continent as listed in the table below and based on the IJF WorldRanking List of the Olympic Qualification period, a Continental Ranking List willbe created listing all the athletes from the relevant Continent across all weightcategories and genders according to their World Ranking points.
Athletes with the highest number of points on the Continental Ranking List will
qualify according to the following continental quota:

Continent

Quota Places MenAfrica
EuropeAsiaOceania
Pan America
Total12131051050

Quota Places
Women
12121051150

Quota Places
Total
24252010
21100

Maximum one (1) athlete per NOC can qualify through continental
qualification across all weight categories and genders.
If a continent fails to use its full allocation, any remaining quota place will beallocated according to the IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic Qualification
period to the highest ranked athlete not yet qualified, irrespective of thecontinent, in the respective gender, respecting the maximum quota of one (1)athlete per NOC per event.

Team Invitation places
5 Total athletes (Men orWomen)

Each of the five continents has one (1) Team Invitation place.
Athletes who will receive a Team Invitation place are qualified automatically for boththe individual and the team event in the Olympic Games.

Rules for finding the applicable nation in each continent:•••

Version 1Eligible are nations which have only five (5) athletes instead of the required six(6) team weight categories qualified.
The highest ranked eligible nation in each continent from the World Team
Ranking List will get a quota place.
If there is more than one eligible nation with the same or no rank in the WorldTeam Ranking List, the quota place goes to the nation with the athlete, who

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If a nation gets a Team invitation place automatically the athlete is qualified
who has the most points in the individual World Ranking List across all theweight categories which are eligible to qualify for the missing team weightcategory.

D.2. HOST COUNTRY PLACESThe Host Country will be allocated fourteen (14) quota places, seven (7) for Men and seven (7) for Women
athletes that is one (1) quota place in each individual event, as well as participation in the mixed team event,on the condition that the athletes meet the eligibility requirements described under section C of thisdocument.

D.3. UNIVERSALITY PLACES
Fifteen (15) Universality places are made available to eligible NOCs at the Olympic Games Paris 2024: details ofallocation (men’s, women’s, single, double, etc.).
On 1 October 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will invite all eligible NOCs to submit theirrequests for Universality Places. The deadline for NOCs to submit their requests is 15 January 2024. The
Tripartite Commission will confirm, in writing, the allocation of Universality places to the relevant NOCs after
the end of the qualification period for the sport concerned.
Detailed information on Universality places is contained in the “Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Paris 2024 Olympic Games Universality Places - Allocation Procedure and Regulations” document.

E.

CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUOTA PLACES

E.1. CONFIRMATION OF QUOTA PLACESThe IJF will publish by 25 June 2024 the IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic Qualification period on its
website (www.ijf.org).
The IJF will confirm in writing to the NOCs of the quota places they have obtained. The NOCs will then have
five (5) working days to confirm to the IJF by 2nd July 2024 if they wish to use these quota places, as detailedin section G. Qualification Timeline.

E.2. CONFIRMATION OF HOST COUNTRY PLACESThe Host Country must confirm in writing to the IJF by 2 July 2024 the use of its Host Country Places.

F.

REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES

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F.1. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES
If an allocated quota place is not confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline (2 July2024), or is declined by the NOC, the quota place will be reallocated as follows:•If the athlete qualified through direct qualification, the quota place will be reallocated to the next
highest ranked eligible athlete according to the IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic Qualification
period, in the same weight category and regardless of its continent, respecting the maximum quota ofone (1) athlete per NOC per event.

•If the athlete qualified through continental qualification, the quota place will be reallocated to thenext highest ranked eligible athlete of that continent according to the Continental Ranking List
regardless of the athlete’s weight category, while respecting the following principles:-Maximum one (1) athlete per NOC can qualify through continental qualification across all weightcategories and genders.

-Gender quotas must be respected in each continent, as per the table in D. Qualification
Pathway.

-If a continent fails to use its full allocation, any remaining quota place will be reallocatedaccording to the IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic Qualification period to the highest ranked
eligible athlete not yet qualified, in the respective gender, respecting the maximum quota of one(1) athlete per NOC per event.

The nomination of reserve athlete(s) will be strictly based on “the date and hour of the official announcementof withdrawal”. In other words, an athlete who is officially withdrawn will be immediately replaced by thenext reserve from the Direct or Continental quota. In the case of two (2) athletes being withdrawn at the sametime (for example in the same e-mail from the same NOC) then the Direct Quota athletes will always bereplaced first, and Continental Quota athletes will be replaced as second. The reallocation process must becompleted no later than thirty (30) minutes before start of the draw.

F.2. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED TEAM INVITATION PLACES••••

If a Team Invitation quota place cannot be assigned to a continent the quota place is allocated to thenext eligible nation across all continents following the same allocation rules.
If a Team Invitation quota place cannot be assigned at all, the Tripartite Commission will reallocate
the quota place.
If a Team Invitation quota place is returned the rules for reallocation, follow the above TeamInvitation quota place procedures.
If a nation which received a Team Invitation quota place cannot take part in the team event, thequalified athlete is eligible to compete in the individual event.

F.3. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED HOST COUNTRY PLACES
Unused host country place(s) will be reallocated as per the process described for direct qualification in theabove paragraph F.2. Reallocation of Unused Quota Places, respecting the maximum quota per gender and perNOC.

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F.4. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED UNIVERSALITY PLACES
Any unused Universality place(s) will be reallocated according to the IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic
Qualification period to the highest ranked eligible athlete not yet qualified, regardless of the athlete’s weightcategory and gender, respecting the maximum quota of one (1) athlete per NOC per event.

G. QUALIFICATION TIMELINE
DateMilestone

24 June 2022–23 June 2024
25 June 2024
25June 2024
2 July 2024
3 July 2024
6 July 2024
TBC

Qualification Period (for full list of events, IJF Calendar)
IJF World Ranking List of the Olympic Qualification period published
IJF confirms in writing to the NOCs the quota places obtained.
The NOCs to confirm to the IJF the use of the allocated quota places.
IJF to reallocate all unused quota places
The NOCs to confirm to the IJF the use of the allocated quota places.
The Tripartite Commission to confirm in writing the allocation ofUniversality Places to the NOCs.
Paris 2024 Sport Entries deadline
Olympic Games Paris 2024

8 July 2024
26 July – 11 August 2024

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