JUA Regulations for Referees
JUA Regulations for Referees
Contents
1. Registration of JUDOBASE
2. Referee participation of JUA Official Events- Asian Judo Championships / Asian Games- Asian Cadet & Junior Judo Championships- Asian Open- Asian Cup
3. JUA Referee Ranking
4. Referee Examination- Continental Referee Examination- International Referee Examination- Refereeing and Coaching Seminar
5. Referee Training Session
6. Arrangement for Referee Matter (for Host Country)
7. Other

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1.

Registration of JUDOBASE

National Federation must inscribe JUDOBASE below active referee.
- License Referee (Continental or International) who participate in IJF orJUA event.
- National Referee who will attend Continental Referee Examination.
Referees must hold a valid IJF ID Card and must be inscribed in JUDOBASE
by their NF for the concerned event. IJF ID Card will be issued after NF
complete to inscribe as referee in JUDOBASE.
If Referee is NOT register in JUDOBASE for concerned event, the referee isnever able to attend neither IJF / JUA official event nor Referee Examination.
It is the responsibility of the National Federation to inscribe the active referee
and register him in the concerned event in JUDOBASE.

2.

Referee participation of JUA Official Event

REFEREES AT JUA EVENTSThe age limit for referee in official JUA events is 65 years.
The registration as referee in JUDOBASE must be done at least 2 weeks
before the event.
If the registration number of referee is less than 5 referees for each mat, hostcountry can add extra referees who has at least Continental Referee License.
The condition of each level of JUA Official Event is as below,- Asian Senior Judo Championships / Asian Games
Nomination Referee Only (No Team Referee)
Referee is nominated by JUA Referee Commission.
Nomination Referee must hold International Referee License.
JUA Referee ranking will be used for nomination.
Maximum 2 referees from host country, 1 referee from each country.

- Asian Cadet & Junior Judo Championships
Team Referee is nominated by NF (Not from JUA Referee Commission)
Team Referee must hold either Continental or International Referee License.
Host Country can enter 2 referees, Participation Country can enter 1 referee.

- Asian OpenTeam Referee is nominated by NF (Not from JUA Referee Commission)
Team Referee must hold either Continental or International Referee License.
Host Country can enter 4 referees, Participation Country can enter 2 referees.
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Team Referee is nominated by NF (Not from JUA Referee Commission)
Team Referee must hold either Continental or International Referee License.
Host Country can enter 4 referees, Participation Country can enter 2 referees.

3. JUA Referee Ranking
The JUA Referee Ranking list starts from Hangzhou Asian Games in China.
The ranking list is published on the JUA homepage.
The ranking will be made along all IJF events (World Judo Tour), Asian JudoChampionships, Asian Cadet & Junior Championships, Asian Judo Open andAsian Cadet & Junior Judo Cup.
The referees will receive points from 1 to 10 with the difference of 0.5 (5.5,6.0, 6.5, 7.0, etc...). To generate the ranking of referees, the points aresummed up and divided by the number of attended tournaments. The refereewith the highest average points is ranked as No 1, the referee with thesecond highest average points as No 2, and so forth. If several referees havethe same score (equality), the referee with the higher number of events will
have the higher ranking.

4. Referee Examination
Continental Referee Examination
General Examination Information
The number of candidates recommended for events where is just an IJF
Continental examination is 15 candidates from the organizing continent and 5
candidates from other continents, in total 20 candidates.
The number of candidates recommended for events where are IJF Continentaland IJF International examinations is 10 candidates from the organizing
continent and 2 candidates from other continents, in total 12 candidates for theIJF Continental examination (plus 12 candidates for IJF Internationalexamination).
For each examination, each National Federation could nominate one or tworeferees. In case of nominating two referees, one should be male and one
female. Please note that also nomination of two female is possible, but notnomination of two male.
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Requirements
1. Age: 25 to 45 years in the examination year, i.e in 2025 the candidates
should be born in 2000 to 1980. Over the next few years there will be aperiod of transition to adapt to these new ages. During the transition period
exceptions may be granted.
Exceptions will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and approved the IJF
Head Referee Directors.
2. Highest National Referee License.
3. The recommendation time between National Referee Licence and IJFContinental examination is two to five years.
4. List of active refereeing at national and international level in the last twoyears. The minimum refereeing activity is four events each year, eight
events in two years.
5. Minimum Ni-Dan (2nd Dan) certificate issued by the National Federation.
6. English knowledge at the level of communication.
7. Nomination signed by the candidate, the National Federation of which
he/she holds citizenship, and the Continental Judo Union Refereeing
Director.
8. Payment confirmation of 150 US Dollar fee, before examination.
Beneficiary's Account Name :JUDO UNION OF ASIA
Beneficiary's Account No. :KW73 COMB 0000 13 37 8604 5100 840 014
Beneficiary's Bank Name :Commercial Bank of Kuwait
Beneficiary's Bank Address :Sulaibikhat Branch, Kuwait
Beneficiary's Bank Swift Code :COMB KWKW
Address of the Judo Union of Asia :P.O. Box No. 795, Safat, 13008 Kuwait
Tel/Fax: 965 - 2265349
Special cases
In special cases, the Continental Judo Union Refereeing Commission incooperation with IJF Refereeing Commission could nominate additionalreferees for examinations.
Special cases are Competitors with Continental Championships (seniors)
medal records, competitors with International Championships medal records(seniors’ World and Olympic Games), pandemic situations, regional conflictzones, countries with limited access to judo activities, and development ofrefereeing projects in National Federations.

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International Referee Examination
General Examination Information
The number of candidates recommended for events where is just an IJFInternational examination is 15 candidates from the organizing continent and 5candidates from other continents, in total 20 candidates.
The number of candidates recommended for events where are IJF Continental
and IJF International examinations is 10 candidates from the organizing
continent and 2 candidates from other continents, in total 12 candidates for theIJF International examination (Plus 12 candidates for IJF Continental
examination).
The Continental Judo Union Refereeing Commission, represented though theContinental Refereeing Director is nominating the candidates to the IJF
Refereeing Commission, according the continental criteria, such as Referees
Raking List, international refereeing activities, and ages.
For each examination, each National Federation could nominate one or tworeferees. In case of nominating two referees, one should be male and one
female. Please note that also nomination of two female is possible, but notnomination of two male.
Requirements
1. Age: 30 to 50 years in the examination year, i.e. in 2025 the candidates
should be born in 1995 to 1975.
1. Over the next few years there will be a period of transition to adapt tothese new ages.
2. During the transition period exceptions may be granted. Exceptions will be
reviewed on a case-by-case basis and approved the IJF Head Referee
Directors.
3. Highest National Referee License.
4. IJF Continental Referee License.
5. The recommendation time between IJF Continental and IJF International
examinations are two to five years.
6. List of active refereeing at national and international level in the last twoyears. The minimum refereeing activity is four events each year, eightevents in two years.
7. Minimum San-Dan (3rd Dan) certificate issued by the National Federation.
8. English knowledge at the level of communication.
9. Nomination signed by the candidate, the National Federation of which
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10. he/she holds citizenship, and the Continental Judo Union Refereeing
Director.
9. Payment confirmation of 250 US Dollar fee, before examination.
Bank Name:OTP BANK Plc
Bank address:Deak Ferenc U. 7-9, 1052 Budapest, HUNGARY
Swift/Bic Code:OTPVHUHB
IBAN:
HU05 1176 4056 4279 2019 0000 0000

Refereeing and Coaching Seminar
At the beginning of each year, or when deemed appropriate, the JUA willorganize a seminar for referees and coaches in order to inform all
Federations about clarifications or new points concerning refereeing matters.

5. Referee Training Session
JUA Referee Commission organises "Refereeing Training Session" (RTS) theday before JUA Official event (same day of draw).
5.1

For all Referees participating in JUA Official Event, it is compulsory toattend RTS which is organized the day before the event.
• Asian Judo Senior Championships / Asian Games• Asian Junior & Cadet Judo Championships• Asian Senior Open• Asian Cadet & Junior Cup

5.2

The duration of the RTS will be individually decided but recommended totake about 2 (two) hours in a location (dojo) prepared by the National
Federation (Organiser) hosting the Event.

5.3 The Dress Code is white Judo-gi and black belt for all participatingreferees, even if there will be a Rokudan (DAN 6) or higher grade
participating.
5.4 The content of the RTS consist of below,- Referee Basic Skill (Gesture, Positioning, Movement and so on)- Video Session (Showing video to explain the reason of score / penalty
or procedure to be followed in particular situations)- All RTS participants will be involved in the discussion of some actions
and will be asked to demonstrate the technique under discussion.
- Other information
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6. Arrangement for Referee Matter (for Host Country)
When NF organize JUA Official Event, NF should cover expenses such as airfare, stay expenses (hotel with full board) and daily allowance for below 3persons.
- 2 Juries at Center Table
The first priority of this position is JUA Referee Director.
The second priority (if JUA Referee Director is not available), JUA
Referee Commission Member will be nominated by JUA Head Referee
Director.
The Third priority (if JUA Referee Commission Member is not available,
JUA Head Referee Director will appoint Referee Expert.
- 1 AssistantTo support JUA Referee Director and referee activity.
Condition
Stay Expenses: NF covers stay expenses from arrival date to departure date.
Daily Allowance:
JUA Referee Director US$ 100 per day from arrival day to departure day
Zone Referee Director / Referee Expert / Assistant: US$ 50 per day from arrival
day to departure day
Arrangement for RTS
Host Country must arrange below for RTS (The day before the event).
- Judo-jo (The venue of RTS)
- Monitor or Projector (for video session)- Computer- Cable (Connecting Computer to Monitor)- Local Assistant (to support video operation)- Transportation for JUA Commission member and Referee (if necessary)
Arrangement for the event
Host Country must provide below event information and equipment for JUA
Referee Commission before the event.
- The number of Mat for competition- CARE System (Good standard)- Engineer for CARE System operation- Radio Communication System (connection Center Table and Referee)- Referee List (Including name, gender, age, country, dan, referee licenseand so on)
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7. Other
A NF’s President, coach, doctor or any official of a national team may notreferee at JUA Official events.
National Refereeing Directors and/or persons in charge for the selection of
the referees in their country, can referee only at Cadets and Juniors in JUA
events, and cannot be selected for any Asian Championship or Asian Open.
It is the responsibility of the NF that this rule is applied.
Further, NFs must make a hotel reservation with the organizer according tothe outlines.
The National Federations are in charge of all costs for nominated referees,
except when it is mentioned differently in the invitations/outlines.

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