European Judo Championships

The European Judo Championships is the Judo European Championship organized by the European Judo Union.^[1][2] The 2015 and 2019 editions were held during the respective European Games. This is also expected for future editions of the European Games.

Senior Editions[edit]

Men's Competitions[edit]

Year	Edition	Dates	Host	Events	Ref.
1951	1	5–6 December	Paris, France	6	[3]
1952	2	9–12 December	Paris, France	7	[4]
1953	3	29–30 October	London, United Kingdom	2	[5]
1954	4	10–11 December	Brussels, Belgium	5	[6]
1955	5	4 December	Paris, France	6	[7]
1957	6	10 November	Rotterdam, Netherlands	9	[8]
1958	7	10–11 May	Barcelona, Spain	9	[9]
1959	8	9 May	Vienna, Austria	9	[10]
1960	9	13–15 May	Amsterdam, Netherlands	9	[11]
1961	10	13 May	Milan, Italy	9	[12]
1962	11	12–14 May	Essen, West Germany	13	[13]
1963	12	11 May	Geneva, Switzerland	9	[14]
1964	13	25–26 April	East Berlin, East Germany	12	[15]
1965	14	23–24 April	Madrid, Spain	13	[16]
1966	15	6–7 May	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	7	[17]
1967	16	11–13 May	Rome, Italy	7	[18]
1968	17	17–19 May	Lausanne, Switzerland	7	[19]
1969	18	15–18 May	Ostend, Belgium	7	[20]
1970	19	21–24 May	East Berlin, East Germany	7	[21]
1971	20	22–23 May	Gothenburg, Sweden	7	[22]
1972	21	12–14 May	Voorburg, Netherlands	7	[23]
1973	22	12–13 May	Madrid, Spain	7	[24]

Men's and Women's Competitions[edit]

Men's Competitions Year Edition Dates Host Events Ref. 1974 23 2–5 May London, United Kingdom 7 [25] 1975 24 8–11 May Lyon, France 7 [26] 1976 25 6–9 May Kyiv, Soviet Union 7 [27] 1977 26 13–15 May Ludwigshafen, West Germany 9 [28] 1978 27 5–7 May Helsinki, Finland 8 [29] 1979 28 24–27 May Brussels, Belgium 8 [30] 1980 29 15–18 May Vienna, Austria 8 [31] 1981 30 14–17 May Debrecen, Hungary 8 [32] 1982 31 13–16 May Rostock, East Germany 8 [33] 1983 32 12–15 May Paris, France 8 [34] 1984 33 3–6 May Liège, Belgium 8 [35] 1985 34 9–12 May Hamar, Norway 8 [36] 1986 35 8–11 May Belgrade, Yugoslavia 8 [37]

Women's Competitions Year Edition Dates Host Events Ref. 1974 0 30 Nov–1 Dec Genoa, Italy 8 [38] 1975 1 12–13 December Munich, West Germany 8 [39] 1976 2 9–12 December Vienna, Austria 8 [40] 1977 3 1–2 October Arlon, Belgium 8 [41] 1978 4 11 November Cologne, West Germany 8 [42] 1979 5 5–6 April Kerkrade, Netherlands 8 [43] 1980 6 15–16 March Udine, Italy 8 [44] 1981 7 27–29 March Madrid, Spain 8 [45] 1982 8 13–14 March Oslo, Norway 8 [46] 1983 9 5–6 March Genoa, Italy 8 [47] 1984 10 17–18 March Pirmasens, West Germany 8 [48] 1985 11 15–17 March Landskrona, Sweden 8 [49] 1986 12 15–16 March London, United Kingdom 8 [50]

Combined Competitions[edit]

Year	Edition M	Edition W	Dates	Host	Events	Ref.
1987	36	13	7–10 May	Paris, France	16	[51]
1988	37	14	19–22 May	Pamplona, Spain	16	[52]
1989	38	15	11–14 May	Helsinki, Finland	16	[53]
1990	39	16	10–13 May	Frankfurt, Germany	16	[54]
1991	40	17	16–19 May	Prague, Czechoslovakia	16	[55]
1992	41	18	4–7 May	Paris, France	16	[56]
1993	42	19	1–2 May	Athens, Greece	16	[57]
1994	43	20	19–22 May	Gdańsk, Poland	16	[58]
1995	44	21	11–14 May	Birmingham, United Kingdom	16	[59]
1996	45	22	16–19 May	The Hague, Netherlands	16	[60]
1997	46	23	8–11 May	Ostend, Belgium	16	[61]
1998	47	24	14–17 May	Oviedo, Spain	16	[62]
1999	48	25	20–23 May	Bratislava, Slovakia	16	[63]
2000	49	26	18–21 May	Wrocław, Poland	16	[64]
2001	50	27	18–20 May	Paris, France	16	[65]
2002	51	28	16–18 May	Maribor, Slovenia	16	[66]
2003	52	29	16–18 May	Düsseldorf, Germany	16	[67]
2004	53	30	14–16 May	Bucharest, Romania	14	[68]
2005	54	31	20–22 May	Rotterdam, Netherlands	14	[69]
2006	55	32	26–28 May	Tampere, Finland	14	[70]
2007	56	33	6–8 April	Belgrade, Serbia	14	[71][72]
2008	57	34	11–13 April	Lisbon, Portugal	14	[73][74]
2009	58	35	24–26 April	Tbilisi, Georgia	14	[75][76][77]
2010	59	36	22–25 April	Vienna, Austria	16	[78][79][80]
2011	60	37	21–24 April	Istanbul, Turkey	16	[81][82][83]
2012	61	38	26–29 April	Chelyabinsk, Russia	16	[84][85][86]
2013	62	39	25–28 April	Budapest, Hungary	16	[87][88][89]
2014	63	40	24–27 April	Montpellier, France	16	[90][91][92]
2015	64	41	25–28 June	Baku, Azerbaijan	18	[93][94][95]
2016	65	42	21–24 April	Kazan, Russia	16	[96][97][98]
2017	66	43	20–23 April	Warsaw, Poland	16	[99][100][101]
2018	67	44	26–28 April	Tel Aviv, Israel	14	[102][103][104]
2019	68	45	22–25 June	Minsk, Belarus	15	[105][106][107]
2020	69	46	19–21 November	Prague, Czech Republic	14	[108][109]
2021	70	47	16–18 April	Lisbon, Portugal	14	[110][111][112]
2022	71	48	29 April–1 May	Sofia, Bulgaria	14	[113]
2023	72	49	3–5 November	Montpellier, France	14	[114]
2024	73	50	25–28 April	Zagreb, Croatia	15	[115][116]
2025	74	51		Podgorica, Montenegro	14	[117]

Openweight[edit]

Year	Edition	Dates	Host	Events	Ref.
2004	1	4 December	Budapest, Hungary	2	[118]
2005	2	3 December	Moscow, Russia		[119]
2006	3	9 December	Novi Sad, Serbia		[120]
2007	4	1 December	Warsaw, Poland		[121][122]

Open[edit]

Year	Edition	Dates	Host	Events	Ref.
2023	1	16 December	Pristina, Kosovo	2	[123][124]

Team[edit]

Year	Competitions		Dates	Host	Ref.
Men's Competitions
1973	M	—	10–13 May	Madrid, Spain	[125]
1974	M	—	2–5 May	London, Great Britain	[126]
1975	M	—	11 May	Lyon, France	[127]
1976	M	—	9 May	Kyiv, Soviet Union	[128]
1977	M	—	11–15 May	Ludwigshafen, West Germany	[129]
1978	M	—	21–22 October	Paris, France	[130]
1979	M	—	20 October	Brescia, Italy	[131]
1980	M	—	25 October	The Hague, Netherlands	[132]
1982	M	—	2–3 October	Milan, Italy	[133]
1984	M	—	27–28 October	Paris, France	[134]
Separated Men's and Women's Competitions
1985	M	W	9–10 November	Brussels, Belgium	[135]
1986	M	W	4–5 October	Novi Sad, Yugoslavia	[136]
1987	M	W	9–11 October	Paris, France	[137]
1988	M	W	29–30 October	Visé, Belgium	[138]
1989	M	W	28–29 October	Vienna, Austria	[139]
1990	M	W	27–28 October	Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia	[140]
1991	M	W	26–27 October	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	[141]
1992	M	W	24–25 October	Leonding, Austria	[142]
1993	M	W	23–24 October	Frankfurt, Germany	[143]
1994	M	W	22–23 October	The Hague, Netherlands	[144]
1995	M	W	14–15 October	Trnava, Slovakia	[145]
1996	M	W	19–20 October	Saint Petersburg, Russia	[146]
1997	M	W	25–26 October	Rome, Italy	[147]
1998	M	W	17–18 October	Villach, Austria	[148]
1999	M	W	23–24 October	Istanbul, Turkey	[149]
2000	M	W	18–19 October	Aalst, Belgium	[150]
2001	M	W	29 Sep, 20–21 Oct, 15–16 Dec	Madrid, Spain	[151][152][153]
2002	M	W	19 October	Maribor, Slovenia	[154]
2003	M	W	19 May	Düsseldorf, Germany	[155]
	—	W	25 October	Oradea, Romania	[156]
	M	—	6 December	London, Great Britain	[157]
2004	M	W	24 October	Paris, France	[158]
2005	M	W	22–23 October	Debrecen, Hungary	[159]
2006	M	W	28 October	Belgrade, Serbia	[160]
2007	M	W	27 October	Minsk, Belarus	[161]
2008	M	W	25 October	Moscow, Russia	[162]
2009	M	W	3 October	Miskolc, Hungary	[163][164]
2010	M	W	25 April	Vienna, Austria	[165][166]
2011	M	W	24 April	Istanbul, Turkey	[167][168]
2012	M	W	29 April	Chelyabinsk, Russia	[169][170]
2013	M	W	28 April	Budapest, Hungary	[171][172]
2014	M	W	27 April	Montpellier, France	[173][174]
2015	M	W	28 June	Baku, Azerbaijan	[93][175]
2016	M	W	24 April	Kazan, Russia	[96][176]
2017	M	W	23 April	Warsaw, Poland	[99][177][178]

Mixed Team[edit]

Year	Competition	Dates	Host	Countries	Gold	Silver	Bronze		Ref.
2018	Mixed	18 July	Yekaterinburg, Russia	21	Germany	Netherlands	Russia	Ukraine	[179][180][181]
2019	Mixed	25 June	Minsk, Belarus	16	Russia	Portugal	France	Austria	[105][182]
2021	Mixed	27 November	Ufa, Russia	16	Georgia	Netherlands	Russia	Turkey	[183][184]
2022	Mixed	12 November	Mulhouse, France	14	France	Netherlands	Germany	Turkey	[185]
2023	Mixed	1 July	Kraków, Poland	22	Georgia	Germany	Netherlands	Italy	[186][187]
2024	Mixed	28 April	Zagreb, Croatia						[116]

Youth Championship[edit]

Judo European Youth Championship organized by the European Judo Union.

Veterans Championship[edit]

European Veterans Judo Championships organized by the European Judo Union since 2009.^[188]

Year	Edition	Dates	Host	Ref
2009	1	12–14 November	Lignano, Italy
2010	2	7–10 October	Poreč, Croatia
2011	3	10–13 November	Leibnitz, Austria
2012	4	10–13 May	Opole, Poland
2013	5	13–16 June	Paris, France
2014	6	26–29 June	Prague, Czech Republic
2015	7	28–31 May	Balatonfüred, Hungary
2016	8	23–26 June	Poreč, Croatia
2017	9	15–18 June	Zagreb, Croatia
2018	10	14–17 June	Glasgow, United Kingdom
2019	11	25–28 July	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
2022	12	2–5 June	Heraklion, Greece

Not held in 2020 and 2021.

European Club Championships[edit]

All-time medal table (1951 - 2022)[edit]

List of European Judo Championships medalists

This table include all medals in the individual and team competitions won at the European Judo Championships as well as at the separate European Judo Team Championships and separate European Judo Open Championships.

Updated after the 2022 European Judo Championships.^{[citation needed]}

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	239	165	247	651
2	Netherlands	105	85	161	351
3	Germany	94	113	275	482
4	Soviet Union	91	61	70	222
5	Russia	69	65	94	228
6	Great Britain	55	75	130	260
7	Belgium	48	40	99	187
8	Georgia	40	33	53	126
9	Italy	28	56	98	182
10	Spain	27	36	75	138
11	Austria	26	36	75	137
12	Poland	21	34	81	136
13	Hungary	19	30	56	105
14	Romania	19	14	33	66
15	Ukraine	16	10	35	61
16	Azerbaijan	13	16	25	54
17	Portugal	11	9	20	40
18	Turkey	11	4	30	45
19	Slovenia	10	10	31	51
20	Israel	10	10	26	46
21	Kosovo	8	3	11	22
22	Belarus	7	10	28	45
23	Switzerland	5	8	23	36
24	Finland	3	5	6	14
25	Estonia	3	4	12	19
26	Czechoslovakia	2	9	25	36
27	Sweden	2	6	21	29
28	Armenia	2	3	4	9
29	Greece	2	2	7	11
30	CIS	2	2	5	9
31	Albania	2	2	3	7
32	Czech Republic	2	1	5	8
33	Bulgaria	1	10	19	30
34	Yugoslavia	1	6	19	26
35	Serbia	1	5	2	8
36	Moldova	1	4	6	11
37	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	3	2	6
38	England	1	0	0	1
39	Latvia	0	3	7	10
40	Slovakia	0	3	3	6
41	Mongolia	0	2	0	2
42	Denmark	0	1	9	10
43	Croatia	0	1	8	9
44	Lithuania	0	1	5	6
45	Cyprus	0	0	3	3
46	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
Totals (47 entries)		998	996	1949	3943

See also[edit]

• IBSA European Judo Championships (Blind)
• 2021 European Kata Judo Championships

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Judo Union
• European Judo Union
• JudoInside - Statsgen Judoka
• Judobase.org
• European champions (including U23, U21 and U18) - JudoResults.net