The World Judo Juniors Championships are the highest level of international judo competition for juniors, 21 years of age or less. The championships are held once every year (except the years when the Olympics take place) by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their home countries. The World Junior Championships are the only junior event awarding ranking points for the seniors world ranking list.^[1] The last edition of the championships took place in Odivelas, Portugal in 2023.^[2]

Competitions

Edition	Year	Dates	City and host country	Venue	# Countries	# Athletes	Ref.
1	1974	14–15 September	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil				[3]
2	1976	18–19 December	Madrid, Spain				[4]
3	1983	10–12 June	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico				[5]
4	1986	11–13 April	Rome, Italy				[6]
5	1990	30 March – 1 April	Dijon, France				[7]
6	1992	8–11 October	Buenos Aires, Argentina				[8]
7	1994	3–6 November	Cairo, Egypt				[9]
8	1996	3–6 October	Porto, Portugal				[10]
9	1998	8–11 October	Cali, Colombia				[11]
10	2000	26–29 October	Nabeul, Tunisia				[12]
11	2002	12–15 September	Jeju Island, South Korea				[13]
12	2004	14–17 October	Budapest, Hungary				[14]
13	2006	12–15 October	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic				[15]
14	2008	23–26 October	Bangkok, Thailand				[16]
15	2009	22–25 October	Paris, France				[17]
16	2010	21–24 October	Agadir, Morocco				[18][19]
17	2011	3–6 November	Cape Town, South Africa		75	567	[20][21]
18	2013	23–26 October	Ljubljana, Slovenia		89	726	[22][23][24]
19	2014	22–25 October	Fort Lauderdale, United States		72	518	[25][26][27]
20	2015	23–26 October	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates		81	555	[28][29][30]
21	2017	18–22 October	Zagreb, Croatia	Dom Sportova	83	590	[31][32][33][34]
22	2018	17–21 October	Nassau, The Bahamas	Imperial Arena	66	425	[35][36][37][38]
23	2019	16–19 October	Marrakesh, Morocco		81	517	[39][40][41][42]
24	2021	6–10 October	Olbia, Italy	Geopalace	72	490	[43][44][45][46]
25	2022	10–14 August	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Arena Fedeguayas VPP	63	373	[47][48][49][50][51][52]
26	2023	4–8 October	Odivelas, Portugal	Sports complex Multiusos de Odivelas	68	541	[53][54]
27	2024	2–6 October	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan				[55][56]

Team competitions

Men's team Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref. 2013  Georgia  Greece  Ukraine  Japan [57][58][59] 2014  Japan  Georgia  South Korea  Russia [60][61] 2015  Japan  Georgia  Belarus  Russia [62][63][64]

Women's team Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref. 2013  Japan  France  Croatia  Germany [57][58][59] 2014  Japan  France  South Korea  Russia [60][61] 2015  Japan  France  Germany  Netherlands [62][63][64]

Mixed team

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze		Ref.
2017	Japan	Netherlands	Russia	Germany	[65][66][67]
2018	Japan	Brazil	Russia	Kazakhstan	[68][69][70][71]
2019	Japan	Russia	France	Georgia	[72][73][74][75]
2021	France	Russia	Turkey	Germany	[76][77][78][79]
2022	Japan	Turkey	France	Germany	[80][81][82]
2023	Japan	France	Brazil	Portugal	[83]

Point Contribution to Senior World Ranking List

Since 2021, World Junior Championships have contributed ranking points equal to an IJF Grand Prix for the Senior World Ranking List. The points also count towards Olympic Games qualification^[84]