World Judo Championships 2019

Odds and Tips

Betting on judo requires an approach that’s similar to wagering on other combat sports. You should look at the recent results of major judo competitions, such as the previous year’s World Judo Championships. It’s also important to consider the current rankings list, which includes information on lesser tournaments held throughout the year.

For those who want to go deeper, finding head-to-head results between judoka can give insight into athletes who have a stylistic advantage over particular opponents.

Judo isn’t a sport that sees tremendous turnover from year to year, so most of the medal winners from the previous world championships tend to perform well again the following season. In fact, several of the 2018 gold medal winners are coming in as the top seeds in their weight classes for the 2019 World Judo Championships, including the following:

•  Mollaei (Men’s Half-Middleweight)
• Nikoloz Sherazadishvili (Men’s Middleweight)
• Guram Tushishvili (Men’s Heavyweight)
• Tsukasa Yoshida (Women’s Lightweight)
• Clarisse Agbegnenou (Women’s Half-Middleweight)
• Chizuru Arai (Women’s Middleweight)

There are typically only two markets available for judo betting: outright bets on who will win each weight class, and individual match betting. Odds typically become available for the World Judo Championships at online sports betting sites in the days just before the event begins.

Free Bets and Betting Offers

Bookmakers offer a variety of free bet offers for new customers as a way to welcome them to their sites. One of the simplest offers is a matching bonus that gives you free credit to use however you like in the bookies. Other bookies offer boosted odds on specific bets or will give you your money back in credit if you lose your first bet after opening your account.

While bookmakers rarely create offers specifically for the World Judo Championships, our list of recommended betting sites all offer brilliant bonuses.

How to Bet on Judo

Judo betting is fairly straightforward. There is no in-play betting or prop betting available on the World Judo Championships, meaning that you can make two kinds of wagers: either a bet on who will win an individual match or an outright bet on who will win a given tournament.

Outright or futures betting on a tournament will provide odds on some or all of the competitors in a list. For example, this year’s women’s heavyweight outright betting market might offer odds on favorites that look like this:

• Idalys Ortiz (+200)
• Sarah Asahina (+250)
• Larisa Ceric (+400)
• Maria Suelen Altheman (+500)

In this example, a $100 bet on Ortiz to win the tournament would earn you $200 in winnings, but only if she won the gold medal. Meanwhile, a $100 bet on Altheman would win $500 if she won gold.

2019 World Judo Championships Tickets

Tickets for the World Judo Championships 2019 are available through the International Judo Federation’s website. Single day tickets range from JPY 1,500-12,000 ($14-$114), with 8-day passes available for JPY 32,000-57,000 ($303-$540).

Judo Glossary

During the World Judo Championships, you may hear a number of different terms related to how matches are refereed and scored. Here’s a quick look at some of the most important terms:

• Golden Score – If a match ends with a tie score, an untimed sudden death period known as the Golden Score is used to settle the tie, with the first score of any type determining the winner (including a penalty against one’s opponent).
• Hansoku-Make – A major rule violation that results not only in the loss of a match but also in ejection from a tournament.
• Ippon – A score that immediately wins a judo match. This can be scored via a throw that puts the opponent on his or her back with significant force and control. It can also be scored by pinning an opponent on their back for 20 seconds, or via submission.
• Judoka – The name given to a judo practitioner.
• Koka – Formerly, a score that was considered lesser than a yuko, with no number of koka equaling a single yuko. However, this score has not been used since 2008.
• Maitta – Literally, “I surrender.” This is one way for a judoka to signify that they wish to submit (they may also tap the opponent or the mat multiple times).
• Nage-waza – A catch-all term for throwing techniques used in judo.
• Ne-waza – A term for grappling techniques in judo.
• Shido – A minor rule infringement, such as a long period of non-aggression. Shidos begin as warnings; however, three such penalties result in a win for the opponent.
• Waza-ari – A throw that puts the opponent on their back, but without enough force to merit an ippon. Under older scoring systems, two waza-ari were equivalent to an ippon; this is no longer true, and waza-ari scores are tracked throughout a match. Waza-ari can also be scored for pins between 15-20 seconds.
• Yuko – A throw that ends with the opponent landing on their side. Yuko were once tracked as a lesser score than waza-ari but are now included in the waza-ari score.