Champions League (judo)

The Champions League (formerly European Club Cup,^[1] until 2017 Golden League^[2]) is a competition for European men's and women's judo club teams. Like the Europa League, it is held under the umbrella of the European Judo Union. The top 8 clubs of the previous year but maximally three teams per national association are eligible to start.^[3]

European Club Championships Champions League

Current season, competition or edition: 2024
League	European Club Championships
Sport	Judo
Founded	1976
First season	1976
Most recent champion(s)	Mixed team: PSG Judo
Most titles	Men: Yawara Newa St. Petersburg (10) Women: US Orléans (6)

Winner

Men

Season	Host	Champion	x:x	Vice-Champion	Semi-final Loser / Third Place	Source
1976[4]	Maisons-Alfort	Racing Club de France Paris	4:1 – 5:4	JC Nippon Zürich	?
1977[4]		SC Dynamo Hoppegarten	6:0 – 7:0	Sports School Boersma Amersfoort	?
1978[4]		Slavia Prag	4:2 – 1:2	JC Rüsselsheim	?
1979[4]		VfL Wolfsburg	6:1 – 5:2	Sports School Boersma Amersfoort	?
1980[4]		VfL Wolfsburg	5:2 – 4:3	JC Slavia Novi Sad	?
1981[4]		VfL Wolfsburg	5:2 – 3:4	JC Villiers de bel Paris	JC Wien[5]
1982[4]		JC Villiers de bel Paris	5:2 – 4:2	Željezničar Sarajevo	VfL Wolfsburg	[6]
1983[4]		JC Rüsselsheim	3:1 – 3:4	TSV Großhadern	JC Grenchen	[7]
					JC Oooms Tilburg
1984[4]		JC Rüsselsheim	4:0 – 5:1	TJ Vysoke Prag	?
1985[4]		US Orléans	2:2 – 4:1	JC Manner Wien	?	[8]
1986[4]		US Orléans	3:2 – 1:2	Wolverhampton JC	?
1987[4]		US Orléans	5:1 – 2:5	VfL Wolfsburg	?
1988[4]		Racing Club de France Pars	5:2 – 4:1	VfL Wolfsburg	?
1989[4]		US Orléans	5:4 – 4:3	Racing Club de France Paris	TSV Abensberg
1990[4]		US Orléans	3:2 – 3:2	Carabinieri Rom	Judo Club Maison Alfort ?
1991[4][9]		Racing Club de France Paris	4:2 – 3:4	SC Berlin	?
1992[4]	Paris	SC Berlin	4:4 (33:30)	TSV Abensberg	Sanjindo Bischofshofen	[10]
1993[4]	Berlin	Racing Club de France Paris	5:2 (45:20)	JC Frankfurt/Oder	?
1994[4]	Paris	TSV Abensberg	5:2 (50:20)	Racing Club de France Paris	?
1995[4][11]		PSG Judo	3:3 (27:25)	JC Taifu Dnjepropetrowsk	?
1996[4][12]	Paris	TSV Abensberg	6:1 (47:10)	US Orléans	Kenamju Haarlem PSG Judo
1997[4][13]	Abensberg	TSV Abensberg	4:3 (37:23)	PSG Judo	MTV Ingolstadt TSV Großhadern
1998[4][14]	Abensberg	Kenamju Haarlem	5:2 (39:17)	PSG Judo	TSV Abensberg
1999[4][15][16]	Oradea	Liberty Oradea	6:0 (55:0)	JC Taifu Dnjepropetrowsk	Kenamju Haarlem JC Mytnyk
2000[4][17][18]	Abensberg	TSV Abensberg
2001[4][19]	Haarlem	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	4:3	Kenamju Haarlem	TSV Abensberg Istanbul Büyüksehir
2002[4][20]	Abensberg	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	8:6	TSV Abensberg	Petrom Liberty Oradea TSV Abensberg
2003[4][21][22]	Haarlem	Kenamju Haarlem	9:4	TSV Abensberg	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg Sambo-70 Moskau
2004[4][23]	Abensberg	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	13:1	Istanbul Büyüksehir	TSV Abensberg Kenamju Haarlem
2005[4][24]		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	9:4	TSV Abensberg	Sambo-70 Moskau BBC Istanbul
2006[4][25]	Budapest	TSV Abensberg	8:4	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	JC Sagarevo Tiflis Istanbul Büyüksehir
2007[4][26]		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg		Team Gladiator	Levallois SC Sambo-70 Moskau
2008[4][27]	Tallinn	Turkey Caykur Spor Club Rize		Team Gladiator	TSV Abensberg Levallois SC
2009[28][29]		Russia Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	8:2	Levallois SC	Kocaeli Spor Club TSV Abensberg
2010[30][31]		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg		Saint-Genevieve Sport	Kocaeli Spor Club TSV Abensberg
2011[32][33]	Antalya	Levallois SC		JC Chilly-Mazarin Morangis	TSV Abensberg Yawara Newa St. Petersburg
2012[34]	Istanbul	TSV Abensberg		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	Galatasaray Istanbul Sainte-Genvieve Sport
2013[35]	Paris	TSV Abensberg		Levallois SC	Dinamo RNO-Alania Yawara-Neva
2014[36]	Samara	Yawara-Neva		Dinamo RNO-Alania	TSV Abensberg Levallois SC
2015[37]	Wien	Fighters Tbilisi		TSV Abensberg	Yawara-Neva Sporting Club Portugal
2016[38]	Grozny	Sagarejo FF Superstars		Yawara-Neva	Fighters Tbilisi Sporting Club Portugal
2017[39]	Ankara	Yawara-Neva		New Stream	Fighters Tbilisi Sporting Club Portugal
2018[40]	Bucharest	Golden Gori		ESBM Judo Blanc-Mesnil	Red Star Belgrade Edelweiss Grozny
2019[41]	Odivelas	Sporting Club Portugal		Yawara Newa St. Petersburg	Red Star Belgrade Golden Gori
2020		cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic
2021[42]	Paris	Yawara Newa St. Petersburg		Red Star Belgrade	Golden Gori TSV Abensberg
2022[43][44]	Gori	Fighter Tbilisi	3:2	Red Star Belgrade	Golden Gori Judo Stabia
2023[45]	Belgrade	OJK Beograd		Aris JC	PSG Judo Red Star Belgrade

* 1986: Due to the tiebreaker and the undervaluation, three playoffs were played, which Orleans won 2-1.

Women

Season	Host	Champion	Vice-Champion	Third Place	Source
2023	Belgrade	PSG Judo	JC Pontault Combault	Galatasaray	[46]
				RSC Champigny

Mixed teams

Season	Host	Champion	Vice-Champion	Third Place	Source
2024	Montpellier	PSG Judo	Red Star	Judo Nice	[47]
				Golden Gori