European Cadet Judo Championships

The European Cadet Judo Championships are annual judo competitions organized by the European Judo Union for European judoka aged 18 and younger.

European Cadet Judo Championships

Current event or competition: 2025 European Cadet Judo Championships
Competition details
Discipline	Judo
Type	Annual
Organiser	European Judo Union (EJU)
History
First edition	1962 in Essen, West Germany
Editions	41
Most recent	Skopje 2025
Next edition	Las Palmas 2026

The last contest took place in Skopje, North Macedonia.^[1] The next will take place in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain.^[2]

Competitions

Edition	Year	Dates	City and host country	Venue	# Countries	# Athletes	Ref.
1	1962		Essen, West Germany				[3]
2	1963	10– May	Geneva, Switzerland				[4]
3	1964	26 April	Berlin, East Germany				[5]
4	1965	24– April	Scheveningen, Netherlands				[6]
5	1966	19–20 March	Lyon, France				[7]
6	1967	1–2 April	Lisbon, Portugal				[8]
7	1968	9–10 March	London, United Kingdom				[9]
8	1969	21 March	West Berlin, West Germany				[10]
9	1970	14– March	Bordeaux, France				[11]
10	1971	12 March	Naples, Italy				[12]
11	1972	11–12 March	Leningrad, Soviet Union				[13]
12	1973	10–11 March	Ostend, Belgium				[14]
13	1974	14–15 November	Tel Aviv, Israel				[15]
14	1975	16 November	Turku, Finland				[16]
15	1976	13–14 November	Łódź, Poland				[17]
16	1977	5–6 November	Berlin, East Germany				[18]
17	1978	15–19 November	Miskolc, Hungary				[19]
18	2000	21–22 July	Oradea, Romania				[20]
19	2002	29–30 June	Győr, Hungary				[21]
20	2003	23–24 August	Baku, Azerbaijan				[22]
21	2004	3–4 July	Rotterdam, Netherlands				[23]
22	2005	18–19 June	Salzburg, Austria				[24]
23	2006	23–25 June	Miskolc, Hungary				[25]
24	2007	6–8 July	Valletta, Malta				[26]
25	2008	4–6 July	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina				[27][28]
26	2009	26–28 June	Koper, Slovenia	Arena Bonifika			[29][30]
27	2010	25–27 June	Teplice, Czech Republic	Na Stínadlech			[31][32]
28	2011	24–26 June	Cottonera, Malta	Cottonera Sports Complex			[33][34]
29	2012	22–24 June	Bar, Montenegro	Stadion Topolica			[35][36]
30	2013	21–23 June	Tallinn, Estonia	Saku Suurhall			[37][38]
31	2014	4–6 July	Athens, Greece	Ano Liosia Olympic Hall	43	429	[39][40][41][42]
32	2015	3–5 July	Sofia, Bulgaria	Armeets Arena	41	469	[43][44][45][46]
33	2016	1–3 July	Vantaa, Finland	Energia Areena	41	421	[47][48][49][50]
34	2017	30 Jun – 2 Jul	Kaunas, Lithuania	Žalgiris Arena	42	430	[51][52][53][54]
35	2018	28 Jun – 1 Jul	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Zetra Olympic Hall	42	457	[55][56][57][58]
36	2019	27–30 June	Warsaw, Poland	Arena COS Torwar	39	431	[59][60][61][62]
37	2021	17–19 August	Riga, Latvia	Arena Riga	37	391	[63][64][65][66]
38	2022	23–26 June	Poreč, Croatia	Sport Hall Intersport	40	420	[67][68]
39	2023	22–25 June	Odivelas, Portugal	Sports complex Multiusos de Odivelas	40	404	[69][70]
40	2024	27–30 June	Sofia, Bulgaria	Asics Arena	44	511	[71]
41	2025	26–29 June	Skopje, North Macedonia	Jane Sandanski Arena	41	421	[1]
42	2026		Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain				[2]

Team competitions

Men's team Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref. 2015  Georgia  Netherlands  France  Russia [72][73][74] 2016  Georgia  Hungary  France  Russia [75][76] 2017  Georgia  Hungary  Italy  Russia [77][78]

Women's team Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref. 2015  Russia  Croatia  France  Serbia [72][79][74] 2016  France  Serbia  Croatia  Netherlands [75][76] 2017  Germany  Serbia  Russia  France [77][78]

Mixed team

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze		Ref.
2018	Russia	Netherlands	Turkey	Romania	[80][81]
2019	Turkey	Romania	Netherlands	Russia	[82][83]
2022	Ukraine	France	Azerbaijan	Georgia	[84][85][86]
2023	Azerbaijan	France	Turkey	Georgia	[87][88]
2024	France	Turkey	Germany	Poland	[89]
2025	France	IJF	Belarus	Georgia	[90][91]

See also

• European Judo Championships
• European U23 Judo Championships
• European Junior Judo Championships