Events

General Info

Location Warnstedtstraße 12b, 22525 Hamburg

Doors open at 8am.

Competition starts at 9:30am.

Registration

This tournament is pre registration only! We will not take any registrations at the event.

All registrations run through smoothcomp.

Fees

Female Adult & Next Gen

Normal Registration (until January 24th 11:59pm): 25€

Late Registration (until January 29th 11:59 pm): 35€

Male Adult

Normal registration (until January 24th 11:59pm): 40€

Late registration (until  January 29th 11:59pm): 50€

Open Class

10€

Bracketing

We are trying our best to guarantee every competitor at least two fights! If a division has only 2 fighters, we will let them fight in a best of 3, and give both fighters a 50% refund.

Divisions with 3 fighters will be put in a round robin bracket.

Divisions with over 3 fighters will be put in a double KO bracket with the losers final being for the bronze medal.

Divisions

All Adult Divisions will be split into two tiers of experience and skill.

Beginner Fighters with less than 2 years of grappling experience or not yet graduated to a BJJ Blue Belt/ Luta Livre Blue Belt/ Judo Brown Belt.

Advanced Fighters with more than 2 years of grappling experience or graduated to at least a BJJ Blue Belt/ Luta Livre Blue Belt/ Judo Brown Belt.

Weight Divisions

Youth Female Weight Divisions                                                                                                                -120lbs (54,4kg) / -140lbs (63,5kg) / -155lbs (70,3kg)

Youth Male Weight Divisions                                                                                                                    -140lbs (63,5kg) / -155lbs (70,3kg) / -170lbs (77,1kg) / -185lbs (83,9kg)

Adult Female Weight Divisions                                                                                                                 -135lbs (61,2kg) / -155lbs (70,3kg) / +155lbs (70,3kg)

Male Weight Divisions                                                                                                                                  -155lbs (70,3kg) / -170lbs (77,1kg) / -185lbs (83,9kg) / -205lbs (93,0kg) / +205lbs (93,0kg)

The open class will be split into one male and one female division and combine all skill  and weight divisions.

How to edit and change divisions after registration

Rankings

Over the course of 4 IPA Grapple Cups in 2025, all Advanced and Absolute Divisions will have rankings.

At the end of the year, the top two athletes of each division will be invited to compete at a fight night, to crown the 2025 Champions, who will fight for free in 2026!

For more Info, visit our website.

Ruleset

Next Gen

Fights will be 4 minutes long.

All fights will be scored by using the IBJJF Scoring System without penalties or advantages.

Adults

Fight duration is 6 minutes

We use the IBJJF Point Scoring System without any penalties or advantages. Points will only be counted in the second half of the fight. The first 3 minutes will have no points.

If the scores are tied at the end of the fight, we will go into 1 round of EBI-Overtime (3min max)

Full ruleset (in german)

Refund policy

We give full refunds to everybody, that cancels at least 7 days before the event starts.

The last chance to cancel, at the registration deadline, is also your last chance for a 50% refund.

If we cannot provide a fight for someone, we will refund the full registration fee immediately.

If we can only provide for one opponent in the division, we will give a 50% refund.