Next week, the enchanting city of Paris, France, will be the battleground for one of the most eagerly anticipated events in the world of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu—the IBJJF European Championship. From Friday, January 19, to Saturday, January 27, the mats will come alive with the energy and intensity that only the European Championship can bring. Athletes from across the globe are gearing up for a week of thrilling match-ups, vying for the prestigious medals.
While we wish all competitors good luck, our hearts are naturally inclined to cheer on the European athletes who will be competing for gold. As we delve into the heart of the action, it’s the black belt division that steals the spotlight—a stage where seasoned champions collide with rising stars.
Within this elite echelon, we not only encounter familiar faces, revered for their prowess on the mats, but also new contenders who are poised to etch their names into BJJ history. The black belt level is where legends are born and where stories of triumph and tenacity are written. Get ready for a narrative of grit, passion, and unparalleled skill as we navigate through the weight divisions. The stars are aligned, the mats are waiting—let the journey begin.
Now, let’s explore the battlegrounds of the black belt weight divisions.
Adult / Male / Rooster (57.50kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alliance International | Zayed Abdulnaser A A Alkatheeri |
| Art of Jiu Jitsu | Thalison Vitorino Soares |
| ECJJA | Shay Ananda Montague |
| Foundry BJJ | Tadiyah William Danforth |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Oziel Santos de Carvalho |
| Gracie Barra Capivari SP | Italo Augusto Bonfim Frota |
| Omar Salum Franca Jiu-Jitsu | Augustin Miguel Gimenez |
| PSLPB Cicero Costha | Francisco Jonas B. Andrade |
| PSLPB Cicero Costha | Johnif de Oliveira Rocha |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Andrew Soares dos Santos |
Adult / Male / Light-Feather (64.00kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| 593-EC JJ Association | Enrique A Guerrero Gonzalez |
| Alcateia Jiu-Jitsu | Lucas Feitosa Pereira Bosshard |
| Alliance Los Angeles | Frank Cespedes |
| Ares BJJ | Keven Carrasco |
| Art of Jiu Jitsu | Diego Oliveira Batista |
| Art of Jiu Jitsu | Zachary Kaima’alili Kaina-Kokubun |
| Atrium Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Anderson Delfino Duarte Júnior |
| Carpe Diem | Tomoyuki Hashimoto |
| DreamArt | Kevin Gabriel Mascarenhas Alencar |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Meyram Maquiné Alves |
| Over Limit BJJ International | Seokhyeon Seo |
| PSLPB Cicero Costha | Hiago George Santos Silva |
| PSLPB Cicero Costha | Jefferson Veloso Fagundes |
| PSLPB Cicero Costha | Marcos Gabriel Paes Froede |
| PSLPB Cicero Costha | Yuri Hendrex Assunção Soares |
| Team Lloyd Irvin | Malachi James C. Edmond |
Adult / Male / Feather (70.00kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alliance | Isaac Doederlein |
| Alliance Los Angeles | Kennedy Leonardo Maciel |
| Atos JJ International | Sam Matthew Mc Nally |
| Barbosa Jiu-Jitsu | Matheus Yudi Onda |
| CheckMat | Eduardo Granzotto Vidal Lima |
| CheckMat – Equipe 1 | Fabio Henrique Vieira Fernandes |
| Clube Feijão de Jiu-Jitsu | Alexssandro Pinto Sodré |
| Clube Feijão de Jiu-Jitsu | Raimundo Diego Pinto Sodre |
| DreamArt | Florian Bayili |
| DreamArt | Guilherme Rodrigues Fernandes |
| GFTeam / Orlando Jr | Ademir Barreto de Araújo |
| Gracie Barra Nottingham | James Keay |
| Mako Team Paris | Danny Pla |
| Outer Heaven | Sebastian Ernesto Serpa |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Leonardo de Barros Vilela |
| Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy | Kazuhiro Suzuki |
| Wire Jiu-Jitsu | Jihwan Park |
| Wire Jiu-Jitsu | Jun Yong Cho |
| Wire Jiu-Jitsu | Minho Yoon |
Adult / Male / Light (76.00kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Art of Jiu Jitsu | Pablo Lavaselli |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | João Victor Pinheiro Machado de Souza |
| Carlson Gracie International | Sean Donal Whyte |
| CheckMat | Lucas Andre Galvão Protasio |
| CheckMat | Wilkler Santos Marques |
| CheckMat International | Karl Pegers |
| Focus Jiu-Jitsu | Léon Taffa Loic Larman |
| Focus Jiu-Jitsu | Saul Sanchez Arias |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Leandro Lima de Souza |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Natan Chueng Freitas |
| Gracie Barra Fulham | Pedro Leonardo Silva |
| Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team – Niteroi | Luiz Guilherme de Oliveira Rodrigues |
| John Frankl Jiu-Jitsu | Youngseung Cho |
| Mavs | Espen Mathiesen |
| Over Limit BJJ International | Jae Young Lee |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Julio Souza Arantes |
| Reversal Gym Kawaguchi Redips | Shinsuke Moribe |
| Team Lloyd Irvin | Elijah Amir Dorsey |
| ZR Team Association | Guilherme Guimaraes Borges Olimpio da Rocha |
Adult / Male / Middle (82.30kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alliance Porto Alegre | Vinícius do Canto Martins |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Joshua Roy Hinger |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Wallisson Oliveira Souza |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu Rio | Darlan Vinicius da Silva Casaca |
| Atos JJ International | Ahmed Laaribi |
| Atos JJ Rio Claro | Andy Tomas Murasaki Pereira |
| Brasa CTA | Pavel Kalesnik |
| Checkmat Alan FinFou | Jakub Najdek |
| Checkmat Europa | Matheus Barreto Rangel |
| CheckMat International | Max Leonard Lindblad |
| DreamArt | João Pedro Silva de Souza |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Guilherme Alves Silva |
| Frontline Academy | Tarik Hopstock |
| GF Team | Fabyury Khrysthyan Texeira Freitas |
| Gracie Barra Derby | Stephen Patrick Martin |
| Infini Jiu-Jitsu | Pierre Manzo |
| Nova União Argentina | Facundo Hernan Ciancio |
| PSLPB Cicero Costha | Breno Damieri Ricalde Maciel |
| Roger Gracie Academy | Oscar Gugala |
| Royal Jiu-Jitsu | Bradley Hill |
| Sigma Jiu-Jitsu | Gyula Gyorgy Szabó |
| Sigma Jiu-Jitsu | Szilard Sule |
| Toronto BJJ | Max Li |
Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy (88.30kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alexandre Machado Association – AMA Jiu-Jitsu Team | Pedro Hugo Cadete |
| Alliance RJ | Antonio Miguel de Alencar |
| Alliance SP | Lucas Giraud Ribeiro |
| Círculo De Jiu-Jitsu | Jhonathan Marques Pessanha |
| DreamArt | Lucas Gualberto Gomes Nascimento |
| ECJJA | Shane L. Fishman |
| Focus Jiu-Jitsu | Davi Vetoraci de Menezes |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Alex Munis dos Santos |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Mauricio de Oliveira Santos Neto |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Wellington Luís Sebastião |
| Game Fight UK | Uanderson Ferreira de Oliveira |
| Gracie Barra Nottingham | Charles Sebastian Adorian |
| JS Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Erick Diovano Pereira de Souza |
| Kings Jiu-Jitsu | Nolan Patrick Braga Stuart |
| KMR BJJ Kimura International | Horlando de Jesus Monteiro |
| Pedigo Submission Fighting | Clay Landon Mayfield |
| Roger Gracie Academy | Faris Dean Benlamkadem |
| ZR Team Brasil | Mikael Rhaillander Teixeira de Arruda |
Adult / Male / Heavy (94.30kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alliance San Diego | Fellipe Andrew Leandro Silva |
| Ares BJJ | Italo Lima Costa |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Pedro Henrique P. M. de Souza |
| CheckMat International | Adam Wardzinski |
| DreamArt | Lucas Jose Alves de Oliveira |
| Fernando Moya Jiu-Jitsu Academy | Javier Arturo Barter |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Vinicius Liberati |
| GF Team | Marcos Carrozzino |
| Lilius Barnatt Martial Arts | Jesse Benjami Vuorio |
| Lótus Club | Hygor Brito da Silva |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Filipe Pimentel Pinheiro |
Adult / Male / Super-Heavy (100.50kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alliance International | Julian Stonjek |
| Ataque Duplo | Harryson Santana Pereira |
| Atrium Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Marcus Vinicius Lopo Ruiz |
| Carlson Gracie UK | Harry William Loseby |
| Checkmat Geneva | Karim Mohamed Ait Khalifa |
| Companhia Jiu-Jitsu | Pedro Lucas Soares Ribeiro |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Anderson Munis dos Santos |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Erich Munis dos Santos |
| Gracie Barra Hamburg City | Eric Jasper Bergmann |
| Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team – Rio de Janeiro | Felipe Figueiredo Mauricio |
| Infight JJ | Anderson Kauan Gomes Marinho |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Vinicius Alves Lessa Paula |
| Renzo Gracie Academy | Rayron Gracie |
| Unique Logic Jiu-Jitsu HQ | Thiago Cesar de Andrade Silva |
Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alliance SP | Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro de Siqueira |
| Carlson Gracie UK | Frederic Leonhard Vosgröne |
| CheckMat International | Patryk Wysocki |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Helder Jose Rodrigues Júnior |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Yatan Martins Bueno |
| Frontline Academy | Kjetil Hope Lydvo |
| GF Team France | Seif-Eddine Houmine |
| Gracie Barra Ipiranga | Guilherme Wander Lambertucci de Andrade |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Tacio Carneiro Alves |
| Roger Gracie Academy | Wesley Lopes Caixeta |
Adult / Female / Rooster (48.50kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Art of Jiu Jitsu | Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos |
| Art of Jiu Jitsu | Shelby Lena Murphey |
| Atos Northwest | Amber Rymarz-Freitas |
| Fratres Jiu Jitsu Competition | Giulia Guimarães Gregorut |
Adult / Female / Light-Feather (53.50kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Diana Thais de Souza Teixeira |
| CheckMat International | Rose-Marie El Sharouni |
| Família André Marola Portugal | Yasmin Belmiro Pessanha |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas |
| JS Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Laura Peretti |
| Team Ganbaru | Naiomi Anaiansi Matthews Martín |
| ZR Team Brasil | Raquel Ferreira da Silva |
Adult / Female / Feather (58.50kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Art of Jiu Jitsu | Margot Ciccarelli |
| Atos Jiu-Jitsu | Camila de Araujo Roque |
| Brasa Poland | Zofia Szawernowska |
| Checkmat Europa | Rafaela Alexandra Policarpo da Rosa |
| CheckMat International | Astrid Scholin |
| Double Five Highland Village | Vitória Damiana Silva de Assis |
| GF Team Ohio | Emily Rosalynn Nicholson |
| Gracie Barra Nottingham | Vanessa English |
| JFC Almeida JJ | Maria Luiza Nunes Pinto |
| Striker JJ | Letícia Wambier |
| Team Thurin JJB | Lauriane Alicia Christiane Thurin |
Adult / Female / Light (64.00kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alliance JJ | Amanda Hening |
| Carlson Gracie Team Alberta | Chayse Chondelle Diekema |
| CheckMat International | Stéphanie Caroline Delphine Faure |
| DreamArt | Larissa Martins dos Santos |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Sabrina Rogéria Ataide B. Gondim |
| GF Team | Júlia de Jesus Alves |
| GF Team | Vitoria Carolina Araujo Vieira |
| Gracie Humaita International | Amandine Cathy Nadege Layec |
| Infight JJ | Maria Cláudia Almeida Silva |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Gabriela Andrelevicius Pereira |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Ludmila Fiori de Araujo |
Adult / Female / Middle (69.00kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Carlson Gracie Ireland | Priscila Batista |
| CheckMat | Raquel Dayne Kaleialoha Canuto |
| Cicero Costha Europe | Anna Castells Rabarté |
| DreamArt | Ingridd Alves de Sousa |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Thalyta Stefhane Lima Silva |
| IFT | Béatrice Marie A Fraux |
| JFC Almeida JJ | Natália Zumba de Souza |
| PSLPB Cicero Costha | Ana Beatriz Souza Brandão |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Alexia Souza Arantes |
| ZR Team UK | Gabriele da Silva Schuck |
Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy (74.00kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Abmar Barbosa Association | Maria Malyjasiak |
| Alliance San Diego | Letícia Cardozo de Carvalho |
| Cantagalo Jiu-Jitsu London | Raquel de Oliveira Santos |
| Crazy 88 | Vannessa Nancy Griffin |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Sábatha Laís Francisco dos Santos |
| Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu International | Aurélie Le Vern |
Adult / Female / Heavy (79.30kg)
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| Alliance San Diego | Melissa Stricker Cueto |
| DreamArt | Izadora Cristina Silva |
| DreamArt | Maria Carolina Barón Vicentini |
| Dynamix Fighting Sports | Scarlett Anstiss-Liljefors |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Amanda Magda de Oliveira |
| Hilti BJJ Turku | Salla Mari Simola |
Adult / Female / Super-Heavy
| TEAM | NAME |
|---|---|
| CheckMat USA | Maryanna Santos Cardoso |
| Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu | Yara Soares do Nascimento |
| Infight JJ | Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho |
| Qatar BJJ / Vision Brasil | Tayane Porfírio de Araújo |
Stay tuned as Euro BJJ covers every twist and turn of the European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2024. Show your support for your favorite athletes as they embark on this remarkable journey. Let the games begin!