Welcome to the Ansbach Fightclub BJJ Tournament!

The goal of our tournament is to offer a safe and fair competition environment, especially for inexperienced competitors, recreational athletes and young athletes.

It is important to us that participants value the health of their opponent more than winning. Fight hard, but fight fair. Nobody needs to be unnecessarily injured for a medal.

The participation fees go entirely into the club's finances. They help us take good care of our members and coaches despite low membership fees and allow us to continue organizing tournaments like this.

You can win incredible emotions, new friendships, valuable competition experience and a medal 🙂

Please note: The number of participants is limited to 400!

At some of our previous tournaments, the participant limit was reached before registration closed. Please register early if you want to secure your place.

If there are no registrations in your desired division yet, feel free to register anyway. If we cannot find an opponent for you in any of your registered divisions, we will inform you in time. You will then have the option to receive a full refund or, if possible, move to another suitable division.

Please also read the FAQs.

Please read all information carefully. You can find more important information about our tournament in the menu above under Divisions and FAQs.

Our Team

We would like to thank our team in advance.

Our club members, as well as friends, family and acquaintances, help us organize this tournament for you. Without this support, a tournament in this form would not be possible.

We would also like to thank the Ju-Jutsu Verband Bayern for their support.

Our referees have experience in refereeing or will be properly briefed and supported. This helps us ensure a fair, safe and well-organized tournament.

Medical support throughout the tournament will be provided by a team from the Bavarian Red Cross.

Ruleset

We are a member of the Ju-Jutsu Verband Bayern. At our tournament, Gi and No-Gi matches are generally fought under the IBJJF ruleset.

White belts compete under the IBJJF ruleset for white belts.

Blue belts and higher compete under the IBJJF ruleset for black belts.

Exception: Men's No-Gi Absolute Division

In the Men's No-Gi Absolute Division, adult athletes from all weight classes and all belt divisions compete together. All matches in this division are fought under the IBJJF black belt ruleset, regardless of the athlete's actual belt rank.

You can find the official IBJJF rule materials here:

https://ibjjf.com/books-videos

Please read the rules yourself before competing. Participants and coaches are also responsible for knowing which techniques are allowed and which are forbidden.

All matches last 5 minutes.

Unlike the official IBJJF rules, we compete without advantage points.

Tournament System

In the regular Gi and No-Gi divisions, matches are held according to the following format:

2 athletes: Best of 3.

3 athletes: Revolution Round Robin. Each athlete generally fights every other athlete once. In case of a tie, there may be final matches.

More information about Revolution Round Robin:

https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/332-revolution-round-robin

4 to 5 athletes: True Round Robin. Each athlete fights every other athlete once.

6 to 11 athletes: Random Round Robin followed by a final.

12 or more athletes: Random Round Robin with elimination fights, including at least a final and a fight for 3rd place. Depending on the division size, semi-finals and quarter-finals may also be added.

Men's No-Gi Absolute Division

The Men's No-Gi Absolute Division uses a single-elimination knockout system.

Adult athletes from all weight classes and all belt divisions compete together for the medals.

There are no separate weight, belt or age categories within the Absolute Division. All matches are fought under the IBJJF black belt ruleset.

Participation in the Men's No-Gi Absolute Division is only available to athletes who are also registered for a regular Men's No-Gi division.

Registration for the Men's No-Gi Absolute Division costs an additional 19 euros.

Depending on the number of participants and the organizational situation, we reserve the right to make necessary adjustments.

Payment of the Participation Fee

The participation fees are:

Early bird registration: 39 euros

Regular registration: 59 euros

Late registration: 69 euros

Registration for a second regular division costs an additional 10 euros.

Registration for the Men's No-Gi Absolute Division costs an additional 19 euros and is only available to athletes who are also registered for a regular Men's No-Gi division.

With the additional fee for a second regular division, we want to reduce short-notice withdrawals from second divisions on tournament day. When participants register for a second division without being sure they will actually compete and then withdraw shortly before their match, this creates unnecessary walkover wins.

That is frustrating for the other participants and can affect the tournament flow as well as placements.

The additional fee is intended to make second-division registrations more deliberate and to avoid as many unnecessary walkover wins as possible.

Participation fees must be paid exclusively via PayPal through Smoothcomp.

Your registration for the tournament is only complete once you have paid on Smoothcomp. Unpaid registrations do not count as completed registrations.

Anyone who does not register or pay in time cannot participate in the tournament. Payment of participation fees at the venue is not possible.

Deadlines for registration, cancellation and refunds can be found on the tournament page on Smoothcomp. Please pay particular attention to the Cancel/Refund policy.

We do not offer special treatment outside the deadlines stated there. Please do not contact us with requests for exceptions.

Spectators & Venue Access

Access to the spectator stands and the other areas of the sports hall is free of charge.

Spectators who wish to enter the main sports hall floor must pay an admission fee of 5 euros.

Registered competitors can access the sports hall floor without any additional fee.

The following exemptions apply to coaches and accompanying persons:

Clubs with up to 5 participants registered on Smoothcomp: One person receives free access to the sports hall floor.

Clubs with 6 or more participants registered on Smoothcomp: Two people receive free access to the sports hall floor.

Additional coaches, accompanying persons and spectators must each pay the regular admission fee of 5 euros to access the sports hall floor.

Footwear rules: Outdoor shoes are not allowed on the sports hall floor. Clean, suitable indoor sports shoes are permitted. Spectators without indoor sports shoes may alternatively use shoe covers or remove their outdoor shoes before entering the sports hall floor.

Please note that access to the sports hall floor does not automatically grant access to the restricted area directly next to the competition mats. Separate rules apply, as explained in our FAQs.

Schedule and Information

The tournament takes place on Sunday, January 10, 2027, at the triple sports hall at Am Sportpark 40, 91564 Neuendettelsau, Germany.

Please check the parking situation yourself in advance and plan enough time for arrival, parking, entry and weigh-in.

The venue opens at 08:30 for participants and spectators.

Two scales will be available for weigh-ins from 09:00 to 17:00.

We plan to run matches from 09:30 until around 18:30. This timeframe is based on our experience from previous tournaments and is not binding.

You can generally weigh in at any time during the stated weigh-in hours. Please pay attention to your fight times.

If you are not ready when your match starts, we reserve the right to enter a walkover loss against you. Further details can be found in the FAQs.

If you cannot make your registered weight, you generally have no right to compete in that division and no right to a refund of the participation fee.

There is no weight tolerance.

As a gesture of goodwill, we will try to place you in another division if this is organizationally possible and does not disadvantage any other participant.

Showers are generally available in the sports hall.