ADCC CANADA NIAGARA OPEN

ADCC CANADA OPEN NIAGARA 2025

ADCC OPEN CANADA NIAGARA 2025

LOCATION:

Niagara Falls Convention Centre

6815 Stanley Avenue Niagara Falls, ON L2G 3Y9

IMPORTANT DATES:

Registration Deadline: Monday, December 8th, 2025

Last day for Cancellations: Monday, December 8th, 2025

Registration Check day (Athlete correction) deadline: Tuesday, December 9th, 2025

Schedule Release Date: Friday, December 12th, 2025

Brackets Release Date: Friday, December 12th, 2025  

REGISTRATION FEES:

Early Bird Price (until November 8th): $125 CAD plus tax

Regular Price: $150 CAD Plus tax



$75 plus tax to add additional divisions.*** 3 DIVISIONS MAXIMUM  



MANDATORY WEIGH INS:

PRE-DATE WEIGH-IN (day before the event)

Date: Friday, December 12th , 2025

Place: Niagara Falls Convention Centre -6815 Stanley Avenue Niagara Falls, ON L2G 3Y9

From 4pm to 8pm

Athletes have to attend the weigh-in at the time given according to the event's deadline.

Players will be placed in the next division available if they exceed the weight they have registered in.

ON DATE WEIGH-IN OPTION 1 ( Event Day)

Date: Saturday, December 13th, 2025

Place: Niagara Falls Convention Centre -6815 Stanley Avenue Niagara Falls, ON L2G 3Y9

Time: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m

Athletes have to attend the weigh-in at the time given according to the event's deadline.

Players will be placed in the next division available if they exceed the weight they have registered in.

WHO CAN COMPETE:

ADCC Opens are for all competitors - kids through masters, beginner through advanced, from any country.

You do not need to qualify to compete in ADCC Opens.



CORRECTIONS & CANCELLATIONS:

Registration corrections can be done by logging into your smoothcomp account.

Please follow these instructions: https://support.smoothcomp.com/article/89-how-to-change-weightclass-or-cancel

Last day for Cancellations: Monday, November 11th, 2024 (no exceptions)

REFUND POLICY:

Registration fees are non-refundable. Registered competitors who are unable to compete due to illness, injury, or bereavement may request credit toward a future tournament up to 5 days prior to registration closing. Refunds will only be offered if we are not able to find you a suitable match, meaning registration fees are non-refundable.



RULES:

https://www.adcc-official.com/rules.html

https://www.adcc-official.com/opens/canada-open.html

https://adcc-official.com/files/ADCC%20Rules.pdf

FORMAT:

* NO GI ONLY

* ADCC rules and legal techniques: http://www.adcc-official.com/opens/rules.html

* ADULTS ELIMINATION

* KIDS DOUBLE ELIMINATION

* Compete for third place (no double bronze).

ABSOLUTE DIVISIONS:

There is one women's and one men's absolute division - open to all ranks, weights, and above at 18.



MATCH LENGTHS:

Kids (up to age 12): 4 minutes
Teens and juveniles (age 13-17): 5 minutes
Adults: 6 minutes
Masters: 5 minutes


SPECTATORS:

Spectator tickets: $20

Spectator tickets will also be available at the door (cash only)



NOT ALLOWED AT ANY ADCC EVENTS:

Close outs: Teammates, friends, etc not having a real match if they meet in a bracket.

Sandbagging: Signing up for a lower skill level or younger age group (masters signing up for adult is permitted). Please notify us if you see a competitor you suspect is sandbagging.

Doing either of these may result in a permanent ban from all ADCC events, even on the first offence.



MEDIA REQUESTS:

Media requests will be handled by  jorge@ojjc.ca

Requests should be submitted at least 3 weeks before the event date. Any requests submitted after that may not be considered.