ADCC Latinoamérica Open - Buenos Aires

SCHEDULE

Location: Pabellón África — Parque Olímpico de la Juventud (Buenos Aires)

Time zone: Buenos Aires (GMT-3)

🛑 IMPORTANT

• Registration is only valid after payment confirmation.
• Athlete limit: registrations may close before the final date if capacity is reached. Unpaid registrations by the deadline will not count.
• PIX payment: athletes must send proof via the link below within 1 business day. Failure to do so may result in registration not being confirmed.
• Responsibility: athletes are solely responsible for verifying that their registration has been approved and confirmed on the official platform.
• Category rules: athletes cannot register below their belt rank, age, or weight. ADCC uses athlete data as of the event date.
• Refund policy: registrations are non-refundable. Competitors unable to participate may request credit for future events up to the date indicated in the event schedule.
• Credit requests: all credit requests and credit usage must be made exclusively through our official support channels (WhatsApp or email).
• Please do not cancel directly through Smoothcomp, as requests outside official channels will not be processed.
• Brackets: official brackets will be released after weigh-ins. 
• Please arrive 2 hours before your scheduled match time due to possible schedule adjustments.
• If an athlete who is alone does not request a change before the deadline in the schedule, they will be reassigned during the bracket adjustments, and late requests will not be accepted. Athletes who do not compete in any match will not earn ranking points.
• ADCC offers a free referee course on Friday to answer questions—attendance is highly recommended for all athletes.

📎 Submit payment: Click here

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▶️ WEIGH-IN

• Date: Friday before the event at the official gymnasium
• Absence: must notify via ADCC website. Unnotified absence = automatic disqualification.
• All athletes must weigh in, even if their division has no weight limit.
• More information in Weigh-in tab.

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▶️ FORMAT

• Style: No-Gi / Without Gi (ADCC rules)
• Elimination: single elimination (no double bronze)
• Match prioritization: athletes alone in a category may be adjusted so everyone has a match according to the rules.

Full rules: http://www.adcclatinamerica.com/

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▶️ PROHIBITED AT ADCC

• Avoiding matches between teammates or friends in the same bracket
• Disrespecting athletes, referees, or coaches
• Sandbagging (registering below belt/weight/age). Masters may compete in adult category

🚨Sandbagging Policy

To preserve sporting integrity, fair competitiveness, and alignment with ADCC international standards, the following Anti-Sandbagging Policy is hereby established, applicable to all athletes, regardless of belt, age, or length of training.

Any athlete who wins 03 (three) gold medals in a higher skill category (more advanced division) is permanently prohibited from returning to a lower category, regardless of formal rank (belt), training time, or team declaration. For youth athletes, this rule applies within the same age group. Thus, after the third gold medal in the higher division, the athlete must remain in that division until advancing to the next age group.

Example: If an 11–12-year-old athlete, gray belt (eligible for the “Intermediate” division), wins three gold medals in the “Advanced” division, they must remain in the Advanced division in all future competitions while they are in the 11–12 age group, or permanently in the case of adult categories.

Any athlete who wins 05 (five) gold medals in the same skill category will be automatically required to move up to the next higher division, regardless of their current rank/belt and regardless of the absence of a formal promotion.

Violation of any of these rules may result in permanent ban from all ADCC events.

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▶️ SUPPORT TEAM

WhatsApp: +55 11 5104-4470

Email: support@adcclatinamerica.com

ADCC information group

Business hours: 09:00 AM – 06:00 PM (Buenos Aires time)