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Hello, GB Competitor! It's CompNet Canada Nationals 2025 time! Competing requires courage and provides an opportunity to improve our Jiu-Jitsu by putting our skills and mindset to the test of competition.
Interested in collaborating with us and contributing to developing a fantastic tournament experience for participants, coaches, and families? Click here to submit your tournament staff application.
Date: Saturday, November 15th, 2025
The gates open at 8:00 am, and the tournament begins at 9:00 am. A detailed event schedule will be released a few days prior to the tournament.
Venue: BCIT Recreation Services
3700 Willingdon Ave SE16, Burnaby, BC V5G 3H2
PRICES
- Early Registration $89.00 (CAD) until Saturday, October 11th at 11:59pm, 2025
- Regular Registration $99.00 (CAD) until Saturday, November 1st at 11:59pm, 2025
- Late Registration $109.00 (CAD) until Saturday, November 8th at 11:59pm, 2025
WEIGHT/ UNIFORM ALLOWANCE:
- Gi Match: We allow youth athletes to be within 1 lb of their weight class with full kimono on : For example, in the 107 lbs weight class we accept 108 lbs even though 108.1 lbs will result in disqualification.
- There will be no weight allowance for youth No-Gi and any Juveniles/ adult/ Master divisions (Gi and No-Gi) with their full competition uniform on during weight in.
WEIGH INS: Take place on the day of the event when your bracket shows up on the TV screen. If you are registered for both Gi & No-Gi you will weigh twice. Competitors weighing above their registered weight or failing to show up for scheduled weigh-ins are subject to disqualification immediately and will not be relocated to another division and NO REFUND.
Adult Gi - weigh-in with your full Gracie Barra uniform and training shirt/rash-guard, including belt.
Adult No-Gi - weigh-in with your Gracie Barra training shirt/rash-guard, Gracie Barra shorts/ compression pants or Gi pants. (no pockets, zippers or hard plastic)
Youth Gi - weigh-in in with your full Gracie Barra uniform and training shirt/rash-guard, including belt
Youth No-Gi - weigh-in with your Gracie Barra training shirt/rash-guard, Gracie Barra shorts/ compression pants or Gi pants. (no pockets, zippers or hard plastic)
COACH CRENDITIALS:
Coaches don’t need to pay entry fee and will receive a VEST for easy identification inside the venue and this will give access to coach in the competition area for permitted divisions.
Please, email pacificnorthwest@compnet.global with your coaches list by November 8th 2025.
· Credentials are counted by academy location, not affiliation teams.
Up to 2 athletes – 1 credentials
Up to 10 athletes – 2 credentials
Up to 20 athletes – 4 credentials
Up to 30 athletes – 6 credentials
SPECTATOR TICKETS
To make the COMPNET experience easier for our spectators, families and fans, we will begin offering a PRE-PAID option for spectators on Eventbrite.com. Buy your ticket online for $15 to skip the line at the door!
Family Tickets (Promotional Tickets) will only be sold in advance until Nov 14th . NOT AT THE DOOR.
CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW:
Registrations for athletes under 16 years old will include one complimentary spectator ticket. Any Children 5 years old and under will enter for free.
IMPORTANT DATES
Here are some important dates to help you prepare for competition:
- Registration closes Saturday, November 8th at 11:59pm, 2025.
- The deadline for division corrections is November 9th, 2025 at 11:59 PM. (one last day to make changes to weights and divisions)
- The tournament bracket and official schedule will be published at November 13th, 2025.
- Division change, weight change, or error correction can be made by accessing your Smoothcomp account. NO REFUNDS after Registration closes (November 8th at 11:59pm). No changes allowed after Registration Check Day closes (November 9th at 11:59pm).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
REFUND POLICY: Our policy on refunds is as follows
We offer a refund back to your original payment method minus a 5% service fee up until the event’s Normal Registration deadline. After this date, we only offer a full coupon credit up until the event change deadline. Once the change deadline passes, a coupon credit will only be issued in the case a competitor has no scheduled matches.
If after registration closes, we cannot provide you with a match we will provide a coupon credit for future events. 'No Show' athletes forfeit their registration fee in full.
We do not accept ANY changes after registration closes.
MERGERS: Once the registration and change deadline have passed, our bracketing team will look to create the event brackets. Competitors that remain alone in a division after mergers are completed as indicated by an ‘X’ next to the division name can contact us at pacificnorthwest@compnet.global for options before brackets are published. CompNet PNW staffs are not allowed to make any division changes after the brackets are published nor on the day of the event.
BEST OVERALL SCHOOLS and AWARDS: Team standings, points, and medal counts are updated live and available to view on the 'Results' tab of the event page. Top 3 schools in points will be rewarded a trophy in the following division: KIDS, ADULTS, and OVERALL.
COMPETITION AND BRACKETS FORMAT:
Youth, Juvenile, Adults' White and Blue divisions – Minimum 2 matches guarantee
Adults’ Purple, Brown, Black, absolute, and Pro divisions – Single elimination for all divisions. All participants from Blue belts and higher can register for the absolute.
All Masters divisions ( including all belt level)- Single elimination for all divisions.
Youth Division under 7 years old ( Tiny Champion & Little Champion 1) - Submission is not allowed, all competitors under this division will determine the results by points or referee decision if the matches result in same point.
COMPETITORS/PARENTS - Please keep in mind that match results are decided by submissions, points, advantages or a referee's decision. The referee must be respected as the authority of the match. All of CompNet's referees are certified under the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu International Federation- IBJJF and are trained to be fair based on the IBJJF/CompNet rules. If you have questions about the result, you may speak with the organizer off mat and we will bring the attention to the referee directors to review and explained the results.
BELT CATEGORY FOR YOUTH COMPETITOR
White - All White belts regardless stripes
Grey - All Grey belts (Grey white, grey, grey black) regardless stripes
Yellow- All Yellow belts ( yellow white, yellow, yellow black) regardless stripes
Orange- All Orange belts ( orange white, orange, orange black) regardless stripes
Green- All Green belts ( green white, green, green black) regardless stripes
More Information
For more information about the event, click on the links below:
Please visit the following tabs for more information on:
Information for parents of child competitors
If you have any questions, please reach out to pacificnorthwesy@compnet.global
See you on the mats!
- The CompNet PNW Team
