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Hello, GB Competitor! It's CompNet Pacific Northwest 2026 Season 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, June 13th, 2026
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 3L1, Canada
PRICES:
- Early Registration $99.00 (CAD) until Sunday, May 3rd,2026 11:59pm.
- Regular Registration $109.00 (CAD) until Saturday May 30rd,2026 11:59pm.
- Late Registration $119.00 (CAD) until Saturday June 6th, 2026 11:59pm.
- Spectator Fee: $15.00 (CAD). Registrations for athletes under 16 years old include one complimentary spectator ticket:
IMPORTANT DATES
- Registration closes Saturday June 6th, 2026 11:59pm.
- The deadline for division corrections is Sunday, June 7th, 2026 11:59pm
- The tournament bracket and official schedule will be published Thursday, June 11th 2026.
- Division change, weight change, or error correction can be made by accessing your Smoothcomp account. NO REFUNDS after Registration closes (June 6th at 11:59pm). No changes allowed after Registration Check Day closes (June 7th at 11:59pm).
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 in 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/ RANKED 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/ RANKED rash-guard, Gracie Barra shorts/ compression pants or Gi pants. (no pockets, zippers or hard plastic)
Please Note : If you are missing any of the above Gracie Barra uniform requirement, you will result in Disqualification at weight in or before your match. If you compete while you are overweight or missing required uniform without organizer approval, your result will be invalid for your division.
COACH CRENDITIALS:
Coaches don’t need to pay entry fee and will receive a COACHING 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 June 10th 2026.
· 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 June 12th . 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 INFORMATION:
REFUND POLICY: Our policy on refunds is as follows:
https://compnet.smoothcomp.com/en/event/28064/page/84851/refund-policy
In case of 'No Show' in the group of 2 without notice: the competitor who is 'No Show' will follow no refund policy, but the competitor who shows up will have a choice to proceed with medal and find exhibition match or request to delete the bracket and receive a credit.
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, & OVERALL.
COMPETITION AND BRACKETS FORMAT:
Youth, Juvenile, Adults' White and Blue divisions – Minimum 2 matches guarantee ( not including bye)
Youth Division of 5+ competitors - Minimum 2 matches guarantee ( not including bye) and double Bronze bracket
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.
Youth Brackets ( including all ages under 16):
Group of 2 competitors: Head to Head - Best of Three
Group of 3 competitors: True Round Robin
Group of 4-5 competitors: Double Elimination - Bronze match
Group of 6 and above competitors: Double Elimination - Double Bronze Match
Adult Brackets ( including Juvenile ):
Group of 2 competitors: Head to Head - Best of Three
Group of 3 competitors: True Round Robin
Group of 4 and above competitors: Double Elimination- Bronze match
Masters (includes all colors) and Adult (includes: Purple, Brown, Black Belts), Absolute , Pro Divisions:
Group of 2 Competitors: Head to Head- Single elimination
Group of 3 Competitors: Single Elimination - 3 players Comback
Group of 4 and above : Single Elimination
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 pacificnorthwest@compnet.global
See you on the mats!
- The CompNet PNW Team
