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Current event or competition: 2023 World Jiu-Jitsu Championship | |
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Competition details | |
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Location | Long Beach, California |
Local name(s) | Mundials, Worlds |
Discipline | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
Type | Annual |
Organiser | International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation |
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Current weight divisions | Weight classes |
History | |
First edition | 4 February 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [1] |
Editions | 27 (2023) |
Most wins | Marcus Almeida (13) |
Most recent | 2023 |
The World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu tournament held annually by the International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation. It is widely considered the most important and prestigious jiu-jitsu tournament of the year.
The first edition took place in February 1996 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since 2007 the tournament has been held in California. The last edition of the championship took place at California State University in 2023. In 2024 the tournament will be held at the Walter pyramid in Long Beach California.
The first World Championship was held on 3 and 4 February 1996 at the Tijuca Tênis Clube in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2007 the tournament moved to California State University in Long Beach, US where it has been held ever since. [2] The Championship is commonly known as "the Worlds" or "Mundials". Many considered the World Jiu-Jitsu Championship as the toughest and the most prestigious Gi tournament in the world. [3] [4] Its counterpart in No-Gi is the World IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu No-Gi Championship.
The men's division started in 1996 with a total of 10 divisions from –57.5 kg to the absolute (open class) division. The women's division started in 1998 with two weight classes "Light" and "Heavy". Since 2016 the women's division now comprised a total of 9 weight classes from -48.5 kg up to the absolute (open class) division. [2]
Divisions | Men | Women |
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Rooster | 57.5 kg (126.8 lb) | 48.5 kg (106.9 lb) |
Light Feather | 64 kg (141.1 lb) | 53.5 kg (117.9 lb) |
Feather | 70 kg (154.3 lb) | 58.5 kg (129.0 lb) |
Light | 76 kg (167.6 lb) | 64 kg (141.1 lb) |
Middle | 82.3 kg (181.4 lb) | 69 kg (152.1 lb) |
Medium Heavy | 88.3 kg (194.7 lb) | 74 kg (163.1 lb) |
Heavy | 94.3 kg (207.9 lb) | 79.3 kg (174.8 lb) |
Super Heavy | 100.5 kg (221.6 lb) | No weight limit |
Ultra Heavy | No weight limit | n/a |
Open Class | open to all weight divisions | open to all weight divisions |
Year | 57 kg | 64 kg | 70 kg | 76 kg | 82 kg | 88 kg | 94 kg | 100 kg | +100 kg | Absolute |
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Year | Host | n/a | n/a | n/a | Light (–65 kg) |
Heavy (+65 kg) |
n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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Year | Host | n/a | n/a | n/a | Light (–59 kg) |
Middle (–69 kg) |
Heavy (+69 kg) |
n/a | n/a | n/a |
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Year | Host | n/a | –53 kg | –58 kg | –64 kg | –69 kg | +69 kg | n/a | n/a | n/a |
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Year | Host | n/a | –53 kg | –58 kg | –64 kg | –69 kg | –74 kg | n/a | n/a | Absolute |
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Year | Host | n/a | –53 kg | –58 kg | –64 kg | –69 kg | –74 kg | +74 kg | n/a | Absolute |
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Year | Host | –48 kg | –53 kg | –58 kg | –64 kg | –69 kg | –74 kg | –80 kg | +80 kg | Absolute |
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Year | Host | n/a | –53 kg | –58 kg | –64 kg | –69 kg | –74 kg | –80 kg | +80 kg | Absolute |
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Year | Host | –48 kg | –53 kg | –58 kg | –64 kg | –69 kg | –74 kg | –80 kg | +80 kg | Absolute |
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Rank | Winner | Total | Absolute | Weight Class | Winning years | Gender |
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13 | 6 | 7 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | M |
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10 | 3 | 7 | 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 | M |
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10 | 0 | 10 | 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 | M | |
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10 | 2 | 8 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 | F | |
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8 | 1 | 7 | 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | F |
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8 | 1 | 7 | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022 | M | |
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7 | 2 | 5 | 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2015 | M |
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7 | 0 | 7 | 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 | F | |
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7 | 0 | 7 | 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 | F | |
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6 | 2 | 4 | 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 | F |
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6 | 0 | 6 | 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010 | F | |
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6 | 0 | 6 | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 | M | |
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6 | 0 | 6 | 2007, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 | M | |
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5 | 2 | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2019 | F |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 | F | |
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5 | 1 | 4 | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 | M | |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 | M | |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2007 | M | |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 | M | |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 2007, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014 | M | |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2017 | M | |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 2005, 2008, 2014, 2016, 2008 | M | |
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5 | 0 | 5 | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | F | |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 2015, 2016 | F |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 2021, 2022 | F | |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 2006, 2008, 2010 | F | |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 2010, 2013, 2015 | M | |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | M | |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 | M | |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001 | M | |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014 | M | |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 | F | |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 | M | |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 2002, 2003 | M |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 2004, 2005 | M | |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 1996, 1997, 1998 | M | |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 2017, 2019, 2022 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 1999, 2000, 2001 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 1997, 2001, 2002 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2002, 2003, 2004 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2000, 2002, 2005 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2003, 2004, 2005 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 1998, 2003, 2005 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2001, 2002, 2005 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2003, 2005, 2006 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2005, 2006, 2008 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2004, 2006, 2009 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2008, 2014, 2015 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2009, 2010, 2015 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2013, 2014, 2016 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2012, 2015, 2016 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2012, 2013, 2016 | M | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2017, 2018, 2019 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2019, 2021, 2022 | F | |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 2019, 2021, 2022 | F | |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 1996, 1997 | M |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 1999, 2000 | M | |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2001 | M | |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | F | |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 2017 | F | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 1998, 1999 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 1999, 2000 | F | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 1999, 2000 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 1999, 2000 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2000, 2003 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2002, 2004 | F | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2003, 2004 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2003, 2004 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2003, 2004 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2005, 2008 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2007, 2009 | F | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2002, 2009 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2008, 2011 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2008, 2011 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2011, 2012 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2008, 2013 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2004, 2013 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2015, 2016 | F | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2015, 2017 | F | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2014, 2018 | F | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2017, 2019 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2018, 2019 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2021, 2022 | F | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2021, 2022 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2021, 2022 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2021, 2022 | M | |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 2021, 2022 | M | |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 2021 | M |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1996 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1996 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1996 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1996 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1996 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1997 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1997 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1998 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1998 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1998 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1998 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1998 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1999 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1999 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1999 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2000 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2000 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2001 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2001 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2001 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2001 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2002 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2006 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2006 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2006 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2007 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2007 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2007 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2007 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2008 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2010 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2011 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2011 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2013 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2013 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2014 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2014 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2015 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2015 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2016 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2016 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2016 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2022 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2022 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2022 | F | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2022 | M | |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 2022 | M |
Year | Winning team |
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1997 | Nova União (1/2) |
1998 | Alliance (1/14) |
1999 | Alliance (2/14) |
2000 | Gracie Barra (1/6) |
2001 | Nova União (2/2) |
2002 | Gracie Barra (2/6) |
2003 | Gracie Barra (3/6) |
2004 | Gracie Barra (4/6) |
2005 | Gracie Barra (5/6) |
2006 | Brasa (1/1) |
2007 | Gracie Barra (6/6) |
2008 | Alliance (3/14) |
2009 | Alliance (4/14) |
2010 | Alliance (5/14) |
2011 | Alliance (6/14) |
2012 | Alliance (7/14) |
2013 | Alliance (8/14) |
2014 | Alliance (9/14) |
2015 | Alliance (10/14) |
2016 | Alliance (11/14) |
2017 | Atos (1/1) |
2018 | Alliance (12/14) |
2019 | Alliance (13/14) |
2021 | CheckMat (1/1) |
2022 | Alliance(14/14) |
2023 | Dream Art (1/1) |