2009 ADCC Qualifiers So Far

by Chris Nelson on Feb 22, 2009 12:42 PM EST

ADCC 2009 Asian Qualifiers - 2.22.2009
HT: Japan-MMA

-66.0kg: Kohei Yasumi
-77.0kg: Keita "K-Taro" Nakamura
-88.0kg: Yukinori Haruhara
-99.0kg: Kazuhiro Nakamura
99.0kg+: Koji Kanechika
Female -60.0kg: Megumi Fujii
Female 60.0kg+: Hitomi Hiraiwa

ADCC 2009 Brazil Trials - 2.8.2009
HT: Gracie Mag

-66kg: Rafael Mendes
-77kg: Murilo Santana
-88kg: André Galvão
-99kg: Glover Teixeira
+99kg: Antoine Jaoude
Female -60kg: Michelle Tavares
Female 60kg+: Rosângela Conceição

ADCC 2009 European Trials - 1.3.2009
HT: Mat Magazine

-66kg: Nicolas Renier (France)
-77kg: Marcelo Azevedo (Italy)
-88kg: Kassim Annan (France)
-99kg: Radek Turek (Poland)
+99kg: Tomasz Janiszewski (Poland)
Female -55kg: Laurence Cousin (France)
Female 55kg+: Ida Hansson (Sweden)

[UPDATE] from venom77

Winners of 2008 ADCC European Champions got invitation to the finals:

-66kg: Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas (Finland)
-77kg: Toni Linden (Finland)
-88kg: Trond Saksenvik (Norway)
-99kg: Andreas Olsen (Norway)
99kg+: Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen ( Finland)
Female -55kg: Ina Steffensen (Denmark)
Female 55kg+: Shanti Abelha (Denmark)

ADCC 2009 South Pacific Qualifiers - March 8th, Sydney, Australia
East Coast ADCC 2009 North American Trials - May 16-17, Lincroft, NJ
West Coast ADCC 2009 North American Trials - May 23-24, Cal State University Dominguez Hills

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some videos from the European trials from fightplay.tv

by Chris Nelson on Feb 22, 2009 1:00 PM EST reply actions

Thanks a ton for posting this!

If you're not submitting, you're just rolling around with another guy.

by BJJDenver on Feb 22, 2009 1:01 PM EST reply actions

Also...

…winners of 2008 ADCC European Champions got invitation to the finals:

“Prizes
Every weight classes’ best fighter gets official invitation to ADCC World 2009.” (source)

results (source)

-66kg: Timo-Juhani Hirvikangas
-77kg: Toni Linden (Finland)
-88kg: Trond Saksenvik (Norway)
-99kg: Andreas Olsen (Norway)
99kg: Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen ( Finland)
Female -55kg: Ina Steffensen (Denmark)
Female 55kg: Shanti Abelha (Denmark)

by Venom77 on Feb 22, 2009 1:12 PM EST reply actions 1 recs