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2006 Junior World Championships Funding Criteria
The 2006 Junior World Championships will be held Oct. 15-19 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Athletes who qualify for the 2006 U.S. Junior World Team will receive full funding for ground expenses to the event, including hotel, meals and ground transportation.
Provision for airfares will be as follows:
1. Athletes who have reached Senior "A" Level status on the USA Judo Senior Elite National Roster by Sept. 25 will receive fully funded airfare.
2. Athletes who have reached Senior "B" Level status on the USA Judo Senior Elite National Roster by Sept. 25 will be reimbursed $250 toward airfare.
3. All team members will have the opportunity to have full airfare reimbursed if an individual wins at least three matches in rounds that are actually contested, exclusive of byes, walkovers or other forms of forfeit or withdrawal prior to the start of the match.
In addition, any athlete who earns a medal at the Junior Worlds, following at least three wins that meet the criteria above, will receive an award of $1,000 for a gold medal, $400 for a silver medal or $300 for a bronze medal.
Selection Criteria for the
USA Judo Team to the 2006 International Judo Federation Junior World Judo Championships
USA Judo will conduct Trials to select the USA Judo Team to the
2006 Junior World Judo Championships. This will mark the first
time that the Junior World Team has been decided by means of
Trials.
The Trials competition will provide a means to determine the
USA Junior World Judo Team members from among up to four
fighters in attendance at the Trials for each contested weight
division:
Male: 60, 66, 73, 81, 90, 100 and +100kg
Female: 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, 78 and +78kg
The Trials competition will be held in conjunction with the
2006 Junior US Open in Fort Lauderdale, FL. The Trials will be
contested on the first day of competition, which is the day
BEFORE the IJF Jr divisions are fought at the Junior US Open.
The Junior World Championships will be in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in
the Fall of 2006.
ENTRY TO THE TRIALS:
Four athletes will be admitted in each of the Male and Female
IJF weight divisions:
Male: 60, 66, 73, 81, 90, 100 and +100kg
Female: 48, 52, 57, 63, 70, 78 and +78kg
The four athletes admitted to each of the above listed IJF
Junior World Championship weight divisions shall be admitted,
and seeded, according to the established USA Judo seeding
protocols, based on their placement on the USA Judo National
Elite Athlete IJF Junior Roster that is completed following the
conclusion of the sequence of National Junior events that
includes the 2006 USA Judo Junior Olympic Nationals, the 2006
USJA Junior Nationals and the 2006 USJF Junior Nationals.
THE COMPETITION:
Each Trial division will be comprised of the top FOUR athletes
on the USA Judo National Elite Athlete IJF Junior Roster, as
explained above, who are in attendance as of the close of
Trials registration at the 2006 Junior U.S. Open on July 28,
2006.
The method of competition will be a direct elimination of FOUR
persons, seeded according to the established USA Judo seeding
protocols. The winners of the Pool A and Pool B matches will
progress to the final match.
Pool A: #1 fights #4;
Pool B: #2 fights #3;
FINAL: winners of Pool A and Pool B fight
SELECTION OF ATHLETES AND ALTERNATES: If the #1 seed wins the
Trials, that person shall be the athlete selected in each
category of competition. If the #1 seed loses the Trials, the
#1 seed and the winner of the Trials shall then engage in one
"sudden death" contest. The winner of that fight off shall be
the athlete selected for that category of competition.
If the athlete selected, according to the above criteria,
declines for any reason, the person who is then ranked highest,
on the USA Judo National Elite Athlete IJF Junior Roster, at
the close of the 2006 Junior US Open, will be the athlete
selected. Subsequent declines will result in a progressive
movement down the roster, according to the same criteria.
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