Jiu-Jitsu World Championship:
The greatest hope for this 12th edition of the championship is that the International Federation of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (IBJJF) will manage to, with the change of scenery, maintain of the celebrated championship’s magic. The chosen stage, the eye-catching pyramid of Long Beach, carries reminders of its time as the venue of ADCC 2005, helps.
This will be the closest World Championship in relation to the division of athletes by country, since Brazil, notably the strongest force in the modality, will not enter with the greatest number of athletes. That is what analysis of the sign-up report up till the end of July indicates (see report below).
Service: the competition is open. Those that have not signed up yet may do so online, through the IBJJF site (http://www.ibjjf.org/mundial2007registration.htm ).
Table: Report on competitors per country, of the 644 athletes to sign up by August 3rd:
US 466
Brazil 59
Japan 59
Canada 11
United Kingdom 10
Norway 5
Italy 4
Finland 5
Switzerland 3
Australia 3
Dominican Republic 3
France 2
Sweden 4
Ecuador 1
South Korea 1
Serbia 1
Peru 1
Poland 1
Portugal 1
Jamaica 1
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