The Team Ranking numbers for teams and academies is based off of an accumulation of points annually from SJJIF sanctioned tournaments around the world.
Points for tournaments will be calculated based on the number of competitors for that specific event per each Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal.
The Top 3 academies in Gi & Top 3 academies in NoGi for each Adults and Kids Teams will receive a Team of the Year Awards at the SJJIF Worlds Tournament at the end of the year. Team of the Year Recipients
The point structure is as follows:
The mission of the SJJIF is to unify and organize existing Sport Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Jiu-Jitsu national and/or territorial federations that share the vision of reaching Olympic greatness while preserving the unique history, culture, philosophy, and lineage of our sport.
The SJJIF believes that together, the SJJIF with its National Federations and members, will continue to develop the growing network of likeminded members who envision greater opportunities for our athletes and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu as we believe that our athletes deserve an equal right to Olympic greatness!
Together, we will prove that we are a stand-alone sport and gain recognition and admittance into the Olympic program as a competition event of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Deaflympics and in all other games of the Olympic cycle.