Current 2015 list for the Team Ranking for the year:
Tournaments currently accounted in the ranking:
2014 Nationals (USA) – 2015 All Americas (USA) – 2015 Lone Star (USA) – 2015 Grand Canyon (USA)
2015 Rio Challenge (BR) – 2015 Brasil Open (BR) – 2015 LA Open (USA) – 2015 Pan-American (BR)
2015 North American (USA) – 2015 Lisboa Open (Portugal)
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:
This list provides the current Top 50 Teams and Academies
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.