IBSA has released guidelines to ensure all stakeholders involved in judo can return to competitions following the COVID-19 pandemic safely and securely.

The IBSA Judo back to competition sport guidelines have been developed to support the safe return to IBSA Judo competition activities in response to the public health crisis caused by COVID-19. The guidelines are now available on this web site in Word and PDF versions. 

Guidelines are set out for all stakeholders including athletes, team staff, officials, volunteers and other staff including spectators (if permitted according to local regulations) involved in competitions to prevent COVID-19 infection. These countermeasures are also intended to support event organisers and, therefore, all IBSA Judo sanctioned competitions must be operated according to these guidelines.

For more information on the guidelines contact the IBSA Judo Sports Director at [email protected].

IBSA has already published similar guidelines for a safe return to competitions in Football, Goalball and Showdown, and is working on similar documents for other sports.

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