Every Athlete Invited To ADCC World Championship 2026
The road to Krakou, Poland has begun and the field for the 2026 ADCC World Championships is taking shape. We put together this list as a way for fans of the sport to follow who is in for the biggest grappling event of the year as it now returns to Europe for the first time in nearly a decade. ADCC 2026 will feature five male divisions with 16 athletes each, and three female divisions with eight athletes each.
Learn More About The ADCC World Championships What's Streaming On FloGrappling? Take A Look At The Schedule Here's What Happened At The 2024 ADCC World Championships Not just anyone can qualify for ADCC. Only the best of the best are invited based off of two criterium.
Half of the athletes in each division are invited based on previous performances at ADCC, ADCC-affiliated events, or an established reputation as a top of the world grappling athlete. The remaining athletes must qualify via the grueling ADCC Trials process. ADCC holds eight trials events across the globe, where citizens in four separate regions can test themselves against the best submission grapplers in their categories.
The trials regions are: North America South America Europe, Africa & The Middle East Asia & Oceania *The winner of each male division for each trials will immediately qualify for ADCC. The winner in the female divisions in the second trials in each region will qualify for ADCC Kaynan vs. Who?
Super Fight Questions What's customary in ADCC is that the reigning super fight champion take on whoever wins the absolute at the next event. The issue here is that the champion Gordon Ryan has retired from the sport and that leaves Kaynan Duarte without a clear opponent. There will certainly be a super fight, and Kaynan's participation is locked (unless he for some reason declines) but the organization will now have some leeway to determine what makes for the best match.
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