The Commonwealth Judo Championships are an international

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competition, open to countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. Inaugurated in 1986, the Championships are held on a biennial basis, and are recognised by the

Commonwealth Games Federation The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), currently known as Commonwealth Sport, is the international organisation responsible for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games, and is governing body of the ...

, and organised by the Commonwealth Judo Association. As Judo is an optional sport for the purposes of the Commonwealth Games, on the three occasions since 1986 that judo has been included in the Commonwealth Games programme, the Games judo tournament has doubled as the Commonwealth Judo Championships for that year; in 1990, 2002 and 2014. On these occasions, the host organising committee of the Games takes responsibility for organising the tournament on behalf of the CJA and CGF. From 2022, Judo will become a core sport in the Commonwealth Games schedule. The Championships have been staged in the following cities: * 1986 Edinburgh, Scotland * 1988

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, Northern Ireland * 1990

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, New Zealand. Part of the

1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1990 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Partic ...

* 1992 Cardiff, Wales * 1994

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* 1996

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, Mauritius * 1998 Edinburgh, Scotland * 2000 Stephenville, Canada * 2002 Manchester, England. Part of the

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* 2004

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, New Zealand * 2006

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, Northern Ireland * 2008 Vacoas, Mauritius * 2010 Singapore * 2012 Cardiff * 2014 Glasgow, Scotland. Part of the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

* 2016 Port Elizabeth, South Africa * 2018

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, India * 2019 Walsall, England * 2022

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, England. Part of the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England b ...

Derry 2006

The 2006 Commonwealth Judo Championships were held at the Templemore Sports Complex,

, Northern Ireland from 16 June to 18 June 2006. The twenty competing teams were from: # Australia # Canada # England # Ghana # India # Isle of Man # Jersey # Kenya #

# New Zealand # Nigeria # Northern Ireland # Pakistan # Scotland # Singapore # South Africa #

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# Uganda # Wales # Zambia

External links

Statistical analysis of the 2006 ChampionshipJudo at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, AucklandJudo at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Manchester

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