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Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Finnish Open 2012 April 14th to 15th in Helsinki, Finland.
Champions of blue belt and elite weight categories win a flight ticket to IBJJF Mundials 2012!

Invitation for Fighters

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Finnish Open 2012

TIME AND LOCATION
April 14th to 15th, 2012

Pasilan urheiluhalli
Radiokatu 22
00240 Helsinki
Finland


ORGANIZATION

Finnish Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation
http://www.bjjliitto.fi


CATEGORIES

White belts:
Male: -64, -70, -76, -82.3, -88.3, -94.3, -100.5, 100.5+ kg and absolute category
Female: -58.5, -69, 69+ kg

Blue belts:
Male: -64, -70, -76, -82.3, -88.3, -94.3, -100.5, 100.5+ kg and absolute category
Female: -58.5, -69, 69+ kg

Elite (purple, brown and black belts):
Male: -64, -70, -76, -82.3, -88.3, -94.3, -100.5, 100.5+ kg and absolute category
Female: absolute category

FBJJF supports the gold medalists of all blue belt and elite weight classes (20 total) with plane tickets to BJJ Mundial 2012. Male blue belt and elite absolute categories are not included. FBJJF support is for the individual athlete and the ticket may not be transferred or sold.

All medalists in male weight categories are eligible to register for the absolute category. Only weight category registration is available prior to the competition.

Weigh-in will be with the kimono right before the first fight. If a fighter does not make the weight, he/she will be disqualified.

Allowed kimono colors are white, blue and black. The jacket and the pants must be of the same color. Allowed patch locations can be found on the IBJJF website.


RULES
IBJJF official rules at http://www.ibjjf.org/rules.htm.
Elite categories will be fought under purple belt rules.


FIGHT TIME
White Belts: 5 min
Blue Belts: 6 min
Elite (purple, brown and black belts): 7min


PARTICIPATION FEE AND ENROLLMENT
Participation fee is 50€/competitor paid in advance to the account below.

Suomen brasilialaisen jujutsun liitto
ÅLANDSBANKEN IBAN: FI25 6601 0003 2870 34
BIC: AABAFI22

Fees must be paid before the last enrollment day on April 6th, 2012.

For Finns: Osallistumismaksussa tulee käyttää henkilökohtaista viitenumeroa, joka löytyy jäsentiedoista sivulta http://www.bjjliitto.fi/jasentili.php

International payments: Message in the bill must be the fighters name, academy and fight category.

If the academy pays for all their competitors they can send the list of the paid competitors to info@bjjliitto.fi.


INSURANCE
Competition organizer does NOT insure the fighters.

For Finns: Kaikilla kilpailuihin osallistuvilla suomalaisilla tulee olla SBJJL:n kilpailijalisenssi vuodelle 2012.


SPECTATORS
Spectator fee is 10€/day.


ACCOMMODATION

Scandic Continental Helsinki offers discounted prices for 1-person, 2-person and 3-person rooms for BJJ Finnish Open 2012. The rooms can be booked with the booking code BJJF120413 on http://www.scandichotels.com/.

FOR OTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tommy Malmberg
+358 40 515 8655

Tuukka Saranpää
+358 50 353 9378

info@bjjliitto.fi

Schedule

Fights start at 10AM both days.
You can check your fight numbers when the brackets will be published on this page in Thursday.

Saturday

Blue Belt Male Weight Categories
Elite Male Weight Categories
White Belt Female Weight Categories


Sunday

White Belt Male Weight Categories
Blue Belt Female Weight Categories
Elite Female Absolute Category
White Belt Male Absolute Category
Blue Belt Male Absolute Category
Elite Male Absolute Category


Scandic Continental Helsinki offers discounted prices for 1-person, 2-person and 3-person rooms for BJJ Finnish Open 2012. The rooms can be booked with the booking code BJJF120413 on http://www.scandichotels.com/.

Tickets

No tickets

Brackets

Men White Belts

Men Blue Belts

Men Elite

Women White Belts

Women Blue Belts

Women Elite

Participants

Men White Belts

Men Blue Belts

Men Elite

Women White Belts

Women Blue Belts

Women Elite