The first day of black belt competition at the 2023 IBJJF European Championships has come to a close, meaning that the absolute finals, as well as the women's finals and the men's quarterfinals are set.

Kaynan Duarte and Rider Zuchi will face off in the men's absolute final tomorrow after each securing three victories this morning.

Duarte submitted all three of his opponents — including Mason Fowler in the semifinal. A victory for Duarte would earn him his second European title and his first ever IBJJF Absolute title at a major black belt tournament. He also walked into the final eight in the super heavyweight tournament with a bye in the first round.

Zuchi, Duarte's opponent, had a challenging road to Sunday. In the quarterfinal, he faced the ultra heavyweight Seif Houmine, earning a narrow victory over the daunting opponent. In the semi, he defeated Pedro Machado.

For the second year running, Gabi Pessanha and Thalyta Lima will square off in the women's absolute final at Euros. Pessanha is coming into the 2023 season off of a 2022 double grand slam, winning each of the four major titles in her weight category and the absolute.

Pessanha clinched her berth this year with submissions over Elisabeth Clay and Maria Malyjasiak, while Lima earned a submission over Luiza Monteiro.

Lima had a breakout 2022, hitting the final in several major tournaments. Like Pessanha, she has an opportunity to double gold tomorrow with back to back successes.

Here are the women's finals coming tomorrow:

• ROOSTERWEIGHT: Jessica Dantas vs. Thais Loureiro
• LIGHT FEATHERWIEGHT: Mayssa Bastos vs Brenda Larissa
• FEATHERWEIGHT: Ana Rodrigues vs Andreia Cavalcante
• LIGHTWEIGHT: Nathalie Ribeiro vs Luiza Monteiro
• MIDDLEWEIGHT: Vanessa Griffin vs Thalyta Lima
• MEDIUM HEAVYWEIGHT: Maria Malyjasiak vs Sabatha Lais
• HEAVYWEIGHT: Elizabeth Mitrovic vs Amanda de Oliveira
• SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT: Gabi Pessanha vs Claire France Thevenon

These are the men's quarterfinal matches scheduled for tomorrow:

• ROOSTERWEIGHT
  • Italo Bonfim vs Tadiyah Danforth
  • Thalison Soares (bye)
  • Frank Cespedes (bye)
  • Welerson Gonçalves (bye)
• LIGHT FEATHERWIEGHT
  • Leonardo Mario Pereira Junior vs Pablo Mantovani
  • Diego Pato vs Marko Tapani Oikarainen
  • Yuta Shimada vs Tomoyuki Hashimoto
  • Malachi Edmond vs Sebastian  Serpa
• FEATHERWEIGHT
  • Fabricio Andrey vs Israel De Sousa Alemida
  • Wilhiam Mateus Marques Da Silva vs Lucas Batista Rodrigues
  • Alexssandro Pinto Sodre vs Matheus Rodrigues De Lima
  • Keito Oyanagi vs Jun Yong Cho
• LIGHTWEIGHT
  • Max Leonard Lindblad vs. Elijah Amir Dorsey
  • Andy Tomas Murasaki Pereira vs. Leon Taffa Loic Larman
  • Natan Cheung Freitas vs. Marcelo Fausto De Abreu Montanagna
  • Luiz Felipe Dos Santos vs. Eduardo De Araujo Roque
• MIDDLEWEIGHT
  • Espen Mathiesen vs. Fausto Nahuel Godoy
  • Jakub Najdek vs. Pavel Kalesnik 
  • Vinicius Do Canto Martins (Alliance) vs. Lucas Andre Galvao Protasio
  • Tainan Dalpra Costa vs. Elder De Silveria Gomes Junior
• MEDIUM HEAVYWEIGHT
  • Matheus Spirandelli Souza vs. Jansen Gomes Ramos
  • Wellington Luis Sebastiao vs. Francisco De Assis Lemos Lo
  • Marcos Vinicius De O. Martins vs. Pedro Hugo Cadete 
  • Faris Dean Benlamkadem vs. Pedro Henrique Pinheiro Machado De Souza
• HEAVYWEIGHT: Elizabeth Mitrovic vs Amanda de Oliveira
  • Devhonte M. Johnson vs. Bruno Filipe Santos Lima
  • Fellipe Andrew Leandro Silva vs. Leandro Carlos Da Silva Santos
  • Adam Wardzinski vs. Filipe Pimentel Pinheiro
  • Rider Zuchi Samelo Do Amaral vs. Gabriel Henrique Dos Santos Oliveira
• SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT
  • Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro De Siqeira vs. Vinicius Liberati
  • Luis Fernando De Oliveira vs. Eric Jasper Bergmann
  • Thomas Bracher vs. Kaynan Casemiro Duarte
  • Steffen M. Banta vs. Harryson Santana Pereira
• ULTRA HEAVYWEIGHT
  • Tacio Carneiro Alves vs. Seif-Eddine Houmine
  • Mason Edward Fowler vs. Luiz Marcos M. Da C. Bonfim Junior
  • Pedro Jose Pessoa De Melo Bisneto vs. Kjetil Hope Lydvo
  • Wallace Costa Da Silveira vs. Cleyton Rafael Flores