The IBJJF Euros 2026 represent the first major BJJ gi tournament of the vaunted IBJJF Grand Slam. 

Taking place in Lisbon, Portugal this year, the 2026 European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship will bring athletes from across Europe and the world as the 2026 campaign begins. 

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Among the athletes participating at this year's Euros, are Diego Pato, Mayssa Bastos, Gabi Pessanha, Tainan Dalpra, Cole Abate, Erich Munis, along with a deep field of elite black belts looking to set the tone for the rest of the season.

With world titles, Grand Slam points, and early momentum on the line, Euros often serves as the first real measuring stick of the year.

Below is the full list of every black-belt competitor scheduled to appear at the European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2026.

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Every Black Belt Competing At IBJJF Euros 2026

Adult / Male / Rooster (57.50kg)

• Frank Cespedes (Alliance)
• Michael Jalen B. Fonacier (Alliance)
• Kai Takasugi (Alma Fight Gym Homies)
• Yuri da Silva Campos (Brothers Club)
• Lucas Feitosa Pereira Bosshard (Carlson Gracie Team)
• Shay Ananda Montague (ECJJA)
• Samuel David Marquez (Fabio Santos BJJ)
• Tadiyah William Danforth (Foundry BJJ)
• Roger Rodrigues da Silva (Humbling Jiu-Jitsu Club)
• Welison Nascimento Fernandes (Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu)
• Koji Shibamoto (Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy)

Adult / Male / Light-Feather (64.00kg)

• Carlos José Luiz Junior (Alliance)
• Diego Oliveira Batista (AOJ)
• Gustavo Umeoka Ogawa (AOJ)
• Jefferson Veloso Fagundes (AOJ - BR)
• Keven Carrasco (Ares BJJ)
• Shoya Ishiguro (Arta)
• Sueru Okaizumi (Arta)
• Leonardo Freitas Piratininga Neves (GF Team)
• Roiter Lima Silva Junior (Gracie Barra)
• Mourece Noah Ramirez (Marcio Andre Jiu-Jitsu)
• Bernardo Mastrangelo C. de Albuquerque (Nova União)
• Matheus D. C. M. Fonseca (RMNU Team)
• Anderson Delfino Duarte Júnior (Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu)
• Malachi James C. Edmond (Team Lloyd Irvin)
• Paris Peirce (Unity Jiu-jitsu)
• Andrew Soares dos Santos (Vision)
• Seokhyeon Seo (Wire Jiu-Jitsu)

Adult / Male / Feather (70.00kg)

• Kennedy Leonardo N Maciel (Alliance)
• Ramiro Campos Meirelles (Alliance)
• Cole Anthony Abate (AOJ)
• Danilo Hamazaki (Arta)
• Issa Chmaissani (Atos Jiu-Jitsu)
• Matheus Silva Santos (Brazilian Power Team International)
• Seiya Fukushima (Carpe Diem Ashiya)
• Giuliano Francesco Spera (Cicero Costha Internacional)
• Florian Bayili (Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
• Tiago Macedo de Carvalho (Gracie Barra)
• Zhuo Wei Lim (Nova União)
• Thiago Munoz Ortiz (Ortiz Martial Arts Academy)
• Brian Daniel Mahecha (Outer Heaven)
• Sebastian Ernesto Serpa (Outer Heaven)
• Jeferson Bruno Mendes de Medeiros (Start Doing)
• Márcio Ferreira Cruz (Start Doing)
• SeongHyeon Joo (Team Roots Korea)
• Jihwan Park (Wire Jiu-Jitsu)
• Jun Yong Cho (Wire Jiu-Jitsu)
• Vladislav Safonov (ZR Team Association)

Adult / Male / Light (76.00kg)

• Rômulo Elizeu Rocha Diniz (Alliance)
• Mateo Cardona (AOJ)
• Sandrey Henrique da Silva de Paula (Ares BJJ)
• Gonçalo Alexandre Coelho Pereira (Brazilian Power Team International)
• Sean Donal Whyte (Carlson Gracie Team)
• William James Wilson (Carlson Gracie Team)
• Jackson Nagai Hatchwell Junior (CheckMat)
• Lucas Andre Galvão Protasio (CheckMat)
• Feidias Theodosiou (Checkmat Europa)
• Karl Joakim Pegers (CheckMat International)
• Rodrigo Gabriel Silva Mariani (CheckMat International)
• Vitor Hugo dos Santos Sotini (Cicero Costha Internacional)
• Léon Taffa Loic Larman (Focus Jiu-Jitsu)
• Saul Sanchez Arias (Focus Jiu-Jitsu)
• Egocero Fidel Cabanga (Gracie Barra)
• Ethan Roy Major (Jiu-Jitsu For Life Team)
• Leandro Lima de Souza (Lotus Club)
• Gabriel Grijo Olinto (Nova União)
• Kevin Javier Mahecha (Outer Heaven)
• Eduardo de Araujo Roque (Renzo Gracie)
• Pedro Henrique Maia Costa (Six Blades Jiu-Jitsu)
• Lucas Maquiné Silva (Target Team)
• Jaeyoung Lee (Wire Jiu-Jitsu)
• Guilherme Guimaraes Borges Olimpio Rocha (ZR Team Association)

Adult / Male / Middle (82.30kg)

• Tainan Dalpra Costa (AOJ)
• Ahmed Laaribi (Atos Jiu-Jitsu)
• Pablo de Oliveira Custódia (Carlson Gracie Team)
• José Matheus Macedo de Lira Luna (CheckMat)
• Matheus Barreto Rangel (CheckMat)
• Adriano Pereira de Araújo (CT Simas BJJ)
• José Steve Nduazulu Ndilu (DreamArt)
• Gabriel Ávila Queiroz Machado (Equipe Hugo Velasco Jiu-Jitsu)
• João Victor Venturi M. C. de Melo (GF Team)
• Hugo Alonso Le Metour (Humbling Jiu-Jitsu Club)
• Michael Robert Francis-Sheehan (Jiu-Jitsu For Life Team)
• Yuri Gabriel Rodrigues (Nova União)
• Oscar Gugala (Roger Gracie Academy)
• John A Sheridan (Satori BJJ)
• Lucas Rautte Keller Silva Bernert (Start Doing)

Adult / Male / Medium-Heavy (88.30kg)

• Dimitrios Saltsidis Konstantinos (Adamas Jiu-Jitsu)
• Francisco Eduardo Alves Costa (Alliance)
• Luiz Felipe Assis dos Santos (Alliance)
• Connor Gray Waddell (Carlson Gracie Team)
• Uanderson Ferreira de Oliveira (Carlson Gracie Team)
• Xavier Nathanial Silva (Carpe Diem Machida)
• Joss Roger Ayres (CheckMat)
• Pedro Henrique Segura Veras (Cicero Costha Internacional)
• Jonatham Gabriel da Silva (CT Simas BJJ)
• Juan de Almeida Oliveira (Double Five Vila Da Feira)
• Shane L. Fishman (ECJJA)
• Tarik Hopstock (Frontline Academy)
• Sebastian Andres Guevara Lamparelli (GF Team)
• Pedro Hugo Cadete (Icon Jiu-Jitsu Team)
• Mikael Rhaillander Teixeira de Arruda (LGC-Luton Grappling Club)
• Grant Yuki Bogdanove (Life Jiu-Jitsu Academy)
• London Amil Horn (Marcio Andre Jiu-Jitsu)
• Luiz Victor Gregoriano Pinto Maxnuk (Marcio Andre Jiu-Jitsu)
• Magd Ryan (Nxtgen Jiu-Jitsu)
• Clay Landon Mayfield (Pedigo Submission Fighting)
• Lucas Moraes Serrado (Raiz Jiu-Jitsu)
• Szilard Sule (Sigma Jiu-Jitsu)
• João Gabriel Galvão da Silva (Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu)

Adult / Male / Heavy (94.30kg)

• Gustavo Henrique Oliveira dos Santos (Alliance)
• Leonardo Silveira Ferreira (Alliance)
• Mateus Rodrigues de Souza (AOJ)
• Matheus Vetoraci de Menezes (Blvckout Grappling)
• Igor Tanabe Guimarães (Brasa CTA)
• Nolan Patrick Braga Stuart (Brea Jiu-Jitsu)
• Caio Viturino de Mendonça (CheckMat)
• Davi Vetoraci de Menezes (Focus Jiu-Jitsu)
• Lucas Norat Lopes (Gracie Barra)
• João Victor Ovando Viera (Otávio de Almeida)
• Beinn Lorne Campbell (SBG Drayton Valley)
• Jesse Benjami Vuorio (Sigma Jiu-Jitsu)
• Alessandro Speziali (Stance)
• Wesley Felix Oliveira da Silva (Vision)

Adult / Male / Super-Heavy (100.50kg)

• Vladimir Blium (Alliance)
• Harryson Santana Pereira (Ataque Duplo)
• Kalum John Klausner (Atos Jiu-Jitsu)
• Tanaka Taisei (Carpe Diem Jiyugaoka)
• Telmo Lucileno Ferreira Castro (Fight Nation Portugal)
• Marcos Carrozzino (GF Team)
• Eric Jasper Bergmann (Gracie Barra)
• Pablo Campos Raimundo (Jiu-Jitsu For Life Team)
• Caio Pinheiro Gonçalves (Lotus Club)
• Krom Tsuyoshi Shimizu Cunha (Lotus Club)
• Harry William Loseby (Roger Gracie Academy)
• Erich Munis dos Santos (Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu)
• Gabriel de Sousa Ribeiro (Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu)
• Vinicius Liberati (Soldiers Jiu-Jitsu B)

Adult / Male / Ultra-Heavy

• Kjetil Hope Lydvo (CheckMat)
• Patryk Wysocki (CheckMat)
• Roosevelt Pereira Lima de Sousa (Fight Sports)
• Pedro Alex dos Santos Pimenta (GF Team)
• Seif-Eddine Houmine (GF Team)
• Abraham J. Marte Messina (GF Team International)
• Anderson Kauan Gomes Marinho (Infight JJ)
• Hygor Brito da Silva (Lotus Club)
• Pedro Lucas Soares Ribeiro (Michel Safi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu School)
• Jose Silva Cardoso Filho (Nabil Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
• Mahir Zuka (NS Brotherhood International)
• Bruno de Souza Zimmermann (Start Doing)
• Cleyton Rafael Silva Flores (Team Cruz BJJ)
• Nicklas Christopher Vinso Hartman (Zenith BJJ)

Adult / Female / Rooster (48.50kg)

• Mayssa Caldas Pereira Bastos (AOJ)
• Diana Thais de Souza Teixeira (Atos Jiu-Jitsu)
• Thaís Loureiro Felipe (Atos Jiu-Jitsu)
• Mariana Cabral Rolszt (Gracie Humaita South Bay)
• Mara Ananda Kelly (Limerick BJJ Academy)
• Camila Caroline dos Santos Reis (Lotus Club)
• Jessica Caroline Coelho Dantas (Pax Jiu-Jitsu Academy)
• Gabrielle Kari Etzel (Upper Twelve Jiu-Jitsu)

Adult / Female / Light-Feather (53.50kg)

• Ashlee Funegra (AOJ)
• Mia Funegra (AOJ)
• Andressa Nogueira Tolentino Guirau (Barreto)
• Josefine Beatrice Modig (CheckMat)
• Rose-Marie El Sharouni (CheckMat)
• Anabelle Pereira Dominico (Gracie Barra)
• Yasmyn Castro (Marcio Andre Jiu-Jitsu)
• Naiomi Anaiansi Matthews Martín (Team Ganbaru)
• Eonju Im (Tri-Force Jiu-Jitsu Academy)

Adult / Female / Feather (58.50kg)

• Larissa Campos Carvalho (AOJ)
• Lauren Hanako Sognefest (AOJ)
• Astrid Agneta C. Scholin (CheckMat)
• Laurie de Oliveira Rocha (Cicero Costha Internacional)
• Mikaele Damaceno (Cicero Costha Internacional)
• Thaynara Victoria Soares da Silva (DreamArt)
• Paraskevi Roustani (Encourage Jiu-Jitsu)
• Nathalie Touson Gomes (Everaldo Penco Jiu-Jitsu (EPJJ))
• Yasmin Belmiro Pessanha (Família André Marola Portugal)
• Keanna Carolyn Klay (Gracie Barra)
• Giovanah Oliveira da Silva (JFC Almeida JJ)
• Maria Luiza Nunes Pinto (JFC Almeida JJ)
• Cassia Moura Remesar (LEAD BJJ)
• Ana Vitória Pantoja F. de Souza (Pax Jiu-Jitsu Academy)
• Abbie Marie O'toole (Roger Gracie Academy)
• Emilia Nastazja Pakulski (Unity Jiu-jitsu)

Adult / Female / Light (64.00kg)

• Sarah C. Firme Galvao (Atos Jiu-Jitsu)
• Tamara Toros (Atos Jiu-Jitsu)
• Vitória Ariadne Cabral Nunes (Castro Team)
• Zara Di Tofano (ECJJA)
• Beatrice Z Jin (Kogaion Academy)
• Patricia Alvares Pacheco (Maromba Academia)
• Randryely da Silva Souza (Vision)

Adult / Female / Middle (69.00kg)

• Lillian Jane Marchand (Atos Jiu-Jitsu)
• Vitoria Gabriella Nogueira dos Reis (Castro Team)
• Lina Lettie Grosset (Cercle Tissier)
• Lívia Dutra Rhodes (CheckMat)
• Stéphanie Caroline Delphine Faure (CheckMat)
• Larissa Martins dos Santos (DreamArt)
• Amanda Pamela Nicole Schurtz (ECJJA)
• Kamilla Kelly de Souza (Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)

Adult / Female / Medium-Heavy (74.00kg)

• Luana Sousa Soares (Alliance)
• Maria Carolina Barón Vicentini (AOJ)
• Laura Liwia Sieradzan (CheckMat)
• Gabriela de Miranda Barroso (Double Five Tijuca)
• Denise Krahn (Hilti BJJ IMAG Berlin)
• Ingridd Alves de Sousa (Melqui Galvão Jiu-Jitsu)
• Olivia Evelyn Schauer (Tony Passos Jiu-Jitsu)

Adult / Female / Heavy (79.30kg)

• Magdalena Zofia Loska (Brasa CTA)
• Anabel Lopez Beard (CheckMat)
• Yara Soares do Nascimento (Fratres Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu)
• Natacha Amanda Ribeiro da Silva (Gracie Barra)
• Sara Maria Lehto (Hilti Nokia)
• Isabely Sanches Ribeiro (Lotus Club)

Adult / Female / Super-Heavy

• Simone de Abreu Pinheiro (CheckMat)
• Bridgett G Brumbaugh (Guigo JJ Texas)
• Gabrieli Pessanha de Souza Marinho (Infight JJ)
• Marina Carraro Penedo (JFC Almeida JJ)

IBJJF Euros 2026 Schedule

See the full, updated schedule for the European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship at BJJ Compsystem. 

Thursday, Jan. 15

• Blue / Men 4:30 a.m.–9:45 a.m.
• White / Men 9:24 a.m.–12:47 p.m.
• Blue / Women 4:30 a.m.–8:51 a.m.
• White / Women 10:20 a.m.–12:19 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 16

• Blue / Men 4:30 a.m.–5:40 a.m.
• Purple / Men 5:26 a.m.–12:18 p.m.
• Purple / Women 7:39 a.m.–12:52 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 17

• Black / Men 4:30 a.m.–6:46 a.m.
• Brown / Men 7:55 a.m.–12:28 p.m.
• Black / Women 6:30 a.m.–9:46 a.m.
• Brown / Women 9:52 a.m.–12:44 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 18

• Black / Men 4:30 a.m.–11:44 a.m.
• Brown / Men 10:41 a.m.–12:19 p.m.
• Black / Women 7:04 a.m.–10:13 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 19 

• Adults White / Men 6:57 a.m.–11:51 a.m.
• Adults White / Women 10:19 a.m.–12:19 p.m.
• Purple / Men 4:30 a.m.–4:58 a.m.
• Brown / Men 4:44 a.m.–6:50 a.m.
• Purple / Women 4:30 a.m.–4:37 a.m.
• Brown / Women 4:51 a.m.–6:29 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 20 (ET)

• Adults Blue / Men 5:26 a.m.–11:50 a.m.
• Adults Blue / Women 4:30 a.m.–10:06 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 21

• Adults Blue / Men 4:30 a.m.–6:16 a.m.
• Adults Purple / Men 7:06 a.m.–10:06 a.m.
• Adults Purple / Women 4:30 a.m.–10:49 a.m.

Thursday, Jan. 22

• Juvenile 1 Blue / Boys 9:40 a.m.–11:04 a.m.
• Juvenile 1 Blue / Girls 10:12 a.m.–11:18 a.m.
• Adults Brown / Men 4:30 a.m.–8:21 a.m.
• Adults Purple / Men 5:30 a.m.–7:11 a.m.
• Adults Brown / Women 8:20 a.m.–9:56 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 23

• Juvenile 2 Blue / Boys 4:30 a.m.–6:01 a.m.
• Juvenile 2 White / Boys 7:18 a.m.–9:24 a.m.
• Juvenile 2 Purple / Boys 9:38 a.m.
• Juvenile 2 Blue / Girls 5:47 a.m.–7:04 a.m.
• Adults Black / Men 6:02 a.m.–9:50 a.m.
• Adults Black / Women 6:02 a.m.–10:26 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 24

• Juvenile Blue / Boys 4:30 a.m.–6:50 a.m.
• Adults Black / Men 4:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.
• Adults Black / Women 9:54 a.m.–11:18 a.m.

What Are The Belt-Based Categories At IBJJF Euros?

The European IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship 2026 will feature the following belt-based competitions: 

• White
• Blue
• Purple
• Brown
• Black

What Are The Weight Divisions At IBJJF Euros?

From lightest to heaviest:

• Rooster
• Light Feather
• Feather
• Light
• Middle
• Medium Heavy
• Heavy
• Super Heavy 
• Ultra Heavy
• Open Class/Absolute

Have You Heard Of The IBJJF Grand Slam?

The IBJJF Grand Slam is a collection of four major gi tournaments throughout the season. 

Here’s the schedule for those events:

• The European Championship – Jan. 15-24
• The Pan Championships – March 24-29
• The Brazilian National Championships – April 24-May 3
• The World Championships – TBA

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