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ADCC World Championship Entries By Country: Which Nations Are Represented?

ADCC World Championship Entries By Country: Which Nations Are Represented?

Here's every country being represented at the 2026 ADCC World Championship in Krakow, Poland.

Sep 10, 2026 by Tobias Linkin
ADCC World Championship Entries By Country: Which Nations Are Represented?

The 2026 ADCC World Championships are from Sept. 12-13 in Krakow, Poland, and the submission wrestling competition features a deep field loaded with talent.

As BJJ and submission fighting grows in popularity, the amount of people coming to the sport continues to increase. 23 Countries will be represented at the 2026 ADCC Worlds. 

In 2024, Javier Zaruski made history as the first person from Uruguay to compete at ADCC Worlds. This year, the country is joined by Morocco and New Zealand as first-time representatives at the competition.

Here’s every fighter competing at ADCC Poland, sorted by their country.

Australia

  • Declan Moody (-99kg)
  • Nico Maglicic (-99kg)
  • Daniel Schuardt (-99kg)
  • Tito John Carle (+99kg)
  • Josh Saunders (+99kg)
  • Roberto Frias (-88kg)
  • Lucas Kanard (-88kg)
  • Nadia Frankland (-65kg)
  • Matilda Reid (+65kg)

Brazil

  • David Santos (-66kg)
  • Kaua Gabriel (-66kg)
  • Fabricio Andrey (-66kg)
  • Kennedy Maciel (-66kg)
  • Diego Pato (-66kg)
  • Felipe Machado (-66kg)
  • Julio Martins (-77kg)
  • Alexandre de Jesus (-77kg)
  • Vagner Rocha (-77kg)
  • Gustavo Batista (-88kg)
  • Gabriel Brod (-88kg)
  • Pedro Marinho (-88kg)
  • Matheus Diniz (-88kg)
  • Felipe Costa (-88kg)
  • Kaynan Duarte (-99kg)
  • Achilles Rocha (-99kg)
  • Eli Braz (-99kg)
  • Vinicius Lessa (-99kg)
  • Cyborg Abreu (-99kg)
  • Patrick Gaudio (-99kg)
  • Felipe Pena (+99kg)
  • Roosevelt Sousa (+99kg)
  • Pedro Lucas (+99kg)
  • Victor Hugo (+99kg)
  • Mayssa Bastos (-55kg)
  • Ana Rodrigues (-55kg)
  • Ana Carolina Vieira (-65kg)
  • Livia Barasine (-65kg)
  • Sarah Galvao (-65kg)
  • Yara Soares (+65kg)
  • Gabi Pessanha (+65kg)

Canada

  • Gavin Corbe (-66kg)
  • Dante Leon (-77kg)
  • Oliver Taza (-77kg)
  • Brandon Reed (+99kg)
  • Francis Pana (+99kg)

Finland

  • Santeri Lillius (-88kg)
  • Heikki Jussila (+99kg)

Germany

  • Janette Gloger (-55kg)

Ghana

  • Haisam Rida (+99kg)

Iran

  • Pouya Rahmani (+99kg)

Japan

  • Ryoma Anraku (-66kg)
  • Kanae Ikeda (-55kg)

Kazakhstan

  • Bekzat Kapashov (-66kg)

Morocco

  • Faris Ben-Lamkadem (-88kg)

New Zealand

  • Kaya Rudolph (-77kg)
  • Belal Etiabari (+99kg)

Norway

  • Tommy Langaker (-77kg)
  • Ane Svendsen (-65kg)

Peru

  • Franco Diaz (-88kg)

Poland

  • Nikodem Mikuliszyn (-66kg)
  • Jakub Wiklacz (-66kg)
  • Mateusz Gamrot (-77kg)
  • Mateusz Szczeciński (-77kg)
  • Pawel Jaworski (-88kg)
  • Adam Wardziński (-99kg)
  • Marcin Maciulewicz (-99kg)

Russia

  • Magomed Dhzarbaev (-77kg)
  • Nikolay Vetrov (-77kg)
  • Ruslan Abdulaev (+99kg)

Scotland

  • Mark MacQueen (+99kg)

South Africa

  • Jozef Chen (-88kg)
  • Luke Griffith (-99kg)

Spain

  • Ana Mayordomo (-55kg)

Sweden

  • Marlon Tajik (-88kg)

Turkey

  • Yigit Hanay (-66kg)

United Kingdom

  • Owen Jones (-66kg)
  • Taylor Pearman (-77kg)
  • Eoghan O’Flanaghan (-99kg)
  • Injana Goodman (-65kg)
  • Anabel Lopez (+65kg)
  • Nia Blackman (+65kg)

United States of America

  • Dorian Olivarez (-66kg)
  • Gianni Grippo (-66kg)
  • Dominic Mejia (-66kg)
  • Jacob Bornemann (-77kg)
  • Michael Sainz (-77kg)
  • PJ Barch (-77kg)
  • Elijah Dorsey (-77kg)
  • Jon Blank (-88kg)
  • Nathan Haddad (-88kg)
  • Chris Wojcik (-88kg)
  • Michael Pixley (-99kg)
  • Steffen Banta (-99kg)
  • Nick Hartman (+99kg)
  • Daniel Manasoiu (+99kg)
  • Sheliah Lindsey (-55kg)
  • Jasmine Rocha (-55kg)
  • Valerie Hamilton (-55kg)
  • Mo Black (-65kg)
  • Joslyn Molina (-65kg)
  • Paige Ivette Clymer (+65kg)
  • Helena Crevar (+65kg)
  • Elizabeth Mitrovic (+65kg)

Uruguay

  • Javier Zaruski (-99kg)

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