How Alliance Returned To The Top And Won Best Team At 2019 IBJJF Worlds

After a two-year hiatus, Alliance returned to the top of the podium at the 2019 IBJJF World Championship.

Jun 5, 2019 by Michael Sears

How Alliance Returned To The Top And Won Best Team At 2019 IBJJF Worlds

After a two-year hiatus, Alliance returned to the top of the podium at the 2019 IBJJF World Championship. This was the 12th team title for Alliance in the men’s division at Worlds. They came back in a big way with 120 points, 35 points ahead of second place Atos.

It is commonly held that while black belt results are of course important, the team trophy is won and lost in the colored belts. Alliance earned the following points in each belt division

18 points blue belt
44 points at purple belt
29 points at brown belt
29 points at black belt

Top scorers

Erich Munis: 18 points, first place at purple open class and heavy

Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro: 12 points, first place brown super-heavy and third in open

Anderson Munis: 12 points, first place purple super-heavy and second in open (close out with his brother Erich)

Rui Alves: 12 points, first place blue open and second at medium-heavy

Four athletes tied with 9 points (Black belt Lucas Lepri, Nicholas Meregali; Brown belt Gabriel Oliveira; Purple belt Fabricio Andrey)

Dream Art Makes The Difference

The Isaque Bahiense run and Sao Paulo based Dream Art Project was the top scorer as an academy for Alliance, bringing in 45 points. This amounted to 37.5% of Alliance total team score.

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