Battle of Cities — Draw Ceremony

The Organizing Committee of the international team judo tournament announces the official online draw for the group stage of the competition. The ceremony will be broadcast live and will determine the composition of the eight groups in which the teams will begin their journey to the playoffs and the fight for the championship title.

Date and time of the broadcast: November 10 at 12:00

Broadcast platform: Official tournament channel fon.tv and social media

Draw format:

The draw is conducted in 4 rounds (Pots 1–4).

Restriction: no more than one team from the same federal district in any group (Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Novorossiya are counted as separate regions).

Each group must contain exactly one foreign team (Pot 1).

If a conflict by federal district occurs during the draw, the team is moved to the next available group to the right.

Pots 2 and 3 are separated depending on the Pot 2 draw (example: if NCFD Team 1 goes to Group A, NCFD Team 2 must be drawn into Groups E–H). Third-place teams are drawn randomly.

Round of 16 (M1–M8)

M1: Winner Group A (A1) — Runner-up Group B (B2)

M2: Winner Group C (C1) — Runner-up Group D (D2)

M3: Winner Group E (E1) — Runner-up Group F (F2)

M4: Winner Group G (G1) — Runner-up Group H (H2)

M5: Winner Group B (B1) — Runner-up Group A (A2)

M6: Winner Group D (D1) — Runner-up Group C (C2)

M7: Winner Group F (F1) — Runner-up Group E (E2)

M8: Winner Group H (H1) — Runner-up Group G (G2)

Quarter-finals

QF1: Winner M1 — Winner M2

QF2: Winner M3 — Winner M4

QF3: Winner M5 — Winner M6

QF4: Winner M7 — Winner M8

Semi-finals

SF1: Winner QF1 — Winner QF2

SF2: Winner QF3 — Winner QF4

Third-Place Match and Final

Third-Place Match: Losers of SF1 and SF2

Final: Winners of SF1 and SF2

Source: Russian Judo Federation