Cadet World Championships (August 27-31, 2025 - Sofia, Bulgaria)
Junior World Championships (TBC)
Updated as of December 12, 2024
A total of 10 male and 10 female athletes will represent USA Judo at the 2025 Cadet World Championships.
A total of 9 male and 9 female athletes will represent USA Judo at the 2025 Junior World Championships.
The Cadet and IJF Junior Gold Medalists in each division from the 2025 USA Judo Junior Olympic National Championships will be offered the direct qualifier spot in their division.
The silver medalists in each division will become the first alternates.
The third-place athletes in each division will become the second alternates.
The fourth-place athletes in each division will become the third alternates.
The teams (Cadet World and Junior World) will each also include two male and two female wild cards for both the Cadet and IJF-Junior ages (4 wild cards for the Cadet World team and 4 wild cards for the Junior World team), if applicable. These wild cards will be the two male and two female athletes not directly named to the team via direct qualification with the most points on both the USA Judo National Cadet and IJF Junior rosters as of end of day June 21, 2025 (the rosters will only include points from the national competition). It is not possible to combine points from multiple divisions. In no case can any country have more than two athletes in one division.
To qualify as a wild card athlete, it is not mandatory to compete at the 2025 USA Judo Junior Olympic National Championships.
To qualify as a wild card athlete, one must have at least 12 points on the USA Judo National Cadet and IJF Junior rosters as of end of day June 21, 2025.
The wild card members cannot be in the same division.
If the PJC or IJF changes the number of athletes that can participate in these tournaments, then USA Judo reserves the right to adjust the criteria.