Copa Virginia - 2019

Are you looking for a tournament that runs on time and offers cash prizes? Copa Virginia - 2019 is the tournament for you!

Copa Virginia will be running Gi, No Gi (Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced), Men's and Women's divisions. 

All Black Belts compete for FREE in Gi divisions. Please contact us to register.

There will be NO spectator fees.

This is an all ages tournament (6 years old and over).

Cash Prizes for 1st Place: 

$400 for Men's Adult Advanced No Gi Absolute 

$300 for Men's Adult Purple Belt Absolute

$250 for Men's Adult Blue Belt Absolute

The Gi part of the event will be under IBJJF rules and weight divisions. To view them click here. Please note that athletes need to make weight with their Gi on. To sign-up for the absolute Gi division you will need to be registered in a Gi weight class division first.  

We will have both Gi Adult and Gi Master (30+) age divisions.

Time limits for matches in the Gi (Men & Women 18 years old and over):

Adult - White Belt - 5min; Master - White Belt - 5min

Adult - Blue Belt - 6min; Master - Blue Belt - 5min

Adult - Purple Belt - 7min; Master - Purple Belt - 6min

Adult - Brown Belt - 8min; Master - Brown Belt - 6min

Adult - Black Belt - 10min; Master - Black Belt - 6min                           

IBJJF Gi Weight Divisions (18 years old and over):

Rooster: Men - up to 127 lbs; Women - up to 107 lbs

Light Feather: Men - up to 141.5 lbs; Women - up to 118 lbs

Feather: Men - up to 154.5 lbs; Women – up to 129 lbs

Light: Men - up to 168 lbs; Women - up to 141.5 lbs

Middle: Men - up to 181.5 lbs; Women - up to 152.5 lbs

Medium Heavy: Men - up to 195 lbs; Women - up to 163.5 lbs

Heavy: Men - up to 208 lbs; Women - up to 175 lbs

Super Heavy: Men - up to 222 lbs; Women - No maximum weight

Ultra Heavy: Men - No maximum weight

There will be two weight divisions for Men's Beginner and Intermediate No Gi  (170lbs and under - 170lbs and over). There will be only one Men's Advanced No Gi Adult division - Absolute. At this time we will not have any Women's No Gi Divisions. Beginner and Intermediate No Gi Rules will be under under IBJJF No Gi rules for blue belts (i.e. the straight ankle lock will be the only leg lock allowed at Beginner and Intermediate No Gi). The Beginner No Gi divisions is intended for white belts in BJJ as wells as athletes with very little grappling experience. The Intermediate No Gi Divisions is intended for blue belts in BJJ as well as athletes with a few years of grappling experience. Advanced No Gi Absolute matches will be under IBJJF No Gi rules with the following exceptions: a) all leg locks will be allowed (including heel hooks/knee reaping), b) scissor take-downs will be allowed, and c) neck/face cranks and spine manipulations will be allowed as well. Due to the rule set for Advanced No Gi, we recommend participants with multi-year experience in submission grappling (senior blue belts and above). However, no official IBJJF ranking (i.e. having been awarded a colored belt) is required to participate, as long as the athlete has the necessary experience stated above. 

Time limits for all Beginner No Gi Matches will be 5 minutes.

Time limits for all Intermediate No Gi Matches will be 6 minutes.

Time limits for all Advanced No Gi matches will be 7 minutes. 

Depending on athlete turnout, Copa Virginia reserves the right to combine Gi weight and age (Adult and Master) divisions.   

Regular registration (last day 17 Feb): $75 per Gi weight or No Gi divisions; additional $25 to enter a Gi absolute division (please note that in order to sign up for any Gi absolute division you will need to be registered in a Gi weight division first) for 18 years old and over participants.

Late registration (last day 28 Feb): $85 per Gi weight or No Gi divisions; additional $30 to enter to enter a Gi absolute division.

In order to ensure a smooth running tournament all competitors must pre-register. There will be no same-day registrations. Last day/time to register (and/or edit your registration) is Thursday 28 February, 11:59pm.

Please note that all athletes registered for Gi divisions will be weighed with their Gi on before their first match or at the beginning of the tournament (per IBJJF rules and regulations). Athletes registered for No Gi (Beginner and Intermediate only) will be weighed as well. You will have 2 tries to make weight, if you do not make weight you will be disqualified (you will only be allowed to compete in the Gi Absolute if you have already register for it). You can change your weight division (or do any edits to your registration) up until Thursday 28 February 11:59pm. Please make sure you make the weight for the division you registered. There will be no refunds.

You do not need to sign up for a Gi division if you only wish to compete in No Gi and vice versa.

During the day of the event all competitors can monitor their fight times and monitor the tournament's progress, to include results, on their cell phones/mobile devices via their Smoothcomp account/registration.

Please note:

a) "Copa Virginia - 2019" is an event run by DCJJ LLC.

b) Upon registration your electronic receipt will state DCJJ LLC as the merchant.

c) We reserve the right to close registration early when we reach full capacity.

d) There will be no refunds upon cancellation of one's registration.

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For all our participants 17 years old and under, please note that no participants younger than 6 years old will be accepted.

All parents/guardians need to read/sign the waiver online during the application process.

The tournament will be under IBJJF rules. To view them click here.

Regular Divisions:

Juvenile Boys (16 & 17 years old): $70, late registration $85.

Boys (14 - 15, 12 - 13, 10 - 11, 8 - 9, 6 - 7 years old divisions): $60, late registration $75

Juvenile Girls (16 & 17 years old): $70, late registration $85.

Girls (14 - 15, 12 - 13, 10 - 11, 8 - 9, 6 - 7 years old divisions): $60, late registration $75.

Upon registration you will be asked for your belt level and weight division.

Depending on athlete turnout, "Copa Virginia - 2019" reserves the right to combine weight, age, belt, as well as gender divisions for all 17 years old and under participants. Please note that 16-17 years old participants may get combined with the adult (18 years old and over) divisions depending on turnout.

Every 17 years old and under participant will be guaranteed at least two matches (except for the 16-17 years old ONLY when combined with the adult divisions).

Time limits for matches are the following:

16 & 17 years old - 5min

14 & 15 years old - 4min

12 & 13 years old - 4min

10 & 11 years old - 4min

8 & 9 years old - 3min

6 & 7 years old - 2min

Parents/Guardians in order to register your kids, you can start by creating an Account for yourself and then add your kid as a new Profile from your Account in order to use the same email address. If you have several kids, you will need to switch Profiles and pay for each child before you register for the next one; you can have multiple profiles per one account/email. Available entries (divisions) will be visible based on the your profile information (i.e. age) so, some divisions will be unavailable for registration (greyed out) to avoid mistakes due to age restrictions. Please note that registration/brackets/scoreboards is based on the Profile's info (name/date of birth). Therefore if you use your own Profile (instead of you kid's) it will not work due to the age restrictions for the divisions.

Last day for the regular price registration is 17 February (11:59pm).

Last day for the late registration is 28 February (11:59pm).

In order to ensure a smooth running tournament all competitors must pre-register. There will be no same-day registrations. Last day/time to register and/or edit your registration is Thursday 28 February, 11:59pm.

All participants will weigh-in with the Gi on. Weigh-ins will take place on the day of the tournament and before the first scheduled match of each participant to discourage weight cutting.

Please note:

a) "Copa Virginia - 2019" is an event run by DCJJ LLC.

b) Upon registration your electronic receipt will state DCJJ LLC as the merchant.

c) We reserve the right to close registration early when we reach full capacity.

d) There will be no refunds upon cancellation of one's registration.