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What is Team BC?
All athletes selected for the Provincial Team Program, and their club coaches, are automatically members of Judo BC’s Team BC for the entire season (Sept to August). Athletes that are not part of the Provincial Team Program can travel with the team to out of province events and to Open Nationals.
TEAM BC (BC Government) is also the name of separate provincially funded organization that coordinates the trips to Canada Games for all BC athletes and coaches from all the different sports.
Judo Canada High Performance Mandate
Judo Canada’s mandate is to produce sustainable podium performances at Olympic Games, Senior World Championships, Junior World Championships and Cadet World Championships
Judo BC Provincial High‐Performance Definition
High Performance (HP) in BC is the pursuit and achievement of excellence at the Train to Train and Train to Compete stages of the Judo Canada Long Term Development Model. Judo BC has determined the following Provincial Team Program levels:
- Elite A Team
The Elite A Team is the highest level of HP in BC. Athletes selected to the Elite team will be tracking towards the Judo Canada HP program and must train at the at the National Training Centre (NTC) in Montreal. - Elite B Team
The Elite B Team is for athletes tracking towards the Elite A Team but have not yet relocated to the National Training Centre in Montreal. These athletes must train full time at the Provincial Training Centre (PTC) in Abbotsford. - Provincial A Team
The Provincial A Team will be made up of athletes tracking towards the Elite A and B Teams and will be training full time at the PTC in Abbotsford, if this isn’t possible, they must train at least once a month at the Provincial Training Center AND train full time at a BC Regional training Centre (BC RTC). - Provincial B Team
The Provincial B Team will be made up of athletes tracking towards the Provincial A team and must train full time at a BC RTC. - Provincial C Team
The Provincial C Team will be made up athletes tracking towards to the Provincial B Team and training full time at a BC RTC or if this isn’t possible, they must train at least once a month at BC RTC.
2024-25 Provincial Team Program Selection Criteria
2024-25 Judo BC National Championships Team Selection Criteria
Team BC Handbook
Team BC Physical Testing Benchmarks
BC Winter Games Selection Criteria
Athletes must be a member in good standing with Judo BC. Minimum rank of 4th kyu (orange belt). Athletes MAY be invited to attend a second BCWG in Judo on an exceptional basis provided they have met the minimum criteria described below. Athletes that have medaled at the Open Nationals in 2024-2025 are not eligible to compete in the BC Winter Games for a second time.
Minimum criteria for games selection.
- Born (20011-2013) and resident of BC
- Compete at the Provincials in 2025 in Prince George
- Compete (u16 category) at a provincial or inter-provincial shiai
- Attend a provincial or regional camp
- Collect 6 points between Youth Provincials in 2025 and Trials (Nov 2025)
- 1 point per Judo BC sanctioned or recognized out of province shiai (excluding Youth Championships but including BCWG Trials)
- 0.5 points per Judo BC recognized regional practice, provincial practice.
- if more than one camp is attended then each practice at an additional camp is 0.5 points
Selection Process (all zones)
The top 4 male and female athletes (by points) in each zone must be selected to the zone team. The next 4 athletes in points ranking will be selected to the zone team as wild cards provided they have met the minimum requirements and not yet attended games or won a medal at a National Championships. If less than 4 male or female athletes have met minimum requirements then selection of the remaining spots is at discretion of the Zone Representative to fill the zone team.
Remaining wild cards will be assigned based on provincial ranking (in points), gender balance and the following priority
- #1 Athletes born in 2011-2013 that have not previously attended games or won a medal at the Nationals and have met minimum requirements.
- #2 Athletes that have met minimum requirements and are attending a 2nd games or are National medalists (that have not yet attended games) or athletes born in 2014 identified as early bloomers by the Provincial Coach.
- #3 Athletes not covered by #1 and #2 provided they have competed in at least one provincial level shiai in a U16 category.
Canada Winter Games Selection Criteria
- 2027 Canada Winter Games Selection Criteria – will be available in 2025
Codes of Conduct
- Athlete Code of Conduct
- Provincial Team Program Parent Code of Conduct
- Coach Code of Conduct
- Volunteer Code of Conduct
Canadian Sport Institute Pacific
The Canadian Sport Institute Pacific provides world-leading Olympic and Paralympic daily training environments to elite athletes and coaches in British Columbia.
- 2023-24 Judo BC CSI Selection Criteria
- 2024-25 Judo BC CSI Selection Criteria – will be available in October 2024
School Credits
- Please access the School Credits page.
