Became known the winner of the all-Russian Grand Final “Battle of cities”

Judoists from Fryazino near Moscow won the All-Russian Grand Final "Battle of Cities" - an international project of the Russian Judo Federation and the charitable program "Cradle of the Fatherland" with the support of the general sponsor FONBET.

The tournament was held at the Moscow International Sambo Center from 8 to 10 November. It was attended by eight teams of athletes under the age of 18, who became winners of legions - competitions held in all federal districts of Russia.

In group A, judoists from Fryazino, Nazran, Perm and the Leningrad team from St. Petersburg competed. Moscow athletes took first place, defeating rivals from Ingushetia with a score of 13:9, St. Petersburgers 13:3, and Permyakov 13:7. Also in the semifinals from this group came the team of Nazran, who won over Leningrad and over Perm – 13:9 and 13:5, respectively. The team from the Northern capital with one victory over the Permians (13:6) took third place in the quartet.

In Group B, the teams of Krasnodar and Nalchik had an obvious advantage over competitors, which reached the semifinals. Kubans won over teams from Ufa and Chelyabinsk with a score of 13:5 and 13:9, respectively, and judokas from Kabardino-Balkaria defeated these same rivals with a score of 13:2 and 13:6. The confrontation for the first place in the group developed dramatically - the winner was determined only in the last fight. With a score of 13:12, the victory was celebrated by Krasnodar.

The semi-finals also proved tenacious. The Fryazinians with a score of 13:9 defeated rivals from Nalchik, and the team from Nazran defeated the Krasnodars with a margin of two points - 13:11. The decisive meeting remained for the Moscow judokas – 13:9. In the confrontation for bronze awards, the team from Nalchik took revenge from the Krasnodar judokas for defeat at the group stage - 13:7.

The total prize fund of the All-Russian Grand Final “Battle of Cities” amounted to 42 million rubles. In the group stage for each victory, the team received 1 million, for the defeat – half a million. The winners of the semifinal meetings added 2 million to their piggy bank, and the losers – a million. Finally, the winners of the meeting for gold medals received another 8 million, and the winners of silver – 4 million. Bronze medalists also won another 4 million rubles, and the team that took fourth place – 2 million.

The current season of “Battle of Cities” will end with the International Superfinal, which will be held in Moscow on December 3-17. It will be attended by 16 best Russian teams following the results of tournaments in the legions, winners of play-offs, as well as eight specially invited teams from abroad. Among them are judokas from the USA, France, Italy, Brazil and other countries.