Scoring System & University Champion
The Canadian Universities Jiu-Jitsu Championship is both an individual competition and an institutional championship.
Athletes compete for individual results while simultaneously earning points toward the overall score of the university or college they represent.
At the conclusion of the championship, the institution with the highest cumulative point total is named the Canadian Universities Jiu-Jitsu Champion.
This system allows athletes across different weight classes, divisions and competition formats to contribute toward a shared institutional result.
Individual Division Scoring
Athletes earn points for their institution based on their final placement within their division.
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1st Place
7 points
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2nd Place
5 points
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3rd Place
3 points
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Participation
1 point
Participation points recognize institutions that field athletes across the championship, while placement points reward competitive performance.
Where multiple athletes from the same institution compete within the same division, only the highest-placing athlete from that institution contributes placement points toward the institutional standings.
This prevents institutions with larger rosters from accumulating disproportionate placement points simply by entering multiple competitors in the same division.
Co-Ed Quintet Scoring
The Co-Ed Quintet is CUJC’s dedicated university team competition and carries a greater point value toward the institutional championship.
Each participating institution fields a five-athlete team consisting of:
3 men
2 women
Quintet teams compete directly against one another in a winner-stays-on format.
Points are awarded as follows:
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1st Place
30 points
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2nd Place
20 points
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3rd Place
12 points
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Participation
6 points
The higher point allocation reflects the Quintet’s role as a direct university-versus-university competition and its importance within the overall championship.
Institutional Standings
Points earned throughout the championship are combined to create the official CUJC Institutional Standings.
An institution’s total may include points earned through:
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Men’s Gi divisions
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Women’s Gi divisions
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Men’s No-Gi divisions
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Women’s No-Gi divisions
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Co-Ed Quintet competition
Every eligible result contributes toward the same institutional total.
This means the CUJC championship rewards more than success in a single division. Institutions benefit from building balanced teams capable of competing across different weight classes, experience levels, and competition formats.
The institution finishing the championship with the highest overall point total is declared the:
Canadian Universities Jiu-Jitsu Champion
The winning institution is awarded the CUJC Championship Cup and recognized as the overall national champion for that edition of the Canadian Universities Jiu-Jitsu Championship.
The title represents the collective performance of the institution’s athletes across the championship rather than the achievement of any single competitor.
CUJC Championship Cup
The CUJC Championship Cup represents the overall institutional championship.
Unlike individual medals, which recognize the performance of individual competitors, the Championship Cup belongs to the university or college whose athletes collectively earn the highest point total.
The Cup is intended to create a continuing tradition within Canadian university jiu-jitsu, with institutions competing each year for the right to be recognized as national champion.
Why Institutional Scoring Matters
CUJC was created around the idea that university jiu-jitsu should be more than a collection of individual athletes competing at the same tournament.
Institutional scoring gives competitors a reason to support teammates across divisions and gives universities and colleges a meaningful overall objective.
An athlete competing in a beginner division can contribute toward the same championship as an advanced competitor.
A women’s division can directly affect the same institutional standings as a men’s division.
The Co-Ed Quintet allows athletes to represent their institution together in direct team competition.