After a suspenseful group phase lasting right up to the last day, the final table kicks off next Tuesday evening in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois. Watch out...things are about to get serious!

After a little over a month's break, the Judo Pro League resumes next week with the quarter-finals of this 2023/2024 edition. To begin with, two matches in the Paris region will determine the first qualifiers for the Final Four, on January 6, at the Paris Dojo.

Sainte-Geneviève Sports / Dojo Nantais

The first quarter-final of this year's Judo Pro League kicks off on Tuesday, November 28.
With five wins and one loss - there were four structures in Pool A - the Rouge et Blanc club, which has team DNA in its blood, closes the elimination phase as undisputed leader. With a strong line-up in every category (almost thirty-five different judokas took part in the first six matches), Sainte-Geneviève will also be playing at home, in front of a capacity crowd.

Facing the Génovéfains will be Arnaud Gendre's team from Nantes, whose ranks include the new French champion in the -66kg class, Kevin Azema. Runners-up in Pool B, the Dojo Nantais will certainly not be starting out as favourites, but they do have a number of renowned individuals, such as their Cameroonian +78kg team-mate Hortense Vanessa Mballa Atangana, who will be keen to derail the Essonne steamroller.

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Arts Martiaux Asnières 92 / Normandie Judo

Held on November 29 at the Teddy Riner Arena in Asnières, this duel pits two teams with experience of the 2022 edition against each other. The club from Hauts-de-Seine, semi-finalists just under a year ago, simply crushed Pool B with their authority: four wins in as many matches, fourteen points in the overall standings, the second best result behind Sainte-Geneviève Sports... but with two fewer matches! The team led by Fabrice Ruimy, Guillaume Etchegaray and Rayane Hamdaoui even scored the most points (waza-ari or ippon) in the elimination phase, with a total of 357! These statistics highlight the quality and homogeneity of the Asniérois squad.

Opposing them was Normandie Judo, second in Pool A with thirteen points scored. The backbone of this team is made up of fighters trained in the region, some of whom play for the Eure Judo top-level structure. Two of them have just won medals at the French championships: Romaric Bouda in -66kg and Perrine Saint-Etienne in -63kg.

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