We are proud to announce that Alliance Jiu-Jitsu has just won the Worlds 2019 championship!
After a two-year hiatus, Alliance returned to the top of the podium at the 2019 IBJJF World Championship. This was the 12th team title for Alliance in the menβs division at Worlds. They came back in a big way with 120 points, 35 points ahead of second place Atos.
It is commonly held that while black belt results are of course important, the team trophy is won and lost in the colored belts. Alliance earned the following points in each belt division
- 18 points blue belt
- 44 points at purple belt
- 29 points at brown belt
- 29 points at black belt
Top scorers
Erich Munis: 18 points, first place at purple open class and heavy
Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro: 12 points, first place brown super-heavy and third in open
Anderson Munis: 12 points, first place purple super-heavy and second in open (close out with his brother Erich)
Rui Alves: 12 points, first place blue open and second at medium-heavy
Four athletes tied with 9 points (Black belt Lucas Lepri, Nicholas Meregali; Brown belt Gabriel Oliveira; Purple belt Fabricio Andrey)