Invited Countries to take part in the London Games

IJF-News: Lausanne, June 13, 2012: Invited Countries, The list of the countries eligible for an invitation to participate in the London 2012 Olympic Games has officially been released. Please find hereafter the list of the countries and names of the athletes who will be receiving an invitation.

116 countries have already qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games, after the Olympic qualification process (direct qualification and/or continental quota), which ended after the last continental championships a few weeks ago. 20 more invitations still had to be attributed.

After the meeting of the Tripartite Commission, the list was officially released on June 12th. Due to the important number of countries already qualified and due to the strict rules of the IOC concerning the invitations, 17 countries received an invitation to participate in the Games.

The three remaining invitations will go back to the International Judo Federation, which will designate the invited athletes based on the World Ranking List.

MONACO – SICCARDI Yann

TOGO – DENANYOH Kouami Sacha

LEBANON – CHAMMAS Caren

AFGHANISTAN – FAIZZADA Ajmal

BELIZE – SANCHEZ Eddermys

HONDURAS – GODOY GODOY Kenny Alexander

ARUBA – MATA Jayme Lee

RWANDA – SEKAMANA UWASE Fred Yannick

BENIN – GNAHOUI Jacob Nel

PARAGUAY – ACEVEDO Abraham

DJIBOUTI – RAGUIB Sally Faissal Abdourahman

CAMBODGE – KHOM Ratanakmony

MYANMAR – AUNG Aye Aye

LIBERIA – SARYEE Liva

GUYANA – LALL Raul

BURUNDI – NTAHONVUKIYE Odette

AMERICAN SAMOA – LIU Anthony