List of participating countries Rotterdam 2009

In August world's best judoka join together in Rotterdam to compete for the world title. The Dutch Judo Federation (JBN), host and organizer of this great event, welcomes about 700 judoka from more then 80 countries from all over the world. Some well-known judoteams have announced their participation in JUDO2009, such as France, Japan and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. But also less-known 'judocountries' will travel to The Netherlands, such as Yemen, Nigeria and Peru. Underneath you will find a 72 nations in the coming weeks. Participating countries Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, DPR Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Great Britain, Greece, Haiti, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Morocco, Mexico, Moldavia, Mongolia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, The Netherlands, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United States of America, Yemen