On the African side, in Düsseldorf, there was Sandra Szogodi and others. In fact, the Ghanaian clearly distinguished herself from the crowd by finishing in the 5th place in the category of less than 57 kg. she only failed in the semi-final table against the future winner of the Grand Prix, Japanese Kaori Matsumo. Previously, she won with style before a Polish woman, a Greek and a Kazakh. The Ghanaian has overshadowed the one everyone expected, the Algerian Soraya Haddad a favorite of the less than 52k, finally beaten in the second round by the promising Korea: Kyung-Ok Kim. In the men’s category, one witnessed a series of eliminations during the first round.  Note some few good performances as the success of the Moroccan Jalal Benalla (+ 100 kg) before the Chinese Juan Liu and the one realized by the Algerian Lys Benyakoub (-90 kg) against the Frenchman Ludovic Gobert and the Egyptian.    

Results

Men
- 60 kg: 1st round: Yassine Moutadir (March) b.Zakari Gourouza (Nga) 2nd round: Milous Sofiane (Fra) b. Yassine Moutadir (March).
- 66 kg: 1st round: Min Ho Choi (Kor) b.Adveni Monyatsiwa (Bot) An Jeong-Hiwan (Kor) b. Rachid El Kadir (March); Kasym Populov (Tkm) b. Matthew Punza (Zam). Ahmed Awad (Egy) b. Naurtzbek Mailashev (Kaz). 2nd round: Alim Gadanov (Rus) v.Ahmed Awad (Egy)
- 73 kg: 1st round: Emmanuel Nyartey (Gha) b.Hasan Vanlioglu (Tur);   Wpp Su Choi (NZL) b.Mohamed Camara (Mli) Peter Scharinger (Aut) b. Edson Madeira (Moz), Ivan Iefanov (Ukr) b. Souhail Slimani (March), Hafiz Hussain (Egy) b. Zeyad Mater (Yem)   2nd round: Nicholas Tritton (Can) b.Emmanuel Nyartey (Gha); Kurter Rothberg (East) b. Ayoub Bourassi (March). Dex Elmont (Holl) b. Hafiz Hussain (Egy)
- 81kg: 1st round: Hatem Abdelakher (Egy) b.Victor Ahiavor (Gha); Joachim Bottieau (Bel) b. Abderhamane Benamadi (Alg); Murat Khabachiroiv (Rus) b. Sacha Denanyoh (Togo); Yemelyanau (Blr) b. Baye Diawara (Sen). 2nd round: Mohamed Darwish (Egy) b.Yemelnyanau (Blr) Hatem Abdel Akher (Egy) b. Tomohiro Kawakami (Jap). 3rd round: Euan Burton (Ang) b.Mohamed Darwish (Egy);   Aliaksandr Stsiashenka (Blr) b.Hatem Abdel Akher (Egy).
- 90 kg: 1st round: Robert Krawczyk (Pol) b.Hesham Mesbah (Egy), Mark Odenthal (Germany) b. Dieudonne Dossalem (Cam); Enkhbat Erdenebileg (Mgl) b. Amar Benikhlef (Alg); Lyes Bouyakoub (Alg) b. Ludovic Gobert (Fra) 2nd round: Asley Gonzalez (Cub) b. Lyes Bouyakoub (Alg).
- 100 kg: 1st round: Abdurakhmonov (TKJ) b.Adil Fikri (March); -
+ 100 kg: 1st round: Eitel Greegrz (Pol) b.Motie Mohamed (Egy); Jalal Benalla (March) b. Juan Liu (Chn). 2nd round:   Adam Okruashvili (Geo) b.Mehdi El Malki (March). Matjaz Ceraj (Slo) b. Jalal Benalla (March). -

Ladies
- 52 kg: 1st round: Soraya Haddad (Alg) b. Sappho Coban (All) 2nd round: Kim Kyung-Ok (Kor) b.Soraya Haddad (Alg).
- 57 kg: 1st round: Miriam Popper (All) b.Ait Ali Fatima-Zahra (March); Isabel Fernandez (ESP) b. Hotance Diedhiou (Sen).  Szandra Szogedi (Gha) b. Agata Perenc (Pol). 2nd round: Szandra Szogedi (Gha) b.Iouletta Boukouvala (Greece) Round 3: Szandra Szogedi (Gha) b.Lenariya Mingazova (Kaz). Quarterfinal: Kaori Matsumoto (Jap) b.Szandra Szogedi (Gha). Final Standings: 1. Kaori Matsumoto (Jap).5. Szogedi Szandra (Gha).
- 63 kg: 1st round: Alice Schlesinger (Isr) b.Severine Nebie (Bur), Lili Xu (Chn) b. Rizlen Zouak (March).
- 70 kg: 1st round: Iljana Marzok (All) b.Carine Ngarlemdana (Chad); Sraka Rasa (Slo) b. Asmaa Niang (March); Marie Pasquet (Fra) b. Antonia Moreira (Ang).
- 78 kg: 1st round: Luise Malzahn (All) b.Audrey Koumba (Gab) Vanessa Hortance Mballa Atangana (Cam- -
+ 78 kg: 1st round: Na-Young Kim (Kor) b.Rania El Kilali (March).