Pool A: Mudranov (RUS)
The top players here were South Korea's Kim and Russia's Mudranov. Kim threw Elios Manzi (ITA) with osoto-gari for yuko. Against Tsogtbaatar Tsend-Ochir (MGL), he was trailing by a yuko when he countered the Mongolian's hiza-guruma for waza-ari. Meanwhile, Mudranov threw Jeroen Mooren (NED) with tai-otoshi and sasae-tsuri-komi-ashi for yuko each. Against Hovhannes Davtyan (ARM), he used ouchi-gari for a yuko win. The bout between Kim and Mudranov didn't produce any throws until the last 30 seconds when the Russian threw Kim's with ura-nage for ippon.
Pool B: Papinashvili (GEO)
Japan's Takato won his first match by hansoku-make when Yann Siccardi (MON) grabbed his leg following a kouchi-gari attack. Takato despatched Pavel Petrikov (CZE) in just 15 seconds with a very low uchimata for ippon. Georgia's Papinashvili threw his first opponent, Sergio Pessoa (CAN) with a very low hip throw for waza-ari and then a sode-tsuri-komi-goshi for yuko. He then threw Yanislav Gerchev (BUL) with uchimata for ippon. Papinashvili continued to impress by catching Takato with a sumi-gaeshi for ippon.
Pool C: Safarov (AZE)
Azerbaijan's Safarov threw Juan Postigos (PER) first with reverse seoi-nage for waza-ari and then drop sode-tsuri-komi-goshi for yuko. Scores were even in his match against Otar Bestaev (KGZ) at yuko each when Safarov got waza-ari through a hugging kosoto-gake and ippon from a drop morote-seoi-nage. He then defeated local favourite Felipe Kitadai (BRA) with a massive tai-otoshi for ippon.
Pool D: Smetov (KAZ)
Kazakhstan's reigning World Champion Smetov defeated Mohamed Elhadi Elkawisah (LBA) with a drop ippon-seoi-nage for waza-ari and then pinned him for waza-ari-awasatte-ippon. Against Ashley McKenzie (GBR) he used a drop tai-otoshi which scored yuko. He beat Diyorbek Urozboev (UZB) in Golden Score with a drop ippon-seoi-nage, an overthrow for yuko.
Repecharge
The battle between Japan's Takato and South Korea's Kim was a scrappy one. In the end, Takato pulled off a neat tewaza counter for a yuko win. The match between Brazil's Kitadai and Uzbekistan's Urozboev stoked some controversy. Urozboev had come in with a side takedown which Kitadai killed. The Brazilian then proceeded to climb on top of his opponent in an attempt to get an armlock. Urozboev stood up and dumped Kitadai on his back. The crowd felt there was too much of a break and "matte" should have been called. The video judges however determined it was worthy of an ippon.
Semi-final
Mudranov defeated Papinashvili by throwing him with a magnificent uchimata that seemed to have come out of nowhere. The second semi-final match between Safarov and Smetov was largely a tactical one with no scores on the board. With just about 30 seconds left in the match, Smetov launched a flurry of attacks which culminated in a very low yoko-guruma for waza-ari.
Bronze
The bronze medal match between Takato and Safarov was a very one-sided affair. Takato did all the attacking while Safarov looked as if he just didn't want to be on the mat but didn't want to concede a score either. In the end, Takato won by penalties. In the second bronze match, Urozboev scored early against Papinashvili with a tomoe-nage for yuko and then switch to tactical play to win match. In contrast to Safarov, he clearly wanted that bronze and his delight at winning it was obvious for all to see.
Day 1: Men's -60kg
A total of 35 athletes took part in the -60kg Men's Division. The top players going into this competition were Kim Won-Jin (KOR), Beslan Mudranov (RUS), Naohisa Takato (JPN), Amiran Papinashvili (GEO), Orkhan Safarov (AZE), Yeldos Smetov (KAZ), and Diyorbek Urozboev (UZB).