While the top senior athletes are out in Baku hoping to pick up valuable qualification points, Britain’s up and coming Cadet and Junior talent will be gaining important experience at competitions in South America and Europe.

Brazil International Teams Cups

A seven strong British Judo team will be competing at the Brazil Internationals Team Cup in Salvador from Friday 6 May to Sunday 8 May. Seven other countries in total will be competing including hosts Brazil, Japan, Russia, Georgia, Germany, Portugal and Italy.

Every member of the British team has medalled at either Junior or Senior European Cup level with Adam Hall (-100kg) selected as each team had to have one senior player

Competition start on Friday, from 2100 (GMT) where Great Britain will take on Japan in what is effectively the quarter-finals. The winners will compete in the semi-finals on Saturday from 1300 with the losers going into play-offs. Sunday sees the two bronze medal matches and the final again starting from 1300 and you can follow the action live on: www.sportv.com.br (with subscription) and globoplay.com.br (on demand service)

International Team Cup selection (pictured):

Peter Miles -60kg, Neil MacDonald -66kg, Daniel Powell -73kg, Oscar Di Domenico -81kg, Jamal Petgrave -90kg, Adam Hall -100kg, Wesley Greenidge +100kg

Kaunas Junior European Cup

Over a dozen British Junior judoka will be stepping up on the tatami in Kaunas, Lithuania on 7-8 May. A strong Scottish contingent will be competing including the current British Junior champion Valentino Volante (+100kg) and Cailin Calder (-100kg) who placed fifth at the Coimbra Junior European Cup in March. Natasha Fraser (-57kg) will be looking to improve on her fifth and seventh place finishes at the Athens and Coimbra Junior European Cup as will Prisca Awiti-Alcaraz from Coimbra and Lignano.

You can watch all the action live from 0800 GMT on: http://www.judo.lt/ and EJU.net with the full draw on ippon.org. Follow @BritishJudo on Twitter for end of day result updates

Cluj Napoca Cadet European Cup

14 British Cadets will be hoping to pick up some big results at the Cluj Napoca Cadet European Cup in Romania on 7-8 May. Five of the team have picked up medals on the IJF Cadets World Tour with Chloe Nunn (-70kg) and Kelly Petersen (-70kg) the most recent medallists at the Teplice Cadet European Cup last month,

You can follow all the action live from 0800 GMT on ippon.org. Follow @BritishJudo on Twitter for end of day result updates