The Pan-American Judo Confederation extra-ordinary Congress was held in Miami this past Feb 16th to the 19th of 2017. The purpose of this congress was to review the Pan-American Judo Confederation's statutes amendment and Countries designation for Pan American Championships and Pan American Opens in 2017 and 2018. Presidents of Federations from Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, Curaçao, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago and the USA attended the congress.