Samoa will host the Judo World Cup in November for the first time.
This follows a decision by the Oceania Judo Union, and later endorsed by the International Judo Federation executive meeting in Paris earlier this month.
Samoa who beat three other Australian cities after a visit to the new sporting facilities in Apia by members of the Oceania Judo Union or OJU during the Open Judo championship last December
Forty nations are expected to take part in the World Cup which will also be a qualifier for the London Olympics in 2012.