116 countries have already qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games, after the Olympic qualification process (direct qualification and/or continental quota), which ended after the last continental championships a few weeks ago. 20 more invitations still had to be attributed. After the meeting of the Tripartite Commission, the list was officialy released on June 12th. Due to the important number of countries already qualified and due to the strict rules of the IOC concerning the invitations, 17 countries received an invitation to participate in the Games. The three remaining invitations will go back to the International Judo Federation, which will designate the invited athletes based on the World Ranking List.