The World Sambo Championships are the main championships in Sambo and Combat Sambo, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Sambo (FIAS).
History The first World Sambo Cup took place in 1977 in Oviedo, Spain. Two years later, the first Youth World Championships were held in Madrid, Spain.
In 1984, an assembly of the Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA), now known as the United World Wrestling, chose to create an independent federation for sambo, the Fédération Internationale de Sambo (FIAS). On 13 June 1984, a constitutive General Assembly of the FIAS was held in Madrid, in which delegates from 56 countries took part. Fernando Compte was elected the first president of FIAS.
The first championships for women was held in 1984 in Madrid, Spain.
Timeline
The International Association of the public union the “European Sambo Federation” was established in 1991 and officially registered in 2005. The European sambo federation (ESF) is a member of International Sambo Federation (FIAS). In 2007 SAMBO was presented at the First European Games in Ukraine. In 2010 SAMBO was included in the SportAccord World Combat Games which were held in Beijing (China). In 2012 at the report-electing congress of the European sambo federation Dr. Sergey Eliseev, the president of the All-Russian Sambo Federation, was re-elected for the position of the ESF president for the next period. In 2012 the European SAMBO championship among cadets (15–16 years, boys and girls) was organised for the first time in Tallinn. In 2013 SAMBO was included in the official program of the 27th Summer Universiade, the World Students Games in Kazan (Russia) and also into the Asian Games. In 2014 SAMBO was included into the program of the European Games. In 2015 First European Games were held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The same year European SAMBO Cup was included in the ESF Calendar. In 2016 First World University SAMBO Championships under the banner of FISU was held in Nicosia, Cyprus. 2017 - World SAMBO Championships were held in Sochi, Russia. A record number of 490 athletes from 90 countries were competing for the titles of World Champions. In 2018 Orel (Russia) hosted for the first time the World Schools SAMBO Championships under the auspices of the International School Sports Federation (ISF). Athletes from 21 countries took part in the competition. 2019 - II European Games were held in Minsk. Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Georgia, Italy, Moldova, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Spain, Montenegro and Serbia hosted many sambo championships during these years.
Events 1996 to 2020 weight classes: Men52 kg57 kg62 kg68 kg74 kg82 kg90 kg100 kg +100 kgWomen48 kg52 kg56 kg60 kg64 kg68 kg72 kg80 kg +80 kg Since 2021 reduce to 7 weight.
Senior Championships Women's World Championships was held for the first time in 1984. In 1993 FIAS splits into 2 organisations FIAS East (Russian control) and FIAS West (USA and Western European control) until 2005. In 2005 FILA reaches an agreement with FIAS West and re-assumes sanctioning over SAMBO but in 2008 FILA again discontinues sanctioning sambo. In 2014 FIAS and FILA sign a cooperative agreement:
EditionYearHost CityHost CountryEventsNationsOrganized by Fédération Internationale des Luttes Associées (FILA)11973 Tehran 101121974 Ulan Bator 10531975 Minsk 10841979 Madrid 1011never take place1980 Madrid - -51981 Madrid 101261982 Paris 101171983 Kyiv 10881984 Madrid 10+W10Organized by Fédération Internationale de Amateur Sambo (FIAS)91985 San Sebastián 10+W11101986 Saint-Jean-de-Luz 10+W8111987 Milan 10+W9121988 Montreal 10+W11131989 West Orange 10+W9141990 Moscow 10+W18Organized by FIAS and FMS151991 Montreal / Chambéry / 10+10+W8161992 Herne Bay / Minsk / 10+10+W14171993 Kstovo / Omsk / 10+W28Organized by FIAS East and FIAS West181994 Novi Sad / Montreal / 10+10+W20191995 Sofia / / 9+10+W23201996 Tokyo / / 18+West23211997 Tbilisi / / 18+West20221998 Kaliningrad / / 18+West20231999 Gijón / / 18+West20242000 Kyiv / / 18+West21252001 Krasnoyarsk / / 18+West26262002 Panama City / / 18+West19272003 Alpes-Maritimes (C) Saint Petersburg (S) (C) (S) (West)27+West32282004 Prague (C) Chișinău (S) (C) (S) (West)27+West23292005 Prague (C) Astana (S) (C) (S) (West) 27+West27Organized by Fédération Internationale de Amateur Sambo (FIAS)302006 Tashkent (C) Sofia (S) (C) (S)2733EditionYearHost CityHost CountryEventsNations312007 Prague 2743322008 Saint Petersburg 2748332009 Thessaloniki 2746342010 Tashkent 2726352011 Vilnius 2765362012 Minsk 2764372013 Saint Petersburg 2770382014 Narita 2782392015 Casablanca 2780402016 Sofia 2777412017 Sochi 2790422018 Bucharest 2780432019 Cheongju 2750442020 Novi Sad 2730452021 Tashkent 2149462022 Bishkek 2150472023 Yerevan 2162482024 Astana 3180492025 Bishkek 3170502026 Samarkand 33 |} Note: C = Combat Sambo / S = Sport Sambo / W = Women Events
Other championships
Juniors: Since 1979: Youth: Since 1996: Cadet: Unknown. Masters: Unknown. Students / University: Since 2003: 2016 – 1st WORLD UNIVERSITY SAMBO CHAMPIONSHIPS (M&W, TEAMS) Schools: Since 2018: Inaugural World Schools Championships in 2018. Deaf: Since 2017. First international deaf Sambo tournament held in 2017 but is not world championship. Beach: Since 2021. Military: Since 2018.
See also Sambo World Cup European Sambo Championships Sambo at the 2015 European Games Sambo at the 2019 European Games Sambo at the 2018 Asian Games Sambo at the Summer Universiade Sambo at the World Games
References
External links
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