Current event or competition: 2023 World Sambo Championships | |
Competition details | |
---|---|
Discipline | Sambo |
Type | Annual |
Organiser | Fédération Internationale de Sambo (FIAS) |
History | |
Editions | 46 (2021) |
The World Sambo Championships are the main championships in Sambo and Combat Sambo, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Sambo (FIAS).[1]
The first World Sambo Cup took place in 1977 in Oviedo, Spain.[2] 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 1983 in Madrid, Spain.[3][4]
1996 to 2020 weight classes:[5]
Men | 48 kg | 52 kg | 56 kg | 60 kg | 64 kg | 68 kg | 72 kg | 80 kg | +80 kg |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | 52 kg | 57 kg | 62 kg | 68 kg | 74 kg | 82 kg | 90 kg | 100 kg | +100 kg |
Since 2021 reduce to 7 weight.
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:[6]
Note: C = Combat Sambo / S = Sport Sambo / W = Women Events