World Sambo Championships

The first World Sambo Cup took place in 1977 in Oviedo, Spain.{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/sport/1035450|title=Sambo wrestling's path to enter Olympic program 'is difficult, but possible', says chief|website=Tass.com|access-date=4 September 2019}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://sambounion.asia/en/post/sambo/history |title=Archived copy |website=sambounion.asia |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022024949/http://sambounion.asia/en/post/sambo/history |archive-date=22 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://sambo.sport/en/fias/history/|title=Sambo History - International Sambo Federation (FIAS)|website=Sambo.sport|access-date=4 September 2019}}

• 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.

1996 to 2020 weight classes:{{Cite web|url=http://www.eurosambo.com/competitions/2012/75/|title=XXXVI чемпионат мира по спортивному и боевому самбо среди взрослых|website=Eurosambo.com|access-date=4 September 2019}}

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:{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/timelines/10|title = Sambo History}}

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Note: C = Combat Sambo / S = Sport Sambo / W = Women Events

• Juniors: Since 1979:{{Cite web|url=http://vsambo.ru/pervenstvo-mira-m/|title = Первенство Мира юниоры | ВнутриСамбо|date = 16 August 2020}}
• Youth: Since 1996:{{Cite web|url=http://vsambo.ru/pervenstvo-mira-yu/|title=Первенство Мира ю | ВнутриСамбо|date=16 August 2020}}
• Cadet: Unknown.
• Masters: Unknown.{{Cite web|url=https://sambo.sport/en/events/chempionat-mira-sredi-masterov/results/|title=Results — World Masters SAMBO Championships (Men) | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)}}{{Cite web|url=https://sambo.sport/en/events/chempionat-mira-po-sambo-sredi-masterov-2021/|title=World Masters Sambo Championships (M) | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)}}
• Students / University: Since 2003:{{Cite web|url=http://vsambo.ru/chempionaty-i-kubki-mira-sredi-studentov/|title = Чемпионаты и Кубки Мира среди студентов | ВнутриСамбо|date = 13 December 2020}}
• 2016 – 1st WORLD UNIVERSITY SAMBO CHAMPIONSHIPS (M&W, TEAMS){{Cite web|url=https://cyprussambo.org/calendar/|title=Сalendar – Cyprus Sambo Federation}}
• Schools: Since 2018:{{Cite web|url=https://www.isfsports.org/hosted-russian-federation-inaugural-world-schools-championships-sambo-was-great-success|title = Hosted by the Russian Federation, the inaugural World Schools Championships in sambo was a great success|date = 27 August 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://sambo.sport/en/news/pobediteli-i-prizery-1-dnya-chempionata-mira-po-sambo-sredi-shkolnikov/|title=Winners of the 1 Day of the World Schools SAMBO Championships | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)}}
• Inaugural World Schools Championships in 2018.
• Deaf: Since 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1046817/first-international-deaf-sambo-tournament-held|title = First international deaf Sambo tournament held| date=8 February 2017 }}{{Cite web|url=https://sambo.sport/en/news/v-rossii-proshel-pervyy-mezhdunarodnyy-turnir-po-sambo-sredi-invalidov-po-slukhu/|title = The first International Sambo Tournament for people with hearing disabilities was held in Russia | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)}}
• First international deaf Sambo tournament held in 2017 but is not world championship.
• Beach: Since 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://sambo.sport/en/events/chempionat-mira-po-plyazhnomu-sambo-2020/|title = World Beach Sambo Championships (M&W) | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)}}
• Military: Since 2018.{{Cite web|url=https://www.milsport.one/news/1118-november-2018/cism-signs-mou-with-international-sambo-federation|title=CISM signs MoU with International Sambo Federation|date=12 November 2018 }}

• 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

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• https://olympic.kz/en/article/7492-predstavlen-logotip-chempionata-mira-po-sambo-2019

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