{{short description|Sambo competitions}} {{Infobox martial arts tournament | name = European Sambo Championships | current_event = | image = | caption = | date = | locale = | english = | localnames = | nickname = | discipline = [[Sambo (martial art)|Sambo]] | competition = | type = Annual | organiser = [[European Sambo Federation]] (ESF) | director = | qualification = | skill = | weight = | first = | number = | last = | firstwinner = | mostwins = | mostrecent = }}
The '''European Sambo Championships''' is the main [[Sambo (martial art)|sambo]] championships in Europe, organized by the [[European Sambo Federation]]. The first championship was held in 1972 in [[Riga]], Latvia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosambo.com/en/competitions/2015/199/|title=European Sambo Championship, sport sambo (M&W) and combat sambo|website=www.eurosambo.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosambo.com/en/competitions/2010/championships/|title=Championships archive of the 2010 year|website=www.eurosambo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eurosambo.com/en/ | title=European sambo federation }}</ref> Ukraine planned to boycott the 2022 European Sambo Championships because Russian and Belarusian athletes would be allowed to compete with neutral status.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1128027/ukraine-european-sambo-championships|title=National Sambo Federation of Ukraine to boycott European Championships|date=September 13, 2022|website=www.insidethegames.biz}}</ref> Unlike most international federations, the [[International Sambo Federation]] (FIAS) had not banned Russian and Belarusians in response to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]].<ref name="auto"/>
==Editions (Seniors)== {| | {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- ! width=30| Edition ! width=30| Year ! width=120| Host City ! width=200| Country ! width=30| Events |- ! 1 !! [[1972 European Sambo Championships|1972]] | [[Riga]] || {{URS}} ||align=center rowspan=10| 10 |- ! 2 !! [[1974 European Sambo Championships|1974]] | [[Madrid]] || {{ESP}} |- ! 3 !! [[1976 European Sambo Championships|1976]] | [[Leningrad]] || {{URS}} |- ! 4 !! [[1982 European Sambo Championships|1982]] | [[Varna, Bulgaria|Varna]] || {{BUL}} |- ! 5 !! [[1984 European Sambo Championships|1984]] | [[Bilbao]] || {{ESP}} |- ! 6 !! [[1986 European Sambo Championships|1986]] | [[Leningrad]] || {{URS}} |- ! 7 !! [[1987 European Sambo Championships|1987]] | [[Sofia]] || {{BUL}} |- ! 8 !! [[1989 European Sambo Championships|1989]] | [[Herne Bay]] || {{ENG}} |- ! 9 !! [[1990 European Sambo Championships|1990]] | [[Tel Aviv]] || {{ISR}} |- ! 10 !! [[1991 European Sambo Championships|1991]] | [[Turin]] || {{ITA}} |- ! 11 !! [[1992 European Sambo Championships|1992]] | [[Kyiv]]/[[Moscow]] || {{UKR}}/{{RUS}} ||align=center| 29 |- ! 12 !! [[1993 European Sambo Championships|1993]] | [[Kaliningrad]] || {{RUS}} ||align=center| 10 |- ! 13 !! [[1994 European Sambo Championships|1994]] | [[Rzhev]]/[[Panevėžys]] || {{RUS}}/{{LTU}} ||align=center| 20 |- ! 14 !! [[1995 European Sambo Championships|1995]] | [[Minsk]] || {{BLR}} ||align=center rowspan=6| 18 |- ! 15 !! [[1996 European Sambo Championships|1996]] | [[Aranđelovac]] || {{YUG}} |- ! 16 !! [[1997 European Sambo Championships|1997]] | [[Panevėžys]]/[[Baku]] || {{LTU}}/{{AZE}} |- ! 17 !! [[1998 European Sambo Championships|1998]] | [[Šiauliai]] || {{LTU}} |- ! 18 !! [[1999 European Sambo Championships|1999]] | [[Sofia]] || {{BUL}} |- ! 19 !! [[2000 European Sambo Championships|2000]] | [[Madrid]] || {{ESP}} |- ! 20 !! [[2001 European Sambo Championships|2001]] | [[Albena]] || {{BUL}} ||align=center rowspan=6| 27 |- ! 21 !! [[2002 European Sambo Championships|2002]] | [[Cuneo]] || {{ITA}} |- ! 22 !! [[2003 European Sambo Championships|2003]] | [[Albena]] || {{BUL}} |- ! 23 !! [[2004 European Sambo Championships|2004]] | [[Šiauliai]] || {{LTU}} |- ! 24 !! [[2005 European Sambo Championships|2005]] | [[Moscow]] || {{RUS}} |- ! 25 !! [[2006 European Sambo Championships|2006]] | [[Belgrade]] || {{SCG}} |} |valign=top| {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- ! width=30| Edition ! width=30| Year ! width=120| Host City ! width=200| Country ! width=30| Events |- ! 26 !! [[2007 European Sambo Championships|2007]] | [[Pravets]] || {{BUL}} ||align=center rowspan=17| 27 |- ! 27 !! [[2008 European Sambo Championships|2008]] | [[Tbilisi]] || {{GEO}} |- ! 28 !! [[2009 European Sambo Championships|2009]] | [[Milan]] || {{ITA}} |- ! 29 !! [[2010 European Sambo Championships|2010]] | [[Minsk]] || {{BLR}} |- ! 30 !! [[2011 European Sambo Championships|2011]] | [[Sofia]] || {{BUL}} |- ! 31 !! [[2012 European Sambo Championships|2012]] | [[Moscow]] || {{RUS}} |- ! 32 !! [[2013 European Sambo Championships|2013]] | [[Crema, Lombardy|Crema]] || {{ITA}} |- ! 33 !! [[2014 European Sambo Championships|2014]] | [[Bucharest]] || {{ROM}} |- ! 34 !! [[2015 European Sambo Championships|2015]] | [[Zagreb]] || {{CRO}} |- ! 35 !! [[2016 European Sambo Championships|2016]] | [[Kazan]] || {{RUS}} |- ! 36 !! [[2017 European Sambo Championships|2017]] | [[Minsk]] || {{BLR}} |- ! 37 !! [[2018 European Sambo Championships|2018]] | [[Athens]] || {{GRE}} |- ! 38 !! [[2019 European Sambo Championships|2019]] | [[Gijón]] || {{ESP}} |- ! 39 !! [[2020 European Sambo Championships|2020]] | [[Yekaterinburg]] || {{RUS}} |- ! 40 !! [[2021 European Sambo Championships|2021]] | [[Limassol]] || {{CYP}} |- ! 41 !! [[2022 European Sambo Championships|2022]] | [[Novi Sad]] || {{SRB}} |- ! 42 !! [[2023 European Sambo Championships|2023]] | [[Haifa]] || {{ISR}} |- ! 43 !! [[2024 European Sambo Championships|2024]] | [[Novi Sad]] || {{SRB}} ||align=center| |- ! 44 !! [[2025 European Sambo Championships|2025]] | [[Limassol]] || {{CYP}} ||align=center| |- ! 45 !! [[2026 European Sambo Championships|2026]] | [[Tbilisi]] || {{GEO}} ||align=center| |} |}
==All-time medal table (1972 - 2025) (Not Combat Sambo)==
{{Medals table | caption = | host = | flag_template = flagcountry | gold_RUS = 280 | gold_BLR = 89 | gold_URS = 84 | gold_UKR = 63 | gold_BUL = 54 | gold_GEO = 46 | gold_AZE = 21 | gold_ARM = 18 | gold_MDA = 11 | gold_LTU = 5 | gold_FRA = 5 | gold_ROU = 5 | gold_ESP = 4 | gold_ISR = 2 | gold_NED = 2 | gold_JPN = 2 | gold_ITA = 1 | gold_GBR = 1 | gold_CZE = 1 | gold_LVA = 1 | gold_TAT = 1|name_TAT=TAT{{clarify|date=January 2025}} }}
==Juniors== [http://www.eurosambo.com/en/competitions/ Competitions and events of the 2022 year]
<ref>{{Cite web |last=bazasambo |date=2025-12-03 |title=Championship among juniors U 20 Moscow Russia 1992 |url=https://vsambo.ru/sorevnovaniya/yuniory/pervenstvo-evropy-m/pervenstvo-evropy-1992-fias-yuniory/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |language=ru-RU}}</ref> Championship among juniors U 20 Moscow Russia 1992
== 1992 European Juniors Sambo Championships U 20 (Moscow, Russia) == The European Juniors Sambo Championships (U20) 1992 June 4-7 Moscow Russia under the auspices of the International Sambo Federation (FIAS). Athletes from six countries participated. The chief referee was I. I. Tishchenkov.<ref>VSambo.ru — 1992 European Junior Championships (Juniors)</ref>
Only partial results have been preserved. A separate fight for the bronze medal was held between athletes who took 3rd and 4th places in each weight category.<ref>{{Cite web |last=bazasambo |date=2025-12-03 |title=Первенство Европы 1992 (ФИАС) юниоры {{!}} ВнутриСамбо |url=https://vsambo.ru/sorevnovaniya/yuniory/pervenstvo-evropy-m/pervenstvo-evropy-1992-fias-yuniory/ |access-date=2026-03-07 |language=ru-RU}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; width:100%;" |+'''Medalists of the 1992 European Junior Sambo Championships (Moscow)''' !Weight !Gold !Silver !Bronze !4th place |- |57 kg |{{flagicon|RUS}} Stepan Eliazyan |{{flagicon|BUL}} Nikolay Vrachov |{{flagicon|LTU}}[[Dmitrij Divincukov]] |{{flagicon|ESP}}Gorka Sagastume |- |62 kg |{{flagicon|RUS}} Mukhamed Kunizhev |{{flagicon|ESP}}Jose Anton Andrinal |{{flagicon|LTU}} Remigijus Ežerskis |{{flagicon|BUL}} Stefan Stoyanov |- |82 kg |{{flagicon|BUL}} Ivaylo Dinkov |{{flagicon|RUS}}Igor Kurinnoi |{{flagicon|ESP}} Ricardo Echarte |{{flagicon|LTU}} Aivars Jurgilas |- |90 kg |{{flagicon|RUS}} Vasily Zotov |{{flagicon|BUL}}Ivaylo Kuzmanov |— |— |- |100 kg |{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Polyakov |{{flagicon|LTU}} Diritis Žalkauskis |— |— |- | +100 kg |{{flagicon|RUS}} Vadim Volkov |— |— |— |}
===Youth=== Since 2005 the European Sambo Championships among adults and the Youth and Junior European Sambo Championships have been traditionally organised.
# 2005 # 2006 # 2007 # 2008 # 2009 # April 15—19, 2010 European Championship among youth and juniors [[Greece]], [[Thessaloniki]] # April 14—18, 2011 European Championship among youth and juniors [[Czech Republic]], [[Prague]] # April 05—09, 2012 Youth and Juniors European championships [[Romania]], [[Bucharest]] # April 11—15, 2013 Youth (M&W) and Juniors (M&W) European championships [[Cyprus]], [[Limassol]] # April 10—14, 2014 Youth (M&W) and Juniors (M&W) European championships [[Spain]], [[Cáceres, Spain|Caceres]] # April 16—20, 2015 Youth (M&W) and Juniors (M&W) European championships [[Serbia]], [[Novi Sad]] # April 07—11, 2016 European championships among Youth (M&W) and Juniors (M&W) [[France]], [[Toulouse]] # April 18—22, 2017 European Sambo Championship among Youth and Juniors [[Czech Republic]], [[Prague]] # April 12—16, 2018 European Sambo Championship among Youth and Juniors [[Czech Republic]], [[Prague]] # April 11—15, 2019 European Sambo Championship among Youth and Juniors [[Cyprus]], [[Limassol]] # May 24—30, 2021 European Sambo Championship among Adults, Youth and Juniors [[Cyprus]], [[Limassol]] #
===Cadets=== In 2012 the European SAMBO championship among cadets (15-16 years, boys and girls) was organised for the first time in Tallinn.
# September 21—24, 2012 European Championship among cadets (15-16 years old) Estonia, Tallinn # September 13—16, 2013 European Championship among cadets (M&W 15-16 years old) Latvia, Riga # # December 04—07, 2015 European Championship among Cadets (M&W 15-16 years old) Turkey, Istambul # 2016 # December 01—04, 2017 European Sambo Championship among Cadets Croatia, Poric # 2018 # December 06—09, 2019 European Sambo Championship among Cadets Latvia, Riga # December 17—20, 2021 European Championship among Cadetes (Juniors (M&F) 14-16) Cyprus, Limassol # December 02—05 2022 European Championship among Cadetes (Juniors (M&F) 14-16) Moldova, Kishinev
== Results == * [http://vsambo.ru/chempionat-mira/ Чемпионат Мира | ВнутриСамбо] * [https://sambo.sport/en/fias/about/ About | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)] * [https://sambo.sport/en/fias/history/ Sambo History - International Sambo Federation (FIAS)] * [https://www.insidethegames.biz/timelines/10 Sambo History] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170809090446/http://www.sambo.com/history-videos.html FIAS - History of Sambo Videos] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170809085945/http://www.sambo.com/archiv.html FIAS - President] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170809090301/http://www.sambo.com/results.html FIAS - Competition Results] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20170809085935/http://www.sambo.com/2012-06-20-en.html FIAS - Documents] * [https://sambo.sport/en/events/ Calendar | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)] * [http://vsambo.ru/sorevnovaniya/ Соревнования | ВнутриСамбо] * [http://vsambo.ru/yuniory/ Юниоры | ВнутриСамбо] * [http://sambo.net.ua/?code=19_1 Федерация Самбо Украины] * [http://sambo.net.ua/?code=19_2&id=71 Федерация Самбо Украины - ІІІ чемпионат мира (1979)] * [http://sambo.net.ua/?code=19_2&id=127 Федерация Самбо Украины - XX чемпионат мира (1996)] * [http://sambo.net.ua/?code=19_2&id=78 Федерация Самбо Украины - VIII чемпионат мира (1984)] * [http://sambo.net.ua/ Федерация Самбо Украины] * [https://crgazette.newspaperarchive.com/cedar-rapids-gazette/1984-12-21/page-20/] * [https://www.milsport.one/news/1118-november-2018/cism-signs-mou-with-international-sambo-federation CISM signs MoU with International Sambo Federation] * [https://sambo.sport/en/news/v-indonezii-razygryvayutsya-medali-chempionata-yugo-vostochnoy-azii-po-sambo/ Southeast Asian SAMBO Championships Were Held In Indonesia | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)] * [http://www.eurosambo.com/en/competitions/ Competitions and events of the 2022 year] * [http://www.eurosambo.com/en/competitions/2014/151/ XXXVIII World Sports Sambo (M&W) and Combat Sambo Championships] * [http://www.eurosambo.com/ Европейская федерация самбо] * [http://www.eurosambo.com/en/ European sambo federation] * [https://web.archive.org/web/2019*/http://sambo-asia.org/en/ Wayback Machine] * [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.sambo.asia/ Wayback Machine] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20171022024949/http://sambounion.asia/en/post/sambo/history HISTORY OF SAMBO] * [https://sambo.sport/en/federations/ Federations | International SAMBO Federation (FIAS)] * [https://olympic.kz/en/article/7492-predstavlen-logotip-chempionata-mira-po-sambo-2019 Logo unveiled for 2019 World Sambo Championships]
== See also == * [[World Sambo Championships]]
==References== {{reflist}}
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