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Sambo entered the World University Championships programme in 2016 after its first appearance as a FISU event at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan. The first World University Sambo Championship was held in 2016 in Larnaca, Cyprus. 
The next edition of the World University Sambo Championship took place in Novi Sad, Serbia in 2018. In 2022 Sambo was part of the FISU University World Cup Combat Sports in Samsun (TUR). Combat Sports (with Sambo as a discipline) now return to a FISU World University Championship format.

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EVENTS World University Championship

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2018
Novi Sad (SRB)
7-9 Dec 2018
2016
1st WUC Sambo 2016
Larnaca (CYP)
8-12 Dec 2016

Sambo

FISU Technical Committee Chairs

Patrick DRID (SRB)

Cécile CAZALET (FRA)

International Federation

International Sambo Federation

FISU Regulations

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The History of Sambo in FISU

Sambo is a martial art and combat sport developed by the Soviet Red Army in the early 1920s to improve hand-to-hand fighting abilities. Incorporating judo and jujitsu, but also incorporating wrestling moves, sambo derives from a Russian acronym, which translates literally to 'self defense without weapons'. Both men and women compete by weight category in this gender-equal sport.

With its Russian roots, it makes sense that Sambo entered the FISU event programme at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan as a non-compulsory sport. The first World University Sambo Championship was held in 2016 in Larnaca, Cyprus. 
The next edition of the World University Sambo Championship will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia in 2018.

Statistics WUC Sambo

Edition

Year

Country

City

N° of Countries

M

W

Athletes

Officials

Total

1

2016

CYP

Larnaca

20

55

37

92

26

118

2

2018

SRB

Novi Sad