SAMBO Cup of the President of NOC of Armenia Tsarukyan with a Prize Fund for the Winners will be held in Yerevan for the Second Time

The international SAMBO tournament "Cup of the President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan" will be held on September 28 in Yerevan. This tournament was first held a year ago and was highly praised by guests and participants of the competition, who wanted it to become regular. This year the Cup will be held again: sambists will compete not only for medals, but also for the tournament prize fund, which has remained unchanged.

Competitions will be held in 7 weight categories in Sport SAMBO among men and in 2 weight categories in Sport SAMBO among women. The total amount of the prize fund of the tournament is 189,000 USD.

Medals will be awarded in the following weight categories:

Men: 58 kg, 64 kg, 71 kg, 79 kg, 88 kg, 98 kg, +98 kg.

Women: 50 kg, 54 kg.

The list of participants will be formed by individual invitation from the organizing committee of the tournament. No more than 8 athletes can take part in one weight category: 1 representative from each country, with the exception of Armenia, which will field 2 sambists in each category.

The winners of the Cup of the President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan will raffle off the cash prize fund:

1st place - 10.000 USD

2nd place - 5.000 USD

3rd place (two medalists) - 3.000 USD

Detailed information about the tournament is available on the event page in the FIAS calendar: Cup of the President of the National Olympic Committee of Armenia Gagik Tsarukyan.