European SAMBO Championships have ended

The European SAMBO Championships was held in the Serbian city of Novi Sad. From September 15 to 18, first youths, then juniors, and subsequently adult sambists from 25 countries of the European continent fought for the opportunity to climb the podium. In total, about 400 athletes took part in the main continental SAMBO tournament.

“It was a truly spectacular and competitive tournament, in which several new stars lit up in the sambist sky in four days. Among the owners of gold medals, I would like to single out the French athlete Sephora Corcher, the representative of the Netherlands Sacha Buwalda, as well as the Serbian Combat SAMBO fighter Stefan Župarić, who won a series of labor victories on the way to the podium. The success of junior sambist Efim Lopovok, who won gold in the weight category up to 79 kg, became symbolic. Exactly 28 years ago, at the same SPENS arena, his titled uncle, Honored Master of Sports, multiple world champion Sergey Lopovok won the gold medal of the World SAMBO Championships.

I want to thank the Sambo Federation of Serbia for the high organizational level at which this Championship was held, as well as for the sports festival for fans of martial arts, which lasted for four whole days. I would like to express my special thanks to the general partner of the competition, the Rosneft oil company, for their assistance in organizing and holding the European SAMBO Championships,” said Sergey Eliseev, FIAS 1st Vice President, President of the European SAMBO Federation.

[VIDEO] European Youth and Junior Sambo Championships 2022 Highlights Day 1

[VIDEO] European Youth and Junior Sambo Championships 2022 Highlights Day 2

European Sambo Championships 2022 Highlights Day 3

European Sambo Championships 2022 Highlights Day 4