• 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. == Events ==