Rui Takahashi in action at 2013 SU in Kazan
LIMASOL – The Cyprus Sambo Federation and the Cyprus University Sport Federation supported by the Cyprus Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Cyprus Olympic Committee, and under the patronage of FISU, will organise the 1st Sambo University World Cup from 6 to 9 December, 2014 in Limassol, Cyprus. This will be a test event for the first ever FISU World University Sambo Championship that will take place in 2016 also in Limasol. The event will be organised according to the most recent Technical Regulations of FIAS, the International Sambo Federation.
The Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center, the biggest and the most imposing multi dynamic indoor athletic arena in Cyprus, will host the student-athletes from all around the world for this event.
Sambo is a self-defence martial arts sport. In 2013, Sambo was included as an optional sport into the programme of Summer Universiade in Kazan for the first time. Athletes from 44 countries competed for the medals.
(Source: WUC Dept.)
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