European Sambo Championship to launch in Minsk’s Sports Palace today

19 мая 2017

The European Sambo Championship scheduled to launch today in Minsk’s Sports Palace, will see matches in combat sambo, as well as men’s and women’s classic sambo with 9 medal sets to be competed for in each category.

The European Sambo Championship will feature about 500 athletes from 30 countries.

The event gives Minsk a try before the 2019 European Games as this sport is included into the competition program.

The Championship will begin at 10:00 with preliminary matches. The opening ceremony scheduled for 17:30 will be followed by the first championship finals.

Admission to the European Sambo Championship in the Palace of Sports is free.