International Association of the public unions “European Sambo Federation” was found in 1991. It was found by the National Federations of: Russia, Georgia, Italy, Lithuania, Sweden, France and San Marino.
Mr. Padre Mario Loy (Italy) was elected the first President of ESF.
Since 1992 under the aegis of the European Sambo Federation, the European Senior and Junior Championships and also international tournaments were organized each year. In 1992 only teams from six National Federations of Bulgaria, Spain, Lithuania, Georgia, Russia and France took part in the European Senior Championships.
During the past years the Championships were held in Russia (Moscow, Kaliningrad), Lithuania (Shauliay), Belarus (Minsk), Yugoslavia (Belgrade, Arandgelovats), Azerbaijan (Baku), Bulgaria (Sofia, Albena), Spain (Madrid), Italy (Kuneo).
The largest quantity of participants were at the European Championships held in Moscow in 2005 – 127 sportsmen from 24 European countries.
The permanent leaders in team rating were teams from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria and Georgia.
Now the European Sambo Federation unites 33 National Sambo Federations.
In 2004 Mr. Sergey Eliseev, President of the All-Russian Sambo Federation, was elected President of the European Sambo Federation.
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