Hand-to-hand fighting World Cup stage
About the event
On April 27, Hand-to-hand fighting World Cup stage Friendship Cup 2025 among men and women, organized by Moscow City Department of sport together with Hand-to-hand Fighting sport International Federation, has ended at International Sambo Center in Moscow.
More than 250 athletes took part in the tournament, which was held for the fourth time in a row.
30 sets of awards were contested over two days of competition. The Russian team won the medal count of the competition with 39 awards. The Kazakhstan team finished the competition in the second place with 15 medals, and the Republic of Belarus — in the third place with 14 medals.
A solemn ceremony was also held on the final day of Friendship Cup, where artists from the Dynamite Show team, the Madonna aesthetic gymnastics team, the M. E. Pyatnitsky State Academic Russian Folk Choir, the MD variety and sports group, and the KORNI music group performed.
Disciplines
Athletes alternately defend themselves from the attacking actions of an armed and unarmed opponent, using applied hand-to-hand fight techniques.
- 18–37 years old: men — 70, 80, 90, +90 кг; women — 50, 70, +70 kg.
- 38–49 years old: men — 75, 95, +95 кг; women — 60, +60 kg.
- 50–60 years old: men — 85, +85 kg.
- Over 60 years: men — with no consideration for weight.
- Men juniors 18–23 years old: 70, 80, 90, +90 kg.
- Women juniors 18–23 years old: 50, 70, +70 kg.
- Boys cadets 16–17 years old: 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 80+ kg.
- Girls cadets 16–17 years old: 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 65+ kg.
- Boys cadets 14–15 years old: 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 75+ kg.
Full-contact fights with punches and kicks, various throws and submission holds.
- Men — до 57, 62, 67, 73, 80, 88, 97, 97+ kg, Absolute.
- Women — до 48, 53, 58, 64, 70, 70+ kg, Absolute.
Two participants with no consideration for age and weight categories.
Program
- 09:00 Tournament opening
- 09:15 Preliminary, semi-final, final fights in the disciplines «Self-defense» and «Self-defense 1+1» in all age and weight categories
- 16:00 Awarding ceremony in the disciplines «Self-defense» and «Self-defense 1+1» for boys and girls cadets (14-15, 16-17 years old) and men and women juniors (18-23 years old)
- 17:30 Preliminary fights in the discipline «Fight»
- 20:00 Awarding ceremony in the disciplines «Self-defense» and «Self-defense 1+1» for men and women
- 09:00 Preliminary, semi-final, final fights in the discipline «Fight»
- 17:00 Awarding ceremony in the discipline «Fight»
- 19:00 Grand opening of the final part of the tournament
- 19:20 2 final fights in the discipline «Self-defense» and 6 final fights in the discipline «Fight», awarding ceremony
- 21:30 End of the competition
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Contacts
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Location:
International sambo center
13 Novoluzhnetskii driveway -
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