In Serbia, within the framework of the European Championship and the European Championships, the report-election conference of the European Sambo Federation was held on 9 May.

Sergey Eliseev from Russia was elected President of the European Sambo Federation for a new 4-year term.

Mikael Hayrapetyan (Armenia) and Patrick Drid (Serbia) were elected as vice-presidents.

Mikael Hayrapetyan was elected vice-president of European Sambo Federation. ESF
Mikael Hayrapetyan was elected vice-president of European Sambo Federation. ESF

"Over the many years of our leadership we have come a long way from a few local tournaments a year, to major continental competitions. Sambo entered the program of prestigious multi-sport competitions such as: II European Games, World Universiade, Sport Accord Games, as well as Sambo received Olympic recognition. I would like to thank you all for your support and I hope that with the new composition of the Executive Committee we will reach new heights. The next four years will be a breakthrough for the development of sambo in Europe, thanks to our joint efforts," told Eliseev in his speech.

first meeting of the new Executive Committee of the European Sambo Federation. ESF
first meeting of the new Executive Committee of the European Sambo Federation. ESF

On 10 May the first meeting of the new Executive Committee of the European Sambo Federation took place in Serbia within the framework of the European Championship.

At the Executive Committee meeting the issue of new commissions of the ESF was discussed, the number of commissions, their composition, as well as financial issues.