General Provisions
І. TYPES AND SYSTEMS OF COMPETITIONS
ІІ. COMPETITORS
- Age Categories
- Admission of Competitors
- Weight Categories
- Official Weigh-In
- Competition Uniform, Footwear and Protective Equipment
- Duties and Rights of Competitors
- Team Representation
- Order and Discipline
ІV. CONTENT OF THE BOUT
- Competitors’ Positions on the Competition Area
- Permitted and Prohibited Actions
- Strikes
- Throws
- Hold-downs
- Joint Locks
- Choke Holds
- Evaluation of Technical Actions
- Prohibited Actions
- Action at the Boundary of the Competition Area and Avoidance of the Bout
- Evaluation of Prohibited Actions and Violations of the Rules
- Removal from the Bout and Disqualification
- Result of the Bout
- Commencement and Conclusion of the Bout
- Conduct, Duration and Number of Bouts
- Determination and Announcement of the Bout Result
- Resolution of Situations Not Covered by the Rules
- Protest
SECTION 1. TYPES AND SYSTEMS OF COMPETITIONS
1.1. Types of Competitions
1.1.1. Competitions shall be conducted as follows:
- Individual competitions;
- Team competitions;
- Individual-Team competitions.
1.1.2.
- In individual competitions, the individual results and final standings of the participants shall be determined.
- In team competitions, the team standings shall be determined.
- In individual-team competitions, both individual and team standings shall be determined.
1.2. Competition System
1.2.1. Competitions may be conducted under one of the following systems:
- Olympic Elimination System — an athlete (or team) shall be eliminated from the competition after the first defeat. Athletes (teams) defeated by the finalists in Pool A and Pool B shall compete in repechage bouts for the bronze medals in their respective pools.
- Round-Robin System — each athlete (or team) shall compete against every other athlete (or team). The type and competition system shall be determined by the Competition Regulations approved by the competition organizer in accordance with these Rules.
Combat Sambo competitions shall be conducted in the following disciplines:
- Classic - classic combat sambo (full contact, wearing a sambo jacket);
- Pro-Full - combat sambo without a jacket (full contact, wearing a rashguard);
- Light Gi - combat sambo with limited striking (wrestling in a sambo jacket);
- Light No-Gi - combat sambo with limited striking (wrestling in a rashguard).
