How the sambo world ranking works
How many points does a sambo athlete get for winning the World Championships?
1,000. FIAS gives points by event and place, and adds a small bonus for each bout won:
| Event | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 7th | Each win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 1,000 | 800 | 600 | 400 | 200 | 50 |
| World Cup | 800 | 600 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 25 |
| Continental championships | 600 | 400 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 12 |
| Continental Cups | 400 | 200 | 100 | 50 | 25 | 5 |
The ranking covers two calendar years. Results from this year count in full, results from last year at half, and only an athlete's four best results count.
The one thing to remember: sambo ranks you on your four best results over two years, with last year's halved.
Which events count
World Championships, World Cups, continental championships and open continental Cups. Every ranking event must use the FIAS scoring system, may not be an open national championship and is for adults only. Multi-sport games (such as the Asian Games) do not count.
How many per country
| Event | Athletes per country per weight |
|---|---|
| World and continental championships | 1 |
| World Cup | 2 |
| Continental Cup | 4 |
Separate lists
Each discipline (sport sambo and combat sambo) and each weight has its own list. Points do not move between weights and are not added across disciplines. An athlete who changes citizenship in a year loses all points and starts again from zero.
Ties
Most points from World Championships, then World Cups, then continental championships, then continental Cups; then the quality of their bouts at events where all the tied athletes took part.
What the ranking is for
The draw at every ranking event takes the ranking into account, and FIAS gives commemorative prizes to the top three on the ranking.
A worked example
Made up to show the arithmetic. This year: a World Cup silver with three wins (600 + 75) and a continental gold with four wins (600 + 48). Last year: a World Championships bronze with three wins (600 + 150) and a World Cup fifth with two wins (200 + 50), halved to 375 and 125. Four best: 675 + 648 + 375 + 125 = 1,823.
Where the document is unclear
The regulations do not say whether "4 best results" means four per year or four across the two years together; the example reads it as four in all. They also do not say whether the win bonus is added on top of the place points; the example assumes it is.