# Sambo at the 2025 World Games – Qualification

This article details the qualifying phase for sambo at the 2025 World Games. 80 quota places for the Games are entitled to the sambist coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated tournaments supervised by International Sambo Federation. The host nation China has reserved a spot in each of the events.

## Qualifying system

The main qualification criteria will be ranking published by International Sambo Federation.In period of qualification process there will be held two World Cup stages, four Continental Championships (one for each zone) and World Championships.

### First qualification

6 Places per Category Two best athletes from rankings of Europe and Asia&Oceania zone will get quota places for the Games. The best athletes in rankings of Africa and Americas zones will get their quota places. There will be 60 quota places in total to gain via ranking.

### Second qualification

1 Place per Category: The person from the host country China.

### Third qualification

1 Place per Category: The remaining total of 10 places are distributed by wild card.

## Qualification timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| World Cup | April 4–5, 2024 | Yerevan, Armenia |
| European Sambo Championships | May 9–10, 2024 | Novi Sad, Serbia |
| African Sambo Championships | June 1–3, 2024 | Cairo, Egypt |
| Asia & Oceania Sambo Championships | June 28–30, 2024 | Macau |
| World Cup | August 15–16, 2024 | Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan |
| Pan American Sambo Championships | August 23–24, 2024 | Cuiaba, Brazil |
| World Sambo Championships | November 8–10, 2024 | Astana, Kazakhstan |

## Points allocation

| Event | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 5th place | 7th place | 1 win |
| World Championships | 1000 | 600 | 400 | 200 | 160 | 40 |
| World Cups | 700 | 420 | 280 | 140 | 84 | 28 |
| Continental Championships | 400 | 240 | 160 | 80 | 48 | 16 |

## Qualification summary

The following table summarises the outcome of qualification for the Sambo at the 2025 World Games. Following athletes gained at least one quota place for Chengdu.
| NOC | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total |
| NOC | 64 kg | 71 kg | 79 kg | 88 kg | 98 kg | 54 kg | 59 kg | 65 kg | 72 kg | 80 kg | Total |
| China | | | | | | | | | | | 10 |
| Total: 1 NOCs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |

## Men's events
### 64 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

### 71 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

### 79 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

### 88 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

### 98 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

## Women's events
### 54 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

### 59 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

### 65 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

### 72 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |

### 80 kg

| Qualification method | Places | Rank | NOC |
| Host nation | 1 | — | China |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 1 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 2 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 3 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 4 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 5 | |
| World Ranking List | 6 | 6 | |
| Wild card | 1 | — | |