XV International Festival of Martial Arts «BALTIC SEA CUP» for the prizes of Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region took place on the eve of a unique event in the world of martial arts — World Martial Arts Games in St. Petersburg so in demonstrations part of the competition were many types of martial arts with the participants of upcoming games. Festival audience were the first to see and evaluate these programs.

In 2013 the team tournament in Taekwondo WTF was attended by the national teams of Russia, Finland and Belarus. Since 2012 St.Petersburgs Taekwondo WTF and ITF are in one federation so in 2013, the Taekwondo ITF team for the first time participated in the «Baltic Sea Cup», and immediately climbed to the second position of the contest demonstration performances.