The XIV International Martial Arts Festival «Baltic Sea Cup» for the prizes of Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region was opened by Governor Georgy Poltavchenko, who said: «I am very pleased today to be on this wonderful festival of sports. It so happened that 15 years ago, I was among those people who planned the first festival. I am very grateful to the organizer of the festival Demid Momot, and the head of of Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region for the fact that they are not just preserved, but expanded the scope of this wonderful event».

In the Taekwondo WTF team tournament participated 9 teams from Russia, Belarus, Finland and Kyrgyzstan. Competition in demonstrations won the team of Russian national center of Choi Kwang Do, second and third place were taken by wushu and judo teams.