VIII International Martial Arts Festival «Baltic Sea Cup» for the prizes of Ministry of Internal Affairs of St. Petersburg and Leningrad region for the first time took place at the Winter Stadium. The festival included the team competition in combat sambo. There was four teams participating. Russian team was represented by athletes from Kstovo, led by world-class athlete Sergey Khramov, Marian Muzheyko from Torzhok and a representative of Adygea. St.Petersburs Team was formed on the basis of the sports club «Petrogradets» sportsmen. In St. Petersburg police team were Alex Veselovzorov and Vladimir Zenin. Another participant of the tournament was the team of Ukraine.