The 1973 World Sambo Championships were held in
Tehran, Iran on September 6–11. It was the first
World Sambo Championships.[1][2][3] The participating teams were from Bulgaria, Mongolia, Iran, Spain, Japan, United States, USSR, Yugoslavia, etc. For the first time World Sambo Championships was part of the FILA
World Wrestling Championships (
1975 and
1983 editions also included Sambo contest.)[4][5][6]