Competition is due to take place until May 14 at the Roche Caiman Sports Complex.

The Seychelles joined the African Confederation of Sambo in 2013 and this is the first time they have hosted these Championships.

The Seychelles Minister for Youth, Sports and Culture Idith Alexander has been personally overseeing preparations.

Taking centre stage tomorrow will be the men's 57 kilograms, 68kg and 82kg categories, the men's 62kg, 74kg and 90kg combat sambo events and the women's 64kg and 72kg divisions.

The men's 62kg, 74kg and 90kg divisions are scheduled for Saturday (May 13) along with the men's 68kg, 82kg and 100kg combat sambo divisions.

The 80kg event is the sole women's competition on Saturday.

Beach sambo is then set to bring the competition to a close on Sunday (May 14) in the men's 57kg, 62kg, 68kg, 74kg, 82kg and 90kg categories.

Women's beach action will take place in the 64kg, 72kg and 80kg weight divisions.

The Championships are set to be the venue for the testing of proposed changes to sambo weight categories.

Possible changes to the number of weight categories was discussed at an International Sambo Federation (FIAS) Executive Board meeting held in Russian capital Moscow in March.

The vice-president of FIAS, Sergey Eliseev, announced two approaches to this issue, which were developed during the analysis of proposals sent to the governing body.

The first was a reduction in the number of weight categories from nine to eight while the second suggested cutting the number to seven.

Following the discussion, members of the FIAS Executive Board agreed that the proposals should be tested at future tournaments.

After the testing in the Seychelles, it will then be decided whether to go ahead with either option.