The second shipmodeling sport international competition (SMSIF Eurasia Championship-2026) and Primorskiy Krai Championship and Junior Championship closed on June, 4^th 2026 in Russia’s Vladivostok. The competition was held in three sports categories – cord, speed models and radio-controlled models-copies...

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Competition organizers: Ministry of Sport of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Physical Culture and Sport of Primorskiy Krai, ShipModel Sport International Federation (SMSIF), Federation of Ship Modeling Sport of Russia, Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University with support from Primorskiy Krai government, Vladivostok city administration and Vladivostok city council (Duma).

This year, 85 modelers applied for participation in the event (among them 68 competitors, 17 team representatives and coaches) from 10 countries – Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Mozambique, India, Vietnam, Syria, Palestine, Yemen, Jordan. The SMSIF-appointed judges’ team coordinated and led the competition. The team included 14 judges of the higher, first and other categories.

Federation of Ship Modeling Sport of Russia and its Primorskiy Krai Regional Branch were directly responsible for organizing and conducting the Championship, with Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University taking on the bulk of the work. Several companies also joined in to arrange the starts in the Mine Park, such as “Park Vladivostok” JSC, “Tranzit” International Transport Group etc.

During the Championship, radio-controlled models started on Lower Lake inside the Mine Park, cord models were on Middle Lake. For the following few days, modelers from various countries and Russian cities (Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kaluga, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Khabarovsk, Vladivostok) competed and struggled hard for the victory. SMSIF Eurasia Championship-2026 is the first international competition this year and each and every participant was trying to achieve the best result possible! The supporters were eagerly watching the event.

As Dmitriy Spitsyn, Chief Judge at the Championship and SMSIF Executive Director said, “Once again, Eurasia Championship proved its prestigious standing in shipmodeling sport. We saw tough struggle and high speeds. The young generation of modelers are especially keen on showing the results worth of international level competitions.”

The competition resulted in places distributed as follows:

• 1 place – Russian Federation,
• 2 place – Republic of Belarus,
• 3 place – Mozambique.

All champion models demonstrated the world-level results, for instance, Mikhail Kholosha’s B1 Class model (speed cord models with an ICE and an air propeller) reached outstanding speed of 278 km per hour! Another model, Alexander Muravyev’s В1-Е Class boat ran at 273.7 km per hour, Dmitriy Shardenkov’s А1-Е Class model – at 193.7 km per hour, Vladislav Ushenin’s А2 Class model - at 204.3 km per hour and Rashid Khabibulin’s А1 Class model ran at 198.5 km per hour.

As for other classes, here personal competition winners among senior modelers were the following: A3 Class – Mikhail Kholosha; ECO Expert Mini, ECO Expert and F1-E Classes – Mikhail Petrov; F2-A Class – Vladimir Zhornik; F4-C Class – Ekaterina Khmelevskaya.

Taking part in the shipmodeling event of the world level was a fine opportunity for many modelers to upgrade their sports categories while several junior competitors qualified for their first sports grades. The Championship worked as an incentive to further develop their skills and expertise.

Junior leaders included: Alexander Nikiforov (B1J), Mikhail Mikhailov (B1-EJ, A1-EJ), Dmitriy Karavaytsev (A1J, A3J), Dmitriy Ushakov (A2J), Artyom Kalashnikov (ECO Expert MiniJ), Ivan Lesogrudov (ECO ExpertJ, F1-EJ), Igor Sheremetyev (F2-AJ), Alexander Maltsev (F4-СJ).

The closing and awards ceremony took place on June, 4^th 2026 inside Far-East Maritime Training Center (Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University). Konstantin Shestakov, Vladivostok City Mayor, greeted the SMSIF Eurasia Championship-2026 participants at the ceremony. “I wish further achievements for the winners and for those who today got very close to victory - I wish to move on towards even higher results!”

Dmitriy Spitsyn, Chief Junge at the Championship, expressed his deep gratitude to the participants, organizers and University volunteers. The volunteers assisted the judges at the starts and undertook a lot of work at the Championship.

The article used materials kindly provided by the Admiral Nevelskoy Maritime State University Press Center.

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