Unified Sports Classification System

The classification was created in Soviet Union but even now it is popular in the former Soviet Union republics: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
  • Elite:  Elite Sportsman.
  • MSIC:  Master of Sport, International Class, equates to international champion.
  • MS: Master of Sport, equates to national champion.
  • CMS: Candidate for Master of Sport, equates to nationally ranked player.
  • I: First-Class Sportsman, equates to regional champion.
  • II: Second-Class Sportsman, equates to state champion.
  • III: Third-Class Sportsman, equates to city champion.
  • I(j): First-Class Junior Sportsman.
  • II(j): Second-Class Junior Sportsman.
  • III(j): Third-Class Junior Sportsman.

  • Junior is a person who is not 18 years old.