U23 World Wrestling Championships

U23 World Wrestling Championships
StatusActive
GenreU23 Wrestling Championships
Date(s)October to November
FrequencyAnnual
Location(s)Various
Years active2017–present
Inaugurated2017 (2017)
Most recentTirana 2024 Albania
Previous eventTirana 2023 Albania
Next eventNovi Sad 2025 Serbia
Organised byUnited World Wrestling
2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships

The U23 World Wrestling Championships are the Wrestling World Championship for athletes under 23 years old and is organized by United World Wrestling. The tournament began in 2017.

Editions

Edition Year Host City Host Country Dates Events Medals Winner
1 2017 Bydgoszcz  Poland 21–26 November 24  Japan
2 2018 Bucharest  Romania 12–18 November 30  Japan
3 2019 Budapest  Hungary 28 October - 3 November 30  Japan
2020 Tampere  Finland Did not happen due to COVID-19 pandemic
4 2021 Belgrade  Serbia 1–7 November 30  Russia
5 2022 Pontevedra  Spain 17–23 October 30  Japan
6 2023 Tirana  Albania 23–29 October 30  Japan
7 2024 Tirana  Albania 21–27 October 30  Iran
8 2025 Novi Sad  Serbia 20–26 October 30

All time medal table (2017-2024)

As of 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan41142479
2 Iran2393567
3 Russia18232566
4 Georgia16122048
Individual Neutral Athletes [a]1691944
5 United States13141441
6 Turkey11113355
7 Ukraine8104260
8 Azerbaijan7192551
9 Moldova781126
10 Armenia651021
11 Kyrgyzstan45918
12 Hungary43714
13 Cuba4138
14 China37818
15 India2101426
16 Kazakhstan261725
17 Canada24511
18 France2226
19 Egypt2035
20 Norway2002
21 Romania13913
22 Poland13711
23United World Wrestling [b]1269
24 Germany111012
25 Finland1124
26 Greece1113
27 Colombia1102
 Ecuador1102
 Slovakia1102
30 Sweden1056
31 Uzbekistan1001
32 Croatia0516
33 Belarus04711
34 Mongolia021315
35 Bulgaria0213
36 Austria0112
 Netherlands0112
38 Denmark0101
 Mexico0101
 Switzerland0101
41 Italy0033
 Lithuania0033
43 Israel0022
 Latvia0022
 Nigeria0022
46 Chinese Taipei0011
 Czech Republic0011
 Serbia0011
 Tunisia0011
 Turkmenistan0011
 Venezuela0011
Totals (51 entries)204204408816

Team rankings

Year Men's Freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's Freestyle
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
2017  Russia  Kazakhstan  Georgia  Georgia  Russia  Turkey  Japan  Ukraine  Russia
2018  Russia  Georgia  Iran  Georgia  Russia  Turkey  Japan  Russia  China
2019  Russia  Iran  Azerbaijan  Iran  Georgia  Russia  Japan  China  Ukraine
2021  Russia  Iran  Armenia  Russia  Iran  Georgia  Russia  Ukraine  India
2022  Georgia  Iran  United States  Iran  Georgia  Turkey  Japan  United States  Ukraine
2023  United States  Turkey  Azerbaijan  Turkey  Azerbaijan  Georgia  Japan  Ukraine United World Wrestling
2024  Iran  Japan  Azerbaijan  Iran  Georgia  Armenia  United States  Japan  Ukraine

Notes

  1. ^ As a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (Athlètes Individuels Neutres in French) according to an IOC decision implemented by the UWW. No flags at all were used for these delegations, not even the UWW flag. The UWW does not include the medals won by these wrestlers in the official medal table, they results were not counted in the team rankings.
  2. ^ As a result of sanctions by the UWW imposed on the Wrestling Federation of India for not conducting its elections on time, wrestlers from India were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of India. They instead participated under the name and the flag of the United World Wrestling (UWW).

See also

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