2022 U20 World Wrestling Championships

2022 World Juniors Wrestling Championships
Host cityBulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates15–21 August 2022
StadiumArmeets Arena
Champions
Freestyle Iran
Greco-Roman Iran
Women Japan
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The 2022 World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) was the 45th edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and was held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 15 and 21 August 2022.[1][2]

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+3)

Date Time Event
15 August 11.00-14.30 Qualification rounds FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
18:00-19.30 Semi Final FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
16 August 11.30-14.30 Qualification rounds FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg; Repechage FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
16.45-17.45 Semi Final FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
18.00-20.30 FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
17 August 11.00-13.30 Qualification rounds WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg; Repechage FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
16.45-17.45 Semi Final WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
18.00-20.30 Finals FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
18 August 11.00-13.30 Qualification rounds WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg; Repechage WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
17.00-17.45 Semi Final WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
18.00-20.00 Finals WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
19 August 11.00-15.30 Qualification rounds GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg; Repechage WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
17.00-17.45 Semi-finals: GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
18.00-20.00 Finals WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
20 August 11.00-15.30 Qualification rounds GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg; Repechage GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
17.00-17.45 Semi Final GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
18.00-21.00 Finals GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
21 August 16.00-17.45 Repechage GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
18.00-20.30 Finals GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
21.00 Final banquet

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan91515
2 Iran73616
3 Azerbaijan5139
4 United States34411
5 India141116
6 Armenia1214
7 Ukraine1146
8 Uzbekistan1034
9 France1023
10 Germany1012
11 Kazakhstan0437
12 Georgia0325
13 Turkey0268
14 Kyrgyzstan0246
15 Hungary0123
16 Moldova0112
17 Romania0101
18 Estonia0011
 Tunisia0011
Totals (19 entries)303060120

Team ranking

Rank Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle
Team Points Team Points Team Points
1  Iran 159  Iran 174  Japan 230
2  United States 132  Azerbaijan 119  India 160
3  India 112  Ukraine 93  United States 124
4  Azerbaijan 100  Armenia 83  Turkey 89
5  Georgia 98  Turkey 81  Ukraine 84
6  Turkey 78  Kazakhstan 78  Kazakhstan 71
7  Japan 60  Georgia 58  Hungary 56
8  France 57  Moldova 53  Kyrgyzstan 51
9  Ukraine 56  Kyrgyzstan 50  Poland 30
10  Uzbekistan 54  Uzbekistan 44  Uzbekistan 32

Medal overview

Men's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
57 kg
details
Jore Volk
 United States
Merey Bazarbayev
 Kazakhstan
Ahmad Javan
 Iran
Abhishek Dhaka
 India
61 kg
details
Yuto Nishiuchi
 Japan
Armin Habibzadeh
 Iran
Mohit Kumar
 India
Khamzat Arsamerzouev
 France
65 kg
details
Umidjon Jalolov
 Uzbekistan
Ziraddin Bayramov
 Azerbaijan
Yoshinosuke Aoyagi
 Japan
Sujeet Kalkal
 India
70 kg
details
Kanan Heybatov
 Azerbaijan
Mitchell Mesenbrink
 United States
Hossein Mohammad Aghaei
 Iran
Mulayam Yadav
 India
74 kg
details
Dzhabrail Gadzhiev
 Azerbaijan
Ryunosuke Kamiya
 Japan
Sagar Jaglan
 India
Jafar Chuliboyev
 Uzbekistan
79 kg
details
Sobhan Yari
 Iran
Mushegh Mkrtchyan
 Armenia
Otari Adeishvili
 Georgia
Mukhammad Abdullaev
 Kyrgyzstan
86 kg
details
Rakhim Magamadov
 France
Bennett Berge
 United States
Aref Ranjbari
 Iran
İsmail Küçüksolak
 Turkey
92 kg
details
Amir Hossein Firouzpour
 Iran
Andro Margishvili
 Georgia
Sergey Sargsyan
 Armenia
Adlan Viskhanov
 France
97 kg
details
Ben Kueter
 United States
Rıfat Gıdak
 Turkey
Neeraj Bhardwaj
 India
Amir Ali Azarpira
 Iran
125 kg
details
Amir Reza Masoumi
 Iran
Mahendra Gaikwad
 India
Merab Suleimanishvili
 Georgia
Adil Mısırcı
 Turkey

Greco-Roman

Event Gold Silver Bronze
55 kg
details
Nihad Guluzade
 Azerbaijan
Denis Mihai
 Romania
Nuristan Suiorkulov
 Kyrgyzstan
Taiga Onishi
 Japan
60 kg
details
Saeid Esmaeili
 Iran
Suren Aghajanyan
 Armenia
Nihat Mammadli
 Azerbaijan
Sumit Dalal
 India
63 kg
details
Iman Mohammadi
 Iran
Baiaman Karimov
 Kyrgyzstan
Chiezo Maruyama
 Japan
Oleh Khalilov
 Ukraine
67 kg
details
Kanan Abdullazade
 Azerbaijan
Nika Broladze
 Georgia
Dinmukhamed Koshkar
 Kazakhstan
Danial Sohrabi
 Iran
72 kg
details
Gurban Gurbanov
 Azerbaijan
Alexandru Solovei
 Moldova
Irfan Mirzoiev
 Ukraine
Amir Abdi
 Iran
77 kg
details
Deni Nakaev
 Germany
Yüksel Sarıçiçek
 Turkey
Samandar Bobonazarov
 Uzbekistan
Alexandrin Guțu
 Moldova
82 kg
details
Alireza Mohmadi
 Iran
Achiko Bolkvadze
 Georgia
Rohit Dahiya
 India
Alperen Berber
 Turkey
87 kg
details
Vigen Nazaryan
 Armenia
Abolfazl Choubani
 Iran
Lachin Valiyev
 Azerbaijan
Maksat Sailau
 Kazakhstan
97 kg
details
Ali Abedi
 Iran
Iussuf Matsiyev
 Kazakhstan
Richard Karelson
 Estonia
Nurmanbet Raimaly Uulu
 Kyrgyzstan
130 kg
details
Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi
 Ukraine
Fardin Hedayati
 Iran
Temurbek Nasimov
 Uzbekistan
Aden Attao
 United States

Women's freestyle

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 kg
details
Umi Ito
 Japan
Audrey Jimenez
 United States
Priyanshi Prajapat
 India
Gultakin Shirinova
 Azerbaijan
53 kg
details
Antim Panghal
 India
Altyn Shagayeva
 Kazakhstan
Ayaka Kimura
 Japan
Katie Gomez
 United States
55 kg
details
Moe Kiyooka
 Japan
Albina Rillia
 Ukraine
Róza Szenttamási
 Hungary
Tuba Demir
 Turkey
57 kg
details
Ruka Natami
 Japan
Sofia Macaluso
 United States
Oleksandra Khomenets
 Ukraine
Sito
 India
59 kg
details
Sakura Motoki
 Japan
Viktória Borsos
 Hungary
Ebru Dağbaşı
 Turkey
Madina Aman
 Kazakhstan
62 kg
details
Nonoka Ozaki
 Japan
Sonam Malik
 India
Adaugo Nwachukwu
 United States
Iryna Bondar
 Ukraine
65 kg
details
Mahiro Yoshitake
 Japan
Priyanka
 India
Dilnaz Sazanova
 Kyrgyzstan
Khadija Jlassi
 Tunisia
68 kg
details
Ami Ishii
 Japan
Nurzat Nurtaeva
 Kyrgyzstan
Nesrin Baş
 Turkey
Sophia Schäfle
 Germany
72 kg
details
Amit Elor
 United States
Anastassiya Panassovich
 Kazakhstan
Sumire Niikura
 Japan
Reetika Hooda
 India
76 kg
details
Ayano Moro
 Japan
Priya Malik
 India
Veronika Nyikos
 Hungary
Tristan Kelly
 United States

Participating nations

562 wrestlers from 49 countries:

  1.  Algeria (5)
  2.  Armenia (19)
  3.  Austria (3)
  4.  Azerbaijan (20)
  5.  Belgium (3)
  6.  Brazil (3)
  7.  Bulgaria (24) (Host)
  8.  Canada (11)
  9.  Chile (3)
  10.  Croatia (4)
  11.  Czech Republic (7)
  12.  Egypt (13)
  13.  Spain (2)
  14.  Estonia (5)
  15.  Finland (5)
  16.  France (8)
  17.  United Kingdom (1)
  18.  Georgia (20)
  19.  Germany (11)
  20.  Greece (13)
  21.  Guatemala (2)
  22.  Hungary (17)
  23.  India (30)
  24.  Iran (20)
  25.  Israel (3)
  26.  Italy (11)
  27.  Japan (27)
  28.  Kazakhstan (30)
  29.  Kyrgyzstan (22)
  30.  South Korea (7)
  31.  Kosovo (2)
  32.  Lithuania (7)
  33.  Moldova (15)
  34.  Mexico (6)
  35.  Mongolia (4)
  36.  Norway (6)
  37.  Poland (18)
  38.  Romania (15)
  39.  South Africa (6)
  40.  Serbia (4)
  41.  Switzerland (5)
  42.  Sweden (8)
  43.  Tajikistan (2)
  44.  Chinese Taipei (6)
  45.  Tunisia (2)
  46.  Turkey (30)
  47.  Ukraine (28)
  48.  United States (30)
  49.  Uzbekistan (19)

References