| 2015 European U23 Wrestling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city |  Walbrzych, Poland |
| Dates | March 24–29, 2015 |
| Champions | |
| Freestyle |  Russia |
| Greco-Roman | Russia |
| Women | Russia |
The 2015 European U23 Wrestling Championships was the first edition of European U23 Wrestling Championships of combined events, and took place from March 24 to 29 in Walbrzych, Poland. [1] [2]
* Host nation (Poland)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 2 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 |  Georgia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 |  Belarus | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 |  Moldova | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 |  Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 |  Azerbaijan | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 |  Armenia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Germany | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Serbia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
 Sweden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Turkey | 1 | 0 | 9 | 10 |
| 13 | Poland * | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 |  Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 16 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 20 |  Hungary | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 21 |  North Macedonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (22 entries) | 24 | 24 | 48 | 96 | |
| Rank | Men's freestyle [3] | Men's Greco-Roman [4] | Women's freestyle [5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Points | Team | Points | Team | Points | |
| 1 | Russia | 62 | Russia | 50 | Russia | 56 |
| 2 | Georgia | 57 | Georgia | 40 | Belarus | 51 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 48 | Turkey | 35 | Ukraine | 50 |
| 4 | Turkey | 44 | Moldova | 34 | Turkey | 43 |
| 5 | Armenia | 36 | Belarus | 32 | Azerbaijan | 34 |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 59 kg | Victor Ciobanu | Zaur Kabaloev | Eldaniz Azizli |
| Khvicha Tchitava | |||
| 66 kg | Artem Surkov | Dominik Etlinger | Giori Davitaia |
| Enes Başar | |||
| 71 kg | Daniel Cataraga | Daniel Soini | Aleksei Kiiankin |
| Zoltán Lévai | |||
| 75 kg | Viktor Nemes | Kazbek Kilou | Karapet Chalyan |
| Petru Sevciuc | |||
| 80 kg | Lasha Gobadze | Sargis Kocharyan | Doğan Göktaş |
| Radik Kuliev | |||
| 85 kg | Denis Kudla | Vladimir Stankic | Islam Abbasov |
| Krystian Formela | |||
| 98 kg | Fatih Başköy | Toumas Lahti | Evgeni Gechev |
| Kukuri Kirtskhalia | |||
| 130 kg | Sergey Semenov | Mykola Kuchmii | Christian John |
| Felix Baldauf |
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