2022 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament

Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan 2022
Host city	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates	24–27 February
Stadium	Başakşehir Youth and Sports Facility
Champions
Greco-Roman	Turkey
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The 39th Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2022 was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 24 February to 27 February 2022. ^[1] It was held as the first of the ranking series together with the 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament. ^[2] The event aired freely on the United World Wrestling. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

This international tournament includes competition men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the Olympic Champion, Hamit Kaplan and Turkish Wrestler and manager Vehbi Emre. ^[6]

Ranking Series

Ranking Series Calendar 2022:

• 1st Ranking Series: 24-27 February, Turkey, Istanbul ⇒ 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament
  2022 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
• 2nd Ranking Series: 2-5 June, Kazakhstan, Almaty ⇒ 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
• 3rd Ranking Series: 22-25 June, Italy, Rome ⇒ Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022
• 4th Ranking Series: 14-17 July, Tunisia, Tunis ⇒ 2022 Tunis Ranking Series

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Event
24 February Thursday	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 55-60-63-67-87-97-130 kg
	18.00-20.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: GR – 55-60-63-67-87-97-130 kg
25 February Friday	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 72-77-82kg & WW – 57-62-68-76 kg
	18.00-20.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals GR – 72-77-82 kg & WW – 57-62-68-76 kg
26 February Saturday	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage WW – 50-53-55-59-65-72 kg & FS – 97-125 kg
	18.00-20.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals WW – 50-53-55-59-65-72 kg & FS – 97-125 kg
27 February Sunday	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92 kg
	18.00-20.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	5	2	10	17
2	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	4
3	Azerbaijan	1	2	3	6
4	Kazakhstan	1	1	3	5
5	Moldova	0	2	0	2
6	Norway	0	1	1	2
7	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
9	India	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	20	40

Team ranking

Rank	Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points
1	Turkey	205
2	Kazakhstan	131
3	Azerbaijan	127
4	Uzbekistan	98
5	Moldova	40

Medal overview

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Adem Uzun   Turkey	Amangali Bekbolatov   Kazakhstan	Doğuş Ayazcı   Turkey
60 kg details	Yernar Fidakhmetov   Kazakhstan	Ekrem Öztürk   Turkey	Yernur Fidakhmetov   Kazakhstan
			Gyanender Dahiya   India
63 kg details	Islomjon Bakhramov   Uzbekistan	Victor Ciobanu   Moldova	Ahmet Uyar   Turkey
			Taleh Mammadov   Azerbaijan
67 kg details	Makhmud Bakhshilloev   Uzbekistan	Morten Thoresen   Norway	Meirzhan Shermakhanbet   Kazakhstan
			Volkan Çakıl   Turkey
72 kg details	Selçuk Can   Turkey	Kristupas Šleiva   Lithuania	Murat Dağ   Turkey
			Mateusz Bernatek   Poland
77 kg details	Yunus Emre Başar   Turkey	Sanan Suleymanov   Azerbaijan	Tamerlan Shadukayev   Kazakhstan
			Furkan Bayrak   Turkey
82 kg details	Burhan Akbudak   Turkey	Mihail Bradu   Moldova	Rafig Huseynov   Azerbaijan
			Tunjay Vazirzade   Azerbaijan
87 kg details	Islam Abbasov   Azerbaijan	Metehan Başar   Turkey	Mehmet Ali Küçükosman   Turkey
			Ali Cengiz   Turkey
97 kg details	Rustam Assakalov   Uzbekistan	Arvi Savolainen   Finland	Felix Baldauf   Norway
			Beytullah Kayışdağ   Turkey
130 kg details	Osman Yıldırım   Turkey	Beka Kandelaki   Azerbaijan	Muminjon Abdullaev   Uzbekistan
			Rıza Kayaalp   Turkey

Results

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Elimination groups

Group A

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	AZE	TUR
1	Marlan Mukashev  (KAZ)	3	2	1	9	15		—	10–6	3–6	2–0 Fall
2	Doğuş Ayazcı  (TUR)	3	2	1	8	14		1–3 PO1	—	2–0	6–0
3	İbrahim Nurullayev  (AZE)	3	2	1	6	12		3–1 PO1	0–3 PO	—	6–5
4	Ahmet Taşkınoğlu  (TUR)	3	0	3	1	5		0–5 FA	0–3 PO	1–3 PO1	—

Source: UWW

Group B

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	KAZ
1	Amangali Bekbolatov  (KAZ)	2	2	0	8	17		—	8–0	9–0
2	Adem Uzun  (TUR)	2	1	1	4	8		0–4 SU	—	8–0
3	Nurzat Kabdyrakhimov  (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 SU	0–4 SU	—

Source: UWW

Knockout round

	Semifinals				Finals
	Marlan Mukashev  (KAZ)	2
	Adem Uzun  (TUR)	10			Adem Uzun  (TUR)	6
	Amangali Bekbolatov  (KAZ)	6			Amangali Bekbolatov  (KAZ)	5
	Doğuş Ayazcı  (TUR)	2
					Bronze medal match
					Marlan Mukashev  (KAZ)	1
					Doğuş Ayazcı  (TUR)	5

Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• R — Retired
• WO — Won by walkover

1/8 finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Yernar Fidakhmetov  (KAZ)

9

Dastan Zarlykhanov  (KAZ)

4

Ahmet Uçar  (TUR)

0

Ayhan Karakuş  (TUR)

1

Yernar Fidakhmetov  (KAZ)

4F

Yernur Fidakhmetov  (KAZ)

0

Yernur Fidakhmetov  (KAZ)

7

Dastan Zarlykhanov  (KAZ)

5

Yernar Fidakhmetov  (KAZ)

7

Ekrem Öztürk  (TUR)

1

Marat Garipov  (BRA)

3

Gyanender Dahiya  (IND)

7

Gyanender Dahiya  (IND)

Firuz Tukhtaev  (UZB)

1

Ekrem Öztürk  (TUR)

WO

Eldaniz Azizli  (AZE)

5

Eldaniz Azizli  (AZE)

0R

Ekrem Öztürk  (TUR)

5

	Bronze medal match
	Ahmet Uçar  (TUR)	8
	Yernur Fidakhmetov  (KAZ)	9
	Eldaniz Azizli  (AZE)	0R
	Gyanender Dahiya  (IND)	2

Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover
• C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent

1/8 finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Ahmet Uyar  (TUR)

5

Aidos Sultangali  (KAZ)

5F

Aidos Sultangali  (KAZ)

1

Sagar  (IND)

0

Ahmet Uyar  (TUR)

0

Abdurrahman Altan  (TUR)

1

Victor Ciobanu  (MDA)

10

Victor Ciobanu  (MDA)

3

Victor Ciobanu  (MDA)

WO

Justas Petravičius  (LTU)

Victor Ciobanu  (MDA)

0

Islomjon Bakhramov  (UZB)

9

Rahman Bilici  (TUR)

6

Taleh Mammadov  (AZE)

2

Islomjon Bakhramov  (UZB)

9

Islomjon Bakhramov  (UZB)

8F

Islomjon Bakhramov  (UZB)

9

Bagylan Zhakansha  (KAZ)

5

Dastan Kadyrov  (KGZ)

1

Galym Kabdunassarov  (KAZ)

10

Galym Kabdunassarov  (KAZ)

4

Dastan Kadyrov  (KGZ)

5

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Abdurrahman Altan  (TUR)	WO			Abdurrahman Altan  (TUR)	1
	Justas Petravičius  (LTU)				Ahmet Uyar  (TUR)	8C
	Taleh Mammadov  (AZE)	3			Taleh Mammadov  (AZE)	8
	Rahman Bilici  (TUR)	1			Dastan Kadyrov  (KGZ)	0

Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Daniyar Kalenov  (KAZ)	1
	Meirzhan Shermakhanbet  (KAZ)	3			Meirzhan Shermakhanbet  (KAZ)	5
	Namaz Rustamov  (AZE)	2							Meirzhan Shermakhanbet  (KAZ)	3
	Morten Thoresen  (NOR)	10							Morten Thoresen  (NOR)	5
	Kaly Sulaimanov  (KGZ)	4			Morten Thoresen  (NOR)	2
					Ashu Bazard  (IND)	1
													Morten Thoresen  (NOR)	2
													Makhmud Bakhshilloev  (UZB)	5
					Volkan Çakıl  (TUR)	1
	Furkan Sonkur  (TUR)	1			Makhmud Bakhshilloev  (UZB)	5
	Makhmud Bakhshilloev  (UZB)	8							Makhmud Bakhshilloev  (UZB)	4
	Furkan Yıldız  (TUR)	8							Furkan Yıldız  (TUR)	3
	Sultan Assetuly  (KAZ)	3			Furkan Yıldız  (TUR)	12
					Donior Islamov  (MDA)	1

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Kaly Sulaimanov  (KGZ)	9			Kaly Sulaimanov  (KGZ)	0
	Ashu Bazard  (IND)	0			Meirzhan Shermakhanbet  (KAZ)	10
	Furkan Sonkur  (TUR)	2			Volkan Çakıl  (TUR)	WO
	Volkan Çakıl  (TUR)	6			Furkan Yıldız  (TUR)

Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Ulvu Ganizade  (AZE)	5
	Ensar Karabacak  (TUR)	7			Ensar Karabacak  (TUR)	6
	Bek Konurbaev  (KGZ)	1							Ensar Karabacak  (TUR)	0
	Kristupas Šleiva  (LTU)	4							Kristupas Šleiva  (LTU)	11
	Murat Dağ  (TUR)	2			Kristupas Šleiva  (LTU)	10
	Vikas Dalal  (IND)	4			Abylaikhan Amzeyev  (KAZ)	0
	Abylaikhan Amzeyev  (KAZ)	5											Kristupas Šleiva  (LTU)
	Suimon Ikramov  (KGZ)	2											Selçuk Can  (TUR)	WO
	Azat Sadykov  (KAZ)	3			Azat Sadykov  (KAZ)	1
	Mateusz Bernatek  (POL)	1			Selçuk Can  (TUR)	3
	Selçuk Can  (TUR)	3							Selçuk Can  (TUR)	8
	Alikhan Kokenov  (KAZ)	4							Mikko Peltokangas  (FIN)	0
	Mirzobek Rahmatov  (UZB)	3			Alikhan Kokenov  (KAZ)	1
					Mikko Peltokangas  (FIN)	3

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Murat Dağ  (TUR)	7			Murat Dağ  (TUR)	8
	Abylaikhan Amzeyev  (KAZ)	0			Ensar Karabacak  (TUR)	5
	Mateusz Bernatek  (POL)	3			Mateusz Bernatek  (POL)	5
	Azat Sadykov  (KAZ)	1			Mikko Peltokangas  (FIN)	2

Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Yunus Emre Başar  (TUR)	5
	Matias Lipasti  (FIN)	1			Tamerlan Shadukayev  (KAZ)	1
	Tamerlan Shadukayev  (KAZ)	10							Yunus Emre Başar  (TUR)	1
	Viktor Nemeš  (SRB)	1							Viktor Nemeš  (SRB)	1
	Aram Vardanyan  (UZB)	1			Viktor Nemeš  (SRB)	1
	Maxat Yerezhepov  (KAZ)	1			Ahmet Yılmaz  (TUR)	1
	Ahmet Yılmaz  (TUR)	7											Yunus Emre Başar  (TUR)	2
													Sanan Suleymanov  (AZE)	1
					Gevorg Sahakyan  (POL)	4
	Joílson Júnior  (BRA)	0			Furkan Bayrak  (TUR)	9
	Furkan Bayrak  (TUR)	9							Furkan Bayrak  (TUR)	2
	Sajan Bhanwal  (IND)	0							Sanan Suleymanov  (AZE)	3
	Sanan Suleymanov  (AZE)	8			Sanan Suleymanov  (AZE)	2
					Demeu Zhadrayev  (KAZ)	0

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
					Tamerlan Shadukayev  (KAZ)	1
					Viktor Nemeš  (SRB)	1
	Sajan Bhanwal  (IND)	0			Demeu Zhadrayev  (KAZ)	5
	Demeu Zhadrayev  (KAZ)	8			Furkan Bayrak  (TUR)	6

Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Emrah Kuş  (TUR)	1
	Harpreet Singh Sandhu  (IND)	0			Rafig Huseynov  (AZE)	4
	Rafig Huseynov  (AZE)	8							Rafig Huseynov  (AZE)	0
									Burhan Akbudak  (TUR)	9
					Burhan Akbudak  (TUR)	9
					Ilimdor Satayev  (KAZ)	0
													Burhan Akbudak  (TUR)	2
													Mihail Bradu  (MDA)	1
					Tunjay Vazirzade  (AZE)	3
					Hasan Berk Kılınç  (TUR)	0
									Tunjay Vazirzade  (AZE)	3
	Dias Kalen  (KAZ)	3							Mihail Bradu  (MDA)	6F
	Rakhmet Sapiyev  (KAZ)	7			Rakhmet Sapiyev  (KAZ)	4
					Mihail Bradu  (MDA)	12

	Bronze medal match
	Ilimdor Satayev  (KAZ)	0
	Rafig Huseynov  (AZE)	11
	Rakhmet Sapiyev  (KAZ)	1
	Tunjay Vazirzade  (AZE)	7

Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Mehmet Ali Küçükosman  (TUR)	1
	Zhantas Nurgali  (KAZ)	1			Zurabi Datunashvili  (SRB)	5
	Zurabi Datunashvili  (SRB)	9							Zurabi Datunashvili  (SRB)	5
	Arkadiusz Kułynycz  (POL)	9							Metehan Başar  (TUR)	1
	Jalgasbay Berdimuratov  (UZB)	1			Arkadiusz Kułynycz  (POL)	3
					Metehan Başar  (TUR)	3
													Zurabi Datunashvili  (SRB)	3
													Islam Abbasov  (AZE)	6
					Nursultan Tursynov  (KAZ)	3
	Sunil Kumar  (IND)	1			Ali Cengiz  (TUR)	3
	Ali Cengiz  (TUR)	11							Ali Cengiz  (TUR)	1
	Islam Abbasov  (AZE)	9							Islam Abbasov  (AZE)	4
	Nurbek Khashimbekov  (UZB)	0			Islam Abbasov  (AZE)	9
					Umalt Daudov  (KAZ)	0

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Zhantas Nurgali  (KAZ)	3			Mehmet Ali Küçükosman  (TUR)	1
	Mehmet Ali Küçükosman  (TUR)	6			Metehan Başar  (TUR)	1
	Nurbek Khashimbekov  (UZB)	3			Umalt Daudov  (KAZ)	2
	Umalt Daudov  (KAZ)	2F			Ali Cengiz  (TUR)	10

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

	Final
	Rustam Assakalov  (UZB)	5
	Arvi Savolainen  (FIN)	1

Top half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Vilius Laurinaitis  (LTU)	1
					Martynas Nemsevičius  (LTU)	1
									Vilius Laurinaitis  (LTU)	3
	Rustam Assakalov  (UZB)	WO							Rustam Assakalov  (UZB)	5
	Nikoloz Kakhelashvili  (ITA)				Rustam Assakalov  (UZB)	8
					Abdülkadir Çebi  (TUR)	0
													Rustam Assakalov  (UZB)	7
													Felix Baldauf  (NOR)	1
					Abrorbek Nurmukhammedov  (UZB)	0
					Felix Baldauf  (NOR)	8
									Felix Baldauf  (NOR)	5
									Murat Lokyaev  (AZE)	0
					Daniel Gastl  (AUT)	2
					Murat Lokyaev  (AZE)	10

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Igor Queiroz  (BRA)	1
					Hardeep Singh  (IND)	4
									Hardeep Singh  (IND)	0
	Islam Umayev  (KAZ)	0							Arvi Savolainen  (FIN)	8
	Arvi Savolainen  (FIN)	7			Arvi Savolainen  (FIN)	3
					Sanzhar Serikkhan  (KAZ)	1
													Arvi Savolainen  (FIN)	2
													Beytullah Kayışdağ  (TUR)	1
					Tadeusz Michalik  (POL)	1
	İbrahim Tığcı  (TUR)	3			Mikheil Kajaia  (SRB)	1
	Mikheil Kajaia  (SRB)	7							Mikheil Kajaia  (SRB)	1
									Beytullah Kayışdağ  (TUR)	6
					Beytullah Kayışdağ  (TUR)	6
					Arif Niftillayev  (AZE)	3

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medal match
	Nikoloz Kakhelashvili  (ITA)				Abdülkadir Çebi  (TUR)	6			Abdülkadir Çebi  (TUR)	2
	Abdülkadir Çebi  (TUR)	WO			Vilius Laurinaitis  (LTU)	0			Felix Baldauf  (NOR)	4
	Islam Umayev  (KAZ)	7			Islam Umayev  (KAZ)	8F			Islam Umayev  (KAZ)	0
	Sanzhar Serikkhan  (KAZ)	2			Hardeep Singh  (IND)	1			Beytullah Kayışdağ  (TUR)	9

Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Muminjon Abdullaev  (UZB)	1
	Osman Yıldırım  (TUR)	9			Osman Yıldırım  (TUR)	2
	Konsta Mäenpää  (FIN)	0							Osman Yıldırım  (TUR)	9
	Alimkhan Syzdykov  (KAZ)	5							Alimkhan Syzdykov  (KAZ)	0
	Danila Sotnikov  (ITA)	1			Alimkhan Syzdykov  (KAZ)	10
	Naveen Sevlia  (IND)	1			Ali Nail Arslan  (TUR)	0
	Ali Nail Arslan  (TUR)	7											Osman Yıldırım  (TUR)	3
	Nikolaos Ntounias  (GRE)	0											Beka Kandelaki  (AZE)	1
	Beka Kandelaki  (AZE)	8			Beka Kandelaki  (AZE)	5
	Rafał Krajewski  (POL)	3			Rafał Krajewski  (POL)	4
	Romas Fridrikas  (LTU)	0							Beka Kandelaki  (AZE)	2F
	Anton Savenko  (KAZ)	3							Rıza Kayaalp  (TUR)	5
	Mantas Knystautas  (LTU)	3			Anton Savenko  (KAZ)	1
					Rıza Kayaalp  (TUR)	4

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Konsta Mäenpää  (FIN)	1			Muminjon Abdullaev  (UZB)	4
	Muminjon Abdullaev  (UZB)	5			Alimkhan Syzdykov  (KAZ)	1
	Nikolaos Ntounias  (GRE)	2			Rafał Krajewski  (POL)	0
	Rafał Krajewski  (POL)	4F			Rıza Kayaalp  (TUR)	8

Participating nations

123 competitors from 16 nations participated.

•   Austria (1)
•   Azerbaijan (12)
•   Brazil (3)
•   Finland (4)
•   Greece (1)
•   India (9)
•   Italy (2)
•   Kazakhstan (28)
•   Kyrgyzstan (4)
•   Lithuania (6)
•   Moldova (3)
•   Norway (2)
•   Poland (5)
•   Serbia (3)
•   Turkey (30)
•   Uzbekistan (10)

References

1. "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan".
2. "#WrestleIstanbul Yasar Dogu Entry List".
3. "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan | United World Wrestling".
4. "Official Results" (PDF).
5. "WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman Finals from #WrestleIstanbul".
6. "38. Uluslararasi Vehbi̇ Emre & Hami̇t Kaplan Güreş Turnuvasi Başladi | TGF".