2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 86 kg

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Men's freestyle 86 kg
at the 2025 U23 World Championships
Venue SPC Vojvodina
Dates26–27 October
Competitors29 from 28 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg  
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
  2024
2026  

The men's freestyle 86 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia on 26 and 27 October 2025. [1]

Contents

This freestyle wrestling competition consists of a single-elimination tournament, with a repechage used to determine the winner of two bronze medals. The two finalists face off for gold and silver medals. Each wrestler who loses to one of the two finalists moves into the repechage, culminating in a pair of bronze medal matches featuring the semifinal losers each facing the remaining repechage opponent from their half of the bracket.

Results

Legend

Final

Final
Flag of Moldova.svg  Eugeniu Mihalcean  (MDA)0
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Arsen Balaian  (AIN)10

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of France.svg  Rakhim Magamadov  (FRA)4
Flag of Moldova.svg  Eugeniu Mihalcean  (MDA)4FFlag of Moldova.svg  Eugeniu Mihalcean  (MDA)7
Flag of Mexico.svg  Kevin de León Treviño  (MEX)0 Flag of Moldova.svg  Eugeniu Mihalcean  (MDA)10
Flag of Albania.svg  Ibrahim Sula  (ALB)1 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Soltan Begenjow  (TKM)0
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Soltan Begenjow  (TKM)11Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Soltan Begenjow  (TKM)10
Flag of Armenia.svg  Mushegh Mkrtchyan  (ARM)12Flag of Armenia.svg  Mushegh Mkrtchyan  (ARM)2
Flag of Greece.svg  Theodoros Singiridis  (GRE)1 Flag of Moldova.svg  Eugeniu Mihalcean  (MDA)2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Minghui  (CHN)10Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Rahmani  (IRI)1
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Paulius Leščauskas  (LTU)2 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Minghui  (CHN)0
Flag of Israel.svg  Aaron Ayzerov  (ISR)0 Flag of the United States.svg  Rocco Welsh  (USA)6
Flag of the United States.svg  Rocco Welsh  (USA)10Flag of the United States.svg  Rocco Welsh  (USA)4
Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Yağan  (TUR)4Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Rahmani  (IRI)7
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Bykov  (UKR)0 Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Yağan  (TUR)3
Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Rahmani  (IRI)6Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Rahmani  (IRI)5
Flag of India.svg  Ashish  (IND)4

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Arsen Balaian  (AIN)10
Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriele Niccolini  (ITA)10Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriele Niccolini  (ITA)0
Flag of Hungary.svg  Zétény Gangl  (HUN)0 Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Arsen Balaian  (AIN)7
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)10Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Mukhammad Abdullaev  (KGZ)0 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)8
Flag of Japan.svg  Fumiya Igarashi  (JPN)8Flag of Japan.svg  Fumiya Igarashi  (JPN)0
Flag of Austria.svg  Lukas Lins  (AUT)0 Flag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Arsen Balaian  (AIN)10
Flag of Finland.svg  Miko Elkala  (FIN)10Flag of Georgia.svg  Tornike Samkharadze  (GEO)0
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Aiden Stevenson  (CAN)0 Flag of Finland.svg  Miko Elkala  (FIN)2
Flag of Georgia.svg  Tornike Samkharadze  (GEO)10Flag of Georgia.svg  Tornike Samkharadze  (GEO)7
Flag of Spain.svg  Gabriel Iglesias Ramos  (ESP)0 Flag of Georgia.svg  Tornike Samkharadze  (GEO)13
Flag of Poland.svg  Igor Szucki  (POL)0 Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radomir Stoyanov  (BUL)1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Mukhanbet Mambetov  (KAZ)11Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Mukhanbet Mambetov  (KAZ)2
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radomir Stoyanov  (BUL)12

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Mexico.svg  Kevin de León Treviño  (MEX)Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Soltan Begenjow  (TKM)0Flag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Rahmani  (IRI)7
Flag of France.svg  Rakhim Magamadov  (FRA)WOFlag of France.svg  Rakhim Magamadov  (FRA)10Flag of France.svg  Rakhim Magamadov  (FRA)5
Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriele Niccolini  (ITA)0Flag of Georgia.svg  Tornike Samkharadze  (GEO)2
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)11Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)13

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Individual Neutral Athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics.svg  Arsen Balaian  (AIN)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Moldova.svg  Eugeniu Mihalcean  (MDA)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Abolfazl Rahmani  (IRI)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ali Tcokaev  (AZE)
5Flag of France.svg  Rakhim Magamadov  (FRA)
5Flag of Georgia.svg  Tornike Samkharadze  (GEO)
7Flag of the United States.svg  Rocco Welsh  (USA)
8Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Soltan Begenjow  (TKM)
9Flag of Armenia.svg  Mushegh Mkrtchyan  (ARM)
10Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Mukhanbet Mambetov  (KAZ)
11Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Radomir Stoyanov  (BUL)
12Flag of Finland.svg  Miko Elkala  (FIN)
13Flag of Italy.svg  Gabriele Niccolini  (ITA)
14Flag of Turkey.svg  Ahmet Yağan  (TUR)
15Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Liang Minghui  (CHN)
16Flag of Japan.svg  Fumiya Igarashi  (JPN)
17Flag of India.svg  Ashish  (IND)
18Flag of Lithuania.svg  Paulius Leščauskas  (LTU)
19Flag of Albania.svg  Ibrahim Sula  (ALB)
20Flag of Greece.svg  Theodoros Singiridis  (GRE)
21Flag of Ukraine.svg  Denys Bykov  (UKR)
22Flag of Austria.svg  Lukas Lins  (AUT)
23Flag of Israel.svg  Aaron Ayzerov  (ISR)
24Flag of Hungary.svg  Zétény Gangl  (HUN)
25Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Mukhammad Abdullaev  (KGZ)
26Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Aiden Stevenson  (CAN)
27Flag of Spain.svg  Gabriel Iglesias Ramos  (ESP)
28Flag of Poland.svg  Igor Szucki  (POL)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Kevin de León Treviño  (MEX)

References

  1. "U23 World Championships". uww.org. Retrieved 2025-10-19.