2025 World Wrestling Championships

2025 World Championships
Host city	Zagreb, Croatia
Dates	13–21 September 2025
Stadium	Arena Zagreb
Champions
Freestyle	Iran
Greco-Roman	Iran
Women	Japan
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The 2025 World Wrestling Championships was held from 13 to 21 September 2025 in Zagreb, Croatia. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The venue of the competition was Arena Zagreb. ^[4] It was the first World Wrestling Championships hosted by Croatia. ^[5] 776 wrestlers from 76 countries participated. ^[6] Host country Croatia competed with 14 wrestlers. ^[7]

Organization of the Championship was supported by the Government of Croatia (Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Tourism and Sports) with €4 million. ^[8] Organization costs of the tournament were estimated at €8 million. ^[8] Around 1200 wrestlers from around a hundred countries were expected to compete. ^[8] Championship is supported by the City of Zagreb, Ministry of Tourism and Sports, Zagreb and Croatia Tourist Boards, Croatian Olympic Committee, Croatian Post, JANAF and HEP. ^[9] The event was opened on 13 September 2025 in Arena Zagreb by the prime minister of Croatia Andrej Plenković. ^[10]

The competition ended with a long-awaited dominant display by the Iranian team, resulting in their conquering of this competition across the board with 325 Team Points and making history by sweeping both freestyle and Greco-Roman categories, while Japan won in women’s. ^[11]

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+2:00) ^[12]

Date	Time	Event
13 September	10.30–15.00	Qualification rounds: FS 61–70–86–125 kg
	19:00–20.30	Semi-finals: FS 61–70–86–125 kg
14 September	10.30–14.30	Qualification rounds: FS 79–92–57–74 kg; Repechage: FS 61–70–86–125 kg
	16.45–17.45	Semi-finals: FS 79–92–57–74 kg
	18.00–21.00	Finals: FS 61–70–86–125 kg
15 September	10.30–15.00	Qualification rounds: FS 65–97 kg / WW 55–59 kg; Repechage: FS 79–92–57–74 kg
	17.00–18.00	Semi-finals: FS 65–97 kg / WW 55–59 kg
	18.00–21.00	Finals: FS 79–92–57–74 kg
16 September	10.30–14.30	Qualification rounds: WW 65–50–57–76 kg; Repechage: FS 65–97 kg / WW 55–59 kg
	16.45–17.45	Semi-finals: WW 65–50–57–76 kg
	18.00–21.00	Finals: FS 65–97 kg / WW 55–59 kg
17 September	10.30–14.00	Qualification rounds: WW 72–53–62–68 kg; Repechage: WW 65–50–57–76 kg
	16.45–17.45	Semi-finals: WW 72–53–62–68 kg
	18.00–21.00	Finals: WW 65–50–57–76 kg
18 September	10.30–14.00	Qualification rounds: GR 55–82–77–130 kg; Repechage: WW 72–53–62–68 kg
	16.45–17.45	Semi-finals: GR 55–82–77–130 kg
	18.00–21.00	Finals: WW 72–53–62–68 kg
19 September	10.30–14.00	Qualification rounds: GR 72–60–97 kg; Repechage: GR 55–82–77–130 kg
	17.00–17.45	Semi-finals: GR 72–60–97 kg
	18.00–21.00	Finals: GR 55–82–77–130 kg
20 September	10.30–14.00	Qualification rounds: GR 63–67–87 kg; Repechage: GR 72–60–97 kg
	17.00–17.45	Semi-finals: GR 63–67–87 kg
	18.00–20.30	Finals: GR 72–60–97 kg
21 September	16.30–17.30	Repechage: GR 63–67–87 kg
	18:00–20.30	Finals: GR 63–67–87 kg

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Croatia)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	7	3	3	13
2	Iran	6	4	5	15
3	United States	4	1	3	8
4	North Korea	3	2	2	7
–	United World Wrestling	1	4	8	13
5	Azerbaijan	1	2	5	8
6	Uzbekistan	1	1	3	5
7	Ecuador	1	1	0	2
	Georgia	1	1	0	2
	Ukraine	1	1	0	2
10	Armenia	1	0	3	4
11	Kazakhstan	1	0	2	3
12	Greece	1	0	0	1
	Serbia	1	0	0	1
14	Kyrgyzstan	0	2	3	5
15	China	0	1	4	5
16	Mongolia	0	1	3	4
17	Turkey	0	1	2	3
18	Hungary	0	1	1	2
19	Albania	0	1	0	1
	Bulgaria	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	South Korea	0	1	0	1
23	Bahrain	0	0	3	3
24	Moldova	0	0	2	2
25	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Croatia*	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	Finland	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (32 entries)		30	30	60	120

Team ranking

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Iran	145	Iran	180	Japan	162
2	United States	134	Azerbaijan	89	North Korea	115
3	Japan	111	Uzbekistan	72	China	87
4	Azerbaijan	83	Georgia	65	United States	83
5	Bahrain	53	Armenia	63	Ukraine	75
6	Kazakhstan	48	Kazakhstan	57	Turkey	67
7	Kyrgyzstan	41	Hungary	57	Mongolia	65
8	North Korea	35	Serbia	45	Ecuador	47
9	Mongolia	30	Kyrgyzstan	45	Kyrgyzstan	35
10	Uzbekistan	30	Ukraine	42	India	35

Medal summary

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Han Chong-song   North Korea	Bekzat Almaz Uulu   Kyrgyzstan	Arsen Harutyunyan   Armenia
			Gulomjon Abdullaev   Uzbekistan
61 kg details	Zaur Uguev United World Wrestling	Ahmad Javan   Iran	Assylzhan Yessengeldi   Kazakhstan
			Nuraddin Novruzov   Azerbaijan
65 kg details	Rahman Amouzad   Iran	Kotaro Kiyooka   Japan	Real Woods   United States
			Umidjon Jalolov   Uzbekistan
70 kg details	Yoshinosuke Aoyagi   Japan	Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga   Mongolia	Ernazar Akmataliev   Kyrgyzstan
			Nurkozha Kaipanov   Kazakhstan
74 kg details	Kota Takahashi   Japan	Chermen Valiev   Albania	Zaurbek Sidakov United World Wrestling
			Tajmuraz Salkazanov   Slovakia
79 kg details	Georgios Kougioumtsidis   Greece	Levi Haines   United States	Mohammad Nokhodi   Iran
			Khidir Saipudinov   Bahrain
86 kg details	Zahid Valencia   United States	Hayato Ishiguro   Japan	Kamran Ghasempour   Iran
			Arsenii Dzhioev   Azerbaijan
92 kg details	Trent Hidlay   United States	Amanula Gadzhimagomedov United World Wrestling	Osman Nurmagomedov   Azerbaijan
			Amir Hossein Firouzpour   Iran
97 kg details	Kyle Snyder   United States	Amir Ali Azarpira   Iran	Akhmed Tazhudinov   Bahrain
			Arash Yoshida   Japan
125 kg details	Amir Hossein Zare   Iran	Giorgi Meshvildishvili   Azerbaijan	Robert Baran   Poland
			Shamil Sharipov   Bahrain

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Vakhtang Lolua   Georgia	Payam Ahmadi   Iran	Eldaniz Azizli   Azerbaijan
			Shi Huoying   China
60 kg details	Aidos Sultangali   Kazakhstan	Alisher Ganiev   Uzbekistan	Ri Se-ung   North Korea
			Hrachya Poghosyan   Armenia
63 kg details	Aytjan Khalmakhanov   Uzbekistan	Chung Han-jae   South Korea	Mohammad Mehdi Keshtkar   Iran
			Vitalie Eriomenco   Moldova
67 kg details	Saeid Esmaeili   Iran	Hasrat Jafarov   Azerbaijan	Daniial Agaev United World Wrestling
			Slavik Galstyan   Armenia
72 kg details	Ulvu Ganizade   Azerbaijan	Ibrahim Ghanem   France	Abdullo Aliev   Uzbekistan
			Danial Sohrabi   Iran
77 kg details	Malkhas Amoyan   Armenia	Nao Kusaka   Japan	Róbert Fritsch   Hungary
			Ahmet Yılmaz   Turkey
82 kg details	Gholamreza Farrokhi   Iran	Gela Bolkvadze   Georgia	Karlo Kodrić   Croatia
			Taizo Yoshida   Japan
87 kg details	Aleksandr Komarov   Serbia	Alireza Mohmadi   Iran	Milad Alirzaev United World Wrestling
			Asan Zhanyshov   Kyrgyzstan
97 kg details	Mohammad Hadi Saravi   Iran	Artur Sargsian United World Wrestling	Kiryl Maskevich United World Wrestling
			Murad Ahmadiyev   Azerbaijan
130 kg details	Amin Mirzazadeh   Iran	Dárius Vitek   Hungary	Elias Kuosmanen   Finland
			Pavel Hlinchuk United World Wrestling

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Won Myong-gyong   North Korea	Zhang Yu   China	Elizaveta Smirnova United World Wrestling
			Evin Demirhan Yavuz   Turkey
53 kg details	Haruna Murayama   Japan	Lucía Yépez   Ecuador	Choe Hyo-gyong   North Korea
			Antim Panghal   India
55 kg details	Oh Kyong-ryong   North Korea	Ekaterina Verbina United World Wrestling	Sowaka Uchida   Japan
			Andreea Ana   Romania
57 kg details	Helen Maroulis   United States	Son Il-sim   North Korea	Olga Khoroshavtseva United World Wrestling
			Hong Kexin   China
59 kg details	Sakura Onishi   Japan	Mariia Vynnyk   Ukraine	Togtokhyn Altjin   Mongolia
			Laurence Beauregard   Canada
62 kg details	Sakura Motoki   Japan	Kim Ok-ju   North Korea	Pürevdorjiin Orkhon   Mongolia
			Amina Tandelova United World Wrestling
65 kg details	Miwa Morikawa   Japan	Alina Kasabieva United World Wrestling	Irina Rîngaci   Moldova
			Tüvshinjargalyn Enkhjin   Mongolia
68 kg details	Ami Ishii   Japan	Yuliana Yaneva   Bulgaria	Kennedy Blades   United States
			Long Jia   China
72 kg details	Alla Belinska   Ukraine	Nesrin Baş   Turkey	Nurzat Nurtaeva   Kyrgyzstan
			Li Zelu   China
76 kg details	Génesis Reasco   Ecuador	Aiperi Medet Kyzy   Kyrgyzstan	Kylie Welker   United States
			Milaimys Marín   Cuba

Participating nations

776 wrestlers from 76 countries participated:

1.   Albania (5)
2.   Algeria (8)
3.   Armenia (15)
4.   American Samoa (1)
5.   Australia (4)
6.   Austria (6)
7.   Azerbaijan (23)
8.   Bahamas (1)
9.   Belgium (3)
10.   Brazil (6)
11.   Bahrain (6)
12.   Bulgaria (14)
13.   Canada (15)
14.   Chile (3)
15.   China (30)
16.   Cape Verde (2)
17.   Colombia (1)
18.   Costa Rica (1)
19.   Croatia (14) (Host) ^[7]
20.   Cuba (7)
21.   Czech Republic (4)
22.   Denmark (1)
23.   Ecuador (5)
24.   Egypt (3)
25.   Spain (6)
26.   Estonia (2)
27.   Finland (5)
28.   France (9)
29.   Georgia (20)
30.   Germany (14)
31.   Greece (4)
32.   Honduras (2)
33.   Hungary (14)
34.   India (30)
35.   Iran (20)
36.   Iraq (4)
37.   Israel (2)
38.   Italy (10)
39.   Japan (30)
40.   Kazakhstan (29)
41.   Kyrgyzstan (19)
42.   South Korea (28)
43.   Kosovo (1)
44.   Latvia (3)
45.   Lithuania (11)
46.   Moldova (18)
47.   Mexico (12)
48.   Mongolia (21)
49.   North Macedonia (6)
50.   Netherlands (1)
51.   Nigeria (3)
52.   Norway (5)
53.   Philippines (2)
54.   Palestine (2)
55.   Poland (15)
56.   North Korea (14)
57.   Puerto Rico (6)
58.   Qatar (4)
59.   Romania (10)
60.   Singapore (2)
61.   Sri Lanka (1)
62.   Sierra Leone (1)
63.   Serbia (7)
64.   Switzerland (8)
65.   Slovakia (6)
66.   Sweden (10)
67.   Tajikistan (4)
68.   Turkmenistan (5)
69.   Chinese Taipei (2)
70.   Tunisia (2)
71.   Turkey (30)
72.   Ukraine (30)
73.   United States (30)
74.   Uzbekistan (19)
75.   Venezuela (5)
76.   Yemen (1)
77. United World Wrestling (Russia+Belarus) (50)

See also

• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (freestyle)
• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (women)

References

1. "Senior World Championships". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
2. "Croatia to host 2025 World Championships, non-Olympic Worlds returns". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
3. "2025 Wrestling World Championships". allsportdb.com. Retrieved 11 May 2025.
4. "Arena spremna za hrvački spektakl: Bit će to poseban osjećaj". sport.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radio Television (HRT). 2 September 2025.
5. "Svjetsko prvenstvo 2025. u Zagrebu" [2025 World Championship in Zagreb]. shs-zgb.hr (in Croatian). Savez hrvačkih športova Grada Zagreba (Zagreb Wrestling Federation).
6. ""Bili bi zadovoljni s jednom medaljom, moramo biti realni"". sport.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radio Television (HRT). 10 September 2025.
7. "Hrvatska s 14 predstavnika na SP u hrvanju u Zagrebu". sport.hrt.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Radio Television (HRT). 27 August 2025.
8. Brajdić, Dražen (25 December 2023). "Zagreb je domaćin Svjetskog prvenstva u hrvanju 2025. godine: 'Od države ćemo dobiti 4 milijuna eura'". vecernji.hr (in Croatian).
9. "Partners and sponsors". wrestlezagreb.com. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
10. "Svečano otvoreno Svjetsko hrvačko prvenstvo u Zagrebu". narod.hr (in Croatian). 13 September 2025.
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External links

• Official website
• UWW Database
• Results Book