2025 World Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

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Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg
at the 2025 World Championships
Venue Arena Zagreb
Dates19–20 September 2025
Competitors30 from 28 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
  2024
2026  

The men's Greco-Roman 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Zagreb, Croatia on 19 and 20 September 2025. [1]

Contents

This Greco-Roman 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 Azerbaijan.svg  Ulvu Ganizade  (AZE)4
Flag of France.svg  Ibrahim Ghanem  (FRA)2

Top half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ulvu Ganizade  (AZE)6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Xin  (CHN)0 Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelmalek Merabet  (ALG)0
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelmalek Merabet  (ALG)8Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ulvu Ganizade  (AZE)8
Flag of South Korea.svg  Noh Yeong-hun  (KOR)9Flag of South Korea.svg  Noh Yeong-hun  (KOR)3
Flag of India.svg  Ankit Gulia  (IND)0 Flag of South Korea.svg  Noh Yeong-hun  (KOR)12
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Dalgat Magomedov  (CZE)0 Flag of Hungary.svg  István Váncza  (HUN)4
Flag of Hungary.svg  István Váncza  (HUN)9Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ulvu Ganizade  (AZE)5
Flag of Georgia.svg  Iuri Lomadze  (GEO)1 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdullo Aliev  (UZB)0
Flag of Turkey.svg  Selçuk Can  (TUR)3Flag of Turkey.svg  Selçuk Can  (TUR)2
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Michael Portmann  (SUI)2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Michael Portmann  (SUI)8
Flag of Japan.svg  Taishi Narikuni  (JPN)1 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Michael Portmann  (SUI)0
Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksander Mielewczyk  (POL)9Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdullo Aliev  (UZB)8
Flag of Qatar.svg  Rafeeq El-Natsheh  (QAT)0 Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksander Mielewczyk  (POL)0
Flag of Croatia.svg  Pavel Puklavec  (CRO)1 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdullo Aliev  (UZB)6
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdullo Aliev  (UZB)4

Bottom half

Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals
Flag of France.svg  Ibrahim Ghanem  (FRA)4
Flag of the United States.svg  Alejandro Sancho  (USA)0 Flag of France.svg  Ibrahim Ghanem  (FRA)5
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Luis Barrios  (HON)0 Flag of Armenia.svg  Gor Khachatryan  (ARM)0
Flag of Armenia.svg  Gor Khachatryan  (ARM)8Flag of France.svg  Ibrahim Ghanem  (FRA)4
UWW Flag icon.png Dmitrii Adamov (UWW)8Flag of Iran.svg  Danial Sohrabi  (IRI)2R
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Didar Orazberdiýew  (TKM)0 UWW Flag icon.png Dmitrii Adamov (UWW)1
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Amantur Ismailov  (KGZ)1 Flag of Iran.svg  Danial Sohrabi  (IRI)10
Flag of Iran.svg  Danial Sohrabi  (IRI)10Flag of France.svg  Ibrahim Ghanem  (FRA)7F
Flag of Moldova.svg  Mihai Petic  (MDA)1 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Merey Maulitkanov  (KAZ)2
UWW Flag icon.png Aliaksandr Liavonchyk (UWW)1UWW Flag icon.png Aliaksandr Liavonchyk (UWW)0
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Deyvid Dimitrov  (BUL)4 Flag of Ukraine.svg  Parviz Nasibov  (UKR)5
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Parviz Nasibov  (UKR)5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Parviz Nasibov  (UKR)3
Flag of Finland.svg  Matias Lipasti  (FIN)0 Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Merey Maulitkanov  (KAZ)4
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Merey Maulitkanov  (KAZ)3Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Merey Maulitkanov  (KAZ)5
Flag of Serbia.svg  Ali Arsalan  (SRB)3

Repechage

Repechage round 1Repechage round 2Bronze medals
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelmalek Merabet  (ALG)3Flag of South Korea.svg  Noh Yeong-hun  (KOR)0
Flag of South Korea.svg  Noh Yeong-hun  (KOR)4Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdullo Aliev  (UZB)8
Flag of the United States.svg  Alejandro Sancho  (USA)1Flag of Armenia.svg  Gor Khachatryan  (ARM)0Flag of Iran.svg  Danial Sohrabi  (IRI)8
Flag of Armenia.svg  Gor Khachatryan  (ARM)6Flag of Iran.svg  Danial Sohrabi  (IRI)9FFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Merey Maulitkanov  (KAZ)0

Final standing

RankAthlete
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Azerbaijan.svg  Ulvu Ganizade  (AZE)
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  Ibrahim Ghanem  (FRA)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Abdullo Aliev  (UZB)
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Danial Sohrabi  (IRI)
5Flag of South Korea.svg  Noh Yeong-hun  (KOR)
5Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Merey Maulitkanov  (KAZ)
7Flag of Armenia.svg  Gor Khachatryan  (ARM)
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Parviz Nasibov  (UKR)
9Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Michael Portmann  (SUI)
10Flag of Hungary.svg  István Váncza  (HUN)
11Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelmalek Merabet  (ALG)
12UWW Flag icon.png Dmitrii Adamov (UWW)
13Flag of Poland.svg  Aleksander Mielewczyk  (POL)
14Flag of Turkey.svg  Selçuk Can  (TUR)
15UWW Flag icon.png Aliaksandr Liavonchyk (UWW)
16Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Deyvid Dimitrov  (BUL)
17Flag of Serbia.svg  Ali Arsalan  (SRB)
18Flag of Moldova.svg  Mihai Petic  (MDA)
19Flag of Japan.svg  Taishi Narikuni  (JPN)
20Flag of Georgia.svg  Iuri Lomadze  (GEO)
21Flag of Croatia.svg  Pavel Puklavec  (CRO)
22Flag of the United States.svg  Alejandro Sancho  (USA)
23Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Amantur Ismailov  (KGZ)
24Flag of Finland.svg  Matias Lipasti  (FIN)
25Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen Xin  (CHN)
26Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg  Luis Barrios  (HON)
27Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Didar Orazberdiýew  (TKM)
28Flag of India.svg  Ankit Gulia  (IND)
29Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Dalgat Magomedov  (CZE)
30Flag of Qatar.svg  Rafeeq El-Natsheh  (QAT)

References

  1. "Greco-Roman – Seniors – 72 kg – Results". United World Wrestling . Retrieved 17 September 2025.