World Junior Wrestling Championships

World Junior Wrestling Championships
World Junior Wrestling Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Sporting event
Date(s)	Mid-year
Frequency	Annual
Country	Varying
Inaugurated	1969
Organised by	UWW

Last updated March 22, 2024

The World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) is the main wrestling championships in the Junior age category (between 18 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling (UWW).^[1] This event was held twice in 1979 and 1980.^[2]^[3]

Rename

Past name for the competition was the Junior World Championships.^[4] In November 2021, the UWW renamed the Junior Worlds to U20 and Cadet Worlds to U17.

History

Junior / U20 World Championship Medal Count (2000–2023)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	126	73	102	301
2	Japan (JPN)	77	16	50	143
3	Iran (IRI)	68	50	60	178
4	Azerbaijan (AZE)	39	31	64	134
5	United States (USA)	35	40	76	151
6	Turkey (TUR)	33	34	74	141
7	Georgia (GEO)	24	33	42	99
8	Ukraine (UKR)	18	27	66	111
9	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	10	26	35	71
10	Armenia (ARM)	10	19	25	54
11	China (CHN)	10	14	25	49
12	India (IND)	8	21	47	76
13	Uzbekistan (UZB)	8	12	21	41
14	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	7	11	25	43
15	Sweden (SWE)	7	3	21	31
16	France (FRA)	6	5	6	17
17	Germany (GER)	5	17	23	45
18	Belarus (BLR)	5	9	23	37
19	Bulgaria (BUL)	5	9	19	33
20	Mongolia (MGL)	5	8	20	33
21	Hungary (HUN)	5	6	31	42
22	Canada (CAN)	5	4	12	21
23	Cuba (CUB)	4	7	4	15
–	Individual Neutral Athletes	4	4	8	16
24	Moldova (MDA)	3	8	15	26
25	Poland (POL)	1	7	19	27
26	South Korea (KOR)	1	5	8	14
27	Lithuania (LTU)	1	3	4	8
28	Egypt (EGY)	1	2	6	9
29	Italy (ITA)	1	2	4	7
30	Serbia (SRB)	1	2	1	4
31	Latvia (LAT)	1	1	3	5
32	Israel (ISR)	1	1	1	3
33	Colombia (COL)	1	1	0	2
33	Netherlands (NED)	1	1	0	2
35	Finland (FIN)	1	0	10	11
36	Romania (ROU)	0	10	12	22
37	Vietnam (VIE)	0	3	0	3
38	Greece (GRE)	0	2	7	9
39	Norway (NOR)	0	2	5	7
40	Austria (AUT)	0	2	1	3
41	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	2	3
42	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	1	1	2
	Croatia (CRO)	0	1	1	2
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	1	2
45	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	North Korea (PRK)	0	1	0	1
	Venezuela (VEN)	0	1	0	1
48	Tunisia (TUN)	0	0	4	4
49	Estonia (EST)	0	0	3	3
49	Mexico (MEX)	0	0	3	3
51	Slovakia (SVK)	0	0	2	2
51	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	2	2
53	Algeria (ALG)	0	0	1	1
	Bahrain (BHR)	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	0	1	1
	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	1	1
	Honduras (HON)	0	0	1	1
	Turkmenistan (TKM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (58 entries)		538	538	1000	2076

Serbia consist of Serbia and Montenegro and Yugoslavia.
was competed in 2023.

Team rankings

Year	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
Year	Men's Freestyle			Men's Greco-Roman			Women's Freestyle
1969	United States	{{}}	{{}}	Soviet Union	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1971	Iran	{{}}	{{}}	Soviet Union	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1973	Soviet Union	{{}}	{{}}	Soviet Union	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1975	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1977	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1978	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1979-1	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1979-2	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1980	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1981	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1982	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1983	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1984	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1984	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1986	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1988	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
1990	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1991	No Competition			{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1992-3	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
1994	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1996	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1997	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	No Competition
1998	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
1999	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}	{{}}
2000	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Ukraine	{{}}	{{}}	Japan	{{}}	{{}}
2001	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Japan	{{}}	{{}}
2003	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Turkey	{{}}	{{}}	China	{{}}	{{}}
2005	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Turkey	{{}}	{{}}	Japan	{{}}	{{}}
2006	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Turkey	{{}}	{{}}	Japan	{{}}	{{}}
2007	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	China	{{}}	{{}}
2008	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Turkey	{{}}	{{}}	Russia	{{}}	{{}}
2009	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Iran	{{}}	{{}}	Russia	{{}}	{{}}
2010	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Russia	{{}}	{{}}
2011	Russia	{{}}	{{}}	Georgia	{{}}	{{}}	Japan	{{}}	{{}}
2012	Russia	Azerbaijan	Iran	Azerbaijan	{{}}	{{}}	Japan	{{}}	{{}}
2013	Russia	Azerbaijan	Iran	Russia	Azerbaijan	Iran	Japan	Russia	Mongolia
2014	Iran	United States	Russia	Azerbaijan	Georgia	Russia	Japan	Russia	Azerbaijan
2015	Iran	Azerbaijan	Russia	Georgia	Azerbaijan	Turkey	Japan	Azerbaijan	Russia
2016	Russia	Azerbaijan	Turkey	Georgia	Russia	Iran	Japan	China	Ukraine
2017	United States	Russia	Iran	Iran	Russia	Turkey	Japan	Russia	China
2018	Russia	United States	Iran	Iran	Russia	Armenia	Japan	Russia	China
2019	Russia	United States	Iran	Russia	Iran	Turkey	Japan	Russia	Ukraine
2021	Iran	Russia	United States	Russia	Iran	Azerbaijan	United States	Russia	India
2022	Iran	United States	India	Iran	Azerbaijan	Ukraine	Japan	India	United States
2023	Iran	United States	India	Iran	Georgia	Armenia	India	Japan	United States

Editions

Junior

1980 in Stockholm probably was in U15 (Schools) in 13 + 13 weights
1992 (LL, GR) and 1993 (LF) was counted one edition
Not held in 2002 and 2004
Shared bronze medal awarded since 2005
1969 – 1977 / 1983 – 1995 : Espoir World Championships

#	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
Unit and Various Host
Espoir
1	1969	Boulder, Colorado	United States	20
2	1971	Tokyo	Japan	20
3	1973	Miami Beach / Unknown	United States (LL) / Unknown (GR)	20
4	1975	Haskovo / Unknown	Bulgaria (LL) / Unknown (GR)	20
5	1977	Las Vegas / Unknown	United States (LL) / Unknown (GR)	20
Junior
6	1978	Colorado Springs / Unknown	United States (LL) / Unknown (GR)	20
7	1979	Colorado Springs / Unknown	United States (LL) / Unknown (GR)	20
8	1979	Ulaanbaatar / Haparanda	Mongolia (LL) / Sweden (GR)	20
9	1980	Stockholm	Sweden	26
10	1980	Colorado Springs	United States	20
11	1981	Vancouver / Unknown	Canada / Unknown (GR)	20
12	1982	Colorado Springs	United States	20
13	1983	Oak Lawn	United States	20
14	1984	Washington	United States	20
15	1986	Schifferstadt	Germany	20
16	1988	Wolfurt / Dijon	Austria (LL , GR) / France (LF)	29
17	1990	Istanbul / Unknown	Turkey (LL) / Unknown (GR)	20
18	1991	Barcelona	Spain (GR)	10
19	1992	Cali	Colombia (LL,GR)	20
19	1993	Goetzis	Austria (LF)	8
20	1994	Budapest	Hungary	20
21	1996	Moscow / Walbrzych	Russia (LL) / Poland (GR)	20
22	1997	Helsinki / Turku	Finland (LL) / Finland (GR)	20
23	1998	Las Vegas / Cairo / Fredrikstad	United States (LL) / Egypt (GR) / Norway (LF)	28
24	1999	Bucharest / Sydney	Romania (GR , LF) / Australia (LL)	26
25	2000	Nantes	France	26
26	2001	Tashkent / Martigny	Uzbekistan (LL , GR) / Switzerland (LF)	26
Unit Host
27	2003	Istanbul	Turkey	24
28	2005	Vilnius	Lithuania	24
29	2006	Guatemala City	Guatemala	24
30	2007	Beijing	China	24
31	2008	Istanbul	Turkey	24
32	2009	Ankara	Turkey	24
33	2010	Budapest	Hungary	24
34	2011	Bucharest	Romania	24
35	2012	Pattaya	Thailand	24
36	2013	Sofia	Bulgaria	24
37	2014	Zagreb	Croatia	24
38	2015	Salvador da Bahia	Brazil	24
39	2016	Mâcon	France	24
40	2017	Tampere	Finland	24
41	2018	Trnava	Slovakia	30
42	2019	Tallinn	Estonia	30
43	2021	Ufa	Russia	30
44	2022	Sofia	Bulgaria	30
45	2023	Amman	Jordan	30
46	2024	Pontevedra	Spain	30

LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle

Espoir

#	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
Unit and Various Host
1	1983	Anaheim / Kristiansund	United States (LL) / Norway (GR)	20
2	1985	Colorado Springs	United States	20
3	1987	Burnaby	Canada	20
4	1989	Ulaanbaatar / Budapest	Mongolia (LL) / Hungary (GR)	20
5	1991	Unknown / Unknown	Unknown / Unknown	20
6	1993	Athens	Greece	20
7	1995	Tehran	Iran	20

LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman
After 1995 Junior and Espoir was merged.

Cadets

#	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
Unit and Various Host
1	1975	Santo Domingo	Mexico (LL)	13
2	1980	Stockholm	Sweden	26
3	1982	Colorado Springs	United States	20
4	1983	Missoula	United States	26
5	1987	Unknown	Unknown	22
5	1988	Dijon	France (LF)	10
6	1989	Warrensburg	United States	22
7	1990	Szombathely	Hungary	25
8	1991	Alma	Canada	22
9	1992	Istanbul	Turkey	22
10	1993	Duisburg / Luenen	Germany	22
11	1994	Frankfort	United States	22
12	1995	Budapest	Hungary	22
13	1996	Tehran	Iran	22
14	1997	New Delhi / Maribor	India (LL) / Slovenia (GR)	20
15	1998	Manchester / Pretoria	United Kingdom (LL,LF) / South Africa (GR)	30
16	1999	Łódź / Nykobing Falster	Poland (LL,LF) / Denmark (GR)	30
2000-2010: Not held
Unit Host
17	2011	Szombathely	Hungary	30
18	2012	Baku	Azerbaijan	30
19	2013	Zrenjanin	Serbia	30
20	2014	Snina	Slovakia	30
21	2015	Sarajevo	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30
22	2016	Tbilisi	Georgia	30
23	2017	Athens	Greece	30
24	2018	Zagreb	Croatia	30
25	2019	Sofia	Bulgaria	30
26	2021	Budapest	Hungary	30
27	2022	Rome	Italy	30
28	2023	Istanbul	Turkey	30

LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle
2020 not held.

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References

↑ "Junior World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
↑ "Athletes & Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
↑ "International Wrestling Database".
↑ "Junior World Championships 2015 wrestling results".

External links

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[1] "Junior World Championships". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[2] "Athletes & Results". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 25 January 2022.

[3] "International Wrestling Database".

[4] "Junior World Championships 2015 wrestling results".

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v t e World Junior Wrestling Championships
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023

v t e World Cadet Wrestling Championships
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023