2022 World Junior Wrestling Championships

The 2022 World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) was the 45th edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and was held in Sofia, Bulgaria between 15 and 21 August 2022.

2022 World Juniors Wrestling Championships
Host city	Sofia, Bulgaria
Dates	15–21 August 2022
Stadium	Armeets Arena
Champions
Freestyle	Iran
Greco-Roman	Iran
Women	Japan

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Event
15 August	11.00-14.30	Qualification rounds FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
	18:00-19.30	Semi Final FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
16 August	11.30-14.30	Qualification rounds FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg; Repechage FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi Final FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
	18.00-20.30	FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
17 August	11.00-13.30	Qualification rounds WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg; Repechage FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi Final WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
	18.00-20.30	Finals FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
18 August	11.00-13.30	Qualification rounds WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg; Repechage WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
	17.00-17.45	Semi Final WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
	18.00-20.00	Finals WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
19 August	11.00-15.30	Qualification rounds GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg; Repechage WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
	17.00-17.45	Semi-finals: GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
	18.00-20.00	Finals WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
20 August	11.00-15.30	Qualification rounds GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg; Repechage GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
	17.00-17.45	Semi Final GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	18.00-21.00	Finals GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
21 August	16.00-17.45	Repechage GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	18.00-20.30	Finals GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	21.00	Final banquet

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Bulgaria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	9	1	5	15
2	Iran	7	3	6	16
3	Azerbaijan	5	1	3	9
4	United States	3	4	4	11
5	India	1	4	11	16
6	Armenia	1	2	1	4
7	Ukraine	1	1	4	6
8	Uzbekistan	1	0	3	4
9	France	1	0	2	3
10	Germany	1	0	1	2
11	Kazakhstan	0	4	3	7
12	Georgia	0	3	2	5
13	Turkey	0	2	6	8
14	Kyrgyzstan	0	2	4	6
15	Hungary	0	1	2	3
16	Moldova	0	1	1	2
17	Romania	0	1	0	1
18	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 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	159	Iran	174	Japan	230
2	United States	132	Azerbaijan	119	India	160
3	India	112	Ukraine	93	United States	124
4	Azerbaijan	100	Armenia	83	Turkey	89
5	Georgia	98	Turkey	81	Ukraine	84
6	Turkey	78	Kazakhstan	78	Kazakhstan	71
7	Japan	60	Georgia	58	Hungary	56
8	France	57	Moldova	53	Kyrgyzstan	51
9	Ukraine	56	Kyrgyzstan	50	Poland	30
10	Uzbekistan	54	Uzbekistan	44	Uzbekistan	32

Medal overview

Men's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg	Jore Volk United States	Merey Bazarbayev Kazakhstan	Abhishek Dhaka India
			Ahmad Mohammadnejad Iran
61 kg	Yuto Nishiuchi Japan	Armin Habibzadeh Iran	Khamzat Arsamerzouev France
			Mohit Kumar India
65 kg	Umidjon Jalolov Uzbekistan	Ziraddin Bayramov Azerbaijan	Sujeet Kalkal India
			Yoshinosuke Aoyagi Japan
70 kg	Kanan Heybatov Azerbaijan	Mitchell Mesenbrink United States	Mulayam Yadav India
			Hossein Mohammadaghaei Iran
74 kg	Dzhabrail Gadzhiev Azerbaijan	Ryunosuke Kamiya Japan	Jafar Chuliboyev Uzbekistan
			Sagar Jaglan India
79 kg	Sobhan Yari Iran	Mushegh Mkrtchyan Armenia	Mukhammad Abdullaev Kyrgyzstan
			Otari Adeishvili Georgia
86 kg	Rakhim Magamadov France	Bennett Berge United States	İsmail Küçüksolak Turkey
			Aref Ranjbari Iran
92 kg	Amir Hossein Firouzpour Iran	Andro Margishvili Georgia	Adlan Viskhanov France
			Sergey Sargsyan Armenia
97 kg	Ben Kueter United States	Rıfat Eren Gıdak Turkey	Amir Ali Azarpira Iran
			Neeraj Bhardwaj India
125 kg	Amir Reza Masoumi Iran	Mahendra Gaikwad India	Adil Mısırcı Turkey
			Merab Suleimanashvili Georgia

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Nihad Guluzade Azerbaijan	Denis Mihai Romania	Taiga Onishi Japan
			Nuristan Suiorkulov Kyrgyzstan
60 kg	Saeid Esmaeili Iran	Suren Aghajanyan Armenia	Sumit Dalal India
			Nihat Mammadli Azerbaijan
63 kg	Iman Mohammadi Iran	Baiaman Karimov Kyrgyzstan	Oleh Khalilov Ukraine
			Chiezo Maruyama Japan
67 kg	Kanan Abdullazade Azerbaijan	Nika Broladze Georgia	Danial Sohrabi Iran
			Din Mukhamed Koshkar Kazakhstan
72 kg	Gurban Gurbanov Azerbaijan	Alexandru Solovei Moldova	Amir Abdi Iran
			Irfan Mirzoiev Ukraine
77 kg	Deni Nakaev Germany	Yüksel Sarıçiçek Turkey	Samandar Bobonazarov Uzbekistan
			Alexandrin Guțu Moldova
82 kg	Alireza Mohmadi Iran	Achiko Bolkvadze Georgia	Alperen Berber Turkey
			Rohit Dahiya India
87 kg	Vigen Nazaryan Armenia	Abolfazl Choubani Iran	Maksat Sailau Kazakhstan
			Lachin Valiyev Azerbaijan
97 kg	Ali Abedi Iran	Iussuf Matsiyev Kazakhstan	Nurmanbet Raimaly Uulu Kyrgyzstan
			Richard Karelson Estonia
130 kg	Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi Ukraine	Fardin Hedayati Iran	Temurbek Nasimov Uzbekistan
			Aden Attao United States

Women's freestyle

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg	Umi Ito Japan	Audrey Jimenez United States	Gultakin Shirinova Azerbaijan
			Priyanshi Prajapat India
53 kg	Antim Panghal India	Altyn Shagayeva Kazakhstan	Katie Gomez United States
			Ayaka Kimura Japan
55 kg	Moe Kiyooka Japan	Albina Rillia Ukraine	Tuba Demir Turkey
			Róza Szenttamási Hungary
57 kg	Ruka Natami Japan	Sofia Macaluso United States	Sito Sito India
			Oleksandra Khomenets Ukraine
59 kg	Sakura Motoki Japan	Viktória Borsos Hungary	Madina Aman Kazakhstan
			Ebru Dağbaşı Turkey
62 kg	Nonoka Ozaki Japan	Sonam Malik India	Iryna Bondar Ukraine
			Adaugo Nwachukwu United States
65 kg	Mahiro Yoshitake Japan	Priyanka Priyanka India	Khadija Jlassi Tunisia
			Dilnaz Sazanova Kyrgyzstan
68 kg	Ami Ishii Japan	Nurzat Nurtaeva Kyrgyzstan	Sophia Schäfle Germany
			Nesrin Baş Turkey
72 kg	Amit Elor United States	Anastassiya Panassovich Kazakhstan	Reetika Hooda India
			Sumire Niikura Japan
76 kg	Ayano Moro Japan	Priya Malik India	Tristan Kelly United States
			Veronika Nyikos Hungary

Participating nations

562 wrestlers from 49 countries:

1. Algeria (5)
2. Armenia (19)
3. Austria (3)
4. Azerbaijan (20)
5. Belgium (3)
6. Brazil (3)
7. Bulgaria (24) (Host)
8. Canada (11)
9. Chile (3)
10. Croatia (4)
11. Czech Republic (7)
12. Egypt (13)
13. Spain (2)
14. Estonia (5)
15. Finland (5)
16. France (8)
17. United Kingdom (1)
18. Georgia (20)
19. Germany (11)
20. Greece (13)
21. Guatemala (2)
22. Hungary (17)
23. India (30)
24. Iran (20)
25. Israel (3)
26. Italy (11)
27. Japan (27)
28. Kazakhstan (30)
29. Kyrgyzstan (22)
30. South Korea (7)
31. Kosovo (2)
32. Lithuania (7)
33. Moldova (15)
34. Mexico (6)
35. Mongolia (4)
36. Norway (6)
37. Poland (18)
38. Romania (15)
39. South Africa (6)
40. Serbia (4)
41. Switzerland (5)
42. Sweden (8)
43. Tajikistan (2)
44. Chinese Taipei (6)
45. Tunisia (2)
46. Turkey (30)
47. Ukraine (28)
48. United States (30)
49. Uzbekistan (19)

External links

• Database
• Official results