World Junior Wrestling Championships

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]

World Junior Wrestling Championships
StatusActive
GenreSporting event
Date(s)Mid-year
FrequencyAnnual
CountryVarying
Inaugurated1969
Organised byUWW

Rename

Past name was Junior World Championships.[4]In November 2021 UWW Rename Junior to U20 and Cadet to U17.

Medals (2000-2023)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)12673102301
2 Japan (JPN)771650143
3 Iran (IRI)685060178
4 Azerbaijan (AZE)393164134
5 United States (USA)354076151
6 Turkey (TUR)333474141
7 Georgia (GEO)24334299
8 Ukraine (UKR)182766111
9 Kazakhstan (KAZ)10263571
10 Armenia (ARM)10192554
11 China (CHN)10142549
12 India (IND)8214776
13 Uzbekistan (UZB)8122141
14 Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)7112543
15 Sweden (SWE)732131
16 France (FRA)65617
17 Germany (GER)5172345
18 Belarus (BLR)592337
19 Bulgaria (BUL)591933
20 Mongolia (MGL)582033
21 Hungary (HUN)563142
22 Canada (CAN)541221
23 Cuba (CUB)47415
– Individual Neutral Athletes44816
24 Moldova (MDA)381526
25 Poland (POL)171927
26 South Korea (KOR)15814
27 Lithuania (LTU)1348
28 Egypt (EGY)1269
29 Italy (ITA)1247
30 Serbia (SRB)1214
31 Latvia (LAT)1135
32 Israel (ISR)1113
33 Colombia (COL)1102
 Netherlands (NED)1102
35 Finland (FIN)101011
36 Romania (ROU)0101222
37 Vietnam (VIE)0303
38 Greece (GRE)0279
39 Norway (NOR)0257
40 Austria (AUT)0213
41 Ecuador (ECU)0123
42 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0112
 Croatia (CRO)0112
  Switzerland (SUI)0112
45 Brazil (BRA)0101
 North Korea (PRK)0101
 Venezuela (VEN)0101
48 Tunisia (TUN)0044
49 Estonia (EST)0033
 Mexico (MEX)0033
51 Slovakia (SVK)0022
 South Africa (RSA)0022
53 Algeria (ALG)0011
 Bahrain (BHR)0011
 Czech Republic (CZE)0011
 Guatemala (GUA)0011
 Honduras (HON)0011
 Turkmenistan (TKM)0011
Totals (58 entries)53853810002076

Team rankings
Year Men's Freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's Freestyle
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
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1973{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}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
1991No Competition{{}}{{}}{{}}No Competition
1992-3{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}
1994{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}No Competition
1996{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}No Competition
1997{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}No Competition
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2011{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}
2012 Russia Azerbaijan Iran{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}{{}}
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.

Share bronze medal awarded since 2005.

1969 - 1977 / 1983 - 1995 : Espoir

# Year Host city Host country Events
Unit and Various Host
Espoir
11969Boulder, Colorado United States20
21971Tokyo Japan20
31973Miami Beach / Unknown United States (LL) / Unknown (GR)20
41975Haskovo / Unknown Bulgaria (LL) / Unknown (GR)20
51977Las Vegas / Unknown United States (LL) / Unknown (GR)20
Junior
61978Colorado Springs / Unknown United States (LL) / Unknown (GR)20
71979Colorado Springs / Unknown United States (LL) / Unknown (GR)20
81979Ulaanbaatar / Haparanda Mongolia (LL) /  Sweden (GR)20
91980Stockholm Sweden26
101980Colorado Springs United States20
111981Vancouver / Unknown Canada / Unknown (GR)20
121982Colorado Springs United States20
131983Oak Lawn United States20
141984Washington United States20
151986Schifferstadt Germany20
161988Wolfurt / Dijon Austria (LL , GR) /  France (LF)29
171990Istanbul / Unknown Turkey (LL) / Unknown (GR)20
181991Barcelona Spain (GR)10
191992Cali Colombia (LL,GR)20
191993Goetzis Austria (LF)8
201994Budapest Hungary20
211996Moscow / Walbrzych Russia (LL) /  Poland (GR)20
221997Helsinki / Turku Finland (LL) /  Finland (GR)20
231998Las Vegas / Cairo / Fredrikstad United States (LL) /  Egypt (GR) /  Norway (LF)28
241999Bucharest / Sydney Romania (GR , LF) /  Australia (LL)26
252000Nantes France26
262001Tashkent / Martigny Uzbekistan (LL , GR) /   Switzerland (LF)26
Unit Host
272003Istanbul Turkey24
282005Vilnius Lithuania24
292006Guatemala City Guatemala24
302007Beijing China24
312008Istanbul Turkey24
322009Ankara Turkey24
332010Budapest Hungary24
342011Bucharest Romania24
352012Pattaya Thailand24
362013Sofia Bulgaria24
372014Zagreb Croatia24
382015Salvador da Bahia Brazil24
392016Mâcon France24
402017Tampere Finland24
412018Trnava Slovakia30
422019Tallinn Estonia30
432021Ufa Russia30
442022Sofia Bulgaria30
452023Amman Jordan30
  • LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle

Espoir
# Year Host city Host country Events
Unit and Various Host
11983Anaheim / Kristiansund United States (LL) /  Norway (GR)20
21985Colorado Springs United States20
31987Burnaby Canada20
41989Ulaanbaatar / Budapest Mongolia (LL) /  Hungary (GR)20
51991Unknown / UnknownUnknown / Unknown20
61993Athens Greece20
71995Tehran Iran20
  • LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman
  • After 1995 Junior and Espoir was merged.

Cadets
# Year Host city Host country Events
Unit and Various Host
11975Santo Domingo Mexico (LL)13
21980Stockholm Sweden26
31982Colorado Springs United States20
41983Missoula United States26
51987UnknownUnknown22
51988Dijon France (LF)10
61989Warrensburg United States22
71990Szombathely Hungary25
81991Alma Canada22
91992Istanbul Turkey22
101993Duisburg / Luenen Germany22
111994Frankfort United States22
121995Budapest Hungary22
131996Tehran Iran22
141997New Delhi / Maribor India (LL) /  Slovenia (GR)20
151998Manchester / Pretoria United Kingdom (LL,LF) /  South Africa (GR)30
161999Lodz / Nykobing Falster Poland (LL,LF) /  Denmark (GR)30
2000-2010: Not held
Unit Host
172011Szombathely Hungary30
182012Baku Azerbaijan30
192013Zrenjanin Serbia30
202014Snina Slovakia30
212015Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina30
222016Tbilisi Georgia30
232017Athens Greece30
242018Zagreb Croatia30
252019Sofia Bulgaria30
262021Budapest Hungary30
272022Rome Italy30
282023Istanbul Turkey30
  • LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle
  • 2020 not held.

See also

References
  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. https://uww.org/event/junior-world-championships?section=results
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