2018 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament

The 36th Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2018, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between 20 and 22 July 2018.^[1][2][3]

2018 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
Host city	Turkey, Istanbul
Dates	20 – 22 July 2018
Stadium	Bagcilar Sports Complex
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This international tournament includes competition men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the Olympic Champion, Hamit Kaplan and Turkish Wrestler and manager Vehbi Emre.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	4	4	2	10
2	Belarus	2	2	2	6
3	Azerbaijan	1	1	3	5
4	Georgia	1	1	1	3
5	Kazakhstan	1	0	4	5
6	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
7	Japan	0	1	3	4
8	Moldova	0	1	0	1
9	Iran	0	0	2	2
	Kyrgyzstan	0	0	2	2
Totals (10 entries)		10	10	20	40

Team ranking

Rank	Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points
1	Turkey	191
2	Belarus	121
3	Azerbaijan	121
4	Japan	104
5	Kazakhstan	102

Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg	Ekrem Öztürk	Shota Tanokura	Khorlan Zhakansha
			Zhanserik Sarsenbiyev
60 kg	Aidos Sultangali	Victor Ciobanu	Sakit Guliyev
			Hayanobu Shimizu
63 kg	Taleh Mammadov	Rahman Bilici	Lasha Mariamidze
			Kaly Sulaimanov
67 kg	Murat Fırat	Ensar Karabacak	Denys Demyankov
			Kamran Mammadov
72 kg	Pavel Liakh	Murat Dağ	Cengiz Arslan
			Ibragim Magomedov
77 kg	Fatih Cengiz	Kazbek Kilov	Tamerlan Shadukayev
			Shohei Yabiku
82 kg	Lasha Gobadze	Emrah Kuş	Viktar Sasunouski
			Elvin Mursaliyev
87 kg	Zhan Beleniuk	Islam Abbasov	Ramin Taheri
			Masato Sumi
97 kg	Siarhei Staradub	Aleksi Lodia	Süleyman Demirci
			Mehdi Aliyari
130 kg	Rıza Kayaalp	Kiryl Tsishchanka	Ioseb Chugoshvili
			Murat Ramonov

Participating nations

150 competitors from 16 nations participated.

•  Azerbaijan (14)
•  Belarus (11)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Bulgaria (7)
•  Georgia (13)
•  India (8)
•  Iran (3)
•  Japan (11)
•  Kazakhstan (17)
•  Kyrgyzstan (13)
•  Latvia (2)
•  Lithuania (7)
•  Moldova (2)
•  Romania (3)
•  Turkey (29)
•  Ukraine (9)

Ranking Series

Ranking Series Calendar 2018:^[4]

• 1st Ranking Series: 25–26 January, Iran, Mahshahr ⇒ 2018 Takhti Cup (GR)
• 2nd Ranking Series: 26–28 January, Russia, Krasnoyarsk ⇒ Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 (FS)
• 3rd Ranking Series: 15–23 February, Cuba, La Havana ⇒ 2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado (FS, WW, GR)
• 4th Ranking Series: 16–18 February, Sweden, Klippan ⇒ Klippan Lady Open (2018) (WW)
• 5th Ranking Series: 9–10 June, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar ⇒ 2018 Mongolia Open (FS, WW)
• 6th Ranking Series: 22–23 June, China, Taiyuan ⇒ 2018 China Open (WW)
• 7th Ranking Series: 23–24 June, Hungary, Győr ⇒ 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix (GR)
• 8th Ranking Series: 3–5 July, Georgia, Tbilisi ⇒ 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix of V. Balavadze and G. Kartozia (FS, GR)
• 9th Ranking Series: 20–22 July, Turkey, Istanbul ⇒ 2018 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament (GR)
• 10th Ranking Series: 27–20 July, Turkey, Istanbul ⇒ 2018 Yasar Dogu Tournament (FS, WW)
• 11th Ranking Series: 7–9 September, Poland, Warsaw ⇒ Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski, Poland Open (FS, WW, GR)
• 12th Ranking Series: 14–16 September, Belarus, Minsk ⇒ Medved (Test Event Minsk 2019)