2018 Wrestling World Cup – Men's freestyle

The 2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's freestyle was the last of a set of three Wrestling World Cups in 2018 which took place in Iowa City, United States on April 7–8, 2018.^[1] This event took place at Carver–Hawkeye Arena at the University of Iowa.

Men's freestyle at the 2018 Wrestling World Cup
Venue	Carver–Hawkeye Arena
Location	Iowa City, United States
Dates	7–8 April
Medalists
United States    Azerbaijan    Japan
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On day 1, the attendance was 6,388.

Background

Initially the top teams from Russia, Turkey and Iran were to compete in the 2018 World Cup; however they were unable to attend because Turkey had financial difficulties, Russia had visa issues and Iran refused to compete due to a disagreement with the UWW event calendar.^[2][3][4] Mongolia and India replaced these teams.

Pool stage

	Team competes for 1st place
	Team competes for 3rd place
	Team competes for 5th place
	Team competes for 7th place

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L
United States	3	3	0
Japan	3	2	1
Georgia	3	1	2
India	3	0	3

POOL A
Round I  United States 10 - 0  India Weight United States result India 57 kg Thomas Gilman – by forfeit 61 kg Joe Colon 6 – 4 Sandeep Tomar 65 kg Logan Stieber 12 – 2 Sharvan Sharvan 70 kg James Green 10 – 0 Arun Kumar 74 kg Jordan Burroughs 11 – 1 Vinod Kumar Omprakash 79 kg Kyle Dake 11 – 0 Sachin Giri 86 kg David Taylor 10 – 0 Pawan Kumar 92 kg Hayden Zillmer 7 – 0 Deepak Punia 97 kg Kyle Snyder 10 – 0 Viky Viky 125 kg Don Bradley 10 – 0 Singh Pushpender  Georgia 3 - 7  Japan Weight Georgia result Japan 57 kg Teimuraz Vanishvili 0 – 11 Yuki Takahashi 61 kg Lasha Lomtadze 2 – 9 Rinya Nakamura 65 kg Magomed Saidovi 4 – 7 Daichi Takatani 70 kg Levan Kelekhsashvili 8 – 10 Keisuke Otoguro 74 kg Tarzan Maisuradze 2 – 11 Yuhi Fujinami 79 kg Tariel Gaphrindashvili 0 – 11 Sosuke Takatani 86 kg David Khutsishvili 0 – 6 Shota Shirai 92 kg Dato Marsagishvili 10 – 0 Takashi Ishiguro 97 kg Givi Matcharashvili 10 – 0 Takeshi Yamaguchi 125 kg Zviadi Metreveli 3 – 2 Taiki Yamamoto
Round II  United States 7 - 3  Japan Weight United States result Japan 57 kg Thomas Gilman 1 – 4 Yuki Takahashi 61 kg Kendric Maple 2 – 2 Kazuya Koyanagi 65 kg Logan Stieber 5 – 10 Takuto Otoguro 70 kg James Green 8 – 5 Kirin Kinoshita 74 kg Jordan Burroughs 7 – 1 Yuhi Fujinami 79 kg Kyle Dake 10 – 0 Sosuke Takatani 86 kg David Taylor 12 – 2 Masao Matsusaka 92 kg J'den Cox 11 – 0 Takashi Ishiguro 97 kg Kyle Snyder 10 – 0 Taira Sonoda 125 kg Nick Gwiazdowski 10 – 0 Nobuyoshi Arakida  Georgia 8 - 2  India Weight Georgia result India 57 kg Teimuraz Vanishvili – by forfeit 61 kg Lasha Lomtadze 1 – 4 Sandeep Tomar 65 kg Magomed Saidovi 3 – 9 Sharvan Sharvan 70 kg Levan Kelekhsashvili 7 – 2 Arun Kumar 74 kg Tarzan Maisuradze 10 – 0 Vinod Kumar Omprakash 79 kg Tariel Gaphrindashvili 11 – 1 Sachin Giri 86 kg David Khutsishvili 4 – 3 Pawan Kumar 92 kg Dato Marsagishvili 10 – 0 Deepak Punia 97 kg Givi Matcharashvili 10 – 0 Viky Viky 125 kg Zviadi Metreveli 5 – 0 Singh Pushpender
Round III  United States 8 - 2  Georgia Weight United States result Georgia 57 kg Thomas Gilman 6 – 4 Teimuraz Vanishvili 61 kg Kendric Maple 3 – 4 Lasha Lomtadze 65 kg Logan Stieber 10 – 0 Magomed Saidovi 70 kg James Green 8 – 0 Levan Kelekhsashvili 74 kg Jordan Burroughs 10 – 0 Tarzan Maisuradze 79 kg Kyle Dake 10 – 0 Tariel Gaphrindashvili 86 kg David Taylor 11 – 1 David Khutsishvili 92 kg J'den Cox 0 – 5 Dato Marsagishvili 97 kg Kyle Snyder 10 – 0 Givi Matcharashvili 125 kg Nick Gwiazdowski 7 – 0 Zviadi Metreveli  Japan 9 - 1  India Weight Japan result India 57 kg Yuki Takahashi – by forfeit 61 kg Rinya Nakamura 11 – 0 Sandeep Tomar 65 kg Takuto Otoguro 10 – 0 Sharvan Sharvan 70 kg Kirin Kinoshita 10 – 0 Arun Kumar 74 kg Ken Hosaka – Vinod Kumar Omprakash 79 kg Sosuke Takatani 10 – 0 Sachin Giri 86 kg Masao Matsusaka 10 – 0 Pawan Kumar 92 kg Takashi Ishiguro 1 – 2 Deepak Punia 97 kg Takeshi Yamaguchi 6 – 2 Viky Viky 125 kg Nobuyoshi Arakida 4 – 0 Singh Pushpender

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L
Azerbaijan	3	3	0
Cuba	3	1	2
Mongolia	3	1	2
Kazakhstan	3	1	2

POOL B
Round I  Mongolia 6 - 4  Kazakhstan Weight Mongolia result Kazakhstan 57 kg Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar 10 – 0 Mukhambet Kuatbek 61 kg Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga 2 – 1 Rassul Kaliyev 65 kg Batchuluuny Batmagnai 1 – 13 Sayatbek Okassov 70 kg Sanjaa Ganbayar 1 – 4 Meirzhan Ashirov 74 kg Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran 9 – 0 Daniyar Kaisanov 79 kg Gantulgyn Iderkhüü 1 – 11 Saken Aitzhanov 86 kg Orgodolyn Üitümen 6 – 4 Elkhan Assadov 92 kg Turtogtokh Luvsandorj 1 – 2 Iliskhan Chilaev 97 kg Batsul Ulzisaikhan 7 – 5 Mamed Ibragimov 125 kg Natsagsürengiin Zolboo 12 – 2 Oleg Boltin  Azerbaijan 8 - 2  Cuba Weight Azerbaijan result Cuba 57 kg Giorgi Edisherashvili 7 – 5 Reineri Andreu 61 kg Akhmednabi Gvarzatilov 8 – 0 Yowlys Bonne 65 kg Haji Aliyev 2 – 8F Alejandro Valdés 70 kg Joshgun Azimov 7 – 3 Franklin Marén 74 kg Gadzhimurad Omarov 2 – 6 Liván López 79 kg Jabrayil Hasanov 10 – 0 Yoan Zulueta 86 kg Aleksandr Gostiyev 3 – 2 Yurieski Torreblanca 92 kg Aslanbek Alborov 7 – 4 Lázaro Hernández 97 kg Roman Bakirov 3 – 0 Reineris Salas 125 kg Jamaladdin Magomedov 3 – 2 Yudenny Alpajón
Round II  Mongolia 3 - 7  Cuba Weight Mongolia result Cuba 57 kg Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar 4 – 0 Reineri Andreu 61 kg Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga 4 – 6 Yowlys Bonne 65 kg Batchuluuny Batmagnai 0 – 11 Alejandro Valdés 70 kg Sanjaa Ganbayar 3 – 5 Franklin Marén 74 kg Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran 3 – 3 Liván López 79 kg Gantulgyn Iderkhüü 10F – 6 Yoan Zulueta 86 kg Orgodolyn Üitümen 2 – 3 Yurieski Torreblanca 92 kg Turtogtokh Luvsandorj 3 – 4 Lázaro Hernández 97 kg Batsul Ulzisaikhan 1 – 11 Reineris Salas 125 kg Natsagsürengiin Zolboo 2 – 2 Yudenny Alpajón  Azerbaijan 9 - 1  Kazakhstan Weight Azerbaijan result Kazakhstan 57 kg Afgan Khashalov 8 – 1 Mukhambet Kuatbek 61 kg Akhmednabi Gvarzatilov 15 – 15 Rassul Kaliyev 65 kg Haji Aliyev 7 – 1 Sayatbek Okassov 70 kg Joshgun Azimov 7 – 0 Meirzhan Ashirov 74 kg Gadzhimurad Omarov 2 – 1 Daniyar Kaisanov 79 kg Jabrayil Hasanov 8 – 1 Saken Aitzhanov 86 kg Aleksandr Gostiyev 3 – 0 Elkhan Assadov 92 kg Aslanbek Alborov 10 – 0 Iliskhan Chilaev 97 kg Roman Bakirov 3 – 2 Mamed Ibragimov 125 kg Jamaladdin Magomedov 3 – 3 Daulet Shabanbay
Round III  Mongolia 3 - 7  Azerbaijan Weight Mongolia result Azerbaijan 57 kg Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar 2 – 1 Afgan Khashalov 61 kg Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga 7 – 2 Akhmednabi Gvarzatilov 65 kg Batchuluuny Batmagnai – Aghahuseyn Mustafayev 70 kg Sanjaa Ganbayar 4 – 9 Joshgun Azimov 74 kg Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran 10 – 6 Gadzhimurad Omarov 79 kg Gantulgyn Iderkhüü 2 – 12 Jabrayil Hasanov 86 kg Orgodolyn Üitümen 3 – 10 Aleksandr Gostiyev 92 kg Turtogtokh Luvsandorj 0 – 11 Aslanbek Alborov 97 kg Batsul Ulzisaikhan 1 – 10 Roman Bakirov 125 kg Natsagsürengiin Zolboo 2 – 3 Jamaladdin Magomedov  Cuba 5 - 5.df  Kazakhstan Weight Cuba result Kazakhstan 57 kg Reineri Andreu 4 – 1 Mukhambet Kuatbek 61 kg Yowlys Bonne 4 – 6 Rassul Kaliyev 65 kg Alejandro Valdés 10 – 0 Sayatbek Okassov 70 kg Franklin Marén 7 – 1 Meirzhan Ashirov 74 kg Liván López – Daniyar Kaisanov 79 kg Yoan Zulueta 0 – 6F Saken Aitzhanov 86 kg Yurieski Torreblanca 4 – 2 Elkhan Assadov 92 kg Lázaro Hernández 2 – 12 Iliskhan Chilaev 97 kg Reineris Salas 3 – 3 Mamed Ibragimov 125 kg Yudenny Alpajón 0 – 10 Daulet Shabanbay

Medal Matches

Medal Matches
First-Place Match  United States 6 - 4  Azerbaijan Weight United States result Azerbaijan 57 kg Thomas Gilman 7 – 8 Giorgi Edisherashvili 61 kg Kendric Maple 6 – 2 Afgan Khashalov 65 kg Logan Stieber 6 – 3 Haji Aliyev 70 kg James Green 4 – 4 Joshgun Azimov 74 kg Jordan Burroughs 7 – 0 Gadzhimurad Omarov 79 kg Kyle Dake 5 – 3 Jabrayil Hasanov 86 kg David Taylor 12 – 2 Aleksandr Gostiyev 92 kg J'den Cox 4 – 4 Aslanbek Alborov 97 kg Kyle Snyder 14 – 3 Roman Bakirov 125 kg Nick Gwiazdowski 3 – 4 Jamaladdin Magomedov
Third-Place Match  Japan 6 - 4  Cuba Weight Japan result Cuba 57 kg Yuki Takahashi 7 – 5 Reineri Andreu 61 kg Kazuya Koyanagi 9 – 6 Yowlys Bonne 65 kg Daichi Takatani 10 – 8 Alejandro Valdés 70 kg Keisuke Otoguro 4 – 8 Franklin Marén 74 kg Yuhi Fujinami 16 – 5 Liván López 79 kg Sosuke Takatani 10 – 0 Yoan Zulueta 86 kg Shota Shirai 1 – 4 Yurieski Torreblanca 92 kg Takashi Ishiguro 4 – 4 Lázaro Hernández 97 kg Taira Sonoda 0 – 12 Reineris Salas 125 kg Taiki Yamamoto 6 – 5 Yudenny Alpajón
Fifth-Place Match  Georgia 6 - 4  Mongolia Weight Georgia result Mongolia 57 kg Teimuraz Vanishvili 0 – 4 Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar 61 kg Lasha Lomtadze 0 – 11 Tümenbilegiin Tüvshintulga 65 kg Magomed Saidovi – by forfeit 70 kg Levan Kelekhsashvili 2 – 1 Sanjaa Ganbayar 74 kg Tarzan Maisuradze 7 – 1 Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran 79 kg Tariel Gaphrindashvili 22 – 17 Gantulgyn Iderkhüü 86 kg David Khutsishvili 5 – 12 Orgodolyn Üitümen 92 kg Dato Marsagishvili 5 – 0 Turtogtokh Luvsandorj 97 kg Givi Matcharashvili 10 – 0 Batsul Ulzisaikhan 125 kg Zviadi Metreveli 0 – 6 Natsagsürengiin Zolboo
Seventh-Place Match  India 0 - 10  Kazakhstan Weight India result Kazakhstan 57 kg by forfeit – Mukhambet Kuatbek 61 kg Sandeep Tomar 6 – 10 Rassul Kaliyev 65 kg Sharvan Sharvan 0 – 10 Sayatbek Okassov 70 kg Arun Kumar 0 – 6 Meirzhan Ashirov 74 kg Vinod Kumar Omprakash 7 – 13 Daniyar Kaisanov 79 kg Sachin Giri 0 – 2 Saken Aitzhanov 86 kg Pawan Kumar 2 – 3 Elkhan Assadov 92 kg Deepak Punia 3 – 10 Iliskhan Chilaev 97 kg Viky Viky 0 – 10 Mamed Ibragimov 125 kg Singh Pushpender 0 – 10 Daulet Shabanbay

Final classement

Team	Pld	W	L
United States	4	4	0
Azerbaijan	4	3	1
Japan	4	3	1
Cuba	4	1	3
Georgia	4	2	2
Mongolia	4	1	3
Kazakhstan	4	2	4
India	4	0	4

See also

• 2018 Wrestling World Cup - Men's Greco-Roman
• 2018 Wrestling World Cup - Women's freestyle