U23 World Wrestling Championships

The U23 World Wrestling Championships are the Wrestling World Championship for athletes under 23 years old and is organized by United World Wrestling. The tournament began in 2017.

U23 World Wrestling Championships
Status	Active
Genre	U23 Wrestling Championships
Date(s)	October to November
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Various
Years active	2017–present
Inaugurated	2017 (2017)
Most recent	Tirana 2024
Previous event	Tirana 2023
Next event	Novi Sad 2025
Organised by	United World Wrestling
2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships

Editions

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Country	Dates	Events	Medals Winner
1	2017	Bydgoszcz	Poland	21–26 November	24	Japan
2	2018	Bucharest	Romania	12–18 November	30	Japan
3	2019	Budapest	Hungary	28 October - 3 November	30	Japan
—	2020	Tampere	Finland	Did not happen due to COVID-19 pandemic
4	2021	Belgrade	Serbia	1–7 November	30	Russia
5	2022	Pontevedra	Spain	17–23 October	30	Japan
6	2023	Tirana	Albania	23–29 October	30	Japan
7	2024	Tirana	Albania	21–27 October	30	Iran
8	2025	Novi Sad	Serbia	20–26 October	30

All time medal table (2017-2024)

As of 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	41	14	24	79
2	Iran	23	9	35	67
3	Russia	18	23	25	66
4	Georgia	16	12	20	48
–	Individual Neutral Athletes [a]	16	9	19	44
5	United States	13	14	14	41
6	Turkey	11	11	33	55
7	Ukraine	8	10	42	60
8	Azerbaijan	7	19	25	51
9	Moldova	7	8	11	26
10	Armenia	6	5	10	21
11	Kyrgyzstan	4	5	9	18
12	Hungary	4	3	7	14
13	Cuba	4	1	3	8
14	China	3	7	8	18
15	India	2	10	14	26
16	Kazakhstan	2	6	17	25
17	Canada	2	4	5	11
18	France	2	2	2	6
19	Egypt	2	0	3	5
20	Norway	2	0	0	2
21	Romania	1	3	9	13
22	Poland	1	3	7	11
23	United World Wrestling [b]	1	2	6	9
24	Germany	1	1	10	12
25	Finland	1	1	2	4
26	Greece	1	1	1	3
27	Colombia	1	1	0	2
	Ecuador	1	1	0	2
	Slovakia	1	1	0	2
30	Sweden	1	0	5	6
31	Uzbekistan	1	0	0	1
32	Croatia	0	5	1	6
33	Belarus	0	4	7	11
34	Mongolia	0	2	13	15
35	Bulgaria	0	2	1	3
36	Austria	0	1	1	2
	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
38	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Mexico	0	1	0	1
	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
41	Italy	0	0	3	3
	Lithuania	0	0	3	3
43	Israel	0	0	2	2
	Latvia	0	0	2	2
	Nigeria	0	0	2	2
46	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
	Tunisia	0	0	1	1
	Turkmenistan	0	0	1	1
	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals (51 entries)		204	204	408	816

Team rankings

Year	Men's Freestyle				Men's Greco-Roman				Women's Freestyle
	1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3
2017	Russia	Kazakhstan	Georgia		Georgia	Russia	Turkey		Japan	Ukraine	Russia
2018	Russia	Georgia	Iran		Georgia	Russia	Turkey		Japan	Russia	China
2019	Russia	Iran	Azerbaijan		Iran	Georgia	Russia		Japan	China	Ukraine
2021	Russia	Iran	Armenia		Russia	Iran	Georgia		Russia	Ukraine	India
2022	Georgia	Iran	United States		Iran	Georgia	Turkey		Japan	United States	Ukraine
2023	United States	Turkey	Azerbaijan		Turkey	Azerbaijan	Georgia		Japan	Ukraine	United World Wrestling
2024	Iran	Japan	Azerbaijan		Iran	Georgia	Armenia		United States	Japan	Ukraine

See also

• Sports portal

• Wrestling World Cup
• World Wrestling Championships
• U17 World Wrestling Championships
• World Wrestling Clubs Cup
• World Beach Wrestling Championships
• List of Cadet, Junior, Espoir and U-23 World Champions in men's Greco-Roman wrestling
• List of Cadet, Junior, and Espoir World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
• World Junior Wrestling Championships
• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (freestyle)
• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (Greco-Roman)
• List of World Championships medalists in wrestling (women)
• List of World and Olympic Champions in Greco-Roman wrestling
• List of World and Olympic Champions in men's freestyle wrestling

Notes

1. As a result of sanctions imposed following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as Individual Neutral Athletes (Athlètes Individuels Neutres in French) according to an IOC decision implemented by the UWW. No flags at all were used for these delegations, not even the UWW flag. The UWW does not include the medals won by these wrestlers in the official medal table, they results were not counted in the team rankings.
2. As a result of sanctions by the UWW imposed on the Wrestling Federation of India for not conducting its elections on time, wrestlers from India were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of India. They instead participated under the name and the flag of the United World Wrestling (UWW).

References

• United World Wrestling Database
• 2017 Results Book
• 2018 Results Book
• 2019 Results Book
• 2021 Results Book Archived 2021-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
• 2022 Results Book Archived 2022-10-25 at the Wayback Machine
• 2023 Results Book
• 2024 Results Book
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2021
• 2022