U20 World Wrestling Championships

U20 World Wrestling Championships
StatusActive
GenreSporting event
DateMid-year
FrequencyAnnual
CountryVarying
Inaugurated1969
Organised byUWW

The U20 World Wrestling Championships is the main wrestling championships in the Junior age category (between 17 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling (UWW).[1] This event was held twice in 1979 and 1980.[2][3]

Rename

The past name for the competition was the Junior World Championships.[4] In November 2021, the UWW renamed the Junior Worlds to U20 and Cadet Worlds to U17.

Editions

  • 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
  • Shared bronze medal awarded since 2005
  • 1983 – 1995 : Espoir World Championships
# Year Host city Host country Events
Junior
Biannual
1 1969 Boulder, Colorado  United States 20
2 1971 Tokyo  Japan 20
3 1973 Miami Beach / Unknown  United States (LL) / Unknown (GR) 20
4 1975 Haskovo / Unknown  Bulgaria (LL) / Unknown (GR) 20
Annual
5 1977 Las Vegas / Unknown  United States (LL) / Unknown (GR) 20
6 1978 Colorado Springs / Unknown  United States (LL) / Unknown (GR) 20
7 1979-1 Colorado Springs / Unknown  United States (LL) / Unknown (GR) 20
7 1979-2 Ulaanbaatar / Haparanda  Mongolia (LL) /  Sweden (GR) 20
8 1980-1 Stockholm  Sweden 26
8 1980-2 Colorado Springs  United States 20
9 1981 Vancouver / Unknown  Canada / Unknown (GR) 20
10 1982 Colorado Springs  United States 20
11 1983 Oak Lawn  United States 20
12 1984 Washington  United States 20
1985 No Competition
Biannual
13 1986 Schifferstadt  Germany 20
14 1988 Wolfurt / Dijon  Austria (LL, GR) /  France (LF) 29
Men - Women
15 1990 Istanbul / Unknown  Turkey (LL) / Unknown (GR) 20
15 1991 Barcelona  Spain (GR) 10
16 1992 Cali  Colombia (LL, GR) 20
16 1993 Goetzis  Austria (LF) 8
End
17 1994 Budapest  Hungary 20
1995 No Competition
18 1996 Moscow / Walbrzych  Russia (LL) /  Poland (GR) 20
19 1997 Helsinki / Turku  Finland (LL) /  Finland (GR) 20
20 1998 Las Vegas / Cairo / Fredrikstad  United States (LL) /  Egypt (GR) /  Norway (LF) 28
21 1999 Bucharest / Sydney  Romania (GR, LF) /  Australia (LL) 26
22 2000 Nantes  France 26
23 2001 Tashkent / Martigny  Uzbekistan (LL, GR) /  Switzerland (LF) 26
Unit Host
2002 No Competition
24 2003 Istanbul  Turkey 24
2004 No Competition
25 2005 Vilnius  Lithuania 24
26 2006 Guatemala City  Guatemala 24
27 2007 Beijing  China 24
28 2008 Istanbul  Turkey 24
29 2009 Ankara  Turkey 24
30 2010 Budapest  Hungary 24
31 2011 Bucharest  Romania 24
32 2012 Pattaya  Thailand 24
33 2013 Sofia  Bulgaria 24
34 2014 Zagreb  Croatia 24
35 2015 Salvador da Bahia  Brazil 24
36 2016 Mâcon  France 24
37 2017 Tampere  Finland 24
38 2018 Trnava  Slovakia 30
39 2019 Tallinn  Estonia 30
2020 No Competition
40 2021 Ufa  Russia 30
U20
41 2022 Sofia  Bulgaria 30
42 2023 Amman  Jordan 30
43 2024 Pontevedra  Spain 30
44 2025 Samokov  Bulgaria 30
  • FS : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / WW : Women's Freestyle

All-time medal table

  • Junior / U20 World Championship Medal Count (1969–1973, 2000–2025)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia12673102301
2 Japan932771191
3 Iran805768205
4 United States5258100210
5 Azerbaijan403572147
6 Turkey343983156
7 Soviet Union2814648
8 Georgia263348107
9 Ukraine222969120
10 Bulgaria15302974
11 Kazakhstan13294688
12 China13163059
13 India11265592
14 Armenia11222861
15 Uzbekistan10132447
16 Kyrgyzstan9122849
– Individual Neutral Athletes971531
17 Sweden882440
18 Hungary663446
19 France65617
20 Germany5182447
21 Mongolia5102338
22 Belarus592337
23 Canada541423
24 Cuba47415
– United World Wrestling451120
25 Romania3111226
26 Moldova391527
27 Poland172028
28 South Korea16916
29 Lithuania1359
30 Italy12710
31 Egypt1269
32 Serbia1214
33 Latvia1135
34 Israel1113
35 Colombia1102
 Netherlands1102
37 Finland101112
38 Turkmenistan1012
39 Norway0358
40 Austria0314
41 Vietnam0303
42 Greece0279
43 Mexico0145
44 Brazil0123
 Ecuador0123
  Switzerland0123
47 Chinese Taipei0112
 Croatia0112
49 North Korea0101
 Spain0101
 Venezuela0101
52 West Germany0055
53 Tunisia0044
54 East Germany0033
 Estonia0033
 Slovakia0033
57 South Africa0022
58 Algeria0011
 Bahrain0011
 Czech Republic0011
 Guatemala0011
 Honduras0011
 Puerto Rico0011
 Sri Lanka0011
Totals (64 entries)6586581,1802,496

Team rankings

1969-2000: by medal ranking

2000-2025: by point ranking

Not awarded team trophy in medal ranking

Year Men's Freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's Freestyle
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
1969  United States  Soviet Union  Japan  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Sweden No Competition
1971  Iran  United States  Japan  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  United States No Competition
1973  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Japan  Soviet Union  Romania  Bulgaria No Competition
1975  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Romania  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Sweden No Competition
1977  Soviet Union  United States  Bulgaria  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Poland No Competition
1978  United States  Iran  Greece  United States  West Germany  Canada No Competition
1979-1  United States  West Germany  Japan  West Germany  United States  Netherlands No Competition
1979-2  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Mongolia  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Sweden No Competition
1980  United States  Japan  Mexico  West Germany  Yugoslavia  Sweden No Competition
1981  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Japan  Soviet Union  Hungary  Bulgaria No Competition
1982  United States  Bulgaria  South Korea  Soviet Union  United States  West Germany No Competition
1983  Soviet Union  United States  South Korea  Soviet Union  West Germany  Turkey No Competition
1984  United States  West Germany  South Korea  South Korea  West Germany  China No Competition
1986  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  North Korea  Soviet Union  Cuba  Romania No Competition
1988  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  North Korea  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  South Korea  France  China  Norway
1990  Soviet Union  Iran  Bulgaria  Soviet Union  Bulgaria  Hungary No Competition
1991 No Competition  Soviet Union  Hungary  Turkey No Competition
1992  South Korea  Turkey  Bulgaria  Cuba  Turkey  Russia No Competition
1994  Russia  Iran  Turkey  Turkey  Russia  South Korea No Competition
1996  Cuba  Russia  Iran  Russia  Ukraine  Turkey No Competition
1997  Iran  Turkey  Russia  Russia  Turkey  Belarus No Competition
1998  Russia  United States  Iran  Russia  Turkey  Iran  Russia  Japan  Poland
1999  Russia  Iran  South Korea  Russia  Germany  Greece  Japan  Russia  Ukraine
2000  Russia  Iran  Kazakhstan  Ukraine  Russia  Kazakhstan  Japan  Germany  United States
2001  Russia  Georgia  Iran  Russia  Iran  Turkey  Japan  Russia  Germany
2003  Russia  Iran  Turkey  Turkey  Georgia  Russia  China  Russia  United States
2005  Russia  Iran  Bulgaria  Turkey  Iran  Uzbekistan  Japan  Ukraine  United States
2006  Russia  Iran  Turkey  Turkey  Russia  Hungary  Japan  Russia  Belarus
2007  Russia  Iran  Turkey  Russia  Iran  Turkey  China  Russia  United States
2008  Russia  Iran  Georgia  Turkey  Iran  Kyrgyzstan  Russia  Turkey  Japan
2009  Russia  Iran  Azerbaijan  Iran  Azerbaijan  Turkey  Russia  Ukraine  Japan
2010  Russia  Turkey  Georgia  Russia  Azerbaijan  Ukraine  Russia  China  Japan
2011  Russia  Georgia  Iran  Georgia  Russia  Armenia  Japan  Russia  United States
2012  Russia  Iran  Georgia  Azerbaijan  Russia  Turkey  Japan  China  Belarus
2013  Russia  Turkey  Iran  Russia  Armenia  Iran  Japan  Russia  Bulgaria
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
2024  United States  Iran  Japan  Iran  Kazakhstan  Turkey  Japan  India  United States
2025  United States  Kazakhstan  Iran  Iran  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Japan  India  China

Team titles

Country Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Total
 Russia 18 10 4 32
 Soviet Union 9 13 0 22
 Japan 0 0 17 17
 Iran 7 7 0 14
 United States 9 1 1 11
 Turkey 0 5 0 5
 Georgia 0 3 0 3
 Azerbaijan 0 2 0 2
 China 0 0 2 2
 Cuba 1 1 0 2
 South Korea 1 1 0 2
 West Germany 0 2 0 2
 France 0 0 1 1
 India 0 0 1 1
 Ukraine 0 1 0 1
Total 45 46 26 117

Espoir

# Year Host city Host country Events
Unit and Various Host
1 1983 Anaheim / Kristiansund  United States (LL) /  Norway (GR) 20
2 1985 Colorado Springs  United States 20
3 1987 Burnaby  Canada 20
4 1989 Ulaanbaatar / Budapest  Mongolia (LL) /  Hungary (GR) 20
5 1991 Unknown / Unknown Unknown / Unknown 20
6 1993 Athens  Greece 20
7 1995 Tehran  Iran 20
  • LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman
  • After 1995 Junior and Espoir was merged.

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. ^ "Junior World Championships 2015 wrestling results".
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