World Junior Wrestling Championships

International Junior Wrestling Competition

World Junior Wrestling Championships

Status| Active
Genre| Sporting event
Date(s)| Mid-year
Frequency| Annual
Country| Varying
Inaugurated| 1969
Organised by| UWW

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]

## Rename

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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

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* 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
* 1969 – 1977 / 1983 – 1995 : Espoir World Championships

#  | Year  | Host city  | Host country  | Events

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Junior
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
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 | Stockholm |  Sweden | 26
8 | 1980 | 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
13 | 1986 | Schifferstadt |  Germany | 20
14 | 1988 | Wolfurt / Dijon |  Austria (LL , GR) /  France (LF) | 29
15 | 1990 | Istanbul / Unknown |  Turkey (LL) / Unknown (GR) | 20
16 | 1991 | Barcelona |  Spain (GR) | 10
17 | 1992 | Cali |  Colombia (LL,GR) | 20
18 | 1993 | Goetzis |  Austria (LF) | 8
19 | 1994 | Budapest |  Hungary | 20
20 | 1996 | Moscow / Walbrzych |  Russia (LL) /  Poland (GR) | 20
21 | 1997 | Helsinki / Turku |  Finland (LL) /  Finland (GR) | 20
22 | 1998 | Las Vegas / Cairo / Fredrikstad |  United States (LL) /  Egypt (GR) /  Norway (LF) | 28
23 | 1999 | Bucharest / Sydney |  Romania (GR , LF) /  Australia (LL) | 26
24 | 2000 | Nantes |  France | 26
25 | 2001 | Tashkent / Martigny |  Uzbekistan (LL , GR) /  Switzerland (LF) | 26
Unit Host
26 | 2003 | Istanbul |  Turkey | 24
27 | 2005 | Vilnius |  Lithuania | 24
28 | 2006 | Guatemala City |  Guatemala | 24
29 | 2007 | Beijing |  China | 24
30 | 2008 | Istanbul |  Turkey | 24
31 | 2009 | Ankara |  Turkey | 24
32 | 2010 | Budapest |  Hungary | 24
33 | 2011 | Bucharest |  Romania | 24
34 | 2012 | Pattaya |  Thailand | 24
35 | 2013 | Sofia |  Bulgaria | 24
36 | 2014 | Zagreb |  Croatia | 24
37 | 2015 | Salvador da Bahia |  Brazil | 24
38 | 2016 | Mâcon |  France | 24
39 | 2017 | Tampere |  Finland | 24
40 | 2018 | Trnava |  Slovakia | 30
41 | 2019 | Tallinn |  Estonia | 30
42 | 2021 | Ufa |  Russia | 30
U20
43 | 2022 | Sofia |  Bulgaria | 30
44 | 2023 | Amman |  Jordan | 30
45 | 2024 | Pontevedra |  Spain | 30
46 | 2025 | Sofia |  Bulgaria | 30

* LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle

## All-time medal table

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* Junior / U20 World Championship Medal Count (2000–2024)

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia| 126| 73| 102| 301
2|  Japan| 82| 18| 55| 155
3|  Iran| 75| 52| 64| 191
4|  Azerbaijan| 39| 33| 68| 140
5|  United States| 38| 47| 82| 167
6|  Turkey| 33| 38| 80| 151
7|  Georgia| 24| 33| 45| 102
8|  Ukraine| 20| 28| 67| 115
9|  Kazakhstan| 12| 27| 39| 78
10|  China| 12| 15| 27| 54
11|  Armenia| 10| 20| 26| 56
12|  India| 9| 22| 52| 83
–|  Individual Neutral Athletes| 9| 7| 15| 31
13|  Uzbekistan| 8| 12| 21| 41
14|  Kyrgyzstan| 8| 11| 26| 45
15|  Sweden| 7| 3| 22| 32
16|  Hungary| 6| 6| 33| 45
17|  France| 6| 5| 6| 17
18|  Germany| 5| 18| 23| 46
19|  Bulgaria| 5| 10| 19| 34
20|  Belarus| 5| 9| 23| 37
21|  Mongolia| 5| 9| 21| 35
22|  Canada| 5| 4| 12| 21
23|  Cuba| 4| 7| 4| 15
24|  Moldova| 3| 8| 15| 26
25|  Poland| 1| 7| 20| 28
26|  South Korea| 1| 5| 8| 14
27|  Lithuania| 1| 3| 5| 9
28|  Egypt| 1| 2| 6| 9
29|  Italy| 1| 2| 4| 7
30|  Serbia| 1| 2| 1| 4
31|  Latvia| 1| 1| 3| 5
32|  Israel| 1| 1| 1| 3
33|  Colombia| 1| 1| 0| 2
Netherlands| 1| 1| 0| 2
35|  Finland| 1| 0| 10| 11
36|  Turkmenistan| 1| 0| 1| 2
37|  Romania| 0| 10| 12| 22
38|  Vietnam| 0| 3| 0| 3
39|  Greece| 0| 2| 7| 9
40|  Norway| 0| 2| 5| 7
41|  Austria| 0| 2| 1| 3
42|  Mexico| 0| 1| 4| 5
43|  Ecuador| 0| 1| 2| 3
Switzerland| 0| 1| 2| 3
45|  Brazil| 0| 1| 1| 2
Chinese Taipei| 0| 1| 1| 2
Croatia| 0| 1| 1| 2
48|  North Korea| 0| 1| 0| 1
Spain| 0| 1| 0| 1
Venezuela| 0| 1| 0| 1
51|  Tunisia| 0| 0| 4| 4
52|  Estonia| 0| 0| 3| 3
Slovakia| 0| 0| 3| 3
54|  South Africa| 0| 0| 2| 2
55|  Algeria| 0| 0| 1| 1
Bahrain| 0| 0| 1| 1
Czech Republic| 0| 0| 1| 1
Guatemala| 0| 0| 1| 1
Honduras| 0| 0| 1| 1
Sri Lanka| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (60 entries)| 568| 568| 1,060| 2,196

* Serbia consist of  Serbia and Montenegro and  Yugoslavia.
* was competed in 2023,2024.

## Team rankings

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Year  | Men's Freestyle  |  | Men's Greco-Roman  |  | Women's Freestyle

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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

## Espoir

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#  | Year  | Host city  | Host country  | Events

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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

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* List of Cadet, Junior and U-23 World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling
* List of Cadet, Junior and U-23 World Champions in men's Greco-Roman wrestling
* World Wrestling Championships

## References

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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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