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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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.

## History

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### Junior / U20 World Championship Medal Count (2000–2023)

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  Russia (RUS)| 126| 73| 102| 301
2|  Japan (JPN)| 77| 16| 50| 143
3|  Iran (IRI)| 68| 50| 60| 178
4|  Azerbaijan (AZE)| 39| 31| 64| 134
5|  United States (USA)| 35| 40| 76| 151
6|  Turkey (TUR)| 33| 34| 74| 141
7|  Georgia (GEO)| 24| 33| 42| 99
8|  Ukraine (UKR)| 18| 27| 66| 111
9|  Kazakhstan (KAZ)| 10| 26| 35| 71
10|  Armenia (ARM)| 10| 19| 25| 54
11|  China (CHN)| 10| 14| 25| 49
12|  India (IND)| 8| 21| 47| 76
13|  Uzbekistan (UZB)| 8| 12| 21| 41
14|  Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)| 7| 11| 25| 43
15|  Sweden (SWE)| 7| 3| 21| 31
16|  France (FRA)| 6| 5| 6| 17
17|  Germany (GER)| 5| 17| 23| 45
18|  Belarus (BLR)| 5| 9| 23| 37
19|  Bulgaria (BUL)| 5| 9| 19| 33
20|  Mongolia (MGL)| 5| 8| 20| 33
21|  Hungary (HUN)| 5| 6| 31| 42
22|  Canada (CAN)| 5| 4| 12| 21
23|  Cuba (CUB)| 4| 7| 4| 15
–|  Individual Neutral Athletes| 4| 4| 8| 16
24|  Moldova (MDA)| 3| 8| 15| 26
25|  Poland (POL)| 1| 7| 19| 27
26|  South Korea (KOR)| 1| 5| 8| 14
27|  Lithuania (LTU)| 1| 3| 4| 8
28|  Egypt (EGY)| 1| 2| 6| 9
29|  Italy (ITA)| 1| 2| 4| 7
30|  Serbia (SRB)| 1| 2| 1| 4
31|  Latvia (LAT)| 1| 1| 3| 5
32|  Israel (ISR)| 1| 1| 1| 3
33|  Colombia (COL)| 1| 1| 0| 2
Netherlands (NED)| 1| 1| 0| 2
35|  Finland (FIN)| 1| 0| 10| 11
36|  Romania (ROU)| 0| 10| 12| 22
37|  Vietnam (VIE)| 0| 3| 0| 3
38|  Greece (GRE)| 0| 2| 7| 9
39|  Norway (NOR)| 0| 2| 5| 7
40|  Austria (AUT)| 0| 2| 1| 3
41|  Ecuador (ECU)| 0| 1| 2| 3
42|  Chinese Taipei (TPE)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Croatia (CRO)| 0| 1| 1| 2
Switzerland (SUI)| 0| 1| 1| 2
45|  Brazil (BRA)| 0| 1| 0| 1
North Korea (PRK)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Venezuela (VEN)| 0| 1| 0| 1
48|  Tunisia (TUN)| 0| 0| 4| 4
49|  Estonia (EST)| 0| 0| 3| 3
Mexico (MEX)| 0| 0| 3| 3
51|  Slovakia (SVK)| 0| 0| 2| 2
South Africa (RSA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
53|  Algeria (ALG)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Bahrain (BHR)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Czech Republic (CZE)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Guatemala (GUA)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Honduras (HON)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Turkmenistan (TKM)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (58 entries)| 538| 538| 1,000| 2,076

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

## 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 | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1971 |  Iran | {{}} | {{}} |  Soviet Union | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1973 |  Soviet Union | {{}} | {{}} |  Soviet Union | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1975 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1977 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1978 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1979-1 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1979-2 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1980 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1981 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1982 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1983 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1984 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1984 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1986 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1988 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}}
1990 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1991 | No Competition | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1992-3 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}}
1994 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1996 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1997 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | No Competition
1998 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}}
1999 | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}} | {{}}
2000 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Ukraine | {{}} | {{}} |  Japan | {{}} | {{}}
2001 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Japan | {{}} | {{}}
2003 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Turkey | {{}} | {{}} |  China | {{}} | {{}}
2005 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Turkey | {{}} | {{}} |  Japan | {{}} | {{}}
2006 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Turkey | {{}} | {{}} |  Japan | {{}} | {{}}
2007 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  China | {{}} | {{}}
2008 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Turkey | {{}} | {{}} |  Russia | {{}} | {{}}
2009 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Iran | {{}} | {{}} |  Russia | {{}} | {{}}
2010 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Russia | {{}} | {{}}
2011 |  Russia | {{}} | {{}} |  Georgia | {{}} | {{}} |  Japan | {{}} | {{}}
2012 |  Russia |  Azerbaijan |  Iran |  Azerbaijan | {{}} | {{}} |  Japan | {{}} | {{}}
2013 |  Russia |  Azerbaijan |  Iran |  Russia |  Azerbaijan |  Iran |  Japan |  Russia |  Mongolia
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

## Editions

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### Junior

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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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Unit and Various Host
Espoir
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
Junior
6 | 1978 | Colorado Springs / Unknown |  United States (LL) / Unknown (GR) | 20
7 | 1979 | Colorado Springs / Unknown |  United States (LL) / Unknown (GR) | 20
8 | 1979 | Ulaanbaatar / Haparanda |  Mongolia (LL) /  Sweden (GR) | 20
9 | 1980 | Stockholm |  Sweden | 26
10 | 1980 | Colorado Springs |  United States | 20
11 | 1981 | Vancouver / Unknown |  Canada / Unknown (GR) | 20
12 | 1982 | Colorado Springs |  United States | 20
13 | 1983 | Oak Lawn |  United States | 20
14 | 1984 | Washington |  United States | 20
15 | 1986 | Schifferstadt |  Germany | 20
16 | 1988 | Wolfurt / Dijon |  Austria (LL , GR) /  France (LF) | 29
17 | 1990 | Istanbul / Unknown |  Turkey (LL) / Unknown (GR) | 20
18 | 1991 | Barcelona |  Spain (GR) | 10
19 | 1992 | Cali |  Colombia (LL,GR) | 20
19 | 1993 | Goetzis |  Austria (LF) | 8
20 | 1994 | Budapest |  Hungary | 20
21 | 1996 | Moscow / Walbrzych |  Russia (LL) /  Poland (GR) | 20
22 | 1997 | Helsinki / Turku |  Finland (LL) /  Finland (GR) | 20
23 | 1998 | Las Vegas / Cairo / Fredrikstad |  United States (LL) /  Egypt (GR) /  Norway (LF) | 28
24 | 1999 | Bucharest / Sydney |  Romania (GR , LF) /  Australia (LL) | 26
25 | 2000 | Nantes |  France | 26
26 | 2001 | Tashkent / Martigny |  Uzbekistan (LL , GR) /  Switzerland (LF) | 26
Unit Host
27 | 2003 | Istanbul |  Turkey | 24
28 | 2005 | Vilnius |  Lithuania | 24
29 | 2006 | Guatemala City |  Guatemala | 24
30 | 2007 | Beijing |  China | 24
31 | 2008 | Istanbul |  Turkey | 24
32 | 2009 | Ankara |  Turkey | 24
33 | 2010 | Budapest |  Hungary | 24
34 | 2011 | Bucharest |  Romania | 24
35 | 2012 | Pattaya |  Thailand | 24
36 | 2013 | Sofia |  Bulgaria | 24
37 | 2014 | Zagreb |  Croatia | 24
38 | 2015 | Salvador da Bahia |  Brazil | 24
39 | 2016 | Mâcon |  France | 24
40 | 2017 | Tampere |  Finland | 24
41 | 2018 | Trnava |  Slovakia | 30
42 | 2019 | Tallinn |  Estonia | 30
43 | 2021 | Ufa |  Russia | 30
44 | 2022 | Sofia |  Bulgaria | 30
45 | 2023 | Amman |  Jordan | 30
46 | 2024 | Pontevedra |  Spain | 30

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

### 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.

### Cadets

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#  | Year  | Host city  | Host country  | Events

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Unit and Various Host
1 | 1975 | Santo Domingo |  Mexico (LL) | 13
2 | 1980 | Stockholm |  Sweden | 26
3 | 1982 | Colorado Springs |  United States | 20
4 | 1983 | Missoula |  United States | 26
5 | 1987 | Unknown | Unknown | 22
5 | 1988 | Dijon |  France (LF) | 10
6 | 1989 | Warrensburg |  United States | 22
7 | 1990 | Szombathely |  Hungary | 25
8 | 1991 | Alma |  Canada | 22
9 | 1992 | Istanbul |  Turkey | 22
10 | 1993 | Duisburg / Luenen |  Germany | 22
11 | 1994 | Frankfort |  United States | 22
12 | 1995 | Budapest |  Hungary | 22
13 | 1996 | Tehran |  Iran | 22
14 | 1997 | New Delhi / Maribor |  India (LL) /  Slovenia (GR) | 20
15 | 1998 | Manchester / Pretoria |  United Kingdom (LL,LF) /  South Africa (GR) | 30
16 | 1999 | Łódź / Nykobing Falster |  Poland (LL,LF) /  Denmark (GR) | 30
2000-2010: Not held
Unit Host
17 | 2011 | Szombathely |  Hungary | 30
18 | 2012 | Baku |  Azerbaijan | 30
19 | 2013 | Zrenjanin |  Serbia | 30
20 | 2014 | Snina |  Slovakia | 30
21 | 2015 | Sarajevo |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30
22 | 2016 | Tbilisi |  Georgia | 30
23 | 2017 | Athens |  Greece | 30
24 | 2018 | Zagreb |  Croatia | 30
25 | 2019 | Sofia |  Bulgaria | 30
26 | 2021 | Budapest |  Hungary | 30
27 | 2022 | Rome |  Italy | 30
28 | 2023 | Istanbul |  Turkey | 30

* LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle
* 2020 not held.

## 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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