World Junior Wrestling Championships

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]

World Junior Wrestling Championships
StatusActive
GenreSporting event
Date(s)Mid-year
FrequencyAnnual
CountryVarying
Inaugurated1969
Organised byUWW

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.

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
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)
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia12673102301
2  Japan821855155
3  Iran755264191
4  Azerbaijan393368140
5  United States384782167
6  Turkey333880151
7  Georgia243345102
8  Ukraine202867115
9  Kazakhstan12273978
10  China12152754
11  Armenia10202656
12  India9225283
  Individual Neutral Athletes971531
13  Uzbekistan8122141
14  Kyrgyzstan8112645
15  Sweden732232
16  Hungary663345
17  France65617
18  Germany5182346
19  Bulgaria5101934
20  Belarus592337
21  Mongolia592135
22  Canada541221
23  Cuba47415
24  Moldova381526
25  Poland172028
26  South Korea15814
27  Lithuania1359
28  Egypt1269
29  Italy1247
30  Serbia1214
31  Latvia1135
32  Israel1113
33  Colombia1102
  Netherlands1102
35  Finland101011
36  Turkmenistan1012
37  Romania0101222
38  Vietnam0303
39  Greece0279
40  Norway0257
41  Austria0213
42  Mexico0145
43  Ecuador0123
   Switzerland0123
45  Brazil0112
  Chinese Taipei0112
  Croatia0112
48  North Korea0101
  Spain0101
  Venezuela0101
51  Tunisia0044
52  Estonia0033
  Slovakia0033
54  South Africa0022
55  Algeria0011
  Bahrain0011
  Czech Republic0011
  Guatemala0011
  Honduras0011
  Sri Lanka0011
Totals (60 entries)5685681,0602,196

Team rankings

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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

Espoir

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# 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

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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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