Asian Wrestling Championships

Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling Asian Championship organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC).

The men's tournament began in 1979 and The women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year.^[1]

Competitions

Year	Dates	City and host country	Champion
			Men's freestyle	Men's Greco-Roman	Women's freestyle
1979	8–11 November	Jalandhar, India	Iran	—	—
1981	1–4 December	Lahore, Pakistan	Iran	—	—
1983	8–11 November	Tehran, Iran	Iran	Iran	—
1987	13–17 October	Mumbai, India	Iran	Japan	—
1988	12–16 December	Islamabad, Pakistan	Iran	—	—
1989	30 June – 2 July	Oarai, Japan	Iran	South Korea	—
1991	17–19 April	New Delhi, India	Iran	—	—
	16–18 May	Tehran, Iran	—	South Korea	—
1992	7–10 April	Tehran, Iran	Iran	South Korea	—
1993	16–18 April	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Iran	—	—
	23–25 April	Hiroshima, Japan	—	South Korea	—
1995	27 June – 3 July	Manila, Philippines	Iran	Kazakhstan	—
1996	4–10 April	Xiaoshan, China	Iran	South Korea	Japan
1997	12–18 April	Tehran, Iran	Iran	South Korea	—
	20–21 July	Taipei, Taiwan	—	—	Japan
1999	25–30 May	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Japan
2000	26–28 April	Guilin, China	Uzbekistan	—	—
	5–7 May	Seoul, South Korea	—	South Korea	Japan
2001	5–10 June	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Iran	Iran	China
2003	5–8 June	New Delhi, India	Iran	Iran	Japan
2004	16–18 April	Tehran, Iran	Iran	—	—
	8–9 May	Almaty, Kazakhstan	—	Kazakhstan	—
	20–22 May	Tokyo, Japan	—	—	Japan
2005	24–29 May	Wuhan, China	Iran	South Korea	Japan
2006	4–9 April	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Iran	Kazakhstan	Japan
2007	8–13 May	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Iran	Iran	China
2008	18–23 March	Jeju, South Korea	Japan	Iran	Japan
2009	2–7 May	Pattaya, Thailand	Iran	Iran	China
2010	12–16 May	New Delhi, India	Iran	South Korea	China
2011	19–22 May	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Iran	Japan
2012	16–19 February	Gumi, South Korea	Iran	Iran	China
2013	18–22 April	New Delhi, India	India	South Korea	China
2014	23–27 April	Astana, Kazakhstan	Iran	Kazakhstan	Japan
2015	6–10 May	Doha, Qatar	Iran	Iran	Japan
2016	17–21 February	Bangkok, Thailand	Iran	Iran	China
2017	10–14 May	New Delhi, India	Iran	Iran	Japan
2018	28 February – 4 March	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan	China
2019	23–28 April	Xi'an, China	Iran	Iran	Japan
2020	18–23 February	New Delhi, India	Iran	Iran	Japan
2021	13–18 April	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Iran	Iran	Mongolia
2022	19–24 April	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Iran	Kazakhstan	Japan
2023	9–14 April	Astana, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Iran	Japan
2024	11–16 April	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Iran	Iran	Japan
2025	25–30 March	Amman, Jordan

Team titles

Country	FS	GR	FW	Total
Iran	30	16	0	46
Japan	1	1	18	20
South Korea	0	10	0	10
China	0	0	8	8
Kazakhstan	1	6	0	7
Uzbekistan	4	1	0	5
India	1	0	0	1
Mongolia	0	0	1	1

All-time medal table

All-time medal count, as of the 2024 Asian Wrestling Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	237	95	132	464
2	Japan	153	122	161	436
3	Kazakhstan	90	93	156	339
4	South Korea	85	79	131	295
5	China	70	74	133	277
6	Uzbekistan	48	58	94	200
7	Kyrgyzstan	37	49	96	182
8	North Korea	37	37	40	114
9	Mongolia	28	89	118	235
10	India	25	82	137	244
11	Syria	4	2	2	8
12	Bahrain	3	0	7	10
13	Chinese Taipei	1	14	19	34
14	Tajikistan	1	9	13	23
15	Pakistan	1	9	8	18
16	Iraq	1	2	13	16
17	Turkmenistan	1	2	5	8
–	United States (Guest)	1	0	0	1
18	Vietnam	0	5	12	17
19	Thailand	0	2	0	2
20	Jordan	0	1	4	5
21	Qatar	0	1	0	1
22	Philippines	0	0	2	2
Totals (22 entries)		823	825	1,283	2,931

References

1. "Kazakh Wrestler Wins Gold at Asian Wrestling Championships". Astana Times. 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

External links

• UWW Database (archived)