Wrestling World Cup

Wrestling World Cup is an international wrestling competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The cups have been conducted by FILA (the UWW predecessor) every year since the 1973 tournament. The World Cup began as a dual-meet competition for the top teams on each continent, but now features the top teams in the rankings of the previous year's world championships.^[3]

Wrestling World Cup
Status	Active
Genre	Sports event
Date(s)	Various
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Various
Inaugurated	1973 (1973)
Organised by	United World Wrestling
People	Joe Scalzo[1][2]

Two individual competitions under the same name were held in 1956 and 1958 before establishing the current World Cup comeptition in 1973.^[4] Besides that, the UWW had another competition called the Individual World Cup as a replacement event for the 2020 World Cup Championships.

Competitions

Men's freestyle

Year	Host city	Dates	1st	2nd	3rd	Ref
1973	Toledo	May 19–20	Soviet Union	United States	Japan
1974	Las Palmas	July 20–21	Soviet Union	Iran	Bulgaria
1975	Toledo	March 29–30	Soviet Union	Mongolia	United States
1976	Toledo	Feb. 29 – Mar. 1	Soviet Union	Iran	United States
1977	Toledo	March 26–27	Soviet Union	United States	Japan
1978	Toledo	April 1–2	Soviet Union	United States	Japan
1979	Toledo	Mar. 31 – Apr. 1	Soviet Union	United States	Japan
1980	Toledo	March 29–30	United States	Soviet Union	Canada
1981	Toledo	March 28–29	Soviet Union	United States	Mongolia
1982	Toledo	March 27–28	United States	Soviet Union	Canada
1983	Toledo	March 26–27	Soviet Union	United States	Canada
1984	Toledo	Mar. 31 – Apr. 1	Soviet Union	United States	Bulgaria
1985	Toledo	March 30–31	Soviet Union	United States	Japan
1986	Toledo	March 22–23	Soviet Union	United States	Cuba
1987	Ulaanbaatar	November 28–29	Soviet Union	Mongolia	United States
1988	Toledo	March 26–27	Soviet Union	United States	Cuba
1989	Toledo	April 1–2	Soviet Union	United States	Cuba
1990	Toledo	Mar. 31 – Apr. 1	United States	Soviet Union	Cuba
1991	Toledo	April 6–7	United States	Soviet Union	South Korea
1992	Moscow	November 14–15	Russia	Iran	United States
1993	Chattanooga	April 2–3	United States	Russia	Canada	[5]
1994	Edmonton	March 25–26	United States	Iran	Russia	[5]
1995	Chattanooga	April 7–8	United States	Russia	Turkey	[5]
1996	Tehran	November 7–8	Iran	Cuba	Russia	[6]
1997	Stillwater	April 4–5	United States	Russia	Cuba
1998	Stillwater	April 4–5	Russia	United States	Iran	[7]
1999	Spokane	April 2–3	United States	Iran	Cuba	[8]
2000	Fairfax	February 5–6	United States	Iran	Russia	[9]
2001	Baltimore	May 5–6	United States	Iran	Russia	[10]
2002	Spokane	April 6–7	United States	Russia	South Korea	[11]
2003	Boise	April 5–6	United States	All-World Team	Ukraine	[12]
2004	Baku	April 3–4	Azerbaijan	Russia	Cuba
2005	Tashkent	March 12–13	Cuba	Ukraine	Russia	[13]
2006	Sari	February 18–19	Iran	Cuba	Ukraine	[14]
2007	Krasnoyarsk	March 24–25	Russia	Iran	Uzbekistan	[15]
2008	Vladikavkaz	February 16–17	Russia	Cuba	Uzbekistan
2009	Tehran	March 7–8	Azerbaijan	Iran	Russia
2010	Moscow	March 6–7	Russia	Iran	Azerbaijan
2011	Makhachkala	March 19–20	Russia	Iran	Azerbaijan
2012	Baku	May 12–13	Iran	Azerbaijan	United States
2013	Tehran	February 21–22	Iran	Russia	United States
2014	Los Angeles	March 15–16	Iran	Russia	United States	[16]
2015	Los Angeles	April 11–12	Iran	United States	Azerbaijan	[17]
2016	Los Angeles	June 11–12	Iran	Russia	Georgia	[18]
2017	Kermanshah	February 16–17	Iran	United States	Azerbaijan	[19]
2018	Iowa City	April 7–8	United States	Azerbaijan	Japan	[20]
2019	Yakutsk	March 16–17	Russia	Iran	United States	[21]
2022	Coralville	December 10–11	United States	Iran	All-World Team
2025	TBD	December 6–7

Titles

•  Soviet Union 15
•  United States 15
•  Iran 8
•  Russia 7
•  Azerbaijan 2
•  Cuba 1

Men's Greco-Roman

Year	Host city	Dates	1st	2nd	3rd	Ref
1980	Trelleborg	December 1–2	Soviet Union	Sweden	United States
1981	Sofia	November 27–29	Soviet Union	No data available
1982	Budapest	November 26–28	Soviet Union	Hungary	All-European Team
1983	Thessaloniki	November 25–27	Soviet Union	Cuba	Greece
1984	Seinäjoki	November 10–11	Soviet Union	Finland	United States
1985	Lund	November 9–10	Soviet Union	Sweden	Cuba
1986	Oak Lawn	November 15–16	Soviet Union	Hungary	United States	[22]
1987	Albany	November 14–15	Soviet Union	Cuba	United States
1988	Athens	November 19–20	Soviet Union	Cuba	United States
1989	Fredrikstad	November 25–26	Soviet Union	Cuba	United States
1990	Gothenburg	November 24–25	Soviet Union	Cuba	United States
1991	Thessaloniki	November 9–10	Soviet Union	United States	Greece
1992	Besançon	November 20–21	Cuba	United States	Russia
1993	Heinola	November 6–7	Russia	South Korea	Finland
1994	Kecskemét	October 29–30	Ukraine	Hungary	United States
1995	Schifferstadt	November 4–5	Cuba	Russia	Germany
1996	Colorado Springs	November 9–10	Cuba	Russia	United States
1997	Tehran	November 13–14	Turkey	Russia	South Korea	[23]
2001	Levallois-Perret	November 3–4	Russia	Turkey	United States
2002	Cairo	October 19–20	Turkey	Egypt	United States
2003	Almaty	October 25–26	Russia	Kazakhstan	Georgia
2004	Tbilisi	November 6–7	Georgia	Iran	United States
2005	Tehran	February 3–4	Cuba	Russia	Iran
2006	Budapest	March 4–5	Turkey	Russia	Cuba	[24]
2007	Antalya	February 24–25	Ukraine	United States	Turkey
2008	Szombathely	February 28–29	Russia	Hungary	Iran
2009	Clermont-Ferrand	February 20–21	Russia	France	Armenia
2010	Yerevan	February 13–14	Iran	Turkey	Armenia
2011	Minsk	February 19–20	Iran	Russia	Belarus
2012	Saransk	May 19–20	Iran	Turkey	South Korea
2013	Tehran	February 19–20	Russia	Iran	Turkey
2014	Tehran	May 15–16	Iran	Russia	Azerbaijan	[25]
2015	Tehran	February 19–20	Azerbaijan	Russia	Iran	[26]
2016	Shiraz	May 19–20	Iran	Russia	Turkey	[27]
2017	Abadan	March 16–17	Russia	Azerbaijan	Iran	[28]
2022	Baku	November 5–6	Iran	Azerbaijan	All-World Team
2025	TBD	November 22–23

Titles

•  Soviet Union 12
•  Russia 7
•  Iran 6
•  Cuba 4
•  Turkey 3
•  Ukraine 2
•  Azerbaijan 1
•  Georgia 1

Women's freestyle

Year	Host city	Dates	1st	2nd	3rd	Ref
2001	Levallois-Perret	November 3–4	Japan	China	Russia	[29]
2002	Cairo	October 19–20	Japan	Russia	Ukraine	[30]
2003	Tokyo	October 11–12	United States	Japan	Canada	[31]
2004	Tokyo	October 8–9	Japan	Canada	China	[32]
2005	Clermont-Ferrand	May 20–21	Japan	Ukraine	Russia	[33]
2006	Nagoya	May 20–21	Japan	Canada	United States	[34]
2007	Krasnoyarsk	March 22–23	China	Japan	Russia
2008	Taiyuan	January 19–20	China	United States	Japan
2009	Taiyuan	March 21–22	China	Canada	Japan
2010	Nanjing	March 27–28	China	United States	Japan
2011	Liévin	March 5–6	China	United States	Japan
2012	Tokyo	May 26–27	Japan	Russia	China
2013	Ulaanbaatar	March 2–3	China	Mongolia	Japan
2014	Tokyo	March 15–16	Japan	Russia	China	[35]
2015	Saint Petersburg	March 7–8	Japan	Russia	Mongolia	[36]
2017	Cheboksary	December 1–2	Japan	China	Mongolia	[37]
2018	Takasaki	March 17–18	Japan	China	Mongolia	[38]
2019	Narita	November 16–17	Japan	United States	China	[39]
2022	Coralville	December 10–11	Ukraine	China	Mongolia
2025	Nagoya	November 8–9

Titles

•  Japan 11
•  China 6
•  Ukraine 1
•  United States 1

See also

• Sports portal

• World Wrestling Championships
• 1956 Wrestling World Cup
• 1958 Wrestling World Cup
• 2020 Individual Wrestling World Cup

References

General

• Всё о вольной борьбе : 1904-1996^{[permanent dead link‍]}

Specific

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External links

• UWW Database