World Championships

Senior World Championships

• Technical Requirements
• ​Useful information about hosting a Senior World Championships
• 800 of the world best wrestlers
• 100 participating countries
• 9 days of competition
• > 70’000 spectators

As one of the oldest Olympic sports dating back no less than 500 years, wrestling is also one of the most globalised. The flagship event of United World Wrestling brings together athletes from all around the world showcasing three wrestling disciplines: Freestyle Wrestling, Women's Wrestling and Greco-Roman Wrestling.

For the Senior World Championships the host city needs to have the following venues: 

• Competition venue
  • space for minimum 4 mats (mat:12x12m) – approx. 2’000m2
  • 5,000 seats.
  • warm up hall with 4 mats – approx. 300-600m2
• Training venues
  • 1 training hall that correspond to the number of participants
  • equipped with 6 homologates mats of 12m x 12m, changing rooms, saunas showers and scales 
• Congress or Board meeting venue
  • A room for approx. 200 people equipped for simultaneous translations (required in even years only)
  • Min. 2 additional meeting rooms

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U20 World Championships

• Technical Requirements

The U20 World Championship is a yearly event that brings together the best wrestlers from each category (Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Women’s), aged between 18 and 20 years old. It is a unique opportunity to see the next generation of the best wrestlers in the world in action!

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U17 World Championships

• Technical Requirements

The U17 World Championship is a yearly event where the best Greco-Roman, Freestyle and Women wrestlers in the world aged 16 and 17 years old compete!  

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