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With the athletes at heart, the Technical Assistance for Competitions provides direct financial support for National Federations to send their athletes to important competitions, particularly the continental and world championships.
Available support:
To apply for this support, National Federations need to fill out the United World Wrestling Technical Assistance Application Form for Competition and send it back to development@uww.org before the deadline*. United World Wrestling reserves the right to refuse late requests. Final decision will be made by United World Wrestling within 2 weeks after receiving the application. Email development@uww.org for more details
Note: Please be advised that the information provided on the website serves the sole purpose of offering general information. Prior to each specific competition, announcements will be dispatched to the affiliated national federations. The actual support granted will be contingent upon the specific program and will be explicitly outlined in the announcement emails.
In view of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, United World Wrestling will provide Technical Assistance through the following programs*:
All applications must be submitted by member federations through their official UWW email address to the UWW Development Department before the specified deadlines*. Applicant national federations are required to be in good financial standing with UWW, and the proposed athletes must not have any record of anti-doping rules violation.
Individual applications will not be accepted.
Places are limited. We strongly suggest sending your applications at your earliest convenience if you wish to avoid a potential disappointment.
*Refer to the announcement sent to each National Federation for more details.
In 2023, UWW Development provided Technical Assistance for Senior Continental and World Championships, as listed below:
|
Competition Dates |
Location |
Competition |
Programs |
|
9 -14 April |
Astana. Kazakhstan |
Senior Asian Championships |
Competition financial assistance |
|
3 -6 May |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Pan-American Championships |
Competition financial assistance |
|
15 -20 May |
Hammamet, Tunisia |
African Championships |
Competition financial assistance + Camp |
|
8 -9 August |
Canberra, Australia |
Oceania Championships |
Competition financial assistance + Camp |
|
16 - 24 September |
Belgrade, Serbia |
Senior World Championships |
Competition financial assistance + Camp |
Athletes are the heart of our work. The UWW Technical Assistance for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Qualifying Tournaments was a huge success and achieve outstanding results.
The COVID pandemic started in 2020 and put many wrestling federations in financial difficulties. Many of them were unable to support their athletes to attend competitions. This year, the Technical Assistance are provided for the following competitions:
|
Competition Dates |
Location |
Competition |
Camp |
|
28 March - 03 April |
Budapest, Hungary |
Senior European Championships |
March |
|
19 -24 April |
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
Senior Asian Championships |
April |
|
04-08 May |
Santiago, Chile |
Senior Pan-American Championships |
May |
|
17-22 May |
El Jadida, Morocco |
African Championships |
May |
Lists of Recipients of the United World Wrestling Technical Assistance for Competitions: