Technical Assistance for Competitions

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:

Engagement fee
Licence and registration
Flights
Lodging and accommodation

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.

TA for athletes

2024 Paris Olympic Games

In view of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, United World Wrestling will provide Technical Assistance through the following programs*:

Technical Assistance for participating in the Senior Continental/World Championships 2022-2023
Olympic Qualifying Tournaments & Acclimation Camps 2024

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.

United World Wrestling Technical Assistance 2023

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

United World Wrestling Technical Assistance 2022

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:

Technical Assistance for Competitions