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Greco-Roman Semifinal Matchups: 55kg, 67kg, 72kg, 77kg, 87kg

By United World Wrestling Press

BELGRADE, Serbia (December 12) --The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in Greco-Roman at 55kg, 67kg, 72kg, 77kg and 87kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 18:00 local time. 

55kg
Artiom DELEANU (MDA) vs. Serif KILIC (TUR)
Balbai DORDOKOV (KGZ) vs. Emin SEFERSHAEV (RUS)
 
67kg
Khalmurat IBRAGIMOV (KGZ) vs. Nazir ABDULLAEV (RUS)
Artur POLITAIEV (UKR) vs. Islambek DADOV (AZE)
 
72kg
Balint KORPASI (HUN) vs. Aik MNATSAKANIAN (BUL)
Cengiz ARSLAN (TUR) vs. Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM) 

77kg
Zoltan LEVAI (HUN) vs. Yasaf ZEINALOV (UKR)
Viktor NEMES (SRB) vs. Roman VLASOV (RUS) 

87kg
Kiryl MASKEVICH (BLR) vs. Zurabi DATUNASHVILI (SRB)
Hossein NOURI (IRI) vs. Davit CHAKVETADZE (RUS) 

#WrestleBelgrade

Belgrade to host 2023 World Championships

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (November 14) -- The World Championships will return to Belgrade, Serbia for the second straight year as it was elected as the host for the 2023 edition on Monday.

United World Wrestling Bureau met Monday to pick the host for the World Championships and locked in Belgrade. Azerbaijan and Turkey also expressed their interest in hosting the mega event but fell short. UWW will continue to work with the national federations of these nations for future events.

UWW President Nenad LALOVIC (SRB) and Bureau members Rodica YAKSI (TUR) and Namig ALIYEV (AZE) did not participate in the voting due to a conflict of interest.

Belgrade, which hosted the 2022 World Championships with grand success, will host the tournament at the beginning of September 2023.

The dates for the tournament are subject to change from the original September 16 to 24 as it clashes with the Asian Games which are scheduled to begin on September 23 in Hangzhou, China.

The World Championships were scheduled to be held in Russia but since International Olympic Committee recommended sanctions on the nation, it became ineligible to host.

Wrestlers will get a chance to win 90 quotas for the 2024 Paris Olympics from the Belgrade Worlds. Any nation which participated in the 2023 continental championships will be eligible to participate in the World Championships.