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Japan to Host Women’s World Cup in Run-Up to Tokyo 2020

Monday, May 20, 2019 - 13:31 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 20) – United World Wrestling has awarded the 2019 Women’s Wrestling World Cup to the Japanese Wrestling Federation. The event will be held November 16-17 at the Nakadai Sports & Recreation Park Gymnasium in Narita.

The Women’s Wrestling World Cup will feature the top eight nations from the 2019 Wrestling World Championships as determined by their final rankings. Pools for World Cup competitions are no longer drawn and instead are determined by the final placements at the World Championships.

The 2019 Women’s World Cup will also be an opportunity for national federations, wrestlers, referees and staff members to get acquainted with the eastern edge of Tokyo prior to the 2020 Summer Olympics.

The Women’s Wrestling World Cup will be held 40km from Makuhari Messe, wrestling’s venue for the 2020 Games.

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Buy World Championships 2025 Tickets

Saturday, May 3, 2025 - 09:55 By United World Wrestling Press

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ZAGREB, Croatia (May 1) -- The tickets for the September World Championships are now live. The Croatian Wrestling Federation have opened the sale of the tickets from May 1 on the website eventim.hr.

TO BUY TICKETS -- CLICK HERE.

World Championships tickets have been brackets in different groups. More options will be opened later.

The tournaments will be held in Zagreb from September 13 to 21 with Freestyle kicking off proceedings on September 13. Women's Wrestling will be held after Freestyle and Greco-Roman will finish off things.

From September 13 to 20, the morning session will begin at 10:30 hours local time with qualifications and repechage rounds. On September 21, the repechage will begin at 16:30 hours.

The semifinals on September 13 will be held at 18:00 hours before moving to 16:45 hours from September 14 to 21. The medal will be held from September 14, all beginning at 18:00 hours.

For full schedule of the World Championships -- CLICK HERE.