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Support relief efforts in Turkiye and Syria

Thursday, February 16, 2023 - 10:20 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (February 16) -- Major earthquakes hit south-east Turkiye and the north-west region of Syria on February 6, 2023. With the wrestling community also severely affected, the United World Wrestling has set up a donation drive to support relief efforts for those impacted by the earthquakes.

Voluntary donations can be made here via PayPal.

You can also scan the QR Code here.

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If both the above methods are unavailable in your country, you can donate via bank transfer using the following details:

Beneficiary: UNITED WORLD WRESTLING
Address: Rue du Château 6, 1804 Corsier-sur-Vevey
Bank account number: CH91 0024 3243 2950 6466 Y
SWIFT Code: UBSWCHZH10A
Bank: UBS Switzerland AG
Bank address: PO Box, 1002 Lausanne
Reason of payment: “DONATION EARTHQUAKE”

Note: Beware of scams. This is the only donation page of United World Wrestling. All others are not related to UWW.

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U15, U17 Pankration & U20 Amateur MMA World C'ships in Greece

Friday, July 25, 2025 - 05:45 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (July 25) -- United World Wrestling will host the Pankration and Amateur MMA World Championships for U15, U17 and U20 age groups in Loutraki, Greece from November 5 to 9.

This is the first time that UWW will be hosting an Amateur MMA event. As announced earlier, the senior Amateur MMA World Championships will be held in Novi Sad, Serbia from October 17 to 19.

After restructuring the styles, UWW decided that Pankration will be conducted for U17 and lower age-groups and Amateur MMA will be for U20 age-group. 

Following the same rule set, the Pankration World Championships to be held in Loutraki will only be for the U15 and U17 wrestlers and the Amateur MMA World Championships will only be for the U20 wrestlers.

The event will be held after the U15, U17, U20 and Veteran Grappling World Championships which will be held from November 1 to 4 at the same venue.

The detailed schedule of the U15, U17 & U20 Pankration and Amateur MMA World Championships will be available here. For all events, click uww.org/events.