#WrestleBelgrade

UWW finalizes schedule for 2022 World Championships

Thursday, June 2, 2022 - 12:28 By Eric Olanowski

Share this article

BELGRADE, Serbia (June 2) --- United World Wrestling announced Thursday the schedule of events for the 2022 World Championships (September 10-18) in Belgrade, Serbia.

UWW revealed that Greco-Roman, women’s wrestling and freestyle will be the style-order for the 2022 edition of the World Championships.

Greco-Roman action opens the competition with four weight classes on September 10-11, before sharing the mat with women’s wrestling on September 12.

Women’s wrestling takes center stage September 13-14 with four weights per day.

Following suit from the schedule of events from the 2019 and 2021 World Championships, freestyle action closes out the competition beginning on September 15.

For a full breakdown of the 2022 World Championship schedule, click HERE.

Competition Schedule
September 10 – Greco-Roman (55-72-77-87kg)
September 11 – Greco-Roman (63-67-82-97kg)
September 12 – Greco-Roman (60-130kg) and Women’s Wrestling (55-62kg)
September 13 – Women’s Wrestling (50-53-65-76kg)
September 14 – Women’s Wrestling (57-59-68-72kg)
September 15 – Freestyle (70-79-86-125kg)
September 16 – Freestyle (57-74-92kg)
September 17 – Freestyle (61-65-97kg)
September 18 – Remaining freestyle finals

#WrestleBelgrade

Belgrade to host 2023 World Championships

Monday, November 14, 2022 - 15:58 By United World Wrestling Press

Share this article

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.