#UnitedWorldWrestling

UWW partners with Spring Media for worldwide distribution

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (September 12) — United World Wrestling has appointed Spring Media as the global media rights partner for all its events across the 2025-2032 cycle, excluding the United States and other specific territories. This includes international wrestling competitions for Greco-Roman, Freestyle, and Women’s Wrestling, with its flagship Senior World Championships, the Ranking Series, and the Senior Asian and European Championships.

“We are pleased to announce a partnership with Spring Media that holds immense potential to expand our broadcast reach across new countries and elevate wrestling’s global profile. This collaboration not only strengthens our commitment to bring world-class wrestling to a broader audience but also positions us to grow the sport internationally, engaging fans like never before,” said Gordon Templeman, UWW Commercial & Communications Director. “Together, we are ready to take wrestling to the next level and inspire a passion for wrestling in every corner of the globe."

Spring Media facilitates a range of distribution in selected territories for Olympic federations like Karate, Judo, Taekwondo and Gymnastics, and holds a world-leading position as a distributor of fight sports through its sub-brand, Fight Globe.

“We are thrilled to be part of shaping the continued growth of these thrilling events through our global distribution arm,” said Sabine Kesseler, Commercial Director, Spring Media. “We see great potential in wrestling and applaud the new concepts that the UWW is introducing in the next cycle, making it even more eye-catching to its millions of fans - existing and new alike.”

About Spring Media group
Spring Media is an international full-service sports agency that serves some of the biggest leagues, federations, teams and broadcasters in the world. Its business is built around four core areas including Rights Management, Production Services, Streaming Solutions and Growth Marketing. Spring Media group has more than a hundred employees and global reach with offices throughout the Nordics, Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia. The group distributes, sells and produces more than 100 000 hours of live sports annually and works with over 500 broadcast partners. More info at: https://www.spring.media/
 

About UWW
UWW is the international governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) for the sport of wrestling. The organization oversees approx. 7000 matches per year in different wrestling styles. With its vision “to be globally recognized as an inspiring, innovative and leading Olympic Federation”, its mission is to lead the growth of Wrestling, competitive and recreational, around the world. More info at https://uww.org/about-uww/ 

#WrestleZagreb

World Championships 2025 Greco-Roman Entries

By United World Wrestling Press

ZAGREB, Croatia (August 19) -- The World Championships in Zagreb, Croatia will see 309 Greco-Roman wrestlers compete for the world titles.

The Greco-Roman competition will be towards in the end of the World Championships. For full schedule, click here.

Note: The entry are subject to change. Please refer to uww.org for latest updates

Zagreb

55kg
Manvel KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Eldaniz AZIZLI (AZE)
Huoying SHI (CHN)
Vakhtang LOLUA (GEO)
Anil MOR (IND)
Poya DAD MARZ (IRI)
Sajjad ALBIDHAN (IRQ)
Taiga ONISHI (JPN)
Yerassyl MAMYRBEKOV (KAZ)
Ulan MURATBEK UULU (KGZ)
Junsik YU (KOR)
Artiom DELEANU (MDA)
Denis MIHAI (ROU)
Alexander CUEVAS (SGP)
Abduvali RAHIMBAYEV (TKM)
Emre MUTLU (TUR)
Koriun SAHRADIAN (UKR)
Jayden RANEY (USA)
Emin SEFERSHAEV (UWW)
Ikhtiyor BOTIROV (UZB)

60kg
Abdelkarim FERGAT (ALG)
Hrachya POGHOSYAN (ARM)
Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE)
Marat GARIPOV (BRA)
Haodong TAN (CHN)
Rabby KILANDI (COD)
Amiran SHAVADZE (GEO)
SURAJ (IND)
Ali AHMADI VAFA (IRI)
Melkamu FETENE (ISR)
Kaito INABA (JPN)
Iskhar KURBAYEV (KAZ)
Akyl SULAIMANOV (KGZ)
Dahyun KIM (KOR)
Justas PETRAVICIUS (LTU)
Victor CIOBANU (MDA)
Alexis RODRIGUEZ (MEX)
Olivier SKRZYPCZAK (POL)
Se Ung RI (PRK)
Georgij TIBILOV (SRB)
Ekrem OZTURK (TUR)
Vladyslav KUZKO (UKR)
Maxwell BLACK (USA)
Sadyk LALAEV (UWW)
Alisher GANIEV (UZB)

63kg
Abdeldjebar DJEBBARI (ALG)
Karen ASLANYAN (ARM)
Murad MAMMADOV (AZE)
Nikolay VICHEV (BUL)
Yuhe HUANG (CHN)
Godefroid KALUBI (COD)
Ivan LIZATOVIC (CRO)
Andres MONTANO (ECU)
Moamen MOHAMED (EGY)
Stefan CLEMENT (FRA)
Beka GURULI (GEO)
Sunny KUMAR (IND)
Mohammad KESHTKAR (IRI)
Manato NAKAMURA (JPN)
Madiyar MAULITKANOV (KAZ)
Baiaman KARIMOV (KGZ)
Hanjae CHUNG (KOR)
Vitalie ERIOMENCO (MDA)
Hector SANCHEZ ZAPATA (MEX)
Morten THORESEN (NOR)
Chan KIM (PRK)
Aref MOHAMMADI (QAT)
Azatjan ACHILOV (TKM)
Kerem KAMAL (TUR)
Oleksandr HRUSHYN (UKR)
Ellis COLEMAN (USA)
Sergey EMELIN (UWW)
Aytjan KHALMAKHANOV (UZB)

67kg
Gjete PRENGA (ALB)
Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM)
Tsuchika SHIMOYAMADA (AUS)
Aker SCHMID (AUT)
Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE)
Nestor ALMANZA (CHI)
Ji LENG (CHN)
Roland KALAMBAYI (COD)
Julian HORTA (COL)
Dominik ETLINGER (CRO)
Luis ORTA (CUB)
Gagik SNJOYAN (FRA)
Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Witalis LAZOVSKI (GER)
ANIL (IND)
Saeid ESMAEILI (IRI)
Kyotaro SOGABE (JPN)
Bagdat SABAZ (KAZ)
Razzak BEISHEKEEV (KGZ)
Minseong KWON (KOR)
Kristupas SLEIVA (LTU)
Valentin PETIC (MDA)
Haavard JOERGENSEN (NOR)
Arslanbek SALIMOV (POL)
Man Gwang SON (PRK)
Sebastian NAD (SRB)
Andreas VETSCH (SUI)
Jan OEHLEN (SWE)
Murat FIRAT (TUR)
Maksym YEVTUSHENKO (UKR)
Alston NUTTER (USA)
Daniial AGAEV (UWW)
Hleb MAKARANKA (UWW)
Shermukhammad SHARIBJANOV (UZB)
Neiser MARIMON HIDALGO (VEN)

72kg
Abdelmalek MERABET (ALG)
Gor KHACHATRYAN (ARM)
Ulvu GANIZADE (AZE)
Petar GORNYASHKI (BUL)
Lei LI (CHN)
Norvil BUKASA (COD)
Pavel PUKLAVEC (CRO)
Dalgat MAGOMEDOV (CZE)
Moustafa ALAMELDIN (EGY)
Matias LIPASTI (FIN)
Ibrahim GHANEM (FRA)
Iuri LOMADZE (GEO)
Luis BARRIOS (HON)
Krisztian VANCZA (HUN)
Ankit GULIA (IND)
Danial SOHRABI (IRI)
Taishi NARIKUNI (JPN)
Almatbek AMANBEK (KAZ)
Amantur ISMAILOV (KGZ)
Yeonghun NOH (KOR)
Mihai PETIC (MDA)
Irving SALAZAR (MEX)
Aleksander MIELEWCZYK (POL)
Rafeeq ELNATSHEH (QAT)
Ali ARSALAN (SRB)
Michael PORTMANN (SUI)
Didar ORAZBERDIYEV (TKM)
Mustafa SAHIN (TUR)
Parviz NASIBOV (UKR)
Alejandro SANCHO (USA)
Aliaksandr LIAVONCHYK (UWW)
Danil GRIGOREV (UWW)
Abdullo ALIEV (UZB)

77kg
Kevin KUPI (ALB)
Chawki DOULACHE (ALG)
Malkhas AMOYAN (ARM)
Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE)
Calebe CORREA (BRA)
Stoyan KUBATOV (BUL)
Likui SHI (CHN)
Harryson NSIAMAZA (COD)
Antonio KAMENJASEVIC (CRO)
Marcos SANCHEZ (ESP)
Jonni SARKKINEN (FIN)
Ramaz ZOIDZE (GEO)
Idris IBAEV (GER)
Robert FRITSCH (HUN)
AMAN (IND)
Alireza ABDEVALI (IRI)
Nao KUSAKA (JPN)
Noil UMAROV (KAZ)
Yryskeldi MAKSATBEK UULU (KGZ)
Hyeonjin KANG (KOR)
Vilius SAVICKAS (LTU)
Alexandrin GUTU (MDA)
Mateusz BERNATEK (POL)
Saad AL SULAITI (QAT)
Aleksa ILIC (SRB)
Albin OLOFSSON (SWE)
Lai Hsing YAO (TPE)
Ahmet YILMAZ (TUR)
Ihor BYCHKOV (UKR)
Kamal BEY (USA)
Maksim SHEDZ (UWW)
Sergei KUTUZOV (UWW)
Aram VARDANYAN (UZB)

82kg
Samvel GRIGORYAN (ARM)
Gurban GURBANOV (AZE)
Ibrahim TABAEV (BEL)
Deyvid DIMITROV (BUL)
Zhihuan WANG (CHN)
Andy MUKENDI (COD)
Filip SACIC (CRO)
Karlo KODRIC (CRO)
Marek VRBA (CZE)
Gela BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Erik SZILVASSY (HUN)
RAHUL (IND)
Gholamreza FAROKHI (IRI)
Luca DARIOZZI (ITA)
Taizo YOSHIDA (JPN)
Omar SATAYEV (KAZ)
Bekzat ORUNKUL UULU (KGZ)
Wonjong SUN (KOR)
Mihail BRADU (MDA)
Gabriel DINETTE (PHI)
Shahin BADAGHIMOFRAD (QAT)
Ramon BETSCHART (SUI)
Alexander JOHANSSON (SWE)
Burhan AKBUDAK (TUR)
Ruslan ABDIIEV (UKR)
Beka MELELASHVILI (USA)
Adlet TIULIUBAEV (UWW)
Ilya BITSEYEU (UWW)
Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB)

87kg
Bachir SID AZARA (ALG)
Vigen NAZARYAN (ARM)
Erion RAMLJAK (AUS)
Islam ABBASOV (AZE)
Yoan DIMITROV (BUL)
Jianwen LUO (CHN)
Ivan HUKLEK (CRO)
Turpal BISULTANOV (DEN)
Loic Dimitri SAMEN (FRA)
Lasha GOBADZE (GEO)
Hannes WAGNER (GER)
David LOSONCZI (HUN)
Karan KAMBOJ (IND)
Alireza MOHMADI (IRI)
Soh SAKABE (JPN)
Baurzhan MUSSIN (KAZ)
Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ)
Sanghyeok PARK (KOR)
Jose VARGAS (MEX)
Marcel STERKENBURG (NED)
Exauce MUKUBU (NOR)
Arkadiusz KULYNYCZ (POL)
Patrik GORDAN (ROU)
Aleksandr KOMAROV (SRB)
Damian VON EUW (SUI)
Hamza SERTCANLI (SWE)
Muhittin SARICICEK (TUR)
Yaroslav FILCHAKOV (UKR)
Payton JACOBSON (USA)
Milad ALIRZAEV (UWW)
Stanislau SHAFARENKA (UWW)
Mukhammadkodir RASULOV (UZB)
Luis AVENDANO ROJAS (VEN)

97kg
Hayk KHLOYAN (ARM)
Markus RAGGINGER (AUT)
Arif NIFTULLAYEV (AZE)
Youfang ZHANG (CHN)
Barthelemy TSHOSHA (COD)
Filip SMETKO (CRO)
Gabriel ROSILLO (CUB)
Artur OMAROV (CZE)
Mohamed GABR (EGY)
Richard KARELSON (EST)
Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN)
Giorgi MELIA (GEO)
Lucas LAZOGIANIS (GER)
Kevin MEJIA (HON)
Alex SZOKE (HUN)
NITESH (IND)
Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI)
Nikoloz KAKHELASHVILI (ITA)
Yuri NAKAZATO (JPN)
Rakhat BERZHANOV (KAZ)
Uzur DZHUZUPBEKOV (KGZ)
Minho LEE (KOR)
Mindaugas VENCKAITIS (LTU)
Tyrone STERKENBURG (NED)
Gerard KURNICZAK (POL)
Aleksandar STJEPANETIC (SWE)
Eduard BABENOSHEV (TJK)
Amanberdi AGAMAMMEDOV (TKM)
Ibrahim TIGCI (TUR)
Vladlen KOZLIUK (UKR)
Michial FOY (USA)
Artur SARGSIAN (UWW)
Kiryl MASKEVICH (UWW)

130kg
Razmik KURDYAN (ARM)
Beka KANDELAKI (AZE)
Wenhao JIANG (CHN)
Oscar PINO HINDS (CUB)
Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
Heiki NABI (EST)
Matti KUOSMANEN (FIN)
Sulkhan BUIDZE (GEO)
Jello KRAHMER (GER)
Gino AVILA DILBERT (HON)
Darius VITEK (HUN)
SONU (IND)
Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI)
Ali AL SHARUEE (IRQ)
Danila SOTNIKOV (ITA)
Yuta NARA (JPN)
Akarys BERDASHOV (KAZ)
Nurmanbet RAIMALY UULU (KGZ)
Seungchan LEE (KOR)
Mantas KNYSTAUTAS (LTU)
Nambardagva BATBAYAR (MGL)
Jacob LOGAARD (SWE)
Hekim GURBANMYRADOV (TKM)
Hamza BAKIR (TUR)
Mykola KUCHMII (UKR)
Cohlton SCHULTZ (USA)
Pavel HLINCHUK (UWW)
Sergei SEMENOV (UWW)
Moises PEREZ (VEN)