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Women's Wrestling Semifinal Matchups: 50kg, 53kg, 55kg, 62kg, 72kg

Monday, December 14, 2020 - 12:59 By United World Wrestling Press

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BELGRADE, Serbia (December 14) -- The Individual World Cup semifinal matchups are set in women's wrestling at 50kg, 53kg, 55kg, 62kg and 72kg. The semifinals are scheduled to begin at 17:00 local time.

50kg
Liliia MALANCHUK (UKR) vs. Lisa ERSEL (GER) 
Ekaterina POLESHCHUK (RUS) vs. Miglena SELISHKA (BUL) 

53kg
Zalina SIDAKOVA (BLR) vs. Maria PREVOLARAKI (GRE) 
Roksana Marta ZASINA (POL) vs. Nina HEMMER (GER) 

55kg
Katarzyna KRAWCZYK (POL) vs. Annika WENDLE (GER) 
Iryna KURACHKINA (BLR) vs. Pinki PINKI (IND) 

62kg
Anastasija GRIGORJEVA (LAT) vs. Ilona PROKOPEVNIUK (UKR) 
Liubov OVCHAROVA (RUS) vs. Aisuluu TYNYBEKOVA (KGZ)

72kg
Zsuzsanna MOLNAR (SVK) vs. Yuliana YANEVA (BUL) 
Alla BELINSKA (UKR) vs. Buse TOSUN (TUR)
 

#AmateurMMA, #Pankration

Novi Sad to host first-ever Amateur MMA World Championships

Friday, May 9, 2025 - 12:39 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 8) -- The World Grappling and Amateur MMA Championships will be held in Novi Sad from October 15 to 19.

United World Wrestling will organize the World Grappling Championships on October 15 and 16 and the first-ever World Amateur MMA Championships from October 17 to 19 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Both these competition will be organized only in the senior category.

The Youth World Championships in Pankration, Amateur MMA and Grappling will also be organized by UWW in Greece. The dates for the Youth World Championships will be communicated later.

According to new structure, UWW will conduct Amateur MMA for U20 and Senior age-group while Pankration is limited to U17 and lower age-groups.

To test the revised ruleset, UWW will also conduct two international tournaments in all styles.

The first tournament will be held in Andijan, Uzbekistan from June 1 to 4. Grappling will be held in U17, U20 and Senior age-groups, Pankration in U17 and Amateur MMA in U20 and Senior age-groups.

The second international tournament will be held in Poland in June. The exact dates for the tournament will be communicated by UWW later.

For full list of events, refer to uww.org/events.