Women's World Cup

World Cup to Include Sweden

Sunday, February 11, 2018 - 15:42 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (February 11) -- United World Wrestling has announced that Sweden will replace Turkey at the 2018 Women's World Cup in Takasaki Japan.

Sweden was the 9th ranked team at the 2017 World Championships, with Turkey finishing 5th. Below is a list of the entries for the World Cup, with the Group Draws to be determined in the coming weeks and announced on the UWW homepage.

  1. Japan
  2. Belarus
  3. United States
  4. Mongolia
  5. Canada
  6. China
  7. Romania 
  8. Sweden

The Women's World Cup will be held March 17th and 18th in Takasaki, Japan. There have been 16 previous World Cups with Japan winning 9 team titles, China 6 and the United States 1.

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World Grappling Championships 2025: Fixtures and schedule

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 - 05:56 By United World Wrestling Press

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NOVI SAD, Serbia (August 27) -- The final schedule of the World Grappling Championships is set. The competition will begin October 14 and unlike previous editions, the Gi and No-Gi competition will be held on same days.

The three-day tournament will kick off with Grappling in Men's and Women's. Here's the full schedule for the World Grappling Championships.

Grappling

October 14 (Day 1):
Men's Grappling: 58kg, 71kg, 77kg, 92kg, 100kg and 130 kg 
Women's Grappling: 53kg, 71kg, and 90kg.

October 15 (Day 2):
Men's Grappling: 62kg, 66kg and 84kg
Women's Grappling: 58kg and 64kg

Men's Grappling Gi: 71kg, 100kg and 130kg
Women's Grappling Gi: 53kg and 90kg

October 16 (Day 3):
Men's Grappling Gi: 58kg, 62kg, 66kg, 77kg, 84kg, and 92kg
Women's Grappling Gi: 58kg, 64kg, and 71kg

Grappling

The participants can follow the event live on uww.org. For details of the schedule click here.

UWW encourages nations to send entries for the World Grappling Championships using Athena