calendar

Wrestling Body Approves Standardized Competition Calendar

By Eric Olanowski

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY (August 27) -- United World Wrestling’s Executive Committee has approved a standard yearly calendar. The approval came after requests by national federations to have a fixed annual calendar to improve athlete participation, streamline budgeting and increase promotions.

The Executive Committee received and approved the following proposed dates: 

  • U23 Continental C'Ships: One month prior to Senior Continental C'ships 
  • Senior Continental C'Ships: April/May 
  • Cadet Continental C'Ships - Last two weeks of June 
  • Junior Continental C'Ships - First two weeks of July 
  • Cadet World C'Ships - Last week of July 
  • Junior World C'Ships - Middle of August 
  • Senior World C'Ships - Middle of September 
  • U23 World C'Ships - October 
  • World Cups - November

In addition, the Executive Committee also approved the timeline for host city candidacies:

By following these procedures, wrestling ensures that the calendar will be set four (4) years in advance, which will give national federations, host cities, and organizers more time to prepare for their events. 

#UnitedWorldWrestling

UWW President Lalovic Visits Tajikistan

By United World Wrestling Press

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (April 13) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC visited Tajikistan on Friday and held a meeting Rustam EMOMALI, Chairman of the city of Dushanbe and Chairman of Tajikistan’s National Assembly.

Emomali warmly welcomed Lalovic and the accompanying delegation on the occasion of their first visit to the Tajikistan and to the city of Dushanbe. He noted that the visit represents an important and effective step toward strengthening future cooperation in sport, particularly in wrestling, which is one of the most well-known and popular sports in the country.

Lalovic expressed his gratitude to Emomali for the warm welcome and conveyed his confidence that cooperation with the Tajikistan in this field will be developed at a high and effective level. During the meeting, the parties also discussed in detail the prospects for further cooperation and the development of wrestling in Tajikistan.

Apart from Lalovic, the UWW delegation comprised of UWW Vice-President Akhroldjan RUZIEV, UWW Asian Council President Mohammad AL-AWAMLEH, UWW Bureau Member Cholpon SULTANBEKOVA, UWW Development Staff Adinay KEMELOVA, and Advisor to President of UWW Asia for Women’s Affairs Takhmina KHODZHAEVA.