2023 U20 World Wrestling Championships Explained

2023 World Junior Wrestling Championships
Size:	180
Host City:	Amman, Jordan
Dates:	14–20 August 2023
Stadium:	Amman International Stadium
Previous:	2022
Next:	2024

The 2023 World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) was the 45th edition of the World Junior Wrestling Championships and was held in Amman, Jordan between 14 and 20 August 2023.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The event was originally scheduled to be held in Warsaw, Poland from August 14-20. Due to Poland's refusal to issue visas to Russian and Belarusian wrestlers, United World Wrestling moved the tournament from Poland to Jordan.^[5]

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Event
14 August	10.00-14.30	Qualification rounds FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
	18:30-19.30	Semi Final FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
15 August	10.00-14.30	Qualification rounds FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg; Repechage FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
	16.45-18.00	Semi Final FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
	18.30-20.30	FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg
16 August	10.00-14.30	Qualification rounds WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg; Repechage FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
	16.45-18.00	Semi Final WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
	18.30-20.30	Finals FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg
17 August	10.00-14.30	Qualification rounds WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg; Repechage WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
	17.00-17.45	Semi Final WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
	18.30-20.00	Finals WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg
18 August	10.00-14.30	Qualification rounds GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg; Repechage WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
	17.00-17.45	Semi-finals: GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
	18.30-20.00	Finals WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg
19 August	10.00-14.30	Qualification rounds GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg; Repechage GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
	17.00-17.45	Semi Final GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	18.00-21.00	Finals GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg
20 August	16.30-18.00	Repechage GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg
	18.30-20.30	Finals GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg

Russian and Belarusian participation

a In accordance with sanctions imposed following by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrestlers from Russia and Belarus were not permitted to use the name, flag, or anthem of Russia or Belarus. They instead participated as "Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN)", their medals were not included in the official medal table.

Team ranking

width=50 rowspan="2"	Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
width=200	Team	width=50	Points	width=200	Team	width=50	Points	width=200	Team	width=50	Points
1		165		162		140
2		152		89		129
3		102		88		118
4		63		81		90
5		61		70		65
6		56		60		52
7		54		55		48
8		53		46		41
9		45		43		32
10		44		39		31

Medal overview

Men's freestyle

57 kg
61 kg
65 kg
70 kg
74 kg
79 kg
86 kg
92 kg
97 kg
125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

55 kg
60 kg
63 kg
67 kg
72 kg
77 kg
82 kg
87 kg
97 kg
130 kg

Women's freestyle

50 kg
53 kg
55 kg
57 kg
59 kg
62 kg
65 kg
68 kg
72 kg
76 kg

Participating nations

647 wrestlers from 56 nations:

1. Individual Neutral Athletes (58)
2. (2)
3. (1)
4. (19)
5. (1)
6. (6)
7. (22)
8. (1)
9. (1)
10. (14)
11. (10)
12. (18)
13. (1)
14. (7)
15. (4)
16. (1)
17. (16)
18. (5)
19. (6)
20. (5)
21. (8)
22. (20)
23. (18)
24. (6)
25. (19)
26. (30)
27. (20)
28. (4)
29. (9) (Host)
30. (30)
31. (30)
32. (23)
33. (5)
34. (3)
35. (3)
36. (4)
37. (19)
38. (2)
39. (3)
40. (1)
41. (1)
42. (25)
43. (3)
44. (12)
45. (1)
46. (9)
47. (7)
48. (3)
49. (1)
50. (9)
51. (6)
52. (1)
53. (30)
54. (30)
55. (30)
56. (19)
57. (5)

External links

• UWW Database
• Results Book

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Championships.
2. Web site: 2023 World Junior Wrestling Championship. allsportdb.com.
3. Web site: Greco-roman wrestling - World Junior Championships 2023 - Results. www.the-sports.org.
4. Web site: Freestyle wrestling - World Junior Championships 2023 - Results. www.the-sports.org.
5. Web site: Jordan to host 2023 U20 World Championships. uww.org. July 21, 2023.