European Wrestling Championships Explained

European Wrestling Championships
Status:	active
Genre:	sports event
Date:	February – May
Frequency:	annual
Location:	various
Activity:	amateur wrestling
Organised:	FILA → UWW Europe

The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships and other regional wrestling championships and is second only to the wrestling events at the Olympics. From its inception in 1898 till 1927 only Greco-Roman wrestling was contested. Since 1929 separate freestyle wrestling events were held as well. Since 1970 the two Olympic wrestling styles were contested together during the same unified events. Since 1973 Sambo wrestling was included into the championships programme along with GR and freestyle wrestling (subsequently discontinued and from 1983 contested separately). Since 2014 associated traditional wrestling styles recognized globally by UWW were incorporated into the annual championships schedule.

Summary

Until 2005 there was held separate championships for each wrestling style. First women championships was held in 1988.

Pre 1911

No.	Date	Style	Events	Winner
1		GR	1 (Open)
2		GR	1 (Open)	Denmark
3	February 8	GR	1 (Open)	Denmark
4	January 24	GR	1 (Open)
5	January 28 – 29	GR	1 (Open)	Netherlands
6	January 28	GR	3
7		GR	3	Denmark
7		GR	1 (Open)	Austria
8	February	GR	4	Sweden
8	September	GR	4
9		GR	3	Denmark

Post 1911

No.	Date	Venue	Style	Events	Winner
1			GR	4	Austria
2			GR	5	Germany
3			GR	7	Germany
4			GR	6	Hungary
5			GR	6	Germany
6			GR	6	Hungary
7	February		FS	7	Sweden
7	April		GR	6	Sweden
8	March		GR	7	Sweden
8	May		FS	7	Belgium
9	March		GR	7	Finland
9	October		FS	7	Hungary
10	March		GR	7	Finland
10	November		FS	7	Switzerland
11	April		GR	7	Sweden
11	October		FS	7	Sweden
12	April		GR	7
12	September		FS	7	Hungary
13	May		GR	7	Sweden
13	October		FS	7
14			GR	7	Sweden
15			GR	7	Sweden
16			FS	8	Turkey
17	April 11 – 14		GR	8	Sweden
18			FS	8	Turkey
19			GR	8
19			FS	8
20			GR	8
20			FS	8	Turkey
21	June 14 – 16		GR	8
21	July 2 – 4		FS	8	Bulgaria
22			GR	10
22			FS	10
23	June 9 – 14		GR	10
23	June 9 – 14		FS	10
24	May 24 – 30		GR	10
24	May 24 – 30		FS	10
25	March		FS	10
25	June		GR	10	Bulgaria
26	June 21 – 29		GR	10
			FS	10
			Sambo	10
27			GR	10
			FS	10
			Sambo	10
28	April 12 – 23		GR	10
			FS	10
			Sambo	10
29			GR	10
29			FS	10
30	April 22 – 24		GR	10	Romania
30	May 5 – 7		FS	10	Bulgaria
31	April 16 – 21		GR	10	Romania
31	April 16 – 21		FS	10
32	April 20 – 27		GR	10
32	April 20 – 27		FS	10
33	April 8 – 11		GR	10
33	April 23 – 26		FS	10
34	April 17 – 25		GR	10
			FS	10
			Sambo	10
35	April		GR	10	Bulgaria
	April		GR	10
	April		FS	10	Bulgaria
36	April		GR	10
36	April		FS	10
37	April		GR	10
37	April		FS	10
38	April 14 – 20		GR	10
38	April 14 – 20		FS	10
39	May		FS	10
39	May		GR	10
40	April		FS	10
	May		GR	10
	July		LF	9	France
41	May 5 – 7		GR	10
41	May 12 – 14		FS	10
42	May 6 – 8		FS	10
42	May 1 – 15		GR	10
43	April		GR	10
43	May		FS	10
44	April 24		GR	10
44	May 1		FS	10
45	January		GR	10
	January		FS	10	Turkey
	January	Ivanovo Sports Palace	LF	9
46	April		GR	10
	April		GR	10	Ukraine
	April		FS	10
47	26–30 April		GR	10
47	8–11 April		FS	10
48	21 March		GR	10
	27 March		FS	10
	June		LF	9
49	May		GR	8	Turkey
	May		FS	8
	May		LF	6	France
50	April		GR	8
	May		FS	8	Ukraine
	May		LF	6
51	April 15 – 18		FS	8
	April 24 – May 1		LF	6	France
	May 13 – 16		GR	8
52	April 13 – 18		GR	8
	April 9		FS	8
	April 9		LF	6
53	April		FS	8
	April		LF	6
	May		GR	8	Turkey
54	April		GR	7
	April		LF	7
	May 1		FS	7
55	May 1		GR	7
	May 23		FS	7
	May 23		LF	7
56	April 8 – 11		GR	7	Ukraine
	April 8 – 11		LF	7	Ukraine
	April 23 – 25		FS	7
57	April		GR	7
			FS	7	Ukraine
			LF	7
58	April 25 – 30		GR	7	Turkey
			FS	7
			LF	7
59	April 17 – 22		GR	7
			FS	7	Ukraine
			LF	7
60	April 1 – 6		GR	7
			FS	7
			LF	7
61	March 31 – April 5		GR	7
			FS	7	Azerbaijan
			LF	7
62	April 13 – 18		GR	7
			FS	7
			LF	7
63	March 29 – April 3		GR	7
			FS	7
			LF	7	Ukraine
64	March 8 – 11		GR	7
			FS	7
			LF	7	Ukraine
65	March 19 – 24		GR	7
			FS	7
			LF	7	Ukraine
66	April 1 – 6		GR	8
			FS	8
			LF	8
67	March 8 – 13		GR	8
			FS	8	Georgia
			LF	8	Ukraine
68	May 2 – 7		GR	8	Hungary
			FS	8	Azerbaijan
			LF	8
69	April 30 – May 6		GR	10
			FS	10
			LF	10
70	April 8 – 14		GR	10
			FS	10
			LF	10	Ukraine
71	February 10 – 16		GR	10
			FS	10
			LF	10
72	April 19 – 25		GR	10
			FS	10
			LF	10
73	March 28 – April 3		GR	10	Azerbaijan
			FS	10	Azerbaijan
			LF	10	Turkey
74	April 17 – 23		GR	10	Turkey
			FS	10	Azerbaijan
			LF	10	Ukraine
75	February 12 – 18		GR	10	Turkey
			FS	10	Turkey
			LF	10	Ukraine
76	April 7 – 13	TBD	GR	10	TBD
			FS	10	TBD
			LF	10	TBD

FS : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle
Until 2018 : 67 GR, 60 FS, 24 LF

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2024 European Wrestling Championships.

European U23 Wrestling Championships

The European U23 Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.

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1				24
2				24
3				24
4				30
5				30
6				30
7		Plovdiv		30
8					30
9					30

Medals U23

Youth Wrestling

European Espoirs Wrestling Championships (U20)

See main article: European Espoirs Wrestling Championships. The European Espoirs Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.

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1				20
2				20
3				20
4				20
5				20
6				20
7			(LL)	10
		(GR)	10
8			(LL)	10
		(GR)	10
9				20
10		Unknown	Unknown	20
11				20
12			(LL)	10
		(GR)	10

LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle

European Juniors Wrestling Championship (U20)

See main article: European Juniors Wrestling Championships. The European Juniors Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.

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1				20
2		Unknown	Unknown (GR)	10
3				20
4				20
5				20
6			(LL)	10
		(GR)	10
7			(LL)	10
8				20
9			(LL, GR)	20
		(LF)	7
10			(LL, GR)	20
		(LF)	8
11			(LL, GR)	20
		(LF)	8
12			(LL)	10
		(GR)	10
		(LF)	8
13			(GR, LF)	17
		(LL)	9
14				26
15			(LL, LF)	17
		(GR)	9

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16			(LL, LF)	16
		(GR)	8
17				24
18				24
19				24
20				24
21				24
22				24
23				24
24				24
25				24
26				24
27				24
28				24
29				24
30				30
31				30
32				30
33				30
34				30
35

LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle

European Cadets Wrestling Championship (U17)

See main article: European Cadets Wrestling Championships. The European Cadets Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.

width=30	Edition	width=30	Year	width=200	Host city	width=200	Host country	width=30	Events
1				26
2				22
3				30
4				30
5			(LL)	10
Odesa		(GR)	10
		(LF)	10
6			(LL)	10
		(GR)	10
		(LF)	10
7			(GR, LF)	20
		(LL)	10
8				30
9				30
10				30
11				30
12				30
13				30
14				30
15				30
16				30
17				30
18				30
19				30
20				30
21				30
22				30
23				30
24				30
25				30
26

LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle

European Schools Wrestling Championship (U15)

See main article: European Schools Wrestling Championships. The European Schools Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.

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1				30
2				30
3				30
4				30
5				30
6				30
7

Traditional wrestling

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European Sambo Championships

See main article: European Sambo Championships. Among the decisions taken during the 1973 FILA Congress, held under the FILA President Milan Ercegan, Sambo, a special form of wrestling particularly practised in the USSR and Asia, was recognized. Among the decisions taken during the Congress, Sambo for the first time was included in the programme of the 1974 European Wrestling Championships (along with GR and freestyle.) During the Congress, the attribution of the next freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling and Sambo championships was decided as follows: European Championships: 1974 at Madrid (Spain,) 1975 at Ludwigshafen (West Germany,) 1976 in Turkey. World Championships: 1974 at Tehran. Junior European Championships: 1974 at Poznań (Poland.) Junior World Championships: 1973 at Miami (USA.)^[2] After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, anti-Soviet international sentiment led to a discontinuation of Sambo from the Championships programme.

European Grappling Championships

The European Grappling Championships (GP) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.

Edition	Host venue	Events
1	Sassari, Italy	26
2	Rome, Italy	26
3	Novi Sad, Serbia	26
4	Kaspiysk, Russia	26

Sources:^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13] ^[14]

European Pankration Championships

The European Pankration Championships (PK) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.

Edition	Year	Host venue	Events
1		Bucharest, Romania
2		Tbilisi, Georgia
3		Budapest, Hungary
4		Brindisi, Italy
5		Zrenjanin, Serbia

Sources:^[15] ^[16] ^[17] ^[18] ^[19] ^[20] ^[21] ^[22] ^[23] ^[24] ^[25] ^[26] ^[27]

European Alysh Championships

The European Alysh Championships (Belt Wrestling Alysh or BWUWW or AL) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.

Edition	Host venue	Events
1	Liepaja, Latvia
2	Novi Sad, Serbia	4
3	Zrenjanin, Serbia

Sources:^[28] ^[29]

European Pahlavani Championships

The European Pahlavani Championships (Pahlavani Wrestling or PW) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.

Edition	Year	Host venue	Events
1
2

Sources:^[30]

European Kazak Kuresi Championships

The European Kazak Kuresi Championships (Kazakh Wrestling or KK) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.

Edition	Year	Host venue	Events
1
2

Sources:^[31] ^[32] ^[33]

European Beach Wrestling Championships

The European Beach Wrestling Championships (BW) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.

Until 2018 no competition.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: emmanuel. Regulations - Traditional Wrestling. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
News. English. Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee. March–April 1973. 64–65. 145–146.
Web site: HOME. 2021-09-07. www.grappling.world.
Web site: Results. 2021-09-07. www.grappling.world.
Web site: tristan. World Grappling Committee. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: sebastien. Regulations - Grappling. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: Events | United World Wrestling. 2021-09-07. uww.org.
Web site: jeandaniel. European Championships. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: tristan. European Championships. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: tristan. European Championships. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: tristan. European Championship. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: 2018 European Grappling Championships. 21 April 2023. unitedworldwrestling.org. May 2018.
Web site: Final protocol. 21 April 2023. unitedworldwrestling.org. May 2018.
Web site: Results. 21 April 2023. unitedworldwrestling.org. July 2016.
Web site: WPAF. 2021-09-07. www.worldpangration.net.
Web site: 7th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016. 2021-09-07. www.worldpangration.net. en-gb.
Web site: RUSSIAN TEAM WON THE FIRST PLACE. 2021-09-07. www.worldpangration.net. en-gb.
Web site: emmanuel. World Pankration Committee. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: emmanuel. Regulations - Pankration. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: emmanuel. Russian Federation of Pankration. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: 2018-05-10. Федерация Панкратиона России. 2021-09-07. ru-RU.
https://unitedworldwrestling.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/results_05_zrenjanin_belt_pk.pdf United World Wrestling
Web site: jeandaniel. European Championships. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling.
Web site: tristan. European Championship. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: European Championships | United World Wrestling. 2021-09-07. United World Wrestling. en.
Web site: European Championship. United World Wrestling.
Web site: European Championship. United World Wrestling.
Web site: World Belt Wrestling Committee.
Web site: European Championship.
Web site: Pahlavani Wrestling Committee | united. https://web.archive.org/web/20200420085356/http://pawwf.com/en/. dead. April 20, 2020. 2021-09-07. en-US.
Web site: 2016-03-06. Archived copy. 2021-09-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306001257/http://kazakhkures.kz/. 2016-03-06.
Web site: Kazak Kuresi Federation of Kazakhstan.
Web site: European kazakh kuresi federation. 2021-09-07. Rekvizitai.lt Lithuania.

European Wrestling Championships Explained

Summary

Pre 1911

Post 1911

All-time medal table

European U23 Wrestling Championships

Medals U23

Youth Wrestling

European Espoirs Wrestling Championships (U20)

European Juniors Wrestling Championship (U20)

European Cadets Wrestling Championship (U17)

European Schools Wrestling Championship (U15)

Traditional wrestling

European Sambo Championships

European Grappling Championships

European Pankration Championships

European Alysh Championships

European Pahlavani Championships

European Kazak Kuresi Championships

European Beach Wrestling Championships

See also

External links

Notes and References