World Wrestling Clubs Cup
Statusactive
Genresports event
Date(s)various
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated2014 (2014)
Most recent2019
Next event2020
Activityamateur wrestling
Patron(s)United World Wrestling
Organised byIslamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation

World Wrestling Clubs Cup is an international wrestling clubs competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held on the proposal of the Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation in 2014 in Iran.

History

2014 Cup

The inaugural cup was held in Juybar, Iran on November 26 to 28, 2014. The prize money for the top three teams was: $25,000 for first, $15,000 for second and $10,000 for third.[1] A total of 15 teams competed. The Bangladesh team's participation was uncertain as the Bangladesh club Ansar did not release their wrestlers for the competition, who compromised 3 of the 8 wrestlers on the team, however the Bangladesh Amateur Wrestling Federation intervened to gain their release.[2]

The cup was won by local Iranian club Bimeh-Razi who defeated Titan Mercury Wrestling Club (USA) in the final 6-2. Shoraye Shahr Karaj (Iran) finished third after defeating Wrestling Union (China) 7-1.[3]

2015 Cup

The second holding of the cup took part on November 26 and 27 2015 at the Azadi Sport Complex in Tehran, Iran.[4] For the 2015 cup the organizers, Iran Wrestling Federation, were responsible for the provision of food, accommodation and local transport for each team, which could consist of 12 wrestlers, 2 coaches, 1 referee and 1 team leader.[5]

The prize money on offer was increased from the previous year for the best three teams. $50,000 for first, $30,000 for second and $20,000 for third. A total of 15 teams competed in the two-day tournament.[4][6][7]

The defending champions, Iran's Bimeh-Razi, were triumphant in the 2015 Cup for the second successive year after defeating Titan Mercury Wrestling Club (USA) in the final 7-1 that was hosted in front of a crowd of 5,000.[8] Bimeh-Razi included the 57 kg world champion Vladimer Khinchegashvili, the 61 kg junior world champion Behnam Ehsanpour, the 65 kg world championship silver medalist Masoud Esmailpour, and the 70 kg world champion Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov. Titan Mercury Wrestling Club included the 86 kg junior world champion Mojtaba Goleij and the 96 kg 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist Jake Varner.[8][9]

Format

The cup involves team based dual style matches. This involves two clubs competing against each other with a single wrestler representative for each of the 8 weight divisions, Each dual is first decided by the match score, that is the club that wins the most out of the eight matches. If they are tied 4-4 then a tiebreaker is applied. The first tiebreaker is based on classification points, which are awarded for the method of victory, and the second tiebreaker, if needed, is the technical points scored during each match.[10]

Results

Men's freestyle

Year Host city Dates 1st 2nd 3rd Ref
2014 Iran Jouybar November 26–28 Iran Bimeh Razi Jouybar United States Titan Mercury Iran Shora Shahr Karaj [11]
2015 Iran Tehran November 26–27 Iran Bimeh Razi United States Titan Mercury Iran Kefayati Mashhad [12]
2016 Ukraine Kharkiv Nov. 30 – Dec. 1 United States Titan Mercury Iran Bimeh Razi Ukraine Zdorov'ya
2017 Iran Tehran December 7–8 Iran Easy Pipe Kashan United States Titan Mercury Iran Setaregan Sari [13]
2018 Iran Babol December 13–14 Iran Bimeh Razi Babol Turkey Ankara Tedaş Iran Setaregan Sari [14]
2019 Iran Bojnourd December 19–20 Iran Iran-Mall Iran Azad University Mazandaran Iran Atrak Khorasan Shomali [15]

Men's Greco-Roman

Year Host city Dates 1st 2nd 3rd Ref
2014 Iran Abadan December 3–5 Iran Jarrahi Pasteur Andimeshk Russia Samurgashev Turkey İstanbul Büyükşehir [16]
2015 Iran Khorramshahr December 16–18 Iran Bimeh Razi Armenia Dinamo Iran Dokouheh Andimeshk [17]
2016 Hungary Budapest December 8–9 Iran Sina Sanat Izeh Turkey İstanbul Büyükşehir Iran Bimeh Razi Tehran [18]
2017 Iran Isfahan December 14–15 Iran Bimeh Razi Isfahan Iran Sina Sanat Izeh Turkey İstanbul Büyükşehir
2018 Iran Ardabil December 20–21 Iran Bimeh Razi Ardabil Russia Russia Iran Sina Sanat Izeh [19]
2019 Iran Bojnourd December 18–19 Iran Iran-Mall Iran Sina Sanat Izeh Azerbaijan Azerbaijan [20]

See also

References

  1. ^ "2014 World Club Cup" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "Bangladesh wrestling to compete in Iran - Click Ittefaq". Click Ittefaq. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  3. ^ "2014 World Club Cup Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Bimeh Razi atop World Wrestling Clubs Cup". Mehr News Agency. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  5. ^ "2015 World Club Cup Invitation" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  6. ^ "Tasnim News Agency - Iran's Kefayati Comes Third at World Wrestling Clubs Cup". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  7. ^ "2015 World Club Cup Results" (PDF). unitedworldwrestling.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Titan Mercury WC falls to powerful Bimeh-Razi team in finals of World Wrestling Clubs Cup in Iran - Takedown Wrestling". Takedown Wrestling. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  9. ^ "Bimeh-Razi retain World Wrestling Clubs Cup after dominating in Iran". www.insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  10. ^ "Fan Guide: 2015 Freestyle World Cup | United World Wrestling". unitedworldwrestling.org. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  11. ^ "FS World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  12. ^ "2015 Freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  13. ^ "4th Freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  14. ^ "2018 Freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  15. ^ "6th Freestyle World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  16. ^ "GR World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  17. ^ "2015 GR World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Club World Cup Greco-Roman Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  19. ^ "2018 GR World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  20. ^ "6th GR World Wrestling Clubs Cup Results Book" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.

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