Wrestling World Cup
StatusActive
GenreSports event
Date(s)Various
FrequencyTriennial
Location(s)Various
Inaugurated1973 (1973)
Organised byUnited World Wrestling
PeopleJoe Scalzo[1][2]

Wrestling World Cup is an international wrestling competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The cups have been conducted by FILA (the UWW predecessor) every year since the 1973 tournament. The World Cup began as a dual-meet competition for the top teams on each continent, but now features the top teams in the rankings of the previous year's world championships.[3]

Two individual competitions under the same name were held in 1956 and 1958 before establishing the current World Cup comeptition in 1973.[4] Besides that, the UWW had another competition called the Individual World Cup as a replacement event for the 2020 World Cup Championships.

Competitions

Men's freestyle

Year Host city Dates 1st 2nd 3rd Ref
1973 United States Toledo May 19–20  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1974 Spain Las Palmas July 20–21  Soviet Union  Iran  Bulgaria
1975 United States Toledo March 29–30  Soviet Union  Mongolia  United States
1976 United States Toledo Feb. 29 – Mar. 1  Soviet Union  Iran  United States
1977 United States Toledo March 26–27  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1978 United States Toledo April 1–2  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1979 United States Toledo Mar. 31 – Apr. 1  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1980 United States Toledo March 29–30  United States  Soviet Union  Canada
1981 United States Toledo March 28–29  Soviet Union  United States  Mongolia
1982 United States Toledo March 27–28  United States  Soviet Union  Canada
1983 United States Toledo March 26–27  Soviet Union  United States  Canada
1984 United States Toledo Mar. 31 – Apr. 1  Soviet Union  United States  Bulgaria
1985 United States Toledo March 30–31  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1986 United States Toledo March 22–23  Soviet Union  United States  Cuba
1987 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar November 28–29  Soviet Union  Mongolia  United States
1988 United States Toledo March 26–27  Soviet Union  United States  Cuba
1989 United States Toledo April 1–2  Soviet Union  United States  Cuba
1990 United States Toledo Mar. 31 – Apr. 1  United States  Soviet Union  Cuba
1991 United States Toledo April 6–7  United States  Soviet Union  South Korea
1992 Russia Moscow November 14–15  Russia  Iran  United States
1993 United States Chattanooga April 2–3  United States  Russia  Canada [5]
1994 Canada Edmonton March 25–26  United States  Iran  Russia [5]
1995 United States Chattanooga April 7–8  United States  Russia  Turkey [5]
1996 Iran Tehran November 7–8  Iran  Cuba  Russia [6]
1997 United States Stillwater April 4–5  United States  Russia  Cuba
1998 United States Stillwater April 4–5  Russia  United States  Iran [7]
1999 United States Spokane April 2–3  United States  Iran  Cuba [8]
2000 United States Fairfax February 5–6  United States  Iran  Russia [9]
2001 United States Baltimore May 5–6  United States  Iran  Russia [10]
2002 United States Spokane April 6–7  United States  Russia  South Korea [11]
2003 United States Boise April 5–6  United States All-World Team  Ukraine [12]
2004 Azerbaijan Baku April 3–4  Azerbaijan  Russia  Cuba
2005 Uzbekistan Tashkent March 12–13  Cuba  Ukraine  Russia [13]
2006 Iran Sari February 18–19  Iran  Cuba  Ukraine [14]
2007 Russia Krasnoyarsk March 24–25  Russia  Iran  Uzbekistan [15]
2008 Russia Vladikavkaz February 16–17  Russia  Cuba  Uzbekistan
2009 Iran Tehran March 7–8  Azerbaijan  Iran  Russia
2010 Russia Moscow March 6–7  Russia  Iran  Azerbaijan
2011 Russia Makhachkala March 19–20  Russia  Iran  Azerbaijan
2012 Azerbaijan Baku May 12–13  Iran  Azerbaijan  United States
2013 Iran Tehran February 21–22  Iran  Russia  United States
2014 United States Los Angeles March 15–16  Iran  Russia  United States [16]
2015 United States Los Angeles April 11–12  Iran  United States  Azerbaijan [17]
2016 United States Los Angeles June 11–12  Iran  Russia  Georgia [18]
2017 Iran Kermanshah February 16–17  Iran  United States  Azerbaijan [19]
2018 United States Iowa City April 7–8  United States  Azerbaijan  Japan [20]
2019 Russia Yakutsk March 16–17  Russia  Iran  United States [21]
2022 United States Coralville December 10–11  United States  Iran All-World Team
2025 TBD December 6–7
Titles

Men's Greco-Roman

Year Host city Dates 1st 2nd 3rd Ref
1980 Sweden Trelleborg December 1–2  Soviet Union  Sweden  United States
1981 Bulgaria Sofia November 27–29  Soviet Union No data available
1982 Hungary Budapest November 26–28  Soviet Union  Hungary All-European Team
1983 Greece Thessaloniki November 25–27  Soviet Union  Cuba  Greece
1984 Finland Seinäjoki November 10–11  Soviet Union  Finland  United States
1985 Sweden Lund November 9–10  Soviet Union  Sweden  Cuba
1986 United States Oak Lawn November 15–16  Soviet Union  Hungary  United States [22]
1987 United States Albany November 14–15  Soviet Union  Cuba  United States
1988 Greece Athens November 19–20  Soviet Union  Cuba  United States
1989 Norway Fredrikstad November 25–26  Soviet Union  Cuba  United States
1990 Sweden Gothenburg November 24–25  Soviet Union  Cuba  United States
1991 Greece Thessaloniki November 9–10  Soviet Union  United States  Greece
1992 France Besançon November 20–21  Cuba  United States  Russia
1993 Finland Heinola November 6–7  Russia  South Korea  Finland
1994 Hungary Kecskemét October 29–30  Ukraine  Hungary  United States
1995 Germany Schifferstadt November 4–5  Cuba  Russia  Germany
1996 United States Colorado Springs November 9–10  Cuba  Russia  United States
1997 Iran Tehran November 13–14  Turkey  Russia  South Korea [23]
2001 France Levallois-Perret November 3–4  Russia  Turkey  United States
2002 Egypt Cairo October 19–20  Turkey  Egypt  United States
2003 Kazakhstan Almaty October 25–26  Russia  Kazakhstan  Georgia
2004 Georgia (country) Tbilisi November 6–7  Georgia  Iran  United States
2005 Iran Tehran February 3–4  Cuba  Russia  Iran
2006 Hungary Budapest March 4–5  Turkey  Russia  Cuba [24]
2007 Turkey Antalya February 24–25  Ukraine  United States  Turkey
2008 Hungary Szombathely February 28–29  Russia  Hungary  Iran
2009 France Clermont-Ferrand February 20–21  Russia  France  Armenia
2010 Armenia Yerevan February 13–14  Iran  Turkey  Armenia
2011 Belarus Minsk February 19–20  Iran  Russia  Belarus
2012 Russia Saransk May 19–20  Iran  Turkey  South Korea
2013 Iran Tehran February 19–20  Russia  Iran  Turkey
2014 Iran Tehran May 15–16  Iran  Russia  Azerbaijan [25]
2015 Iran Tehran February 19–20  Azerbaijan  Russia  Iran [26]
2016 Iran Shiraz May 19–20  Iran  Russia  Turkey [27]
2017 Iran Abadan March 16–17  Russia  Azerbaijan  Iran [28]
2022 Azerbaijan Baku November 5–6  Iran  Azerbaijan All-World Team
2025 TBD November 22–23
Titles

Women's freestyle

Year Host city Dates 1st 2nd 3rd Ref
2001 France Levallois-Perret November 3–4  Japan  China  Russia [29]
2002 Egypt Cairo October 19–20  Japan  Russia  Ukraine [30]
2003 Japan Tokyo October 11–12  United States  Japan  Canada [31]
2004 Japan Tokyo October 8–9  Japan  Canada  China [32]
2005 France Clermont-Ferrand May 20–21  Japan  Ukraine  Russia [33]
2006 Japan Nagoya May 20–21  Japan  Canada  United States [34]
2007 Russia Krasnoyarsk March 22–23  China  Japan  Russia
2008 China Taiyuan January 19–20  China  United States  Japan
2009 China Taiyuan March 21–22  China  Canada  Japan
2010 China Nanjing March 27–28  China  United States  Japan
2011 France Liévin March 5–6  China  United States  Japan
2012 Japan Tokyo May 26–27  Japan  Russia  China
2013 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar March 2–3  China  Mongolia  Japan
2014 Japan Tokyo March 15–16  Japan  Russia  China [35]
2015 Russia Saint Petersburg March 7–8  Japan  Russia  Mongolia [36]
2017 Russia Cheboksary December 1–2  Japan  China  Mongolia [37]
2018 Japan Takasaki March 17–18  Japan  China  Mongolia [38]
2019 Japan Narita November 16–17  Japan  United States  China [39]
2022 United States Coralville December 10–11  Ukraine  China  Mongolia
2025 Japan Nagoya November 8–9
Titles

See also

References

General
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