Greco-Roman World Cup lineups announced

United World Wrestling has announced the entries for the 2022 Greco-Roman World Cup, which will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, November 5-6.

The two-day dual meet competition will feature the top five teams from the 2022 World Championships, and for the first time ever, an All-World team comprised of the highest-placing athletes from Belgrade whose teams finished outside of the top five in the team standings.

The two-day event will be split into two groups.

Group A will feature the 1st, 4th, and 5th place teams from Belgrade–Turkey, Iran, and Kyrgyzstan, respectively.
Group B will house the 2nd, 3rd and 6th place teams from Worlds–Azerbaijan, Serbia and the All-World team, respectively.

On Saturday, November 5, each team will compete against the other pair of nations in their groups to determine the top two teams.

Session One (10:00): TUR vs. IRI, AZE vs. SRB
Session Two (17:00): IRI vs. KGZ, SRB vs. All-World
Session Three (19:30): TUR vs. KGZ, AZE vs. All-World

Then, on Sunday, November 6, the teams with the best records from Group A and Group B will wrestle for the Greco-Roman World Cup team title, while the teams with the second-best record will square off in the 3rd-4th place match.

Session One (17:00): 3rd place final matches
Session Two: (18:30): 1st place final matches

Greco-Roman World Cup Entries:
1. Turkey
55kg – Ekrem OZTURK
55kg – Muhammet Emin CAKIR
60kg – Kerem KAMAL
60kg – Mukremin AKTAS
63kg – Ahmet UYAR
67kg – Murat FIRAT
72kg – Selcuk CAN
77kg – Yunus Emre BASAR
77kg – Yuksel SARICICEK
82kg – Burhan AKBUDAK
87kg – Ali CENGIZ
97kg – Metehan BASAR
97kg – Mustafa OLGUN
130kg – Osman YILDIRIM

2. Azerbaijan
55kg – Eldaniz AZIZLI
55kg – Ibrahim NURULLAYEV
60kg – Murad MAMMADOV
60kg – Nihat Zahid MAMMADLI
63kg – Taleh MAMMADOV
63kg – Ziya BABASHOV
67kg – Hasrat JAFAROV
67kg – Namaz RUSTAMOV
72kg – Ulvu GANIZADE
72kg – Gurban GURBANOV
77kg – Sanan SULEYMANOV
77kg – Eljan MAMMADOV
82kg – Rafig HUSEYNOV
82kg – Nasir HASANOV
87kg – Lachin VALIYEV
87kg – Murad AHMADIYEV
97kg – Arif NIFTULLAYEV
97kg – Zamir MAGOMEDOV
130kg – Sabah Saleh SHARIATI
130kg – Beka KANDELAKI

3. Serbia
55kg – Sabolc LOSONC
60kg – Aleksandar BERAROV
60kg  Sebastian KOLOMPAR
63kg – Stefan LISCEVIC
63kg – Perica DIMITRIJEVIC
67kg – Sebastian NAD
72kg – Aleksa ERSKI
72kg – Mate NEMES
77kg – Aleksa ILIC
82kg – Milos PEROVIC
82kg – Viktor NEMES
87kg – Zarko DICKOV
97kg – Mihail KAJAIA
130kg – Sabolc HORVAT

4. Iran
55kg  – Mohammad Mahdi Meraj JAVAHERI FARID
55kg – Poya Soulat DAD MARZ
60kg – Pouya Mohammad NASERPOUR
60kg – Mehdi Seifollah MOHSEN NEJAD
63kg – Saeid Morad Gholi ESMAEILI LEIVESI
63kg – Iman Hossein Khoon MOHAMMADI
67kg – Hojat Hassan REZAEI
67kg – Seyed Danial Seyed Shamsollah SOHRABI
72kg – Mohammadreza Mahmoud ROSTAMI
72kg – Amir Ali ABDI
77kg – Aref Mozafar HABIBOLLAHI
77kg – Mohammad Reza Hojatollah MOKHTARI
82kg – Mohammadhossein Ebrahim MAHMOODI
82kg – Alireza Azizkhoon MOHMADIPIANI
87kg – Hamidreza Abbas BADKAN
87kg – Abolfazl Ali CHOUBANI
97kg – Ali Ramezanali ABEDIDARZI
97kg – Mehdi Mohammad BALIHAMZEHDEH
130kg – Fardin Shaban HEDAYATI
130kg – Aliakbar Hossein YOUSOFIAHMADCHALI

5. Kyrgyzstan
55kg – Ulan MURATBEK UULU
60kg – Nurmukhammet ABDULLAEV
63kg – Kaly SULAIMANOV
67kg – Khalmurat IBRAGIMOV
72kg – Adilkhan NURLANBEKOV
77kg – Akylbek TALANTBEKOV
82kg – Kalidin ASYKEEV
87kg – Azat SALIDINOV
97kg – Uzur DZHUZUPBEKOV
130kg – Erlan MANATBEKOV

6. All-World
55kg – Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO)
60kg – Aidos SULTANGALI (KAZ)
63kg – Leri ABULADZE (GEO)
67kg – Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
72kg – Andrii KULYK (UKR)
77kg – Zoltan LEVAI (HUN)
82kg – Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB)
87kg – Turpan Ali Alvievich BISULTANOV (DEN)
97kg – Kiril Milenov MILOV (BUL)
130kg – Mantas KNYSTAUTAS (LTU)

Source: www.uww.org

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