Budapest Ranking Series 2026 Entry List

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 - 07:01 By United World Wrestling Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary (June 30) -- The fourth and final stop in the Ranking Series will be held in Budapest, Hungary from July 15 to 19.

The Polyak Imre, Varga Janos & Kozma Istvan Memorial tournament will be held at the BOK Sports Hall with Freestyle kicking off action. Women's Wrestling will be held after Freestyle before Greco-Roman finishes things off things of the five-day tournament.

All the matches, highlights and live action from Budapest will be available on UWW+ on uww.org.

Note: The entries are subject to change until 72 hours before the start of the respective style.

Freestyle

57kg
Islam BAZARGANOV (AZE)
Aryan TSIUTRYN (BLR)
Ivaylo TISOV (BUL)
Timothy LEVINE (CAN)
Wanhao ZOU (CHN)
Rassoul GALBOURAEV (FRA)
Nikoloz BOTCHORISHVILI (GEO)
Roberti DINGASHVILI (GEO)
Balazs RACZ (HUN)
AMAN (IND)
RAHUL (IND)
Meirambek KARTBAY (KAZ)
Merey BAZARBAYEV (KAZ)
Nurdanat AITANOV (KAZ)
Sunggwon KIM (KOR)
Anthony KNOX (USA)

61kg
Zelimkhan ABAKAROV (ALB)
Georgii OKOROKOV (AUS)
Nuraddin NOVRUZOV (AZE)
Mikyay NAIM (BUL)
Maximilian LEETE BENZAN (DOM)
Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO)
Ramaz TURMANIDZE (GEO)
DEEPAK (IND)
Adilet ALMUKHAMEDOV (KAZ)
Assyl AITAKYN (KAZ)
Assylzhan YESSENGELDI (KAZ)
Tolga OZBEK (TUR)

65kg
Agustin DESTRIBATS (ARG)
Rashid BABAZADE (AZE)
Shannon HANNA (BAH)
Magomedkhan MAGAMEDKHANOV (BLR)
Alibeg ALIBEGOV (BRN)
Shamil MAMEDOV (BUL)
Peiman BIABANI (CAN)
Matias MUNOZ (CHI)
Xuexian OU (CHN)
Khamzat ARSAMERZOUEV (FRA)
Quentin STICKER (FRA)
Nika ZAKASHVILI (GEO)
Nico MEGERLE (GER)
Zoltan MIZSEI (HUN)
Mohit KUMAR (IND)
Vishal KALIRAMANA (IND)
Abbas EBRAHIMZADEH (IRI)
Ali KHORRAMDEL (IRI)
Adil OSPANOV (KAZ)
Nachyn KUULAR (KAZ)
Ossimzhan DASTANBEK (KAZ)
Junsik YUN (KOR)
Stefan COMAN (ROU)
Beau BARTLETT (USA)

70kg
Islam DUDAEV (ALB)
Kanan HEYBATOV (AZE)
Ayub MUSAEV (BEL)
Akaki KEMERTELIDZE (GEO)
Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN)
Marton VARGA (HUN)
ABHIMANYOU (IND)
Ebrahim ELAHI (IRI)
Maiis ALIYEV (KAZ)
Olzhas OLZHAKANOV (KAZ)
Sanzhar DOSZHANOV (KAZ)
Tulga TUMUR OCHIR (MGL)
Ahmet DUMAN (TUR)
Vasyl SHUPTAR (UKR)
Alec PANTALEO (USA)
Ridge LOVETT (USA)

74kg
Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE)
Ibragim VELIEV (BEL)
Magomedrasul ASLUEV (BRN)
Jorge GATICA (CHI)
Feng LU (CHN)
Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO)
Benjamin DOBLER (HUN)
Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN)
JAIDEEP (IND)
Sagar JAGLAN (IND)
Darkhan YESSENGALI (KAZ)
Kuandyk SHALDAR (KAZ)
Nurkozha KAIPANOV (KAZ)
Daegil HAN (KOR)
Sangho HAN (KOR)
Ebierelayefa ANDREW (NGR)
Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK)
Cuneyt BUDAK (TUR)
Muhammed BESIR (TUR)
William LEWAN (USA)
Farhad NOURI (UWW)

79kg
Dzhabrail GADZHIEV (AZE)
Mahamedkhabib KADZIMAHAMEDAU (BLR)
Aykan SEID (BUL)
Luka CHKHITUNIDZE (GEO)
Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO)
Sandeep MANN (IND)
Nurdaulet KUANYSHBAY (KAZ)
Shamsat TAIR (KAZ)
Yerkhan ABIL (KAZ)
Suldkhuu OLONBAYAR (MGL)
Akhsarbek GULAEV (SVK)

86kg
Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE)
Khidir SAIPUDINOV (BRN)
Franco GONZALEZ (CHI)
Hade AYIDUSI (CHN)
Christopher FOCA (DOM)
Rakhim MAGAMADOV (FRA)
Vladimeri GAMKRELIDZE (GEO)
Joshua MORODION (GER)
Lucas KAHNT (GER)
AMIT (IND)
Mukul DAHIYA (IND)
Ali SAVADKOUHI (IRI)
Erzo ISAKOV (JOR)
Abylaikhan UZEMBAYEV (KAZ)
Bolat SAKAYEV (KAZ)
Rustem MYRZAGALIYEV (KAZ)
Gyeongyeon LEE (KOR)
Ivars SAMUSONOKS (LAT)
Paulius LESCAUSKAS (LTU)
Krisztian BIRO (ROU)
Alperen ATAR (TUR)

92kg
Jorge LLANO (ARG)
Ali TCOKAEV (AZE)
Magomed SHARIPOV (BRN)
Ahmed BATAEV (BUL)
Sali SALIEV (BUL)
Miriani MAISURADZE (GEO)
Zaur BERADZE (GEO)
Krisztian ANGYAL (HUN)
Zeteny GANGL (HUN)
Punit KUMAR (IND)
Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ)
Bekzat AMANGALI (KAZ)
Domantas PAULIUSCENKO (LTU)
Anton VYHIVSKYI (SVK)
Fatih ALTUNBAS (TUR)
Mukhammed ALIIEV (UKR)
Dustin PLOTT (USA)
Michael MACCHIAVELLO (USA)

97kg
Ricardo BAEZ (ARG)
Osman NURMAGOMEDOV (AZE)
Yaraslau SLAVIKOUSKI (BLR)
Akhmed TAZHUDINOV (BRN)
Akhmed MAGAMAEV (BUL)
Matias URIBE SEPULVEDA (CHI)
Junpeng ZHOU (CHN)
Adlan VISKHANOV (FRA)
Andro MARGISHVILI (GEO)
Deepak PUNIA (IND)
Benjamin HONIS (ITA)
Rizabek AITMUKHAN (KAZ)
Juhwan SEO (KOR)
Harrison ONOVWIOMOGBOHWO (NGR)
Zbigniew BARANOWSKI (POL)
Batyrbek TSAKULOV (SVK)
Rifat Eren GIDAK (TUR)
Suleyman KARADENIZ (TUR)
Ivan PRYMACHENKO (UKR)
Vasyl SOVA (UKR)
Jacob CARDENAS (USA)

125kg
Giorgi MESHVILDISHVILI (AZE)
Shamil SHARIPOV (BRN)
Georgi IVANOV (BUL)
Jorawar DHINSA (CAN)
BUHEEERDUN (CHN)
Solomon MANASHVILI (GEO)
Milan GELLEN (HUN)
Vlagyiszlav BAJCAJEV (HUN)
DINESH (IND)
Rajat RUHAL (IND)
Abraham CONYEDO (ITA)
Nursultan AZOV (KAZ)
Yedige KASSIMBEK (KAZ)
Gwanuk KIM (KOR)
Kamil KOSCIOLEK (POL)
Robert BARAN (POL)
Omar Ihab SAREM (ROU)
Hakan BUYUKCINGIL (TUR)
Yurii IDZINSKYI (UKR)
Demetrius THOMAS (USA)
Mason PARRIS (USA)
Wyatt HENDRICKSON (USA)

Musa EVLOEV (RUS) is looking to return to international wrestling after five years. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Dogukan Karadag)

Greco-Roman

55kg
LALIT (IND)
Alpamys DASTANBEK (KAZ)
Iskhar KURBAYEV (KAZ)
Marlan MUKASHEV (KAZ)
Artiom DELEANU (MDA)
Alibek AMIROV (RUS)
Brady KOONTZ (USA)
Max NOWRY (USA)
Ikhtiyor BOTIROV (UZB)

60kg
Elmir ALIYEV (AZE)
Nihad GULUZADE (AZE)
Augusto VARGAS (CHI)
BAOYINJIYA (CHN)
Haodong TAN (CHN)
Mahmoud SAAD (EGY)
Romeo BERIDZE (GEO)
Abdolmohammad PAPI (GER)
CHETAN (IND)
SUMIT (IND)
Yerbol KAMALIYEV (KAZ)
Yernur FIDAKHMETOV (KAZ)
Zholaman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ)
Seunghak KIM (KOR)
Denis MIHAI (ROU)
Razvan ARNAUT (ROU)
Anvar ALLAKHIAROV (RUS)
Sadyk LALAEV (RUS)
Enes BASAR (TUR)
Dalton ROBERTS (USA)
Jace KOELZER (USA)
Alisher GANIEV (UZB)
Mehroj BAKHRAMOV (UZB)

63kg
Murad MAMMADOV (AZE)
Sakit GULIYEV (AZE)
Pridon ABULADZE (GEO)
Sunny KUMAR (IND)
Aftandil TAALAIBEK UULU (KGZ)
Corneliu RUSU (MDA)
Aref MOHAMMADI (QAT)
Sergey EMELIN (RUS)
Zhambolat LOKYAEV (RUS)
Kerem KAMAL (TUR)
Xavier JOHNSON (USA)
Islomjon BAKHRAMOV (UZB)
Shermukhammad SHARIBJANOV (UZB)

67kg
Slavik GALSTYAN (ARM)
Tsuchika SHIMOYAMADA (AUS)
Mahammad SHUKURZADE (AZE)
Dongyu LI (CHN)
Ji LENG (CHN)
Dominik ETLINGER (CRO)
Mohamed ABDELREHIM (EGY)
Diego CHKHIKVADZE (GEO)
Christopher KRAEMER (GER)
DEEPAK (IND)
Sachin SAHRAWAT (IND)
Jacopo SANDRON (ITA)
Din Mukhamed KOSHKAR (KAZ)
Meiirzhan SHERMAKHANBET (KAZ)
Yerzhet ZHARLYKASSYN (KAZ)
Minseong KWON (KOR)
Valentin PETIC (MDA)
Daniial AGAEV (RUS)
Dinislam BAMMATOV (RUS)
Ruslan BICHURIN (RUS)
Sebastian NAD (SRB)
Murat FIRAT (TUR)
Otto Elliot BLACK (USA)
Aytjan KHALMAKHANOV (UZB)
Sardor YULDASHEV (UZB)

72kg
Nestor ALMANZA (CHI)
Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Mishiko ALEKSANDRIA (GEO)
Nika BROLADZE (GEO)
Krisztian VANCZA (HUN)
Krisztofer KLANYI (HUN)
ANIL (IND)
Razzak BEISHEKEEV (KGZ)
Rabil ASKEROV (RUS)
Cengiz ARSLAN (TUR)
Benjamin PEAK (USA)
Brett BACK (USA)
Ahmad KODIROV (UZB)
Shakhzod KUCHKOROV (UZB)

77kg
Eduardo BERNAL MOLINA (CHI)
Rui LIU (CHN)
Wenhao HU (CHN)
Antonio KAMENJASEVIC (CRO)
Moustafa ALAMELDIN (EGY)
Jonni SARKKINEN (FIN)
Anri PUTKARADZE (GEO)
Idris IBAEV (GER)
Samuel BELLSCHEIDT (GER)
Levente LEVAI (HUN)
Robert FRITSCH (HUN)
Zoltan LEVAI (HUN)
AMAN (IND)
Ankit GULIA (IND)
Luca DARIOZZI (ITA)
Kaharman KISSYMETOV (KAZ)
Tamerlan SHADUKAYEV (KAZ)
Alibek BERDIEV (KGZ)
Kyeongbin LEE (KOR)
Alexandru SOLOVEI (MDA)
Danil GRIGOREV (RUS)
Ismail BARAKHOEV (RUS)
Sergei KUTUZOV (RUS)
Aleksa ILIC (SRB)
Ali ARSALAN (SRB)
Yunus BASAR (TUR)
Joel ADAMS (USA)
Abdullo ALIEV (UZB)
Doniyorkhon NAKIBOV (UZB)
Jamol JUMABAEV (UZB)

82kg
Filip SACIC (CRO)
Karlo KODRIC (CRO)
Emad ABOUELATTA (EGY)
Tornike MIKELADZE (GEO)
Attila TOESMAGI (HUN)
PRINCE (IND)
Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ)
Akzhol MAKHMUDOV (KGZ)
Mihail BRADU (MDA)
Shahin BADAGHIMOFRAD (QAT)
Adlet TIULIUBAEV (RUS)
Gamzat GADZHIEV (RUS)
Antal VAMOS (SRB)
Ognjen JAKOVLJEVIC (SRB)
Viktor NEMES (SRB)
Burhan AKBUDAK (TUR)
Jesse PORTER (USA)
Azimjon SOATULLAEV (UZB)
Samandar BOBONAZAROV (UZB)

87kg
Likui SHI (CHN)
Ivan HUKLEK (CRO)
Matej MANDIC (CRO)
Mohamed DYAB (EGY)
Achiko BOLKVADZE (GEO)
Aivengo RIKADZE (GEO)
Gurami KHETSURIANI (GEO)
Erik SZILVASSY (HUN)
Istvan TAKACS (HUN)
Tamas LEVAI (HUN)
Sunil KUMAR (IND)
Rohit BURA (IND)
Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ)
Timur OSPANOV (KAZ)
Asan ZHANYSHOV (KGZ)
Islam ALIEV (RUS)
Milad ALIRZAEV (RUS)
Andrija MIHAJLOVIC (SRB)
Ali CENGIZ (TUR)
Beka MELELASHVILI (USA)
Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB)
Mukhammadkodir RASULOV (UZB)

97kg
Hayk KHLOYAN (ARM)
Arif NIFTULLAYEV (AZE)
Zegang WANG (CHN)
Filip SMETKO (CRO)
Artur OMAROV (CZE)
Mohamed GABR (EGY)
Arvi SAVOLAINEN (FIN)
Luka GABISONIA (GEO)
Darius KIEFER (GER)
Lucas LAZOGIANIS (GER)
Kevin MEJIA (HON)
Alex SZOKE (HUN)
NITESH (IND)
Islam YEVLOYEV (KAZ)
Uzur DZHUZUPBEKOV (KGZ)
Ilia ERMOLENKO (RUS)
Musa EVLOEV (RUS)
Branko DUKIC (SRB)
Luka KATIC (SRB)
Mihail KAJAIA (SRB)
Timothy YOUNG (USA)

130kg
Lingzhe MENG (CHN)
Wenhao JIANG (CHN)
Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY)
Konsta MAEENPAEAE (FIN)
Matti KUOSMANEN (FIN)
Jello KRAHMER (GER)
Gino AVILA DILBERT (HON)
Darius VITEK (HUN)
Laszlo DARABOS (HUN)
DEEPANSHU (IND)
Alimkhan SYZDYKOV (KAZ)
Olzhas SYRLYBAY (KAZ)
Erlan MANATBEKOV (KGZ)
Nurbolot TOKTOGONOV (KGZ)
Marat KAMPAROV (RUS)
Sergei SEMENOV (RUS)
Fatih BOZKURT (TUR)
Adam COON (USA)
Aden ATTAO (USA)
Cohlton SCHULTZ (USA)
Javokhir SHODIYAROV (UZB)
Rafael TSITSUASHVILI (UZB)

Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) is entered at 59kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Women's Wrestling

50kg
Thalia OLIVEIRA (BRA)
Katie DUTCHAK (CAN)
Kaura COLES (CAN)
Ziqi FENG (CHN)
Laura FATH (HUN)
DIPANSHI (IND)
Priyanshi PRAJAPAT (IND)
Maral TANGIRBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Zeinep BAYANOVA (KAZ)
Miran CHEON (KOR)
Miesinnei GENESIS (NGR)
Agata GOLUCHOWSKA (POL)
Nadezhda SOKOLOVA (RUS)
Oksana LIVACH (UKR)
Samara CHAVEZ (USA)
Katie GOMEZ (USA)

53kg
Adrianny CASTILLO (ARG)
Asmar JANKURTARAN (AZE)
Nargiz SAMADOVA (AZE)
Madison PARKS (CAN)
Antonia VALDES (CHI)
Jin ZHANG (CHN)
Yuxuan LI (CHN)
Lucia YEPEZ (ECU)
Bianka FATH (HUN)
ANTIM (IND)
MEENAKSHI (IND)
NISHU (IND)
Shugyla OMIRBEK (KAZ)
Seoyoung PARK (KOR)
Christianah OGUNSANYA (NGR)
Roksana ZASINA (POL)
Andreea ANA (ROU)
Natia SVANIDZE (RUS)
Ivana GAJIC (SRB)
Cristelle RODRIGUEZ (USA)
Sydney PETZINGER (USA)

55kg
Gultakin SHIRINOVA (AZE)
Karla GODINEZ (CAN)
Anastasia BLAYVAS (GER)
Hansika LAMBA (IND)
Ainur ASHIMOVA (KAZ)
Laura ALMAGANBETOVA (KAZ)
Adijat IDRIS (NGR)
Beatrice FERENT (ROU)
Jonna MALMGREN (SWE)
Tuba DEMIR (TUR)
Areana VILLAESCUSA (USA)

57kg
Camila AMARILLA (ARG)
Zhala ALIYEVA (AZE)
Valeryia MIKITSICH (BLR)
Giullia PENALBER (BRA)
Mia FRIESEN (CAN)
Kexin HONG (CHN)
Mengyu XIE (CHN)
Luisa VALVERDE (ECU)
Amory ANDRICH (GER)
Gerda TEREK (HUN)
Roza SZENTTAMASI (HUN)
Tamara DOLLAK (HUN)
Neha SHARMA (IND)
TAPSYA (IND)
Altyn SHAGAYEVA (KAZ)
Nilufar RAIMOVA (KAZ)
Youngjin KWON (KOR)
Jumoke ADEKOYE (NGR)
Anhelina LYSAK (POL)
Magdalena GLODEK (POL)
Georgiana LIRCA (ROU)
Evelina HULTHEN (SWE)
Tindra DALMYR (SWE)
Elvira SULEYMAN KAMALOGLU (TUR)
Amanda MARTINEZ (USA)

59kg
Erika BOGNAR (HUN)
NEHA (IND)
Guldana BEKESH (KAZ)
Viktoriia KHUSAINOVA (KAZ)
Anastasia NICHITA (MDA)
Othelie HOEIE (NOR)
Jowita WRZESIEN (POL)
Mariia VYNNYK (UKR)
Abigail NETTE (USA)
Alexis JANIAK (USA)

62kg
Veranika IVANOVA (BLR)
Lais NUNES (BRA)
Ana GODINEZ (CAN)
Qi ZHANG (CHN)
Yaru WU (CHN)
Yongxin FENG (CHN)
Naemi LEISTNER (GER)
Eniko ELEKES (HUN)
Yasmine SOLIMAN (HUN)
MANSI (IND)
SAVITA (IND)
Irina KUZNETSOVA (KAZ)
Tynys DUBEK (KAZ)
Subeen JO (KOR)
Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR)
Grace BULLEN (NOR)
Alicja WOJEWODZKA (POL)
Amina TANDELOVA (RUS)
Johanna LINDBORG (SWE)
Ilona PROKOPEVNIUK (UKR)
Solomiia VYNNYK (UKR)
Adaugo NWACHUKWU (USA)

65kg
Sofia VEMBA (ANG)
Birgul SOLTANOVA (AZE)
Virginia JIMENEZ (CHI)
PULKIT (IND)
Gulnura TASHTANBEKOVA (KGZ)
Elma ZEIDLERE (LAT)
Maria PANTIRU (ROU)
Emilija JAKOVLJEVIC (SRB)
Agnes NYGREN (SWE)
Jennifer PAGE ROGERS (USA)

68kg
Nigar MIRZAZADA (AZE)
Alina SHAUCHUK (BLR)
Ella DOORNAERT (CAN)
Miki ROWBOTTOM (CAN)
Jia LONG (CHN)
Zelu LI (CHN)
Laura KOEHLER (GER)
Sophia SCHAEFLE (GER)
Karolina POK (HUN)
Noémi SZABADOS (HUN)
NISHA (IND)
Laura GODINO (ITA)
Irina KAZYULINA (KAZ)
Meerim ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)
Hyeonyeong PARK (KOR)
Mercy ADEKUOROYE (NGR)
Kateryna ZELENYKH (ROU)
Alina SHEVCHENKO (RUS)
Elizaveta PETLIAKOVA (RUS)
Tindra SJOEBERG (SWE)
Nesrin BAS (TUR)
Manola SKOBELSKA (UKR)

72kg
Diksha MALIK (IND)
Zhamila BAKBERGENOVA (KAZ)
Kaiyrkul SHARSHEBAEVA (KGZ)
Wiktoria CHOLUJ (POL)

76kg
Anastasiya ZIMIANKOVA (BLR)
Shauna KUEBECK (CAN)
Shuiyan CHENG (CHN)
Wenji LI (CHN)
Genesis REASCO (ECU)
Jennifer ROESLER (GER)
Lilly SCHNEIDER (GER)
KAJAL (IND)
PRIYA (IND)
Enrica RINALDI (ITA)
Alina YERTOSTIK (KAZ)
Elmira SYZDYKOVA (KAZ)
Gulmaral YERKEBAYEVA (KAZ)
Aiperi MEDET KYZY (KGZ)
Eunju HWANG (KOR)
Damola OJO (NGR)
Patrycja CUBER (POL)
Alexandra ANGHEL (ROU)
Evelin UJHELJI (SRB)
Anastasiya ALPYEYEVA (UKR)
Dymond GUILFORD (USA)
Tristan KELLY (USA)

#WrestleBudapest

Which wrestlers can move in rankings before Paris Olympics?

Monday, June 3, 2024 - 11:39 By Vinay Siwach

BUDAPEST, Hungary (June 3) -- The final Ranking Series before the 2024 Paris Olympics will begin this week in Budapest. With Paris 2024 qualified countries entering their wrestlers, the tournament will see a change in ranking and eventually in the seeds for the Games in August.

Freestyle, Women's Wrestling and Greco-Roman have six Olympic weight classes with ranking points awarded to wrestlers competing in these weights in Budapest. Since it's a Level C event, gold medalists will get 8000 points, silver medalists will get 6400 points and bronze medalists will be awarded 5200 points. If it's a Nordic system with only one bronze medalist, the fourth-placed wrestler will receive 4640 points. For details of how the Ranking Series points system works, click here.

Ranking points will also awarded based on the number of participants in a weight class. If a weight category has between two and five participants, the points will be reduced in half and only the first three wrestlers will be awarded. If a weight class has six to 12 participants, no additional point will be given.

Furthermore, if a weight class has 13 to 16 participants, 3000 additional points will be given to all wrestlers except those who were not ranked previously. If a weight class has more than 16 wrestlers, 5000 additional points will be given to all wrestlers barring the ones who did not have ranking points previously.

Here's a breakdown of which wrestlers can improve their ranking in Budapest.

Freestyle

57kg (9 entries)

World Championships silver medalist and currently ranked third in rankings Rei HIGUCHI (JPN) will have a chance to move to the second spot by winning the gold medal in Budapest. He currently has 37000 points and will be tied with number one ranked and world champion Stevan MICIC (SRB) at 45000 points. However, Micic's gold will keep him at the top spot.

Another big mover can be AMAN (IND) who is currently eighth with 20000 points. A bronze medal will push him to sixth spot pushing Zavur UGUEV (AIN) down. Gulomjon ABDULLAEV (UZB), currently ninth with 18200 points, can also jump to sixth by winning gold. Any lower position will only take him to the seventh spot.

65kg (7 entries)

Only world champion Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN), and Haji ALIYEV (AZE) have a chance to move up the ladder. Muszukajev, ranked fourth with 45000 points, can jump all the way to the top with a gold medal. A silver, bronze or fourth-place finish in Budapest will make him second-ranked. Any other result for Muszukajev will take him to the third spot.

Aliyev will only move from 10th place to ninth, irrespective of where he finishes in the tournament.

74kg (11 entries)

With certainty that he will win gold, Turan BAYRAMOV (AZE) will remain at his current third rank even if he does win. His 36500 points will become 44500 if he wins gold, still 500 less than second-ranked Zaurbek SIDAKOV (AIN).

A top-eight finish from Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN), currently ranked 13th with 20200 points, will disrupt the other ranked wrestlers and eventually the seeds at the Olympics.

86kg (12 entries)

Top-ranked Azamat DAULETBEKOV (KAZ) can be relieved that he will go into the Olympics as the number one-ranked wrestler. With 52500 points, no other wrestler can replace him even by winning gold medal in Budapest.

Third-ranked Myles AMINE (SMR) is the closest with 44000 points but a gold medal in Budapest will only take him to 52000 points. But he will move to second spot with a 10th place or better finish. Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) will remain fourth even if he wins the gold medal in Budapest.

No other wrestler entered at 86kg will affect the seedings.

97kg (10 entries)

Third-ranked Magomedkhan MAGOMEDOV (AZE) is all set to become the top-ranked wrestler at 97kg heading into the Olympics. He will achieve that rank by finishing on the podium irrespective of the color of his medal.

Ibrahim CIFTCI (TUR), currently ranked fifth with 44700, can move to third spot with a gold medal in Budapest. However, he is set to be fourth irrespective of his result in Budapest.

Alisher YERGALI (KAZ) will also move up in the rankings. Currently ranked 11th, Yergali can move to eighth with a bronze medal or better finish. Mostafa ELDERS (EGY) can also break into the top 10 with a medal but is unlikely to change the seeds for the Olympics.

125kg (12 entries)

With world champion Amir Hossein ZARE (IRI) locking up the top spot with 68000 points, the battle will be between Geno PETRIASHVILI (GEO) and Mason PARRIS (USA) for the second spot. Petriashvili is currently second with 57000 points while Parris is third with 54200 points.

To be second, Parris will have to win gold and hope that Petriasvili finishes outside the podium. If Parris wins gold and Petriasvili wins bronze, both wrestlers will be tied at 52200 points but Petriashvili will remain second due to his silver medal at the World Championships to Parris' bronze.

Nao KUSAKA (JPN) has a chance to become the top ranked wrestler at 77kg in Budapest. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Greco-Roman

60kg (11 entries)

Kenichiro FUMITA (JPN) currently sits fourth with 37000 points but is expected to be third with a medal of any color in Budapest. He, however, cannot overtake the top two -- Zholoman SHARSHENBEKOV (KGZ) and Ligua CAO (CHN).

Nihat MAMMADLI (AZE) may not be going to Paris 2024 but he will certainly change the current rankings. With 29025 points, he is seventh but any medal will put him at fifth. Ninth-ranked Mehdi MOHSEN NEJAD (IRI) will also improve his ranking but cannot move above seventh even if he wins the gold medal.

67kg (12 entries)

Not much will change at 67kg as Hasrat JAFAROV (AZE) has locked up the top spot. He is entered for the Budapest tournament at 72kg. That means world champion and second-ranked Luis ORTA (CUB) will have a chance to close the gap but cannot overtake Jafarov whose lead is 17200 points.

Fourth-placed Mohammadreza GERAEI (IRI) will jump to third spot with a fifth-place finish or better as he is currently fourth with 31000 points.

Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO) and Mamadassa SYLLA (FRA) will move up as well if they finish on the podium which eventually with affect the Olympic seeds.

77kg (18 entries)

World champion silver medalist and top-ranked Sanan SULEYMANOV (AZE) and Asian champion Nao KUSAKA (JPN), currently ranked third, will be battling for the top rank at 77kg. Suleymanov has 58100 points while Kusaka has 54200 points. For Kusaka to overtake Suleymanov, he will have to win the gold medal and hope that the Azerbaijan wrestler does not finish on the podium or finish three places better than Suleymanov.

Iuri LOMADZE (GEO) is set to improve his rank from sixth to fifth unless Zoltan LEVAI (HUN) wins a medal and Lomadze loses in the first round. Demeu ZHADRAYEV (KAZ) will also move up from seventh if he can finish better than Lomadze.

Yosvanys PENA FLORES (CUB) can also be a top-five ranked wrestler if he can finish on the podium. It will depend on where Zhadrayev, Levai and Robert FRITSCH (HUN) finish in the tournament.

87kg (18 entries)

The shared world champions Ali CENGIZ (TUR) and David LOSONCZI (HUN) are set to consolidate the top two spots in the rankings. Cengiz has 58000 points and Losonczi has 45000 points with no chance of the latter overtaking the former.

Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ) and Semen NOVIKOV (BUL) are currently ranked sixth and seventh with 33000 points and 31000 points. Both will certainly take the fourth and fifth spots at the end of the tournament but can be third as well. Tursynov will have to win a medal to be third while Novikov will have to win the gold medal and hope that Tursynov doesn't reach the final.

Bachir SID AZARA (ALG), currently 13th with 15800 points will finish in top ten by the end of this tournament and depending on his finish, can reach as high as the eighth spot.

97kg (11 entries)

Mohammadhadi SARAVI (IRI) is ranked fourth with 41000 points and can only improve to third with a bronze medal or better finish. But he will have to also hope that Artur OMAROV (CZE), ranked fifth with 39520 points, doesn't finish better than him.

130kg (14 entries)

Second-ranked Riza KAYAALP (TUR) is set to overtake Amin MIRZAZADEH (IRI) and move to the top spot. Kayaalp has 50000 points and needs to finish 10th or better to get more than Mirzazadeh's 55000 points. A medal for Abdellatif MOHAMED (EGY) will move him from fifth place to third.

Sixth-placed Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO) will keep his spot unless eighth-ranked Heiki NABI (EST), 10th-ranked Beka KANDELAKI (AZE) or Alin ALEXUC CIURARIU (ROU) win gold medal.

Grace BULLEN (NOR) and Luisa NIEMESCH (GER) will look to improve their rankings at 62kg. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Women's Wrestling

50kg (16 entries)

Otgonjargal DOLGORJAV (MGL) is ranked second with 55200 points but Ziqi FENG (CHN), third ranked with 53400 points, will hope to overtake her. Feng will have to finish better than Dolgorjav especially if both win medals. Feng has to finish on the podium if she hopes to overtake Dolgorjav.

Fourth-ranked Evin DEMIRHAN (TUR) has 45000 points but is unlikely to move up just like Alisson CARDOZO (COL) who is fifth with 27000 points.

53kg (11 entries)

Lucia YEPEZ GUZMAN (ECU) will have her eyes on the top spot as she tries to jump from the second spot. Yepez, who has 46100 points, will have to finish fifth or better to overtake Vanesa KALADZINSKAYA (AIN).

Jonna MALMGREN (SWE), who has 46013 points at the fourth spot, can be third if she wins a bronze medal or a better finish. She can also be second by winning gold and Yepez finishes ninth or lower.

ANTIM (IND), ranked seventh with 31000 points, can jump to fifth if she wins the gold or silver medal.

57kg (10 entries)

Third-ranked with 47200 points, Anastasia NICHITA (MDA) will be eyeing the top spot. All she has to do is reach the final of the Budapest tournament. This will help her overtake Tsugumi SAKURAI (JPN), the top-ranked wrestler with 53000 points.

Anhelina LYSAK (POL), ranked fourth with 42700 points, is unlikely to improve but Helen MAROULIS (USA), with 41000 points, is all set to overtake Lysak.

62kg (13 entries)

In the most closely contested weight class, Grace BULLEN (NOR) will have a chance to change her rank. She is ranked third with 44000 points but a gold medal can help her get 11000 points and move past Sakura MOTOKI (JPN) who is ranked second with 54000 points.

Fourth-ranked Iryna KOLIADENKO (UKR), fifth-ranked Bilyana DUDOVA (BUL) and sixth-ranked Luisa NIEMESCH (GER) will have a chance to move around in rankings. Dudova, at 36575 points, leads Niemesch by only 575 points while Koliadenko has 39520 points.

Kayla MIRACLE (USA) is seventh with 28000 points but will have to be careful as Ana GODINEZ (CAN) with 24400 points, Lais NUNES (BRA) with 23500 points and Esther KOLAWOLE (NGR) with 23400 points can overtake her.

68kg (11 entries)

Buse TOSUN (TUR), who is ranked number one with 68200 points, will consolidate her position as will Delgermaa ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL) who is second with 52500 points.

There will not be a change of position for third-ranked Koumba LARROQUE (FRA) but she can gain more points. Blessing OBORUDUDU (NGR) can move from sixth spot to fourth by reaching the final and to fifth by winning a bronze medal.

76kg (7 entries)

Three Pan-American wrestlers will be looking to improve their rankings. Tatiana RENTERIA (COL) can gain the most as the fourth-ranked wrestler has 39000 points and can be third by winning gold or silver. Milaimy MARIN POTRILLE (CUB) can also improve on her sixth spot. She can move to fifth by reaching the medal matches.

Justina DI STASIO (CAN), ranked 11th with 22075 points, can move as high as seventh by reaching the final.

Budapest Ranking Series 2026 Entry List

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