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Grappling: Astana to host 2024 World Championships

Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 20:57 By United World Wrestling Press

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CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (November 23) -- The 2024 Grappling World Championships will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan from October 7 to 12.

The World Championships of all age-groups -- U15, U17, U20, senior and veteran -- will be conducted in the Kazakhstan capital which hosted the 2023 Asian Championships. Specific details of the World Championships will be shared later by UWW.

The 2023 World Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland and saw some of the incredible battles on the mat in Grappling Gi and Grappling No Gi styles.

Astana has the experience of hosting various United World Wrestling competitions and the Grappling World Championships will add to the rich combat sports culture of the city.

Apart from the World Championships, the senior Pan-Am Championships in Grappling will be in held in Miranda, Venezuela on June 15-16.

For the full list of events on the Grappling calendar and all other styles can be accessed at uww.org/events.

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UWW President Lalovic meets Azerbaijan Economic Minister, federation President Jabbarov

Friday, December 13, 2024 - 11:28 By United World Wrestling Press

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BAKU, Azerbaijan (December 12) -- United World Wrestling President Nenad LALOVIC met with Economic Minister of Azerbaijan Mikayil JABBAROV, who is also the President of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation, in Baku on Wednesday.

They were accompanied by Namik ALIYEV, UWW Bureau Member and Gordon TEMPLEMAN, Director of Commercial Operations & Communications at UWW.

The discussions between the two parties revolved around the growth of wrestling in Azerbaijan, Grappling, Pankration, Amateur MMA, and an inaugural pro league in wrestling by UWW.

"We were pleased to meet with Nenad LALOVIC, President of United World Wrestling," Jabbarov wrote in a social media post. "During our discussion, we highlighted the initiatives undertaken to develop wrestling in Azerbaijan, including efforts to train young talents and enhance cooperation to further elevate the professionalism and international achievements of our athletes.

We were pleased to meet with Nenad Lalović, President of United World Wrestling (@wrestling). During our discussion, we highlighted the initiatives undertaken to develop wrestling in #Azerbaijan, including efforts to train young talents and enhance cooperation to further elevate… pic.twitter.com/qtwcY80JS1

— Mikayil Jabbarov (@MikayilJabbarov) December 11, 2024

"We also emphasized that the inclusion of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation in the leadership of UWW’s newly established Committee for Grappling, Pankration, and Amateur MMA reflects the high level of trust placed in our country’s wrestling community."

Azerbaijan has been a hotspot of wrestling and hosted the European Olympic Games Qualifier for the Paris Games in 2024. It also hosted the U23 European Championships and European Grappling Championships. In 2022, it played host to the Greco-Roman World Cup. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Azerbaijan qualified 12 wrestlers and won three bronze medals.