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U17 Asian Championships 2025 Entry List

Friday, June 13, 2025 - 09:57 By United World Wrestling Press

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VUNG TAU, Vietnam (June 13) -- The U17 Asian Championships will be held in Vung Tau, Vietnam from June 23 to 27.

The tournament will be held after the U23 Asian Championships at the same venue. For U23 Asian Championships entries, click here.

For full schedule of U23 and U17 Asian Championships, click here. All the matches will be live on uww.org and the UWW App.

Note: Entries are subject to change 72 hours before the draw of each style. Refer to UWW Arena for the draw.

U17 Asian Championships

45kg
Jiarui ZHANG (CHN)
SHIVAM (IND)
Benyamin ASHOFTEH (IRI)
Jumpei FURUYA (JPN)
Sabyrzhan RAKHATOV (KAZ)
Arnur NURSAIDOV (KGZ)
Anartulga BEKHBAT (MGL)
Hesuka WICKRAMAARACHCHIGE (SRI)
Isgender HUDAYBERDIYEV (TKM)
Mirjalol MUKAMMILOV (UZB)
Dinh Long NGUYEN (VIE)

48kg
Shu YUAN (CHN)
MAHSUN (IND)
Sina BOUSTANI KALATEH (IRI)
Tsubasa YAMAYA (JPN)
Temirlan MURAT (KAZ)
Dovudbek BAKHADIROV (KGZ)
Dagvadorj JARGALSAIKHAN (MGL)
Kadambu APPUHAMILAGE (SRI)
Kemal CHARYYEV (TKM)
Shakhobidin NURMANOV (UZB)

51kg
Ziqin WEI (CHN)
Dhanraj JAMNIK (IND)
Sina ORDOU (IRI)
Omar MUSLEH (JOR)
Yuki MAEDA (JPN)
Kemel KAZHTAY (KAZ)
Sadyr KAIYPBEKOV (KGZ)
Yijun HONG (KOR)
Anar ODBAYAR (MGL)
Ashan WICKRAMA PATHIRANAGE (SRI)
Thanwarak KAEWTHIPMONTREE (THA)
Muhammetaly PARAHADOV (TKM)
Ulugbek RASHIDOV (UZB)

55kg
Sarwar SARWARI (AFG)
Wenlong LI (CHN)
NISHANT (IND)
Reza BARARI (IRI)
Yamato FURUSAWA (JPN)
Ibrahim YSKAKBEK (KAZ)
Zhakshylyk BOROBAEV (KGZ)
Hoisik JEONG (KOR)
Batshagai MUNKHZUL (MGL)
Wishwa DHARMEYAGE (SRI)
Umar RAKHIMOV (TJK)
Abdyljelil TEJENOV (TKM)
Jyun Hua JHONG (TPE)
Abdumalik JALOLDINOV (UZB)

60kg
Chan Ou Dom PHANN (CAM)
Jiaming LI (CHN)
SITENDER (IND)
Arian MEHRALIZADEH (IRI)
Ishaq MUSLEH (JOR)
Haruto KITAMURA (JPN)
Bekassyl ASSAMBEK (KAZ)
Ulukman ZHEKSHENKULOV (KGZ)
Siwon KIL (KOR)
Enkhmunkh SAINKHUU (MGL)
Travis YEO (SGP)
Mohotti MUDIYANSELAGE (SRI)
Dovletgeldi TALYPOV (TKM)
Fakhriddin NASRIDDINOV (UZB)
Viet Quy BUI (VIE)

65kg
Jiale YANG (CHN)
Gourav PUNIA (IND)
Morteza HAJ MOLLA (IRI)
Ryohei MARUTA (JPN)
Zamir DANIYAR (KAZ)
Adisbek ALTYNBEKOV (KGZ)
Kanghyun GO (KOR)
Tserendondov DORJPUREV (MGL)
Dilmith FERNANDO (SRI)
Abdumuqit NABIEV (TJK)
Umyt GYLYJOV (TKM)
Yu En ZHOU (TPE)
Shokhiddin ALIEV (UZB)

71kg
Rithypichetr THAT (CAM)
Laiao LIU (CHN)
Sujay TANPURE (IND)
Arsham VAHABIAN (IRI)
Abdelrahman MARAFI (JOR)
Kyosuke NAKANO (JPN)
Nurtay NAROV (KAZ)
Aibek ERALIEV (KGZ)
Taeeun LEE (KOR)
Battogtokh BAVUUDORJ (MGL)
Janith KASTHURIARACHCHIGE (SRI)
Phanuphat CHAILOES (THA)
Idris BAKHROMOV (TJK)
Ali ESENOV (TKM)
Farrukhbek JUMANAZAROV (UZB)
Duc Truong PHAN (VIE)

80kg
Hanze ZHANG (CHN)
Saurabh YADAV (IND)
Parsa KARAMI (IRI)
Tomohiro TANAKA (JPN)
Dinmukhammed KASSYMBEK (KAZ)
Ruslan ASANOV (KGZ)
Yechan KIM (KOR)
Buyantogtokh BYAMBADORJ (MGL)
Cristian Marc LOH (SGP)
Alirizo BAKHROMOV (TJK)
Arslan AZYMBERDIYEV (TKM)
Hsing Yu WANG (TPE)
Bunyod RUFATOV (UZB)
Vinh Dat NGUYEN (VIE)

92kg
Xinyu ZHANG (CHN)
Arjun RUHIL (IND)
Amirali ALIZADEH (IRI)
Noriyuki ASANO (JPN)
Beibarys YERGALI (KAZ)
Nurbol ZAIYRBEKOV (KGZ)
Wangyu CHOE (KOR)
Saruul ERDENETSOGT (MGL)
Mukhammadsobit SOBITOV (TJK)
Muhammetdurdy MUHAMMETDURDYYEV (TKM)
Asadbek ERKINJONOV (UZB)
Quang Khai TRUONG (VIE)

110kg
Zhenyu WANG (CHN)
LACKY (IND)
Amirhossein NAGHDALIPOUR (IRI)
Tomoki NAKAZAWA (JPN)
Riza IZAKHAR (KAZ)
Akzhol BARPYBEKOV (KGZ)
Taeyun PARK (KOR)
Taivanbat AMGALAN (MGL)
Herbert MENDIS (SRI)
Shageldi NURYYEV (TKM)
Yu Chiao CHUANG (TPE)
Behruz ASHIROV (UZB)

Behruzbek VALIEV (UZB)World U17 bronze and Asian U17 champion Behruzbek VALIEV (UZB) will look to defend his 71kg title. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari) 

Greco-Roman

45kg
Jiawudati YE ERXIATE (CHN)
Yash KAMANNA (IND)
Benyamin KHEZLI (IRI)
Kaima OGASAWARA (JPN)
Kuanyshbek ZHANGAZHOL (KAZ)
Baigeldi OMURBEKOV (KGZ)
Farid KAROMOV (UZB)

48kg
Fuhua KANG (CHN)
Aditya JADHAV (IND)
Amirmohammad HAJIVANDSAVAKI (IRI)
Amro ABU RMILAH (JOR)
Jukiya YAMAMOTO (JPN)
Nurdaulet KUMARULY (KAZ)
Abdullaziz MOMINOV (KGZ)
Muhammad GHAFUROV (TJK)
Rejep JORAYEV (TKM)
Bunyod HASANOV (UZB)

51kg
Xizhe YAO (CHN)
Yuvraj KAMANNA (IND)
Amir HAJIVAND (IRI)
Sanad NAGHOUJ (JOR)
Raiki NISHIMURA (JPN)
Sunkar ZARAP (KAZ)
Islam KURBANOV (KGZ)
Junryeong PARK (KOR)
Suriyan SONGMUEANGSUK (THA)
Mukam GURBANOV (TKM)
Jing Jie HUANG (TPE)
Otabek TURSUNOV (UZB)

55kg
JIALAERGA (CHN)
Ashish KUMAR (IND)
Amirreza TAHMASBPOUR (IRI)
Adam ABU FARE (JOR)
Kiichi OI (JPN)
Nurali ASKAR (KAZ)
Alkham ABDIRASULOV (KGZ)
Sungsoo KIM (KOR)
Anupong CHUMANEE (THA)
Damir OTAEV (TJK)
Sadriddin TULKINBOEV (UZB)

60kg
Ziming LIU (CHN)
RITESH (IND)
Abolfazl ZARE (IRI)
Hamza FARES (JOR)
Yuki TAKAHASHI (JPN)
Damir AKAN (KAZ)
Emir EMILOV (KGZ)
Jaewoong JEONG (KOR)
Makhmadradzhab SAFAROV (TJK)
Tai Yu LIN (TPE)
Humoyun ERKINOV (UZB)
Minh LAM (VIE)

65kg
Yunqi CHU (CHN)
ANUJ (IND)
Abolfazl SHIRI (IRI)
Zaid NAGHOUJ (JOR)
Kohaku OTSU (JPN)
Dosbol SHAMIL (KAZ)
Nurbek DZHUMABAEV (KGZ)
Donggyun PARK (KOR)
Borgil TUVSHINBAATAR (MGL)
Amirjon OBIDOV (TJK)
Elman MAMEDOV (TKM)
Xusan GIEZIDINOV (UZB)

71kg
VINIT (IND)
Hossein KAZEMI (IRI)
Shinshiro UEHARA (JPN)
Islam GASSYMOV (KAZ)
Kubanych ANARBEKOV (KGZ)
Seonwoo KIM (KOR)
Alisher RUZIMADOV (TJK)
Atamyrat VELLEKOV (TKM)
Hao CHANG (TPE)
Behruzbek VALIEV (UZB)
Van Dan AU (VIE)

80kg
Yuxiang TENG (CHN)
Sachin KUMAR (IND)
Taha Javid NOURI (IRI)
Ryohei MARUYAMA (JPN)
Mardanbek MAKHKAMBAYEV (KAZ)
Asylbek DOOLOTBEKOV (KGZ)
Taekyung CHOI (KOR)
Muhammad SULTONZODA (TJK)
Begench KAKALYYEV (TKM)
Abdulaziz KHOLMIRZAEV (UZB)

92kg
Yang JIN (CHN)
NITIN (IND)
Amirsam MOHAMMADI (IRI)
Hiroya KITO (JPN)
Adilet TOISHY (KAZ)
Sanjar STALBEKOV (KGZ)
Suin HWANG (KOR)
Suphawat SOPRAKHON (THA)
Zong Han WU (TPE)
Fakhrikamol KOMILJONOV (UZB)

110kg
Chuanqi WEI (CHN)
HARDEEP (IND)
Yazdan Reza DELROUZ (IRI)
Houei SAKAMOTO (JPN)
Baktur SOVETKHAN (KAZ)
Umar ORMANOV (KGZ)
Dongyeon KANG (KOR)
Galt Erdene GANKHUYAG (MGL)
Aslan AGADADAYEV (TKM)
Abduboriy KOZIMJONOV (UZB)

KAJAL (IND)World and Asian U17 champion KAJAL (IND) will lead India's charge. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Amirreza Aliasgari)

Women's Wrestling

40kg
CHESHTA (IND)
Wakana NAKAZONO (JPN)
Inzhu BAKKOZHA (KAZ)
Asema ASANGARYEVA (KGZ)
Anudari JARGALSAIKHAN (MGL)
Sanudi ASHINIKA (SRI)
Shokhista SHONAZAROVA (UZB)

43kg
Mengyi LI (CHN)
RACHANA (IND)
Mira HIGASHI (JPN)
Lyubov VORONTSOVA (KAZ)
Aizhan KABYLBEKOVA (KGZ)
Enkh Uchiral DAVAAJARGAL (MGL)
Nethmi MUDIYANSELAGE (SRI)
Charinrat KUNCHARIN (THA)
Mukhlisa MASHARIPOVA (UZB)
Ngoc NGUYEN THI (VIE)

46kg
Leanghy PHAT (CAM)
Yue YUAN (CHN)
Rutuja GURAV (IND)
Koharu AKUTSU (JPN)
Anel BURKUTBAYEVA (KAZ)
Aiana NIIIAZBEKOVA (KGZ)
Eunchae OH (KOR)
Gansuvd OTGONBAATAR (MGL)
Yohani MUDIYANSELAGE (SRI)
Yan Shan LI (TPE)
Mashkhura ABDUMUSAEVA (UZB)
Kieu Trang DINH (VIE)

49kg
Sreypin MUN (CAM)
Tong ZHANG (CHN)
ANJALI (IND)
Saika UCHIDA (JPN)
Saniya SOLTANGALI (KAZ)
Aiana DUISHENKULOVA (KGZ)
Enerel MUNKHSAIKHAN (MGL)
Heba MOHAMMED JBOUR (SGP)
Thanumi SAMARAKOON (SRI)
Yu Hsi CHENG (TPE)
Mekhribonu KUDAYNAZAROVA (UZB)
Ngoc Thao Thom BUI (VIE)

53kg
Hongli WU (CHN)
SAARIKA (IND)
Juna HOSAKA (JPN)
Dinara DAUYLKYZY (KAZ)
Baktygul ZHUMANAZAROVA (KGZ)
Yerin CHOI (KOR)
Enkhdari GANPUREV (MGL)
Bi Dou A WAI (TPE)
Ulbosyn KADIRBERGENOVA (UZB)
Thi Kieu Trang NHU (VIE)

57kg
Xiaohan XU (CHN)
MONI (IND)
Hisaki WATANABE (JPN)
Madkhiya USMANOVA (KAZ)
Adinai BAIZKULOVA (KGZ)
Yeeun KANG (KOR)
Uranbayar BALJINNYAM (MGL)
Sithmini CHAMATHKA (SRI)
Pansa SEDGWICK (THA)
Ling En LI (TPE)
Feruza KAIRATDINOVA (UZB)
Thi Hong Hanh NGUYEN (VIE)

61kg
YANGJIBAZONG (CHN)
Tina PUNIA (IND)
Saeko KAWASE (JPN)
Zhaidar MUKAT (KAZ)
Akylai CHYNYBAEVA (KGZ)
Ariunzul BOLDBAATAR (MGL)
Dinadi MAHINDA (SRI)
Yu Ting LIU (TPE)
Laylo ORAZBOEVA (UZB)
Thuy Nhung PHAM (VIE)

65kg
Yiqing XIAO (CHN)
Ashvini VISHNOI (IND)
Yuna ISHII (JPN)
Nuraiym SAIAKHMET (KAZ)
Asema ANARKULOVA (KGZ)
Anujin ERKHEMBAATAR (MGL)
Dinugi YASASNI (SRI)
Yun Hsuan CHAO (TPE)
Mukhayyo RAKHIMJONOVA (UZB)
Thi Thuy Dung DOAN (VIE)

69kg
Jiaqi ZHU (CHN)
MANISHA (IND)
Utano SUZUKI (JPN)
Shakhizada DAULETZHAN (KAZ)
Aiana ASAMALIKOVA (KGZ)
Bom LEE (KOR)
Erdenebulgan LKHAGVASUREN (MGL)
Xin Yu MA (TPE)
Shakhsanem TORENIYAZOVA (UZB)

73kg
Wenjin QIU (CHN)
KAJAL (IND)
Juri MAKI (JPN)
Ulpan IKHSANOVA (KAZ)
Meruert OKTIABREVA (KGZ)
Siilegmaa SUKHBAATAR (MGL)
Sha Fei CHUAN (TPE)
Dilrabo DULLIEVA (UZB)
Thi Lien DUONG (VIE)

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Lee strikes gold as U.S., Iran shine at Zagreb Open

Thursday, February 6, 2025 - 01:15 By Vinay Siwach

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ZAGREB, Croatia (February 5) -- Spencer LEE (USA) did not compete internationally, for circumstances beyond his control, for eight years after winning his U20 world title in 2016. But in a year since he came back in February 2024, Lee has competed in six tournaments in less than a year.

Lee competed at the Henri Deglane Grand Prix in January and won gold. Two weeks later he won the Zagreb Open gold medal at 57kg on Wednesday, marking his debut at a Ranking Series event.

The Paris Olympic silver medalist led a strong performance of the wrestlers from United States as they won two gold medals as six weight classes concluded on day one of the Zagreb Open at Arena Zagreb.

Lee did not look as dominant as he did in Paris before the final but still managed to pull out a good defensive game and win the gold medal with rather ease.

In the final, Lee defeated Islam BAZARGANOV (AZE), 6-2, after a similar win over Roman BRAVO YOUNG (MEX) in the semifinals. He opened the day with an 11-0 drubbing of Luka GVINJILIA (GEO).

"It's good to get competition right now," Lee said. "[It] showed that I'm really not ready yet."

Though Lee was not convinced about his readiness, his coach Dan DENNIS kept pushing Lee and reminded him of the progress he is making bout after bout.

"I think it [progress] comes from being more successful early and then I was in on three shots, kicked out of all three of them," he said. "He's (Dan Dennis) just saying that you just kind of kept progressing. You even got taken down, good counter from him, got to keep wrestling, keep moving."

In the final, Lee scored two takedowns, first one a double-leg and second a counter, as his scoring actions to beat Bazarganov, a bronze medalist at the European Championships last year.

The win takes second-ranked Lee to 43000 ranking points, same as top ranked Rei HIGUCHI (JPN), the gold medalist from Paris Olympics. If Lee can finish top eight at any other Ranking Series or Pan-Am Championships, he will move to the top. However, Lee was not sure if he will be in action internationally before the World Championships.

"I think that ranking tournaments are awesome because good guys come," he said. "The points are obviously a nice bonus to that just because you can get seeded in the bracket. I love competing. Obviously I need more of it. So maybe. This tournament was tough. So good for me."

Zahid VALENCIA (USA)Zahid VALENCIA (USA) won the 86kg gold medal in Zagreb. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Zahid VALENCIA (USA) was the second gold medalist for the U.S. as he won gold medal at 86kg after beating Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE), 8-0, in the final. Valencia was good with his counters and after building a 4-0 lead at the break, he scored two more takedown in the second period to win the gold medal.

The two bronze medals at this weight class went to Nathan JACKSON (USA) and Trent HIDLAY (USA), making sure all three U.S. wrestlers finish on the podium at the weight class.

Ahmad JAVAN (IRI)Ahmad JAVAN (IRI) defeated Ibrahim KHARI (IRI) 10-0 in the 61kg final. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kostadin Andonov)

Iran wins 2 golds

Iran also won two gold medals but the tournament left it with more questions than answers for the Asian Championships team.

At 61kg, Ahmad JAVAN (IRI) defeated Ebrahim KHARI (IRI) 10-0 to confirm his spot for the Asian Championships. Khari, who won silver at the U20 World Championships last year, failed to give Javan a fight in the final.

Prior to the final, Javan defeated Nashon GARRETT (USA) 7-2 in the quarterfinals and Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO) 9-3 in the semifinals.

Abbas EBRAHIM (IRI)Abbas EBRAHIM (IRI) defeated Joseph MC KENNA (USA) 8-6 in the 65kg final. (Photo: United World Wrestling / Kadir Caliskan)

Abbas EBRAHIM (IRI) undoubtedly gave Iran its biggest win of the day as he came back to beat Joseph MC KENNA (USA) 8-6 in the 65kg final.

McKenna got the first two takedowns to lead 4-0 before Ebrahim answered with his own to lead 4-4 at the break. Ebrahim began the second period with another takedown to go ahead 6-4 but with less than a minute to go, McKenna hit ankle pick and transitioned into a leg-attack. He scored a takedown to lead 6-6 on criteria.

In the dying seconds of the bout, Ebrahim  tried a front headpinch but McKenna defended it as he had Ebrahim's one leg locked. However, the Iranian managed to get his leg out of McKenna's hands, he tried to circle back and complete a takedown but McKenna held his knee pad which was penalized as one point, giving the win to Ebrahim 7-6.

The United States challenged that call but it remained and McKenna was docked one more point for lost challenge, making the score 8-6.

Both Iran and the U.S. had two silver medalists as well after Sina KHALILI (IRI) lost the final at 70kg and David CARR (USA) dropped the final at 74kg.

Kanan HEYBATOV (AZE), a former U20 world champion, gave no chance to Sina KHALILI (IRI) in the final and shut him down for a 12-1 win victory.

The weight class also had Paris Olympian and 2023 world champion Iszmail MUSZUKAJEV (HUN) who was stunned in the first bout of the day by Jarrett JACKQUES (USA) who scored a takedown in his 3-2 win Muszukajev.

Carr ran into three-time world medalist Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) in the final and finished with a silver medal at 74kg.

Salkazanov scored a takedown on each side of the break to complete a 4-0 win.

RESULTS

57kg
GOLD: Spencer LEE (USA) df. Islam BAZARGANOV (AZE), 6-2

BRONZE: Roman BRAVO YOUNG (MEX) df. Luka GVINJILIA (GEO), 11-2 
BRONZE: Azamat TUSKAEV (SRB) df. Ahora KHATERI (IRI), 11-0

61kg
GOLD: Ahmad JAVAN (IRI) df. Ebrahim KHARI (IRI), 10-0

BRONZE: Nahshon GARRETT (USA) df. Giorgi GONIASHVILI (GEO), 16-11
BRONZE: Nuraddin NOVRUZOV (AZE) df. Reza MOMENI (IRI), 8-4

65kg
GOLD: Abbas EBRAHIM (IRI) df. Joseph MC KENNA (USA), 8-6

BRONZE: Khamzat ARSAMERZOUEV (FRA) df. Erik ARUSHANIAN (UKR), 2-2
BRONZE: Ali RAHIMZADA (AZE) df. Goga OTINASHVILI (GEO), 6-0

70kg
GOLD: Kanan HEYBATOV (AZE) df. Sina KHALILI (IRI), 12-1

BRONZE: Austin GOMEZ (MEX) df. Ebrahim ELAHI (IRI), 9-3
BRONZE: Vasile DIACON (MDA) df. James GREEN (USA), via inj. def.

74kg
GOLD: Tajmuraz SALKAZANOV (SVK) df. David CARR (USA), 4-0

BRONZE: Murad KURAMAGOMEDOV (HUN) df. Kamil RYBICKI (POL), 10-0
BRONZE: Giorgi ELBAKIDZE (GEO) df. Aghanazar NOVRUZOV (AZE), 3-2

86kg
GOLD: Zahid VALENCIA (USA) df. Arsenii DZHIOEV (AZE), 8-0

BRONZE: Nathan JACKSON (USA) df. Matthew FINESILVER (ISR), 12-2
BRONZE: Trent HIDLAY (USA) df. Tariel GAPHRINDASHVILI (GEO), 10-4