Webinar

Webinars for Week of July 13-17

By United World Wrestling Press

Webinars for Week of July 13-17

Title: Negative Wrestling: Offensive and Defensive foul
Date:  Monday, 13 July
Time:  15:00 - Zurich (UTC+2) – 9:00 (New York) 
Speaker: Antonio SILVESTRI
Language:  English
Target Audience:  National & International Referees & National Coaches
Meeting Link: https://zoom.us/j/98628074767

Title:  How to cope with COVID19 & how to prepare return to Wrestling
Date:  13 July 
Time:  17:00 (Zurich) – 11:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Dr Babak Shadgan 
Language:  English
Target Audience: Athletes & Coaches 
Zoom link:  https://zoom.us/j/92307807202

Title:  Introducing New Skills (Coach)
Date:  14 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich) – 8:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Vincent AKA
Language:  French
Target Audience: Local and National Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97444594627  

Title:  Referee Positioning
Date:  15 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich) – 8:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Zach ERRETT
Language:  English
Target Audience:  National & International Referees
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/96996363903

Title:  Introducing New Skills (Coach)
Date:  16 July
Time:  14:00 (Zurich) – 8:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Zach ERRETT
Language:  English
Target Audience:  Local and National Coaches
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93381353323

Title:  Referee Positioning
Date:  17 July
Time:  17:00 (Zurich) – 11:00 (New York)
Speaker:  Kamel BOUAZIZ
Language:  French
Target Audience:  National and International Referees
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/93338154457

2026 World Championships

Astana Announced as Replacement Host for 2026 World Championships

By United World Wrestling Press

CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (May 22) -- Astana, Kazakhstan will host the 2026 World Championships from October 24 to November 1.

United World Wrestling Bureau met on Friday and after careful consideration of the current geopolitical situation, particularly the ongoing uncertainty and impact on international travel, it decided to change the host for the 2026 World Championships.

Manama, Bahrain was scheduled to host the World Championships as it was awarded the tournament in Zagreb last year. UWW and Bahrain released a joint statement on Friday, announcing the postponement of the same.

After successful site visits and inspections, the Kazakhstan Wrestling Federation was chosen as a replacement host and Barys Arena was selected as the venue.

World Championships 2026

The announcement marks the return of the World Championships to Astana, a city which successfully hosted the 2019 World Championships. Close to 1000 wrestlers participated in 2019 edition, making it one of the most attended tournaments.

As seen in 2019, full attendance is expected at the the Barys Arena for the nine-day event.

UWW remains committed to assisting National Federations and the schedule for the 2026 World Championships in Astana will be communicated soon. For details of events, visit uww.org/events.