Jouybar, IRAN (November 28) – A packed lineup of world champions highlighted the first day of wrestling action at the Wrestling Club World Championship this week in Iran.

Bekhan BOYGEREEV (RUS), Magomed KURBANALIEV (RUS), Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) and Mehdi TAGHAVI (IRI) all helped the host club team Bimeh Razi Jouybar to out pace their group stage opponents and advance to the team semifinals Friday, November 28.

The first day of competition concluded with four teams advancing to the semifinals:  Bimeh Razi Jouybar (IRI), Titan Mercury Wrestling Club (USA), China Union Wrestling (CHN) and Shoraye Shahr Karaj (IRI). The club squads wrestled past a field of 15 teams from 11 countries in four groups.

Bimeh Razi Jouybar (IRI) will meet Shoraye Shahr Karaj (IRI) team in the semi final, while Titan Mercury Club (USA) will face China Wrestling Union (CHN) in the other semifinal.

The American club team defeated Azerbaijan, Syria and Iranian club Gaz Mazandaran to top Group B. China Wrestling Union Club wrestled well in defeating teams from Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan.

Shoraye Shahr had tough matches against Turkey and Mongolia in Group C to reach the semifinal.

To assist in the development and promotion of wrestling all around the world organizers invited club teams from African Burundi, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Syria wrestlers to give each another chance to compete against world top wrestlers from Iran, USA, Russia and Turkey.

Group Standings

Group A: 1- Bimeh Razi Jouybar (IRI) – 2- Kefayati (IRI) 3- Cuba club (CUB) 4- Burundi club (BDI)

Group B: 1- Titan Mercury Club (USA) 2- Gaz Mazandaran (IRI) 3- Azerbaijan Club (AZE) 4- Syria Arabic Army (SYR)

Group C: 1- Shoraye Shahr Karaj (IRI) 2- Mongolia Army Club (MGL) 3- Istanbul Buyuk Shehir (TUR) 4- Bangladesh Dakar club (BGD)

Group D: 1- China Union Wrestling (CHN) 2- Kyrgyzstan Club (KGZ) 3- Afghanistan National Club (AFG)

Full individual results in group stage. Wnners were determined according to technical points)

Group A: Round 1

Bimeh Razi Jouybar (IRI) 20 - Kefayati (IRI) 9
57kg: Hassan RAHIMI (Bimeh) df. Younes SARMASTI (Kefayati), 8-0
61kg: Bekhan GUYGEREEV (Bimeh) df. Behnam EHSANPOUR (Kefayati),8-0
65kg: Magomed KURBANALIEV (Bimeh) df.  Meysam NASIRI (Kefayati), 6-5
70kg: Mehdi TAGHAVI (Bimeh) df. Hassan YAZDANI (Kefayati), 6-4
74kg: Reza AFZALI(Bimeh) df. Iman MOHAMMADIAN (Kefayati), 7-0
86kg: Meysam Mostafa JOUKAR (Kefayati) df. Mohammad Javad EBRAHIMI (Bimeh), 2-1
97kg: Abbas TAHAN (Kefayati) df. Jamal MIRZAEI (Bimeh), 1-0
125kg: Seyed Reza MOUSAVI (Bimeh) df. Abdollah GHOMI (Kefayati), 4-4

CUBA team (CUB) 35 – Burundi (BDI) 2
57kg: Alfredo CISNERO (CUB) wins- No wrestler
61kg: Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) df. Ntwari PATRICE (BDI) by TF, 10-0
65kg: Michael ANTERER GONZALES (CUB) df. Ndayizeye Jean CLAUDE (BDI) by FALL
70kg:Andy YOAN MORENO (CUB) df. Nimpagartise CEDRIC (BDI) by FALL
74kg: Luis ESTEBAN QUINTANA (CUB) df. Valentin BUTORI (BDI) by FALL
86kg: Yurieski TORREBLANCA (CUB) wins – no wrestler
97kg: Abraham CONYEDO RUANO (CUB) df. Mohsen SEIR, 13-9
125kg: Andres RAMOS DINZA (CUB) df. Khashayar DEHESTANI, 5-5

Round 2

Bimeh Razi Jouybar (IRI) 24 – Cuba (CUB) 2
57kg: Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) df. Alfredo CISNERO (CUB), 7-0
61kg: Bekhan GUYGEREEV df. Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB), 6-3
65kg: Magomed KURBANALIEV df.  Franklin AKEN KASHIR (CUB), 6-2
70kg: Mehdi TAGHAVI (IRI) df. Andy YOAN MORENO (CUB), 6-0
74kg: Ezatollah AKBARI (IRI) df. Luis ESTEBAN QUINTANA (CUB), 6-0
86kg: Mohammad Javad EBRAHIMI (IRI) df. Yurieski TORREBLANCA (CUB), 4-0
97kg: Jamal MIRZAEI (IRI) df. Abraham CONYEDO RUANO (CUB), 7-0
125kg: Seyed Reza MOUSAVI (IRI) df. Andres RAMOS DINZA (CUB), 2-0

Kefayati (IRI) 37– Burundi (BDI) 1
57kg: Younes SARMASTI (IRI) wins – no wrestler
61kg: Behnam EHSANPOUR (IRI) df. Ntwari PATRICE (BDI) by TF, 10-0
65kg: Meysam NASIRI (IRI) df. Ndayizeye Jean CLAUDE (BDI) by TF, 10-0
70kg: Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) df. Nimpagartise CEDRIC (BDI) by TF, 10-0
74kg: Iman MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) df. Valentin BUTORI (BDI) by TF, 10-0
86kg: Ehsan AMINI (IRI) wins - no wrestler
97kg: Esmaeil NEJATIAN (IRI) df. Mohsen SEIR by TF, 11-1
125kg: Abdollah GHOMI (Kefayati) df. Khashayar DEHESTANI

Round 3

Bimeh Razi Jouybar (IRI) 38 – Burundi (BDI) 1
57kg: Hassan RAHIMI (IRI) wins- No wrestler
61kg: Mostafa AGHAJANI (IRI) df. Ntwari PATRICE (BDI) by TF, 10-0
65kg: Magomed KURBANALIEV df. Ndayizeye Jean CLAUDE (BDI) by TF, 10-0
70kg: Mehdi TAGHAVI (IRI) df. Nimpagartise CEDRIC (BDI) by FALL
74kg: Ezatollah AKBARI (IRI) df. Valentin BUTORI (BDI) by TF, 10-0
86kg: Mohammad Javad EBRAHIMI (IRI) wins – no wrestler
97kg: Jamal MIRZAEI (IRI) df. Mohsen SEIR, 7-3
125kg: Seyed Reza MOUSAVI (IRI) df. Khashayar DEHESTANI, by forfeit

Kefayati (IRI) 23 – CUBA (CUB) 11
57kg: Younes SARMASTI (IRI) df. Alfredo CISNERO (CUB), 5-4
61kg: Yowlys BONNE RODRIGUEZ (CUB) df. Behnam EHSANPOUR (IRI) by FALL
65kg: Meysam NASIRI (IRI) df. Franklin MAREN CASTILLO (CUB), 12-10
70kg: Hassan YAZDANI (IRI) df. Andy YOAN MORENO (CUB) by TF, 10-0
74kg: Iman MOHAMMADIAN (IRI) df. Luis ESTEBAN QUINTANA (CUB), 5-2 
86kg: Ehsan AMINI (IRI) df. Yurieski TORREBLANCA (CUB), 6-4
97kg: Abbas TAHAN (IRI) df. Abraham CONYEDO RUANO (CUB), 4-1
125kg: Abdullah GHOMI (IRI) df. Andres RAMOS DINZA (CUB) by TF, 12-1

Group B: Round 1

Titan Mercury Club (USA) 35 – Syria Arabic Army (SYR) 2
57kg: Anthony Joseph RAMOS (USA) df. Khalid MADHANA (SYR)by TF, 10-0
61kg: Joe KOLON (USA) df. Ahmad NAARDIB (SYR) BY FALL
65kg: Reece HUMPHREY (USA) df. Ahmad DEEB (SYR) by TF, 11-1
70kg: Adam HALL (USA) df. Mohammad HASSAN (SYR) by TF, 14-4
74kg: Andrew Ronald HOWE (USA) df. Abdelmalek KHALAL (SYR) by TF, 11-0
86kg: Deron Andrew WINN (USA) df. Khalid Mostafa (SYR) by FALL
97kg: Wynn Michael MICHALAK (USA) df. Mohammad Saleh (SYR) by TF, 10-0
125kg: Tyrell FORTUNE (USA) df. Ralgard Mansour (SYR) by FALL, 1:50

Gaz Mazandaran (IRI) 27 – Azerbaijan (AZE) 7
57kg: Reza ATARI (IRI) df. Namig SOVDUMZADA (AZE), 7-6
61kg: Arash DANGESARAKI (IRI) df.  Ural HOSSEINOV (AZE), 9-2
65kg: Mohammad YOUSEFI (IRI) df. Cosqun AZIMOV (AZE), 9-2
70kg: Saeb KALANTARI (IRI) winner - No wrestler
74kg: Jafar GHASEMI (IRI) df. Kamran YUNUSOV (AZE), 12-6
86kg: Jalal ZAMAN (IRI) df. Elmar IISMAYILOV (AZE) by TF, 11-0
97kg: Seyed Mohsen EBRAHIMI (IRI) df. Sanan BAGHIROV (AZE) by TF, 14-4
125kg: Aslan DZEBISOV (AZE) df. Jafar SHAMS NATERI (IRI), 5-0

Round 2

Azerbaijan (AZE) 25 – Syria Arabic Army (SYR) 2
57kg: Namig SOVDUMZADA (AZE) df. Khalid MADHANA (SYR) by TF, 12-2
61KG: Ural HOSSEINOV (AZE) df. Ahmad NAARDIB (SYR) by TF, 11-0
65kg: Cosqun AZIMOV (AZE) df. Ahmad LAZGANI (SYR), by FALL
70kg:Mohammad HASSAN (SYR) winner - no wrestler
74kg: Kamran YUNUSOV (AZE) df. Abdelmalek KHALAL (SYR) by TF, 10-0
86kg: Elmar IISMAYILOV (AZE) df. Khalid Mostafa (SYR) by TF, 10-0
97kg: Sanan BAGHIROV (AZE) df. Mohammad Saleh (SYR) by TF, 10-0
125kg: Aslan DZEBISOV (AZE) df. Ralgard Mansour (SYR) by TF, 10-0

Titan Mercury Club (USA) 20 - Gaz Mazandaran (IRI) 15
57kg: Reza Atari (IRI) df. Anthony Joseph RAMOS (USA) by fALL
61KG: Arash DANGESARAKI (IRI) df. Joe KOLON (USA), 12-5
65kg: Mohammad YOUSEFI (IRI) df. Reece HUMPHREY (USA), 8-3
70kg: Adam HALL (USA) df. Morteza GOUDARZI (IRI), 11-4
74kg: Andrew Ronald HOWE (USA) df. Jafar GHASEMI (IRI) by TF, 10-0
86kg: Jalal ZAMAN (IRI) df. Deron Andrew WINN (USA), by FALL
97kg: Seyed Mohammad EBRAHIMI (IRI) df. Wynn Michael MICHALAK (USA), 6-1
125kg: Tyrell FORTUNE (USA) df. Jafar SHAMS NATERI (IRI) by FALL

Round 3

Gaz Mazandaran (IRI) 35 – Syria Arabic Army (SYR) 2
57kg: Reza ATARI (IRI) df. Khalid MADHANA (SYR) by TF, 11-0
61KG: Arash DANGESARAKI (IRI) df. Ahmad NAARDIB (SYR) By FALL
65kg:Shahryar TAGHAVI (IRI) df. Ahmad LAZGANI (SYR) by FALL
70kg: Saeb KALANTARI (IRI) df. Mohammad HASSAN (SYR), 12-3
74kg: Jafar GHASEMI (IRI) df. Abdelmalek KHALAL (SYR) by TF, 12-1
86kg:Jalal ZAMAN (IRI) df. Khalid Mostafa (SYR) by TF, 10-0
97kg:Seyed Mohsen EBRAHIMI (IRI) df. Mohammad Saleh (SYR), by FALL
125kg: Jafar SHAMS NATERI (IRI) df. Ralgard Mansour (SYR) by FALL

Titan Mercury Club (USA) 28 –Azerbaijan (AZE) 8
57kg: Anthony Joseph RAMOS (USA) df. Namig SOVDUMZADA (AZE), 3-2
61KG: Ural HOSSEINOV (AZE) df. Joe KOLON (USA), 5-4
65kg: Reece HUMPHREY (USA) df. Cosqun AZIMOV (AZE), 8-3
70kg: Adam HALL (USA) winner - No wrestler
74kg: Andrew Ronald HOWE (USA) df. Kamran YUNUSOV (AZE) by TF, 11-0
86kg: Deron Andrew WINN (USA) df. Elmar IISMAYILOV (AZE) by TF, 11-0
97kg: Wynn Michael MICHALAK (USA) df. Sanan BAGHIROV (AZE) by TF, 10-0
125kg: Aslan DZEBISOV (AZE) df. Mathew Carl MEULENERS (USA), 7-1

Group C: Round 1

Mongolia Army Club (MGL) 19 – Istanbul Buyuk Shehir (TUR) 15
57kg: Erdenbat BEKHBAYAR (MGL) df. Vedat BULDUK (TUR) by TF, 12-2
61kg: Nyam-Ochir ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL) df. Mehmet SOYLER (TUR) by FALL
65kg: Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL) df. Servet COSKUN (TUR), 6-6
70kg: Yakup GOR (TUR) df. Batzorig BUYANJAV (MGL), 9-1
74kg: Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) df. Unurbat PUREVJAV (MGL), 3-2
86kg: Uitumen ORGODOL (MGL)df. Ayhan SUCU (TUR), 11-2
97kg: Abdullah GUNGOR (TUR) df. Khuderbulga DORLKHAND (MGL), 4-1
125kg:Turnan DURSAN (TUR) fd. Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (MGL), 3-1

Shoraye Shahr (IRI) 35 – Bangladesh Dakar Club (BNG) 1
57kg: Mehran SHEIKHI (IRI) winner – No Wrestler
61kg: Iman SADEGHI (IRI) winner – No Wrestler
65kg: Farzad JAFARI (IRI) winner – No Wrestler
70kg: Mohammadreza SARGOU (IRI) df. Mohammad ALI AMZAD (BNG) by TF, 10-0
74kg: Hamed Ashegh HOSSEINI (IRI) df. Sheikh SHEPON (BNG) by TF, 10-0
86kg: Mostafa GELIJ (IRI) df. Merkhan Khaled MOSTAFA (BNG) by TF, 10-0
97kg: Amir MOHAMMADI (IRI) df. Billal HOSSEIN (BNG) by TF, 10-0
125kg: Amin TAHERI (IRI) df. Marma MONGNO (BNG) by TF, 12-1

Round 2

Mongolia Army Club (MGL) 39 – Bangladesh Dakar Club (BGD) 0
57kg: Erdenbat BEKHBAYAR (MGL) winner – no wrestler
61kg: Nyam-Ochir ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL) winner – no wrestler
65kg: Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL) winner – no wrestler
70kg: Batzorig BUYANJAV (MGL) df. Mohammad ALI AMZAD (BGD) by TF, 10-0
74kg: Unurbat PUREVJAV (MGL) df. Sheikh SHEPON (BGD) by TF, 10-0
86kg: Uitumen ORGODOL (MGL)df. Merkhan Khaled MOSTAFA (BGD) by FALL
97kg: Khuderbulga DORLKHAND (MGL) df. Billal HOSSEIN (BGD) by FALL
125kg: Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (MGL) df. Marma MONGNO (BGD) by FALL 

Shoraye Shahr (IRI) 19- Istanbul Buyuk Shehir(TUR) 11
57kg: Mehran SHEIKHI (IRI) df. Vedat BULDUK (TUR), 7-0
61kg:  Iman SADEGHI(IRI) df. Mostafa KARTAL (TUR) by TF, 13-0
65kg: Meysam Heydari (IRI) df. Servet COSKUN (TUR), 6-3
70kg: Yakup GOR (TUR) df. Mohammadreza SARGOU (IRI), 7-0
74kg: Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) df. Hamed Ashegh HOSSEINI (IRI) by TF, 10-0
86kg: Mostafa GELIJ (IRI) df. Ayhan SUCU (TUR), 7-2
97kg: Amir MOHAMMADI (IRI) df. Abdullah GUNGOR (TUR) , 4-3
125kg: Amin TAHERI (IRI) df. Turnan DURSAN (TUR), 5-4

Round 3

Istanbul Buyuk Shehir (TUR) 35 – Dakar Bangladesh (BGD) 0
57kg: Vedat BULDUK (TUR) winner- no wrestler
61kg: Mostafa KARTAL (TUR) winner - no wrestler
65kg: Servet COSKUN (TUR) winner- no wrestler
70kg: Yakup GOR (TUR) df. Mohammad ALI AMZAD (BGD) by TF, 10-0
74kg: Soner DEMIRTAS (TUR) df. Sheikh SHEPON (BGD) by TF, 10-0
86kg: Ayhan SUCU (TUR) df. Rahman (BGD) by TF, 10-0
97kg:Abdullah GUNGOR (TUR) df. Billal HOSSEIN (BGD) by TF, 10-0
125kg:Turnan DURSAN (TUR) df. Marma MONGNO (BGD) by TF, 10-0

Shoraye Shahr (IRI) 20 – Mongolia Army Club (MGL) 12
57kg: Erdenbat BEKHBAYAR (MGL) df. Mehran SHEIKHI (IRI), 4-1
61kg: Iman SADEGHI (IRI) df. Nyam-Ochir ENKHSAIKHAN (MGL), 5-4
65kg: Meysam HEYDARI (IRI) df. Mandakhnaran GANZORIG (MGL), 12-6
70kg: Batzorig BUYANJAV (MGL) df. Sajad MOHAMMADI (IRI) 6-3
74kg: Unurbat PUREVJAV (MGL) df. Hamed ASHEGH HOSSEINI (IRI), 6-6
86kg: Mostafa GELIJ (IRI) df. Uitumen ORGODOL (MGL), 10-6
97kg: Amir MOHAMMADI (IRI) df. Khuderbulga DORLKHAND (MGL), 3-2
125kg: Amin TAHERI (IRI) df. Zolboo NATSAGSUREN (MGL), 5-0 

Group D: Round 1

Kyrgyzstan club (KGZ) 25 – Afghanistan National Club (AFG) 10
57kg: Imanbek ISAKOV (KGZ) df. Samandar SARWARI (AFG) by TF, 16-4
61kg: Aibek AITBEKOV (KGZ) winner - no wrestler
65kg: Adilet MAMTAEV (KGZ) df. Abdul Moqim RAHIMI (AFG) by TF, 13-3
70kg: Baba Jan AHMADI (AFG) df. Ulukman MAMATOV (KGZ), 10-4
74kg: Saiakbai USUPOV (KGZ) df. Abdul Ghafar QADERI (AFG) by TF, 16-6
86kg: Noor Ahmad AHMADI (AFG) df. Baktyiar KARAGUL UULU (KGZ), 7-0
97kg: Arzuubek KARYBEKOV (KGZ) df. Mohammad Saber KHATERI (AFG) by TF, 12-1
125kg: Bagrad MUSAEV (KGZ) df. Mushtafa Hussain KHALEQI (AFG) by TF, 10-0

Round 2

China Wrestling Union (China) 19 – Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) 17
57kg: Qi MU DE (CHN) df. Imanbek ISAKOV (KGZ) by TF, 12-2
61kg: Aibek AITBEKOV (KGZ) winner – no wrestler
65kg: Adilet MAMTAEV (KGZ) df. Ai Li Xiati YIRIKEN (CHIN) by FALL
70kg:Ulukman MAMATOV (KGZ) df. Lin HAI WEI (CHN), 8-7
74kg: Zhang CHANG YAO (CHN) df. Saiakbai USUPOV (KGZ)by TF, 12-2
86kg: Lin Xue Yi (CHN) df. Baktyiar KARAGUL UULU (KGZ), 10-5
97kg: Zhang XUE YI (CHN) df. Arzuubek KARYBEKOV (KGZ) by TF, 10-0
125kg: Han HAO (CHN) df. Bagrad MUSAEV (KGZ), 4-3

Round 3

China Wrestling Union (CHN) 21 – Afghanistan National Club (AFG) 8
57kg: Qi MU DE (CHN) df. Samandar SARWARI (AFG) by TF, 12-2
61kg: no wrestler
65kg: Ai Li Xia ti YIRIKEN (CHIN) df. Abdul Moqim RAHIMI (AFG), 9-0
70kg: Baba Jan AHMADI (AFG) df. Lin HAI WEI (CHN), 5-4
74kg: Zhang CHANG YAO (CHN) df. Abdul Ghafar QADERI (AFG) by TF, 11-0
86kg: Noor Ahmad AHMADI (AFG) df. Lin Xue Yi (CHN), 4-0
97kg: Zhang XUE YI (CHN) df. Mohammad Saber KHATERI (AFG) by TF, 10-0
125kg: Han HAO (CHN) df. Mushtafa Hussain KHALEQI (AFG), 12-5