CORSIER-SUR-VEVEY, Switzerland (September 3) – The Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Memorial wrestling tournament is traditionally the one of the final major test events each year in Greco-Roman leading up to the senior wrestling world championships.

Every year, a number of the top teams in the world journey to Poland for a chance to observe some of their world team candidates against wrestlers from other countries also trying to earn a place in the world championships.

With the world meet scheduled for early September this year in Tashkent, the Pytlasinski tourney along with the Golden Grand Prix Final in Baku were held in July with no major senior events on the FILA Calendar for August. 

With no new results to base this month’s Greco-Roman rankings on, many of the previous month’s rankings remain intact with only minor adjustments based on information concerning team selections for Tashkent.

There were no changes made among the top three wrestlers at any of the weights, but London 2012 Olympic Games bronze medalist Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) at 59kg and Pytlasinski runner-up Viktor SASUNOVSKI (BLR) at 80kg were both nudged up to No.4 in their categories.

The biggest movers in this month’s adjustments were junior world runner-up Karen ASLANYAN (ARM) at 59kg and veteran Seref TUFENK (TUR) at 75kg – each moving up four places to No.12 and No.16 in their respective categories.

Aslanyan was re-evaluated upward after being named to the Armenia world team ahead of 2013 world bronze medalist Roman AMOYAN (ARM), while Tufenk was named to his first world team since 2011 for Turkey.

Stockholm Open runner-up Tobias FONNESBEK (DEN), Olympia tourney winner Migran ARUTUNYAN (ARM) and Hungarian Grand Prix bronze medalist Vladimir GEGESHIDZE (GEO) were the only new names in the rankings this month.

In the rankings, wrestlers are listed by name, country code, their most notable or most recent result, and their position in the previous rankings.

59kg – London 2012 bronze medalist Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) is bumped ahead of Ivan KUYLAKOV (RUS) at No. 4 in the rankings, while junior world silver medalist Karen ASLANYAN (ARM) is lifted to No.12 as Armenia’s selection to the senior world championships.

1. Hamid SORYAN (IRI) – Pytlasinski No.1@66 (1)
2. Ivo ANGELOV (BUL) – Pytlasinski No.1 (2)
3. Aleksandar KOSTADINOV (BUL) – Europe No.1 (3)
4. Mingiyan SEMENOV (RUS) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (5)
5. Ivan KUYLAKOV (RUS) – Pytlansinski No.2 (4)
6. Roman AMOYAN (ARM) – German Grand Prix No.1 (6)
7. Elmurat TASMURADOV (UZB) – Asia No.1 (7)
8. Edward BARSEGJAN (POL) – German GP No.2 (8)
9. Rahman BILICI (TUR) – Hungarian GP No.2 (9)
10. Kristijan FRIS (SRB) – Mediterranean No.1 (10)
11. Stig Andre BERGE (NOR) – Stockholm Open No.1 (11)
12. Karen ASLANYAN (ARM) – German GP No.3 (16)
13. Taleh MAMMADOV (AZE) – GGP Final No.1 (12)
14. Saman ABDVALI (IRI) – GGP Final No.2 (13)
15. Kamran MAMMADOV (AZE) – GGP Final No.3 (14)
16. Shinobu OTA (JPN) – Asia No.2 (15)
17. Kanybek ZHOLCHUBEKOV (KGZ) – World University No.1 (17)
18. Victor CIOBANU (MDA) – Europe No.2 (18)
19. Soslan DAUROV (BLR) – Pytlasinski No.3 (19)
20. Tobias FONNESBEK (DEN) – Stockholm Open No.2 (not ranked)

66kg – Pytlasinski runner-up Dominik ETLINGER (CRO) is bumped up to No.9 after a semifinals win over world bronze medalist Frank STAEBLER (GER). Migran ARUTUNYAN (ARM) joins the rankings at No.19 with a win over 2013 world champion RYU Han-Soo (KOR) in the Olympia tourney.

1. Adam KURAK (RUS) – Europe No.1 (1)

2. Hasan ALIYEV (AZE) – GGP Final No.1 (2)

3. Frank STAEBLER (GER) – Pytlasinski No.3 (3)

4. Revaz LASHKHI (GEO) – GGP Final No.2 (4)

5. Davor STEFANEK (SRB) – GGP Final No.3 (5)

6. Omid NOROOZI (IRI) – Hungarian GP No.3 (7)

7. Istvan LEVAI (SVK) – Europe No.3 (6)

8. Aram JULFALAKYAN (ARM) – German GP No.1 (8)

9. Dominik ETLINGER (CRO) – Pytlasinski No.2 (13)

10. RYU Han-Soo (KOR) – Asia No.3 (10)

11. Fredrik BJERREHUUS (DEN) – Stockholm Open No.1 (11)

12. Azamat AKHMEDOV (RUS) – German GP No.2 (9)

13. Atakan YUKSEL (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (12)

14. Ruslan TSAREV (KGZ) – Asia No.1 (14)

15. Khusrav OBLOBERDIEV (TJK) – Asia No.2 (15)

16. Ramin TAHERISARTANG (IRI) – Asia Jr No.1 (18)

17. Denys DEMYANKOV (UKR) – German GP No.3 (17)

18. Jussi-Pekka NIEMISTOE (FIN) – Stockholm Open No.3 (19)

19. Migran ARUTUNYAN (ARM) – Olympia Tourney No.1 (nr)

20. Miguel MARTINEZ (CUB) – Pan American No.1 (20)

71kg – No changes from the previous month.

1. Tamas LORINCZ (HUN) – GGP Final No.1 (1)

2. Rasul CHUNAYEV (AZE) – GGP Final No.2 (2)

3. Saeid Mourad ABDVALI (IRI) – Asia No.3 (3)

4. Chingiz LABAZANOV (RUS) – Ivan Poddubny No.1 (4)

5. Mindia TSULUKIDZE (GEO) – GGP Final No.3 (5)

6. Manukhar TSKHADAIA (GEO) – GGP Final No.5 (6)

7. Aleksander MAKSIMOVIC (SRB) – Mediterranean No.1 (7)

8. Balint KORPASI (HUN) – World Cup No.2 (8)

9. Abuyazid MANTSIGOV (RUS) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (9)

10. Aleksander DZEMYANOVICH (BLR) – Europe No.3 (10)

11. Yunus OZEL (TUR) – Europe No.3 (11)

12. Mate NEMES (SRB) – Mediterranean No.2 (12)

13. Mohammad KARIMI (IRI) – Hungarian GP No.3 (13)

14. JUNG Ji-Hyun (KOR) – Olympia No.1 (14)

15. Yuriy DENISOV (RUS) – Pytlasinski No.1 (15)

16. Mathias MAASCH (GER) – Pytlasinski No.2 (16)

17. Maksat YEREZHEPOL (KAZ) – Spanish GP No.2 (17)

18. Askhat ZHANBIROV (KAZ) – Spanish GP No.1 (18)

19. Varsham BORANYAN (ARM) – German GP No.1 (19)

20. Yunus Emre BASAR (TUR) – German GP No.2 (20)

75kg – European bronze medalist Elvin MURSALIYEV (AZE) won the GGP Final in Baku at 80kg but is entered at 75kg for the world championships. So, Mursaliyev moves from No.4 at 80kg to sixth at 75kg.

1. KIM Hyeon-Woo (KOR) - Asia No.1 (1)

2. Aleksander CHEKHIRKIN (RUS) – Europe No.1 (2)

3. Arsen JULFALAKYAN (ARM) – Europe No.2 (3)

4. Roman VLASOV (RUS) – Ivan Poddubny No.2 (4)

5. Mark MADSEN (DEN) – Europe No.3 (5)

6. Elvin MURASALIYEV (AZE) – Europe No.3 (4@60)

7. Rafik HUSEYNOV (AZE) – GGP Final No.1 (6)

8. Robert ROSENGREN (SWE) – GGP Final No.3 (7)

9. Viktor NEMES (SRB) – Mediterranean No.1 (8)

10. Zurabi DATUNASHVILI (GEO) – GPP Final No.2 (9)

11. Arkadiusz KULYNYCZ (POL) – Pytlasinski No.1 (10)

12. Neven ZUGAJ (CRO) – Pytlasinski No.3 (11)

13. Laszlo SZABO (HUN) – GGP Final No.3 (12)

14. Andrew BISEK (USA) – Pan America No.1 (15)

15. Jure KUHAR (SLO) – Mediterranean No.2 (16)

16. Seref TUFENK (TUR) - German GP No.2 (20)

17. Emrah KUS (TUR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (13)

18. Takehiro KANAKUBO (JPN) – Asia No.2 (14)

19. Julio BASTIDA MENDOZA (CUB) – Pan America No.3 (18)

20. Juan Angel ESCOBAR (MEX) – Spanish GP No.1 (19)

80kg – With the move of GGP Final winner Elvin MURSALIYEV (AZE) to 75kg, many of the wrestlers in the middle of the rankings are lifted by one place.  Meanwhile, Bozo STARCEVIC (CRO) moves from No.17 at 75kg to No. 18 at 80kg.

1. Peter BACSI (HUN) – Europe No.1 (1)

2. Selcuk CEBI (TUR) – Europe No.2 (2)

3. Habibollah AKHLAGHI (IRI) – Hungarian GP No.1 (3)

4. Viktor SASUNOVSKI (BLR) – Vehbi Emre No.1 (5)

5. Aleksandr KAZAKEVIC (LTU) – GGP Final No.3 (6)

6. Aleksander SHYSHMAN (UKR) – Europe No.3 (7)

7. Giorgi TSIREKIDZE (GEO) – Europe No.3 (8)

8. Imil SHARAFEDINOV (RUS) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (9)

9. Bekhan OZDOEV (RUS) – Europe No.5 (10)

10. Petar BALO (SRB) – Mediterranean No.1 (11)

11. Tadeusz MICHALIK (POL) – GGP Final No.3 (12)

12. Evgeni SALEEV (RUS) – Pytlasinski No.1 (13)

13. Yanarbek KENYEEV (KGZ) – Asia No.1 (14)

14. Yousef GHADERIAN (IRI) – Asia No.2 (15)

15. Azamat KOSTUBAEV (KAZ) – Asia No.3 (16)

16. Jonas BOSSERT (SUI) – Stockholm Open No.3 (17)

17. Michael WAGNER (AUT) – Stockholm Open No.3 (18)

18. Bozo STARCEVIC (CRO) – Mediterranean No.3 (17@75)

19. KIM Jun-Hyung (KOR) – Olympia No.1 (20)

20. Doszhan KARTIKOV (KAZ) – Spanish GP No.1 (19)

85kg – 2013 European silver medalist Vladimir GEGESHIDZE (GEO) re-joins the rankings at No. 20 after being named Georgia’s entry at 85kg in Tashkent.

1. Zhan BELENYUK (UKR) – Europe No.1 (1)

2. Rami HIETANIEMI (FIN) – Europe No.2 (2)

3. Viktor LORINCZ (HUN) – Hungarian Open No.3 (3)

4. Javid HAMZATOV (BLR) – Pytlasinski No.3 (4)

5. Amer HRUSTANOVIC (AUT) – Stockholm Open No.3 (5)

6. Damian JANIKOWSKI (POL) – Europe No.3 (6)

7. Artur SHAHINYAN (ARM) – German GP No.1 (7)

8. Robert KOBLIASHVILI (GEO) – GGP Final No.1 (9)

9. Hassan Saman TAHMASEBI (AZE) – GGP Final No.2 (10)

10. Melonin NOUMONVI (FRA) – Pytlasinski No.1 (12)

11. Mojtaba KARIMFAR (IRI) – Pytlasinski No.2 (13)

12. Maksim MANUKYAN (ARM) – Nikola Petrov No.3 (8)

13. Rustam ASSAKALOV (UZB) – GGP Final No.3 (11)

14. Nursultan TURSYNOV (KAZ) – Asia No.1 (16)

15. Jim PETTERSSON (SWE) – Stockholm Open No.1 (17)

16. Alexej MISHIN (RUS) – Europe No.5 (14)

17. Jan FISCHER (GER) – Europe No.5 (15)

18. Pablo SHOREY HERNANDEZ (CUB) – Pan America No.1 (20)

19. Asamat BIKBAEV (RUS) – Ivan Poddubny No.2 (19)

20. Vladimir GEGESHIDZE (GEO) – Hungarian GP No.3 (nr)

98kg – No major changes.

1. Artur ALEKSANYAN (ARM) – Europe No.1 (1)

2. Cenk ILDEM (TUR) – Europe No.2 (2)

3. Balasz KISS (HUN) – GGP Final No.1 (3)

4. Marthin NIELSEN (NOR) – GGP Final No.3 (4)

5. Aleksander HRABOVIK (BLR) – German GP No.3 (5)

6. Fredrik SCHOEN (SWE) – Stockholm Open No.1 (6)

7. Shalva GADABADZE (AZE) – GGP Final No.3 (7)

8. Nikita MELNIKOV (RUS) – Ivan Poddubny No.2 (8)

9. Daigoro TIMONCINI (ITA) – Stockholm Open No.2 (9)

10. Adam VARGA (HUN) – Spanish GP No.1 (11)

11. Yerulan ISKAKOV (KAZ) – Spanish No.2 (12)

12. Ali ALIYARI FEYZABADI (IRI) – Asia No.3 (13)

13. Mahdi ALIYARI FEYZABADI (IRI) – World Cup No.3 (10)

14. Felix RADINGER (GER) – Europe No.5 (14)

15. Musa EVLOEV (RUS) – Ivan Poddubny No.1 (15)

16. Yasmany Daniel LUGO CABRERA (CUB) – Pan America No.1 (16)

17. Alin ALEX-CIURARIU (ROU) – World University No.3 (17)

18. Ivan IVANOV (BUL) – Pytlasinski No.1 (18)

19. Mikhail KAJAIA (GEO) – Pytlasinski No.2 (19)

20. Vladislav METODIEV (BUL) – Pytlasinski No.3 (20)

130kg – Balint LAM (HUN) was moved up to No.7 and Kiril GRYSHCHANKO (BLR) to No.8 after being named to their world teams.

1. Riza KAYAALP (TUR) – Europe No.1 (1)

2. Mijain LOPEZ NUNEZ (CUB) – Pan America No.1 (2)

3. Johan Magnus EUREN (SWE) – Stockholm No.1 (3)

4. Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU) – Hungarian GP No.3 (4)

5. Bashir Asgiri BABAJANZADEH – Hungarian GP No.2 (5)

6. Attila GUZEL (TUR) – Nikola Petrov No.1 (6)

7. Balint LAM (HUN) – World University No.1 (9)

8. Kiril GRYSHCHANKO (BLR) – German GP No.2 (11)

9. Nurmakhan TINALIEV (KAZ) – German GP No.1 (10)

10. Lyubomir DIMITROV (BUL) – Nikola Petrov No.3 (7)

11. Behnam MEHDIZADEH (IRI) – Asia No.1 (8)

12. Heiki NABI (EST) – GGP Final No.3 (12)

13. Iakobi KAJAIA (GEO) – GGP Final No.1 (13)

14. Saba SHARIATI (AZE) – GGP Final No.2 (14)

15. Iosif CHUGOSHVILI (BLR) – Pytlasinski No.1 (15)

16. Murat RAMONOV (KGZ) – Asia No.2 (16)

17. Vasily PARSHIN (RUS) – Europe No.3 (17)

18. Aleksander CHERNETSKI (UKR) – German GP No.3 (18)

19. Radhouane CHEBBI (TUN) – Africa No.1 (19)

20. Ramon Antonio GARCIA (DOM) – Pan America No.2 (20)