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World Wrestling Clubs Cup is an international
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clubs competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The tournament was held on the proposal of the
Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation The Islamic Republic of Iran Wrestling Federation is the governing body for Wrestling in Iran. It is a member of the United World Wrestling (UWW). References Islamic Republic of Iran wrestling Federation site {{wrestling-stub Organisation ...
in 2014 in Iran.


History


2014 Cup

The inaugural cup was held in
Juybar Juybar ( fa, جويبار, also Romanized as Jūybār; also known as Bāghlū) is a city and capital of Juybar County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. In the 2006 census, its population was 27,117, with 7,052 families. This city is known as the wr ...
, Iran on November 26 to 28, 2014. The prize money for the top three teams was: $25,000 for first, $15,000 for second and $10,000 for third. A total of 15 teams competed. The Bangladesh team's participation was uncertain as the Bangladesh club Ansar did not release their wrestlers for the competition, who compromised 3 of the 8 wrestlers on the team, however the Bangladesh Amateur Wrestling Federation intervened to gain their release. The cup was won by local Iranian club Bimeh-Razi who defeated Titan Mercury Wrestling Club (USA) in the final 6-2. Shoraye Shahr Karaj (Iran) finished third after defeating Wrestling Union (China) 7-1.


2015 Cup

The second holding of the cup took part on November 26 and 27 2015 at the
Azadi Sport Complex The Āzādi Sport Complex ( fa, مجموعه ورزشی آزادی) formerly known as Āryāmehr Sports Complex ( fa, مجموعه ورزشی آریامهر) is the national sports complex of Iran based in Tehran. It is the biggest sports comple ...
in Tehran, Iran. For the 2015 cup the organizers, Iran Wrestling Federation, were responsible for the provision of food, accommodation and local transport for each team, which could consist of 12 wrestlers, 2 coaches, 1 referee and 1 team leader. The prize money on offer was increased from the previous year for the best three teams. $50,000 for first, $30,000 for second and $20,000 for third. A total of 15 teams competed in the two-day tournament. The defending champions, Iran's Bimeh-Razi, were triumphant in the 2015 Cup for the second successive year after defeating Titan Mercury Wrestling Club (USA) in the final 7-1 that was hosted in front of a crowd of 5,000. Bimeh-Razi included the 57 kg world champion
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, the 61 kg junior world champion
Behnam Ehsanpour Behnam Ehsanpour ( fa, بهنام احسان‌پور, born 16 February 1992 in Behshahr) is an Iranian wrestler. He won Bronze medal at the 2019 World Championships and silver at 2013 Summer Universiade The 2013 Summer Universiade, officia ...
, the 65 kg world championship silver medalist Masoud Esmailpour, and the 70 kg world champion
Magomedrasul Gazimagomedov Magomedrasul Mukhtarovich Gazimagomedov (russian: Магомедрасул Мухтарович Газимагомедов; born April 8, 1991, in Dagestan) is a Russian freestyle wrestler of Tindian descent. He is two time World Champion and a ...
. Titan Mercury Wrestling Club included the 86 kg junior world champion
Mojtaba Goleij Mojtaba Goleij ( fa, مجتبی گلیج, born 23 January 1996) is an Iranian freestyle wrestler. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 97 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships held in Oslo, Norway. He is also a two-time meda ...
and the 96 kg 2012 Olympic Gold Medalist
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.


Format

The cup involves team based dual style matches. This involves two clubs competing against each other with a single wrestler representative for each of the 8 weight divisions, Each dual is first decided by the match score, that is the club that wins the most out of the eight matches. If they are tied 4-4 then a tiebreaker is applied. The first tiebreaker is based on classification points, which are awarded for the method of victory, and the second tiebreaker, if needed, is the technical points scored during each match.


Results


Men's freestyle


Men's Greco-Roman


See also

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World Wrestling Championships The World Wrestling Championships are the Amateur Wrestling World Championships organized by United World Wrestling. The Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling tournament began in 1904, and the Men's Freestyle Wrestling tournament began in 1951. The Women's ...
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Wrestling World Cup Wrestling World Cup is an international wrestling competition among teams representing member nations of the United World Wrestling (UWW) the sport's global governing body. The cups have been conducted by FILA (the UWW predecessor) every year sinc ...


References


External links


Result of World Wrestling Clubs Cup

UWW Website

Results
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