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Wrestling World Cup

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Wrestling World Cup
StatusActive
GenreSports event
DateVarious
FrequencyAnnual
LocationVarious
Inaugurated1973 (1973)
Organised byUnited World Wrestling
PeopleJoe Scalzo[1][2]

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 since the 1973 tournament. The World Cup began as a dual-meet competition for the top teams on each continent, but now features the top teams in the rankings of the previous year's world championships.[3]

Two individual competitions under the same name were held in 1956 and 1958 before establishing the current World Cup competition in 1973.[4] Besides that, the UWW had another competition called the Individual World Cup as a replacement event for the 2020 World Cup Championships.

Competitions

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Men's freestyle

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YearHost cityDates1st2nd3rdRef
1973 United States Toledo May 19–20  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1974 Spain Las Palmas July 20–21  Soviet Union  Iran  Bulgaria
1975 United States Toledo March 29–30  Soviet Union  Mongolia  United States
1976 United States Toledo Feb. 29 – Mar. 1  Soviet Union  Iran  United States
1977 United States Toledo March 26–27  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1978 United States Toledo April 1–2  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1979 United States Toledo Mar. 31 – Apr. 1  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1980 United States Toledo March 29–30  United States  Soviet Union  Canada
1981 United States Toledo March 28–29  Soviet Union  United States  Mongolia
1982 United States Toledo March 27–28  United States  Soviet Union  Canada
1983 United States Toledo March 26–27  Soviet Union  United States  Canada
1984 United States Toledo Mar. 31 – Apr. 1  Soviet Union  United States  Bulgaria
1985 United States Toledo March 30–31  Soviet Union  United States  Japan
1986 United States Toledo March 22–23  Soviet Union  United States  Cuba
1987 Mongolia Ulaanbaatar November 28–29  Soviet Union  Mongolia  United States
1988 United States Toledo March 26–27  Soviet Union  United States  Cuba
1989 United States Toledo April 1–2  Soviet Union  United States  Cuba
1990 United States Toledo Mar. 31 – Apr. 1  United States  Soviet Union  Cuba
1991 United States Toledo April 6–7  United States  Soviet Union  South Korea
1992 Russia Moscow November 14–15  Russia  Iran  United States
1993 United States Chattanooga April 2–3  United States  Russia  Canada [5]
1994 Canada Edmonton March 25–26  United States  Iran  Russia [5]
1995 United States Chattanooga April 7–8  United States  Russia  Turkey [5]
1996 Iran Tehran November 7–8  Iran  Cuba  Russia [6]
1997 United States Stillwater April 4–5  United States  Russia  Cuba
1998 United States Stillwater April 4–5  Russia  United States  Iran [7]
1999 United States Spokane April 2–3  United States  Iran  Cuba [8]
2000 United States Fairfax February 5–6  United States  Iran  Russia [9]
2001 United States Baltimore May 5–6  United States  Iran  Russia [10]
2002 United States Spokane April 6–7  United States  Russia  South Korea [11]
2003 United States Boise April 5–6  United States All-World Team  Ukraine [12]
2004 Azerbaijan Baku April 3–4  Azerbaijan  Russia  Cuba
2005 Uzbekistan Tashkent March 12–13  Cuba  Ukraine  Russia [13]
2006 Iran Sari February 18–19  Iran  Cuba  Ukraine [14]
2007 Russia Krasnoyarsk March 24–25  Russia  Iran  Uzbekistan [15]
2008 Russia Vladikavkaz February 16–17  Russia  Cuba  Uzbekistan
2009 Iran Tehran March 7–8  Azerbaijan  Iran  Russia
2010 Russia Moscow March 6–7  Russia  Iran  Azerbaijan
2011 Russia Makhachkala March 19–20  Russia  Iran  Azerbaijan
2012 Azerbaijan Baku May 12–13  Iran  Azerbaijan  United States
2013 Iran Tehran February 21–22  Iran  Russia  United States
2014 United States Los Angeles March 15–16