The 45th World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from August 15 to 21, 2022.
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The 45th World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, from August 15 to 21, 2022. There will be three different categories in the competition- Men’s freestyle, Greco-Roman, and Women’s wrestling. Nearly 600 wrestlers will compete for the 30 world championships title.
Erfan Elahi (IRI), Amirhossein Firouzpour (IRI), Ziraddin Bayramov (AZE), Dzhabrail Gadzhiev (AZE), Nonoka Ozaki (JPN) At 62kg, Oleksandra Khomenets (UKR), Sonam Malik (IND) are a few of the wrestlers to watch out for.
The World Junior Wrestling Championship 2022 will be telecast on uww.org
| Date | Time | Event |
| 15-Aug | 11.00-14.30 | Qualification rounds FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg |
| 18:00-19.30 | Semi Final FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg | |
| 16-Aug | 11.30-14.30 | Qualification rounds FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg; Repechage FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg |
| 16.45-17.45 | Semi Final FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg | |
| 18.00-20.30 | FS – 57-65-70-79-97 kg | |
| 17-Aug | 11.00-13.30 | Qualification rounds WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg; Repechage FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg |
| 16.45-17.45 | Semi Final WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg | |
| 18.00-20.30 | Finals FS – 61-74-86-92-125 kg | |
| 18-Aug | 11.00-13.30 | Qualification rounds WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg; Repechage WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg |
| 17.00-17.45 | Semi Final WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg | |
| 18.00-20.00 | Finals WW – 50-55-59-68-76 kg | |
| 19-Aug | 11.00-15.30 | Qualification rounds GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg; Repechage WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg |
| 17.00-17.45 | Semi-finals: GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg | |
| 18.00-20.00 | Finals WW – 53-57-62-65-72 kg | |
| 20-Aug | 11.00-15.30 | Qualification rounds GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg; Repechage GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg |
| 17.00-17.45 | Semi Final GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg | |
| 18.00-21.00 | Finals GR – 55-63-77-87-130 kg | |
| 21-Aug | 16.00-17.45 | Repechage GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg |
| 18.00-20.30 | Finals GR – 60-67-72-82-97 kg |
A 30-member Indian contingent will be in action at the Junior Worlds 2022.
Men’s Freestyle: Abhishek Dhaka, Mohit Kumar, Sujeet, Mulaym Yadav, Sagar Jaglan, Deepak, Jointy Kumar, Akash, Niraj, Mahendra Gaikwad
Women’s Wrestling: Priyanshi Prajapat, Antim, Manju, Sito, Bhagyashree Fand, Sonam Malik, Priyanka, Arju, Reetika, Priya Malik
Greco-Roman: Anup Kumar, Sumit, Umesh, Ankit Gulia, Deepak Punia, Sachin, Rohit Dahiya, Surjeet Singh, Narinder Cheema, Parvesh
