Opponents determined for Azerbaijan’s freestyle wrestlers at the world championships

July 30, 2026

The U17 World Wrestling Championships continue in Baku.

The final three days of the competition, held at the National Gymnastics Arena, will feature freestyle wrestling. The draw ceremony held today determined the first opponents of our wrestlers.

45 kg

Round of 16

Tunar Hasanov – Radoslav Velikov (Bulgaria) / Ariun Erdenetuqs (Mongolia)

48 kg

Round of 16

Huseyn Rzazade – Amirali Faz (Iran) / Aaryan Aaryan (India)

51 kg

Round of 16

Ibrahim Hasanov – Gaurav Bahi (Canada) / Giorgi Narimanidze (Georgia)

55 kg

Qualification Round

Abbas Shafiev – Temirlan Murat (Kazakhstan)

60 kg

Round of 16

Eljan Hasanov – Balazs Hideg (Hungary) / Witold Pawlik (Poland)

65 kg

Qualification Round

Rashid Nazarov – Erik Papikyan (Armenia)

71 kg

Qualification Round

Tunar Guliyev – Adilet Risbay (Kazakhstan)

80 kg

Round of 16

Nihad Suleymanli – Martin Mokras (Slovakia) / Ali Zakirjanov (Kyrgyzstan)

92 kg

Qualification Round

Elgun Karimli – Saksham Fnu (India)

110 kg

Qualification Round

Hakim Taghiyev – Behruz Ashirov (Uzbekistan)

Tomorrow, the wrestlers competing at 48, 55, 65, 80 and 110 kg will take to the mat. Competitors in the remaining five weight categories will enter the competition on August 1.