World Championship to be held in Baku in 2026

September 14, 2025

The U17 World Wrestling Championships will take place in Baku in 2026.

This decision was made at the meeting of the United World Wrestling (UWW) Executive Committee. The Azerbaijani capital was entrusted with hosting the event, ahead of other candidate cities – Sofia (Bulgaria), Alexandria (Egypt), Amman (Jordan), and Brasov (Romania).

The world’s strongest cadet wrestlers will compete at the National Gymnastics Arena from July 27 to August 2 next year.

It should be noted that a similar tournament was also held in Baku back in 2012.