2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships

2023 European U23 Championships
Host city	Bucharest, Romania
Dates	13–19 March 2023
Stadium	Polyvalent Hall
Champions
Freestyle	Azerbaijan
Greco-Roman	Turkey
Women	Ukraine
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The 2023 European U23 Wrestling Championships was the 8th edition of the European U23 Wrestling Championships of combined events, and it was held from 13 to 19 March in Bucharest, Romania.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

The Azerbaijani wrestler, Rahim Hasanov, hit the Armenian athlete, Karapet Manvelyan, in the face after losing in the quarter-finals of the championship, when the latter was reaching out to him for a handshake. The International Wrestling Federation disqualified Hasanov for unsportsmanlike behaviour.^[6]

In the match between Solomon Manashvili of Georgia and Vakhit Galayev of Azerbaijan, the referees showed red cards to both wrestlers and disqualified them after a fight broke out after the end of the match. Quarterfinal losers Volodymyr Kochanov of Ukraine and Martin Simonyan of Armenia played a semifinal match again.

All times are (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Event
13 March	11.30-14.30	Qualification rounds: GR – 55,63,77,87,130 kg
	18:30-19.30	Semi-finals: GR – 55,63,77,87,130 kg
14 March	11.30-14.30	Qualification rounds: GR – 60,67,72,82,97 kg; Repechage: GR – 55,63,77,87,130 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: GR – 60,67,72,82,97 kg
	18.00-20.30	Finals: GR – 55,63,77,87,130 kg
15 March	11.30-14.00	Qualification rounds: WW – 50,55,59,68,76 kg; Repechage: GR – 60,67,72,82,97 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: WW – 50,55,59,68,76 kg
	18.00-20.30	Finals: GR – 60,67,72,82,97 kg
16 March	11.30-14.00	Qualification rounds: WW – 53,57,62,65,72 kg; Repechage: WW – 50,55,59,68,76 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: WW – 53,57,62,65,72 kg
	18.00-20.30	Finals: WW – 50,55,59,68,76 kg
17 March	11.30-14.00	Qualification rounds: FS – 57,65,70,79,97 kg; Repechage: WW – 53,57,62,65,72 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: FS – 57,65,70,79,97 kg
	18.00-20.30	Finals: WW – 53,57,62,65,72 kg
18 March	11.30-14.00	Qualification rounds: FS – 61,74,86,92,125 kg; Repechage: FS – 57,65,70,79,97 kg
	16.45-17.45	Semi-finals: FS – 61,74,86,92,125 kg
	18.00-20.30	Finals: FS – 57,65,70,79,97 kg
19 March	16.30-17.45	Repechage: FS – 61,74,86,92,125 kg
	18.00-20.30	Finals: FS – 61,74,86,92,125 kg

  *   Host nation (Romania)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Azerbaijan	6	3	3	12
2	Ukraine	5	5	5	15
3	France	3	2	2	7
4	Turkey	2	4	11	17
5	Georgia	2	3	6	11
6	Romania*	2	1	3	6
7	Hungary	2	1	2	5
8	Finland	2	0	0	2
9	Moldova	1	1	5	7
10	Germany	1	0	7	8
11	Poland	1	0	2	3
12	Bulgaria	1	0	1	2
	Sweden	1	0	1	2
14	Greece	1	0	0	1
15	Armenia	0	4	6	10
16	Italy	0	1	2	3
17	Israel	0	1	1	2
18	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
	Norway	0	1	0	1
	Slovakia	0	1	0	1
22	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		30	30	60	120

Rank	Men's freestyle		Men's Greco-Roman		Women's freestyle
	Team	Points	Team	Points	Team	Points
1	Azerbaijan	140	Turkey	127	Ukraine	159
2	Turkey	129	Ukraine	126	Turkey	129
3	Georgia	125	Georgia	125	Romania	123
4	Armenia	123	Azerbaijan	123	France	92
5	Ukraine	96	Armenia	105	Azerbaijan	78
6	France	89	Finland	64	Italy	77
7	Moldova	85	Hungary	63	Hungary	71
8	Germany	78	Moldova	62	Germany	64
9	Romania	67	Romania	51	Poland	57
10	Bulgaria	55	Poland	48	Sweden	46

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Niklas Stechele  Germany	Tolga Özbek  Turkey	Edik Harutyunyan  Armenia
			Luka Gvinjilia  Georgia
61 kg details	Andrii Dzhelep  Ukraine	Mezhlum Mezhlumyan  Armenia	Simone Piroddu  Italy
			Emre Kural  Turkey
65 kg details	Khamzat Arsamerzouev  France	Rashid Babazade  Azerbaijan	Mykyta Honcharov  Ukraine
			Goga Otinashvili  Georgia
70 kg details	Magomed Khaniev  Azerbaijan	Hayk Papikyan  Armenia	Shamil Ustaev  Germany
			Davit Patsinashvili  Georgia
74 kg details	Turan Bayramov  Azerbaijan	Vasile Diacon  Moldova	Krisztian Biro  Romania
			Giorgi Gogritchiani  Georgia
79 kg details	Georgios Kougioumtsidis  Greece	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze  Georgia	Eugeniu Mihalcean  Moldova
			Sabuhi Amiraslanov  Azerbaijan
86 kg details	Rakhim Magamadov  France	Knyaz Iboyan  Armenia	İsmail Küçüksolak  Turkey
			Joshua Morodion  Germany
92 kg details	Andro Margishvili  Georgia	Muhammet Gimri  Turkey	Sergey Sargsyan  Armenia
			Adlan Viskhanov  France
97 kg details	Islam Ilyasov  Azerbaijan	Oktay Çifçi  Turkey	Radu Lefter  Moldova
			Ertuğrul Ağca  Germany
125 kg details	Georgi Ivanov  Bulgaria	Volodymyr Kochanov  Ukraine	Efe Anıl Al  Turkey
			Martin Simonyan  Armenia

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Denis Mihai  Romania	Karapet Manvelyan  Armenia	Eduard Strilchuk  Ukraine
			Muhammet Emin Çakır  Turkey
60 kg details	Elmir Aliyev  Azerbaijan	Melkamu Fetene  Israel	Vladyslav Kuzko  Ukraine
			Mert İlbars  Turkey
63 kg details	Tino Tapio Ojala  Finland	Giorgi Shotadze  Georgia	Mairbek Salimov  Poland
			Vitalie Eriomenco  Moldova
67 kg details	Diego Chkhikvadze  Georgia	Mustafa Safa Yıldırım  Turkey	Shon Nadorgin  Israel
			Ivo Iliev  Bulgaria
72 kg details	Gurban Gurbanov  Azerbaijan	Irfan Mirzoiev  Ukraine	Abdullah Toprak  Turkey
			Giorgi Chkhikvadze  Georgia
77 kg details	Alexandrin Guțu  Moldova	Khasay Hasanli  Azerbaijan	Mykyta Politaiev  Ukraine
			Deni Nakaev  Germany
82 kg details	Jonni Sarkkinen  Finland	Exauce Mukubu  Norway	Saba Mamaladze  Georgia
			Adam Gardzioła  Poland
87 kg details	Dávid Losonczi  Hungary	Turpal Bisultanov  Denmark	Hovhannes Harutyunyan  Armenia
			Muhittin Sarıçiçek  Turkey
97 kg details	Murad Ahmadiyev  Azerbaijan	Alex Szőke  Hungary	Hayk Khloyan  Armenia
			Lucas Lazogianis  Germany
130 kg details	Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi  Ukraine	Giorgi Tsopurashvili  Georgia	Hamza Bakır  Turkey
			Albert Vardanyan  Armenia

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Emma Luttenauer  France	Emanuela Liuzzi  Italy	Zehra Demirhan  Turkey
			Ana Maria Pîrvu  Romania
53 kg details	Zeynep Yetgil  Turkey	Liliia Malanchuk  Ukraine	Anastasia Blayvas  Germany
			Mariana Drăguțan  Moldova
55 kg details	Jonna Malmgren  Sweden	Andreea Ana  Romania	Mariia Vynnyk  Ukraine
			Elnura Mammadova  Azerbaijan
57 kg details	Anna Hella Szel  Hungary	Oleksandra Khomenets  Ukraine	Zhala Aliyeva  Azerbaijan
			Naemi Leistner  Germany
59 kg details	Solomiia Vynnyk  Ukraine	Amel Rebiha  France	Ana Maria Puiu  Romania
			Ebru Dağbaşı  Turkey
62 kg details	Iryna Bondar  Ukraine	Ameline Douarre  France	Elena Esposito  Italy
			Viktoria Vesso  Estonia
65 kg details	Roxana Capezan  Romania	Birgül Soltanova  Azerbaijan	Elma Zeidlere  Latvia
			Iris Thiebaux  France
68 kg details	Nesrin Baş  Turkey	Zsuzsanna Molnár  Slovakia	Karolina Pok  Hungary
			Irina Rîngaci  Moldova
72 kg details	Wiktoria Chołuj  Poland	Iryna Zablotska  Ukraine	Tindra Sjöberg  Sweden
			Noémi Szabados  Hungary
76 kg details	Anastasiya Alpyeyeva  Ukraine	Kamilė Gaučaitė  Lithuania	Mehtap Gültekin  Turkey
			Fanni Nagy Nad  Serbia

367 wrestlers from 33 countries participated:

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Edik Harutyunyan (ARM)		2
	Rafal Szewc (POL)		3			Tolga Özbek (TUR)		3
	Tolga Özbek (TUR)		7								Tolga Özbek (TUR)		5
											Nuraddin Novruzov (AZE)		4
						Nuraddin Novruzov (AZE)		12
						Ghennadi Diuvenji (MDA)		2
																Tolga Özbek (TUR)		2
																Niklas Stechele (GER)		4
						Ivaylo Tisov (BUL)		0
	Vladyslav Abramov (UKR)		2			Luka Gvinjilia (GEO)		10
	Luka Gvinjilia (GEO)		4								Luka Gvinjilia (GEO)		0
	Thomas Epp (SUI)		9								Niklas Stechele (GER)		8
	Valentin Barbulescu (ROU)		8			Thomas Epp (SUI)		0
						Niklas Stechele (GER)		11

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Daniel Ritter (ROU)		0
	Adam Biboulatov (FRA)		0			Mezhlum Mezhlumyan (ARM)		10
	Mezhlum Mezhlumyan (ARM)		10								Mezhlum Mezhlumyan (ARM)		6
											Simone Piroddu (ITA)		5
						Simone Piroddu (ITA)		10
						Arben Sejdi (MKD)		0
																Mezhlum Mezhlumyan (ARM)		0
																Andrii Dzhelep (UKR)		10
						Aykhan Abdullazada (AZE)		3
	Emre Kural (TUR)		6			Emre Kural (TUR)		9
	Andrei Vitan (MDA)		0								Emre Kural (TUR)		6
	Daviti Abdaladze (GEO)		1								Andrii Dzhelep (UKR)		8
	Andrii Dzhelep (UKR)		4			Andrii Dzhelep (UKR)		11
						Stilyan Iliev (BUL)		0

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Mykyta Honcharov (UKR)

3

Nico Megerle (GER)

6

Nico Megerle (GER)

2

Dominik Laritz (SUI)

2

Mykyta Honcharov (UKR)

0

Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA)

10

Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA)

10

Bozhidar Dzhorov (BUL)

0

Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA)

10

Aminjon Sadulloev (POL)

0

Khamzat Arsamerzouev (FRA)

WO

Rashid Babazade (AZE)

Goga Otinashvili (GEO)

6

Veniamin Borzin (MDA)

2

Rashid Babazade (AZE)

7

Rashid Babazade (AZE)

11

Rashid Babazade (AZE)

11

Hamza Zopalı (TUR)

2F

Hamza Zopalı (TUR)

8

Daniel Sandu (ROU)

1

Hamza Zopalı (TUR)

8F

Tigran Ghazaryan (ARM)

5

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Mateusz Luszczynski (POL)		0
	Hayk Papikyan (ARM)		10			Hayk Papikyan (ARM)		5
	Moukhammad Sangariev (FRA)		10			Moukhammad Sangariev (FRA)		0
	Liran Benoguev (ISR)		0								Hayk Papikyan (ARM)		9
	Egzon Xhoni (KOS)		0								Shamil Ustaev (GER)		0
	Pavel Graur (MDA)		11			Pavel Graur (MDA)		0
	Ivan Stoyanov (BUL)		5			Shamil Ustaev (GER)		10
	Shamil Ustaev (GER)		9													Hayk Papikyan (ARM)		0
	Narek Poghosyan (UKR)		3													Magomed Khaniev (AZE)		10
	Magomed Khaniev (AZE)		8			Magomed Khaniev (AZE)		11
	Muhamed Feruki (MKD)		0			Benedikt Huber (AUT)		1
	Benedikt Huber (AUT)		6								Magomed Khaniev (AZE)		7
	Eduard David Lenard (ROU)		14								Davit Patsinashvili (GEO)		4
	Shwe Win (SWE)		4			Eduard David Lenard (ROU)		0
	Davit Patsinashvili (GEO)		6			Davit Patsinashvili (GEO)		10
	Burak Sinin (TUR)		2

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Magamed Deliev (FRA)		0
	Turan Bayramov (AZE)		11			Turan Bayramov (AZE)		11
	Nikolay Iliev (BUL)		0								Turan Bayramov (AZE)		10
	Bálint Balázs (HUN)		3								Krisztian Biro (ROU)		0
	Krisztian Biro (ROU)		14			Krisztian Biro (ROU)		11F
						Mykyta Morhun (UKR)		3
																Turan Bayramov (AZE)		1
																Vasile Diacon (MDA)		1
						Menua Yaribekyan (ARM)		2
	Vasile Diacon (MDA)		12F			Vasile Diacon (MDA)		9
	Giorgi Gogritchiani (GEO)		1								Vasile Diacon (MDA)		11
	Raul Caso (ITA)		1								Szymon Wojtkowski (POL)		0
	İsmet Çiftçi (TUR)		4			İsmet Çiftçi (TUR)		2
						Szymon Wojtkowski (POL)		6

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Max Kasperovich (ISR)		1
	Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)		10			Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)		11
	Gigi Subtirica (ROU)		0								Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)		5
	Vladyslav Bodoriak (UKR)		3								Eugeniu Mihalcean (MDA)		1
	Okan Tahtacı (TUR)		14			Okan Tahtacı (TUR)		5
						Eugeniu Mihalcean (MDA)		10
																Vladimeri Gamkrelidze (GEO)		4
																Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)		6
						Sabuhi Amiraslanov (AZE)		10
	Radomir Stoyanov (BUL)		10			Mateusz Pedzicki (POL)		0
	Mateusz Pedzicki (POL)		13F								Sabuhi Amiraslanov (AZE)		2
	Gabriel Ramos (ESP)		0								Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)		5
	Narek Grigoryan (ARM)		4			Narek Grigoryan (ARM)		4
						Georgios Kougioumtsidis (GRE)		14

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Farid Jabbarov (AZE)		5
	Knyaz Iboyan (ARM)		4			Knyaz Iboyan (ARM)		7
	Ivan Ichizli (MDA)		2								Knyaz Iboyan (ARM)		3
	İsmail Küçüksolak (TUR)		6								İsmail Küçüksolak (TUR)		2
	Daviti Koguashvili (GEO)		6			İsmail Küçüksolak (TUR)		6
	Akhmedkhan Tembotov (ITA)		5			Akhmedkhan Tembotov (ITA)		1
	Benjamin Greil (AUT)		1													Knyaz Iboyan (ARM)		1
	Denis Chirica (ROU)		0													Rakhim Magamadov (FRA)		11
	Angelos Kouklaris (GRE)		7			Angelos Kouklaris (GRE)		2
	Joshua Morodion (GER)		10			Joshua Morodion (GER)		3
	Adam Modosjan (MKD)		0								Joshua Morodion (GER)		0
	Rakhim Magamadov (FRA)		10								Rakhim Magamadov (FRA)		11
	Vladyslav Prus (UKR)		0			Rakhim Magamadov (FRA)		8
						Ilia Hristov (BUL)		2

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Abduljalil Shabanov (AZE)		7
	Redjep Hajdari (MKD)		5F			Redjep Hajdari (MKD)		5
	Ion Demian (MDA)		4								Abduljalil Shabanov (AZE)		13
	Sergey Sargsyan (ARM)		6								Andro Margishvili (GEO)		23
	Andro Margishvili (GEO)		17			Andro Margishvili (GEO)		10
						Farhad Anosheh (SWE)		0
																Andro Margishvili (GEO)		7
																Muhammet Gimri (TUR)		1
						Alexandru Besliu (ROU)		1
	Sali Saliev (BUL)		0			Roman Rychko (UKR)		11
	Roman Rychko (UKR)		12F								Roman Rychko (UKR)		0
	Muhammet Gimri (TUR)		3								Muhammet Gimri (TUR)		3
	Adlan Viskhanov (FRA)		1			Muhammet Gimri (TUR)		8
						Gkivi Bliatze (GRE)		3

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
						Oktay Çifçi (TUR)		11
	Khachatur Khachatryan (ARM)		1			Radu Lefter (MDA)		1
	Radu Lefter (MDA)		6								Oktay Çifçi (TUR)		5
											David Mchedlidze (UKR)		2
						David Mchedlidze (UKR)		5
						Merab Suleimanishvili (GEO)		4
																Oktay Çifçi (TUR)		1
																Islam Ilyasov (AZE)		6
						Georgian Tripon (ROU)		2
						Richard Végh (HUN)		9
											Richard Végh (HUN)		0
	Ertuğrul Ağca (GER)