2025 U20 Freestyle Wrestling World Championships: Draw, Armenian Wrestlers’ Opponents, and How to Watch Online

The draw for the 2025 U20 Freestyle Wrestling World Championships was held on August 16 in Samokov, Bulgaria. The tournament will kick off on August 17, with wrestlers in the 70, 74, 97, and 125 kg weight categories competing on the opening day.

Armenia will be represented in Bulgaria by nine freestyle wrestlers, who will compete for medals in different weight divisions, including reigning U20 European champion Sargis Begoyan. Sportaran.com presents the full list of participants and their first opponents.

First opponents of Armenia’s wrestlers
57 kg (Round of 1/16)
Arman Harutyunyan — Ben Hashem Tarik (Morocco)

61 kg (Round of 1/16)
Sargis Begoyan — Haji Zade (Turkey)

65 kg (Round of 1/16)
Arman Musikyan — Kage Lyndon Brown (New Zealand)

70 kg (Round of 1/16)
Artavazd Harutyunyan — Kairi Ito (Japan)

74 kg (Round of 1/16)
Vladimir Azaryan — Bogda Oliynyk (Ukraine)

79 kg (Round of 1/8)
Narek Nikoghosyan — Mahi Yousefi (Iran) / Ion Marchu (Moldova)

86 kg (Round of 1/8)
Razmik Yepremyan — Maxwell McEnelly (USA)

92 kg (Round of 1/16)
Narek Ikilikyan — Gadzhimurad Gadzhibatyrov (Russia)

97 kg
No Armenian representative in this weight category.

125 kg (Round of 1/8)
Henrik Aykyan — Inal Gagloev (Russia) / Singh Jaspuran (India)

How to watch the 2025 U20 Freestyle Wrestling World Championships online

• Official live stream — via paid subscription on UWW+.

• Live broadcast on social media — UWW TV channel on VKontakte.

• Free viewing — on the SPORTARAN Telegram channel.

Brackets of the U20 Freestyle Wrestling World Championships