The Draw for the 2025 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championship Took Place

Today, September 17, the draw for the 2025 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championship was held in Zagreb. The tournament will begin tomorrow, September 18, and will run until September 21.

Tournament Program (Greco-Roman Wrestling)

• September 18 — start of 55, 77, 82, and 130 kg

• September 19 — finals and start of 60, 72, and 97 kg

• September 20 — finals and start of 63, 67, and 87 kg

• September 21 — last finals

Matches start daily at 11:30 Moscow time.

First opponents of Armenian Greco-Roman wrestlers

55 kg (Round of 16)

• Manvel Khachatryan — Muhammet Cakir (Turkey)

Emin Sefershaev (55 kg, Russia) was arrested by the police and will miss the 2025 World Championship.

60 kg (Round of 32)

• Hrachya Poghosyan — Vladislav Kuzko (Ukraine)

63 kg (Round of 16)

• Karen Aslanyan — Sergey Emelin (Russia) / Leri Abuladze (Georgia)

67 kg (Round of 32)

• Slavik Galstyan — Din-Mukhammed Koshkar (Kazakhstan)
  Also in his bracket is Gagin Sndjoyan (France). Possible meeting in the Round of 16.

72 kg (Round of 32)

• Gor Khachatryan — Luis Barrios (Honduras)

77 kg (Round of 32)

• Malkhas Amoyan — Kamal Bey (USA)

This weight category features four wrestlers of Armenian origin:

• Malkhas Amoyan (Armenia)
• Arman Karapetyan (Belarus)
• Aram Vardanyan (Uzbekistan)
• Tigran Galustyan (France)

If Amoyan defeats Kamal Bey, he may face Karapetyan in the Round of 16, and Galustyan in the quarterfinals. A possible meeting with Vardanyan is only in the final. In the semifinals, a probable opponent is Sanan Suleymanov (Azerbaijan).

82 kg (Round of 32)

• Samvel Grigoryan — Adlet Tyulyubaev (Russia)

87 kg (Round of 32)

• Vigen Nazaryan — Exaus Makubu (Norway)

97 kg (Round of 16)

• Artur Aleksanyan — Abdul Kadir Cebi (Turkey) / Zegang Wang (China)
  In the semifinals, Aleksanyan may face Artur Sargsyan (Russia) or Alex Sjoeke (Hungary). Gabriel Rosillo (Cuba) and Mohammad Hadi Saravi (Iran) are in the other half of the bracket, possible meeting only in the final.

130 kg (Round of 32)

• Razmik Kurdyan — Beka Kandelaki (Azerbaijan)

All brackets of the 2025 Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championship draw.

55 kg:

60 kg

63 kg

67 kg

72 kg

77 kg

82 kg

87 kg

97 kg

130 kg