Azerbaijan to host Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup for 1st time

On November 5-6, Azerbaijan will host the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup for the first time, Report informs, citing the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation.

The composition of all teams has already been determined.

The Azerbaijani national team will feature Eldaniz Azizli, Ibrahim Nurullayev (both in the up to 55 kg category), Murad Mammadov, Nihat Mammadli (both in the up to 60 kg category), Taleh Mammadov, Ziya Babashov (both in the up to 63 kg category), Hasrat Jafarov, Namaz Rustamov (both in the category up to 67 kg), Ulvi Ganizade, Gurban Gurbanov (both in the category up to 72 kg), Sanan Suleymanov, Eljan Mammadov (both in the category up to 77 kg), Rafig Huseynov, Nasir Hasanov (both in the category up to 82 kg), Lachin Valiyev , Murad Ahmadiyev (both in the category up to 87 kg), Arif Niftullaev, Zamir Magomedov (both in the category up to 97 kg), Sabah Shariati and Beka Kandelaki (up to 130 kg).

The head coach of the Azerbaijani team is Alexander Tarakanov.

Six national teams will take part in the competitions to be held at the Baku Sports Palace: teams of Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Serbia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, and the All-World Team.

Other countries are represented as follows:

Turkiye
55kg - Ekrem OZTURK
55kg - Muhammet Emin CAKIR
60kg - Kerem KAMAL
60kg - Mukremin AKTAS
63kg - Ahmet UYAR
67kg - Murat FIRAT
72kg - Selcuk CAN
77kg - Yunus Emre BASAR
77kg - Yuksel SARICICEK
82kg - Burhan AKBUDAK
87kg - Ali CENGIZ
97kg - Metehan BASAR
97kg - Mustafa OLGUN
130kg - Osman YILDIRIM

Serbia
55kg - Sabolc LOSONC
60kg - Aleksandar BERAROV
60kg Sebastian KOLOMPAR
63kg - Stefan LISCEVIC
63kg - Perica DIMITRIJEVIC
67kg - Sebastian NAD
72kg - Aleksa ERSKI
72kg - Mate NEMES
77kg - Aleksa ILIC
82kg - Milos PEROVIC
82kg - Viktor NEMES
87kg - Zarko DICKOV
97kg - Mihail KAJAIA
130kg - Sabolc HORVAT

Iran
55kg - Mohammad Mahdi Meraj JAVAHERI FARID
55kg - Poya Soulat DAD MARZ
60kg - Pouya Mohammad NASERPOUR
60kg - Mehdi Seifollah MOHSEN NEJAD
63kg - Saeid Morad Gholi ESMAEILI LEIVESI
63kg - Iman Hossein Khoon MOHAMMADI
67kg - Hojat Hassan REZAEI
67kg - Seyed Danial Seyed Shamsollah SOHRABI
72kg - Mohammadreza Mahmoud ROSTAMI
72kg - Amir Ali ABDI
77kg - Aref Mozafar HABIBOLLAHI
77kg - Mohammad Reza Hojatollah MOKHTARI
82kg - Mohammadhossein Ebrahim MAHMOODI
82kg - Alireza Azizkhoon MOHMADIPIANI
87kg - Hamidreza Abbas BADKAN
87kg - Abolfazl Ali CHOUBANI
97kg - Ali Ramezanali ABEDIDARZI
97kg - Mehdi Mohammad BALIHAMZEHDEH
130kg - Fardin Shaban HEDAYATI
130kg - Aliakbar Hossein YOUSOFIAHMADCHALI

Kyrgyzstan
55kg - Ulan MURATBEK UULU
60kg - Nurmukhammet ABDULLAEV
63kg - Kaly SULAIMANOV
67kg - Khalmurat IBRAGIMOV
72kg - Adilkhan NURLANBEKOV
77kg - Akylbek TALANTBEKOV
82kg - Kalidin ASYKEEV
87kg - Azat SALIDINOV
97kg - Uzur DZHUZUPBEKOV
130kg - Erlan MANATBEKOV

All-World
55kg - Nugzari TSURTSUMIA (GEO)
60kg - Aidos SULTANGALI (KAZ)
63kg - Leri ABULADZE (GEO)
67kg - Joni KHETSURIANI (GEO)
72kg - Andrii KULYK (UKR)
77kg - Zoltan LEVAI (HUN)
82kg - Jalgasbay BERDIMURATOV (UZB)
87kg - Turpan Ali Alvievich BISULTANOV (DEN)
97kg - Kiril Milenov MILOV (BUL)
130kg - Mantas KNYSTAUTAS (LTU)