European Wrestling Championships
The European Wrestling Championships is the second oldest international wrestling competition of the modern world and the main wrestling championships in Europe. It predates World Wrestling Championships and other regional wrestling championships and is second only to the wrestling events at the Olympics. From its inception in 1898 till 1927 only Greco-Roman wrestling was contested. Since 1929 separate freestyle wrestling events were held as well. Since 1970 the two Olympic wrestling styles were contested together during the same unified events. Since 1973 Sambo wrestling was included into the championships programme along with GR and freestyle wrestling[1] (subsequently disctontinued and from 1983 contested separately.) Since 2014 associated traditional wrestling styles recognized globally by UWW were incorporated into the annual championships schedule.
| European Wrestling Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | active |
| Genre | sports event |
| Date(s) | February – May |
| Frequency | annual |
| Location(s) | various |
| Inaugurated | 1911 |
| Activity | amateur wrestling |
| Organised by | FILA → UWW Europe |
Summary
Until 2005 there was held separate championships for each wrestling style. First women championships was held in 1988.
Pre 1911
| No. | Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | Style | Events | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1898 | Vienna | .svg.png){kind=small} | GR | 1 (Open) | .svg.png){kind=small} | ||
| 2 | 1902 | Hague |  | GR | 1 (Open) |  | ||
| 3 | 1903 | Rotterdam | | February 8 | GR | 1 (Open) | | |
| 4 | 1904 | Amsterdam | | January 24 | GR | 1 (Open) |  | |
| 5 | 1905 | Amsterdam | | January 28 – 29 | GR | 1 (Open) | | |
| 6 | 1906 | Hague | | January 28 | GR | 3 | .svg.png){kind=small} | |
| 7 | 1907 | Copenhagen | | GR | 3 | | ||
| Vienna | | GR | 1 (Open) |  | ||||
| 8 | 1909 | Malmö |  | February | GR | 4 | | |
| Dresden | | September | GR | 4 | | |||
| 9 | 1910 | Budapest | | GR | 3 | |
Post 1911
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- FS : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / LF : Women's Freestyle
- Until 2018 : 67 GR, 60 FS, 24 LF
Medal summary
- As of 2020
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   | 461 | 196 | 203 | 860 |
| 2 |  | 139 | 139 | 139 | 417 |
| 3 |  | 94 | 81 | 128 | 303 |
| 4 |  | 88 | 136 | 149 | 373 |
| 5 | | 81 | 74 | 67 | 222 |
| 6 |  | 61 | 88 | 109 | 258 |
| 7 |  | 55 | 79 | 104 | 238 |
| 8 |  | 48 | 33 | 68 | 149 |
| 9 |  | 38 | 61 | 89 | 188 |
| 10 |  | 36 | 34 | 45 | 115 |
| 11 |  | 28 | 74 | 83 | 185 |
| 12 |  | 27 | 38 | 60 | 125 |
| 13 |  | 26 | 26 | 64 | 116 |
| 14 |  | 25 | 25 | 31 | 81 |
| 15 |  | 18 | 53 | 63 | 134 |
| 16 | .svg.png){kind=small}  | 13 | 21 | 22 | 56 |
| 17 |  | 11 | 17 | 17 | 45 |
| 18 |  | 9 | 12 | 31 | 52 |
| 19 |  | 8 | 13 | 10 | 31 |
| 20 |  | 5 | 15 | 36 | 56 |
| 21 |  | 5 | 13 | 12 | 30 |
| 22 |  | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 |
| 23 |  | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| 24 |  | 4 | 17 | 26 | 47 |
| 25 | .svg.png){kind=small} | 4 | 11 | 5 | 20 |
| 26 |  | 4 | 10 | 17 | 31 |
| 27 | | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
| 28 |  | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 |
| 29 |  | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 30 |  | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 31 |  | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| 32 |  | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 33 |  | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 34 |  | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 35 |  | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 36 | | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 37 |  | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 38 |  | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 40 |  | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 41 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (42 nations) | 1305 | 1310 | 1642 | 4257 | |
Youth Wrestling
European U23 Wrestling Championship
The European U23 Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.
| Edition | Year | Host venue | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | |
24 |
| 2 | 2016 | |
24 |
| 3 | 2017 | |
24 |
| 4 | 2018 | |
30 |
| 5 | 2019 | |
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| 6 | 2020 | TBD | TBA |
European Junior Wrestling Championship
The European Junior Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.
European Cadet Wrestling Championship
The European Cadet Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.
European School Wrestling Championship
The European School Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.
Traditional wrestling
European Sambo Championship
Among the decisions taken during the 1973 FILA Congress, held under the FILA President Milan Ercegan, Sambo, a special form of wrestling particularly practised in the USSR and Asia, was recognized. Among the decisions taken during the Congress, Sambo for the first time was included in the programme of the 1974 European Wrestling Championships (along with GR and freestyle.) During the Congress, the attribution of the next freestyle wrestling, Greco-Roman wrestling and Sambo championships was decided as follows: European Championships: 1974 at Madrid (Spain,) 1975 at Ludwigshafen (West Germany,) 1976 in Turkey. World Championships: 1974 at Tehran. Junior European Championships: 1974 at Poznan (Poland.) Junior World Championships: 1973 at Miami (USA.)[1] After the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, anti-Soviet international sentiment led to a discontinuation of Sambo from the Championships programme.
European Grappling Championship
The European Grappling Championship (GP) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
| Edition | Year | Host venue | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015 | |
26 |
| 2 | 2016 | |
26 |
| 3 | 2017 | |
26 |
| 4 | 2018 | |
26 |
Sources: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
European Pankration Championship
The European Pankration Championship (PK) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
| Edition | Year | Host venue | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | |
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| 2 | 2015 | |
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| 3 | 2016 | |
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| 4 | 2017 | |
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| 5 | 2018 | |
Sources: [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32]
European Alysh Championship
The European Alysh Championship (Belt Wrestling Alysh or BWUWW or AL) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
| Edition | Year | Host venue | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | |
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| 2 | 2017 | |
4 |
| 3 | 2018 | |
European Pahlavani Championship
The European Pahlavani Championship (Pahlavani Wrestling or PW) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
| Edition | Year | Host venue | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | |
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| 2 | 2019 |
European Kazak Kuresi Championship
The European Kazak Kuresi Championship (Kazakh Wrestling or KK) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
| Edition | Year | Host venue | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014 | |
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| 2 | 2017 | |
European Beach Wrestling Championship
The European Beach Wrestling Championship (BW) is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
- Until 2018 no competition.
References
- "News". Olympic Review. International Olympic Committee (64–65): 145–146. March–April 1973.CS1 maint: date format (link)
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20160306001257/http://kazakhkures.kz/
- https://unitedworldwrestling.org/about-uww/national-federation/world-kazakh-kures-federation
- https://rekvizitai.vz.lt/en/company/european_kazakh_kuresi_federation/ - European kazakh kuresi federation Vilnius
See also
- World Wrestling Championships (formerly FILA Wrestling World Championships)
- European U23 Wrestling Championship