The 2022 World Cup is set to go down in Coralville, Iowa on December 10-11 featuring some of the best men’s and women’s freestyle wrestlers in the world. In the below article, you’ll find every wrestler set to compete at the World Cup currently ranked in the top 20 of our Men’s Freestyle International Rankings.

United States

61 kg: #7 Seth Gross - 2022 World 5th

65 kg: #4 Yianni Diakomihalis - 2022 World Silver

65 kg: #18 Evan Henderson 

74 kg: #8 Jason Nolf 

79 kg: #1 Jordan Burroughs - 6X World Champ/Olympic Champ, 3X World Bronze

79 kg: #14 Chance Marsteller 

86 kg: #7 Zahid Valencia - 2017 U20 World Silver

92 kg: #9 Nate Jackson 

97 kg: #2 Kyle Snyder - 3X World Champion/Olympic Champion, 2X World Silver/Olympic Silver, World Bronze

125 kg: #7 Hayden Zillmer

125 kg: #10 Nick Gwiazdowski - 2X World Bronze 

Iran

65 kg: #1 Rahman Amouzad - 2022 World Champion

70 kg: #8 Amir Yazdani- 2021 World Silver medalist (at 65kg)

74 kg: #18 Mohmmadsadegh Firouzpour - 2022 U23 World Champion

79kg: #6 Ali Savadkouhi - 2021 U23 World Bronze

79 kg: #7 Mohammad Nokhodarimi - 2021 & 2022 World Silver

86 kg: #11 Alireza Karimi - 2019 World Silver medalist (at 92kg), 2018 World Bronze medalist (at 92kg), 2015 World Bronze medalist

92 kg: #3 Amirhossein Firouzpourbandpei - 2022 U23 & U20 World Champion

92 kg: #1 Kamran Ghasempour - 2021 & 2022 World Champion

97 kg: Amirali Azarpira - 2022 U23 World Champion

125 kg: #5 Amirreza Masoumi Valadi - 2022 U20 & U23 World Champion

All-World Team

57kg: #2 Zelimkhan Abakarov (ALB) - 2022 World Champ

61kg: #15 Georgi Vangelov (BUL) - 2022 World 5th

65kg: #2 Ismail Musukaev (HUN) - 2022 & 2019 World Bronze

70kg: #2 Ernazar Akmataliev (KGZ) - 2022 World Bronze, 2021 World Silver

74kg: #3 Tajmuraz Salkazanov (SVK)  - 2022 & 2021 World Silver

86kg: #8 Azamat Dauletbekov (KAZ) - 2022 World Bronze

92kg: #7 Osman Nurmagomedov (AZE) - 2022 & 2021 World Bronze

97kg: #6 Batyrbek Tsakulov (SVK) - 2022 World Silver

Georgia

70 kg: #15 Zurabi Iakobishvili - 2017 World Champ, 3X World Bronze

79 kg: #11 Vladimeri Gamkrelidze - 2022 U23 World Champ

97 kg: #7 Givi Matcharashvili - 2022 World Bronze

125 kg: #4 Geno Petriashvili - 3X World Champ, world/Olympic Silver, 3X World Bronze

Mongolia

57 kg: #8 Zanabazar Zandanbud - 2022 World Bronze

65 kg: #15 Tulga Tumur Ochir - 2021 World Bronze

125 kg: #3 Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur - 2022 World Silver, 2021 World Bronze

Check out more preview content for the World Cup at the below articles:

• Full Women's Freestyle preview
• World Cup Watch Guide (outlined schedule)
• USA vs Iran Preview - men's freestyle
• USA vs Georgia & Mongolia - men's freestyle day 1