Team Standings At The 2026 U20 World Championship

Team standings for Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2026 U20 World Championships, held in Bratislava, Slovakia.

Aug 21, 2026 by Andrew Spey

Team Standings At The 2026 U20 World Championship

The U20 World Championships are trundling along in beautiful Bratislava, Slovakia (aka the Big Brat). Team USA is competing against the rest of the world with a full lineup in all three styles: Greco-Roman and men's and women's freestyle.

Team points are tallied by adding up placement points earned by individuals in each weight class, using the following rubric.

Gold - 25

Silver - 20

Bronze 15

5th - 10

7th - 8

8th - 6

9th - 4

10th - 2

Because of the double bronze system used in UWW competitions, there are also two fifth-place finishes and no fourth or sixth placers.

Team USA's results can be found here.

Here's how all the team races shook out.

Men's Freestyle

28 federations scored team points in men's freestyle in Bratislava, though just 12 countries put wrestlers on the podium. Team USA had one of their best performances at a World Championship at any age level or style, earning medals at all ten weight classes.

Rank	Team	TOTAL
1	UNITED STATES	205
2	RUSSIA	155
3	JAPAN	130
4	IRAN	103
5	KAZAKHSTAN	82
6	AZERBAIJAN	67
7	GEORGIA	64
8	UKRAINE	52
9	TURKIYE	48
10	KYRGYZSTAN	43
11	ARMENIA	27
12	BELARUS	20
13	TURKMENISTAN	17
14	ROMANIA	17
15	INDIA	14
16	UZBEKISTAN	12
17	GREECE	10
17	ITALY	10
19	EGYPT	10
20	MEXICO	10
21	POLAND	10
22	ESTONIA	10
23	CANADA	8
24	GERMANY	6
25	HUNGARY	6
26	FRANCE	6
27	CHINA	4
28	PUERTO RICO	4
29	BULGARIA	0
29	CONGO DR	0
29	KOREA	0
29	MOLDOVA	0
33	GREAT BRITAIN	0
33	MONGOLIA	0
35	FINLAND	0
35	ISRAEL	0
37	SWITZERLAND	0
38	SAUDI ARABIA	0
38	NORTH MACEDONIA	0
38	SLOVAKIA	0
41	AUSTRALIA	0
41	AUSTRIA	0
41	SOUTH AFRICA	0
44	ALGERIA	0
45	HONG KONG	0
46	PALAU	0
47	FRENCH POLYNESIA	0

Russia came the closest to the Americans, but were still 50 points behind the world champs. Japan, Iran and Kazakhstan rounded out the top five.

Individual points at each weight for the top four teams can be found below.

Team	UNITED STATES	RUSSIA	JAPAN	IRAN	KAZAKHSTAN
57 kg	20	25	15	0	15
61 kg	25	15	10	15	20
65 kg	25	15	20	6	0
70 kg	15	4	6	25	0
74 kg	20	10	25	0	15
79 kg	15	25	20	2	8
86 kg	25	20	15	8	10
92 kg	15	6	4	20	10
97 kg	25	20	15	2	0
125 kg	20	15	0	25	4
TOTAL	205	155	130	103	82

Women's Freestyle

The women's freestyle tournament was the second of the three styles conclude. Unsurprisingly, women's wrestling powerhouse, Japan, won the team title convincingly.

Rank	Team	TOTAL
1	JAPAN	167
2	INDIA	133
3	CHINA	132
4	UNITED STATES	118
5	RUSSIA	107
6	UKRAINE	55
7	AZERBAIJAN	50
8	UZBEKISTAN	50
9	TURKIYE	46
10	HUNGARY	45
11	KAZAKHSTAN	40
12	CANADA	35
13	VENEZUELA	20
14	SWEDEN	15
15	FINLAND	15
16	GERMANY	14
17	MONGOLIA	10
17	ROMANIA	10
17	GUATEMALA	10
20	BELARUS	10
21	POLAND	10
22	ARMENIA	8
22	MOLDOVA	8
22	SWITZERLAND	8
25	PUERTO RICO	8
26	BULGARIA	6
26	SERBIA	6
28	BRAZIL	6
29	GREAT BRITAIN	4
30	NORWAY	2
31	KYRGYZSTAN	2
32	GREECE	0
32	ITALY	0
32	LITHUANIA	0
32	SLOVAKIA	0
36	GEORGIA	0
37	TAIPEI CHINESE	0
37	TUNISIA	0
39	CZECHIA	0
40	ESTONIA	0
41	KOREA	0
41	NETHERLANDS	0
43	SPAIN	0
44	PORTUGAL	0

The United States placed fourth, an admirable finish behind two other traditional powers of women's wrestling, India and China. Russia was a close fifth, and then a large gap opens up between those five and sixth place Ukraine along with the rest of the field.

Team USA collected four medals: a gold from Everest Leydecker and three bronzes from Morgan Turner, Caley Graber, and Taina Fernandez.

Here are the top four teams' individual points at all ten weights.

Rank	1	2	3	4
Team	JAPAN	INDIA	CHINA	UNITED STATES
50 kg				15
53 kg	25		15	10
55 kg	4	8	15	25
57 kg	20	10	15	10
59 kg	25	15	2	15
62 kg	25	15	10	8
65 kg	25	20	15	2
68 kg	10	20	25	15
72 kg	25	20	15	8
76 kg	8	25	20	10
TOTAL	167	133	132	118

Greco-Roman

30 different national federations earned team points at this year's edition of the 20 and under competition.

Rank	Team	TOTAL
1	RUSSIA	142
2	IRAN	109
3	UZBEKISTAN	95
4	ARMENIA	91
5	AZERBAIJAN	90
6	GEORGIA	85
7	HUNGARY	75
8	UKRAINE	56
9	KAZAKHSTAN	55
10	JAPAN	49
11	BELARUS	40
12	TURKIYE	40
13	EGYPT	35
14	FINLAND	31
15	UNITED STATES	19
16	ROMANIA	16
17	INDIA	16
18	CHINA	14
19	ECUADOR	10
20	KYRGYZSTAN	10
21	MOLDOVA	10
22	MEXICO	10
23	BRAZIL	10
24	AUSTRIA	10
25	CROATIA	8
26	CHILE	8
27	BULGARIA	6
28	CZECHIA	4
29	SERBIA	4
30	NETHERLANDS	2

The red white and blue finished in 15th place, with one bronze medal and a 10th place finish. Traditional powers Russia and Iran claimed the top two spots, respectively.

Here's how the top 4 teams did at each weight.

Rank	1	2	3	4
Team	RUSSIA	IRAN	UZBEKISTAN	ARMENIA
55kg	6	25	15
60kg	15	15	20
63kg		15		6
67kg	20	10	25	15
72kg	25		15	10
77kg		15	4	25
82kg	25	10
87kg	20		6	20
97kg	6	15
130kg	25	4	10	15
TOTAL	142	109	95	91