2022 UWW World Cup

2022 World Cup All-Star Team Rosters Announced

2022 World Cup All-Star Team Rosters Announced

The men's and women's All-Star team rosters have been released for the 2022 World Cup.

Oct 19, 2022 by Jon Kozak
2022 World Cup All-Star Team Rosters Announced

The men’s and women’s freestyle World Cup will take place December 10-11 in Corallville, Iowa. The event will feature the top 5 countries in each style based on their finish at the 2022 World Championships. The final 6th team in each style will be an All-Star team with various world champs or medalists from around the world whose country's did not qualify for the world cup. The rosters for those All-Star teams have been released and can be found below detailing each wrestler’s credentials. 

Men’s All-Star Roster

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

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

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

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

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

79kg: Arsalan Budazhapov (KGZ) - 2022 World Bronze

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

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

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

125kg: Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi (UKR) - 2019 World Bronze

Top 5 Men’s Teams Competing at the World Cup:

  1. United States
  2. Iran
  3. Japan
  4. Mongolia
  5. Georgia

Women’s All-Star Roster:

50kg: Anna Lukasiak (POL) - 2022 World Bronze

53kg: Maria Prevolaraki (GRE) - 2022 & 2017 World Bronze

55kg: Karla Godinez (CAN) - 2022 World Bronze

57kg: Zhala Aliyeva (AZE) - 2022 World 5th

59kg: Anastasia Nichita (MDA) - 2022 World Champ

62kg: Aisuluu Tynybekova (KGZ) - 2022 World 5th, 2021 & 2019 World Champ. 2020 Olympic Silver. 2013, 2017, & 2019 World Bronze

65kg: Mimi Nikolova Hristova (BUL) - 2022 & 2021 World 5th

68kg: Rina Ringaci (MDA) - 2022 World Bronze. 2021 World Champ

72kg: Zhamila Bakbergenova (KAZ) - 2022 & 2021 World Silver

76kg: Yasemin Adar (TUR) - 2022 & 2017 World Champ, 2021 Olympic Bronze, 2018 World Silver

Top 5 Women’s Teams Competing at the World Cup:

  1. Japan
  2. United States
  3. China
  4. Mongolia
  5. Ukraine


More details will be released soon regarding each team's rosters and pool placement. If you are interested in attending, you can purchase tickets by clicking here.