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 Since 2014 associated traditional wrestling styles recognized globally by UWW were incorporated into the annual championships schedule.

Summary

Until 2005 there was held separate championships for each wrestling style. First women championships was held in 1988.

Pre 1911

Post 1911

Youth Wrestling

European U23 Wrestling Championship

The European U23 Wrestling Championships is main wrestling championships in Europe.
EditionYearHost venueEvents
12015 Walbrzych, Poland24
22016 Russe, Bulgaria24
32017 Szombathely, Hungary24
42018 Istanbul, Turkey30
52019 Novi Sad, Serbia
62020TBDTBA

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 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 1975 at Ludwigshafen 1976 in Turkey. World Championships: 1974 at Tehran. Junior European Championships: 1974 at Poznan Junior World Championships: 1973 at Miami 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 is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
EditionYearHost venueEvents
12015 Sassari, Italy26
22016 Rome, Italy26
32017 Novi Sad, Serbia26
42018 Kaspiysk, Russia26

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European Pankration Championship

The European Pankration Championship is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
EditionYearHost venueEvents
12014 Bucharest, Romania
22015 Tbilisi, Georgia
32016 Budapest, Hungary
42017 Brindisi, Italy
52018 Zrenjanin, Serbia

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European Alysh Championship

The European Alysh Championship is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
EditionYearHost venueEvents
12014 Liepaja, Latvia
22017 Novi Sad, Serbia4
32018 Zrenjanin, Serbia

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European Pahlavani Championship

The European Pahlavani Championship is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
EditionYearHost venueEvents
12017 Novi Sad, Serbia
22019

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European Kazak Kuresi Championship

The European Kazak Kuresi Championship is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.
EditionYearHost venueEvents
12014 Liepaja, Latvia
22017 Novi Sad, Serbia

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European Beach Wrestling Championship

The European Beach Wrestling Championship is main traditional wrestling championships in Europe.