2025 World Wrestling Championships

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/2025-world-wrestling-championships

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1. What is the championship dates?September 13-21, 2025
2. What is the host city and venue?Zagreb, Croatia, at Arena Zagreb
3. What happened at the 2025 World Wrestling Championships in Zagreb?The championships were held from September 13 to 21 in Arena Zagreb. It was the first time Croatia hosted this big wrestling event, and 776 wrestlers from 76 countries competed.
4. Who won the most points at the championships?The Iranian team won the most points, earning 325 team points and sweeping both men's freestyle and Greco-Roman events.

Freestyle Wrestling: A wrestling discipline permitting the use of all limbs and body for offensive and defensive maneuvers.
Greco-Roman Wrestling: A wrestling discipline restricted to upper-body holds and throws, excluding leg attacks.
Team Points System: A scoring mechanism where points are accumulated by individual wrestlers to determine the overall team ranking.
International Sports Federation: An organization that governs a particular sport on an international level, like the one overseeing wrestling.