Asian Wrestling Championships

Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling Asian Championship organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC).

The men's tournament began in 1979 and The women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year.[1]

Editions

Year Dates City and host country Champion
Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle
1979 8–11 November Jalandhar, India  Iran
1981 1–4 December Lahore, Pakistan  Iran
1983 8–11 November Tehran, Iran  Iran  Iran
1987 13–17 October Mumbai, India  Iran  Japan
1988 12–16 December Islamabad, Pakistan  Iran
1989 30 June – 2 July Oarai, Japan  Iran  South Korea
1991 17–19 April New Delhi, India  Iran
16–18 May Tehran, Iran  South Korea
1992 7–10 April Tehran, Iran  Iran  South Korea
1993 16–18 April Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  Iran
23–25 April Hiroshima, Japan  South Korea
1995 27 June – 3 July Manila, Philippines  Iran  Kazakhstan
1996 4–10 April Xiaoshan, China  Iran  South Korea  Japan
1997 12–18 April Tehran, Iran  Iran  South Korea
20–21 July Taipei, Taiwan  Japan
1999 25–30 May Tashkent, Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan  Japan
2000 26–28 April Guilin, China  Uzbekistan
5–7 May Seoul, South Korea  South Korea  Japan
2001 5–10 June Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  Iran  Iran  China
2003 5–8 June New Delhi, India  Iran  Iran  Japan
2004 16–18 April Tehran, Iran  Iran
8–9 May Almaty, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan
20–22 May Tokyo, Japan  Japan
2005 24–29 May Wuhan, China  Iran  South Korea  Japan
2006 4–9 April Almaty, Kazakhstan  Iran  Kazakhstan  Japan
2007 8–13 May Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan  Iran  Iran  China
2008 18–23 March Jeju, South Korea  Japan  Iran  Japan
2009 2–7 May Pattaya, Thailand  Iran  Iran  China
2010 12–16 May New Delhi, India  Iran  South Korea  China
2011 19–22 May Tashkent, Uzbekistan  Uzbekistan  Iran  Japan
2012 16–19 February Gumi, South Korea  Iran  Iran  China
2013 18–22 April New Delhi, India  India  South Korea  China
2014 23–27 April Astana, Kazakhstan  Iran  Kazakhstan  Japan
2015 6–10 May Doha, Qatar  Iran  Iran  Japan
2016 17–21 February Bangkok, Thailand  Iran  Iran  China
2017 10–14 May New Delhi, India  Iran  Iran  Japan
2018 28 February – 4 March Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan  Uzbekistan  Kazakhstan  China
2019 23–28 April Xi'an, China  Iran  Iran  Japan
2020 18–23 February New Delhi, India  Iran  Iran  Japan
2021 13–18 April Almaty, Kazakhstan  Iran  Iran  Mongolia
2022 19–24 April Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia  Iran  Kazakhstan  Japan
2023 9–14 April Astana, Kazakhstan  Kazakhstan  Iran  Japan
2024 11–16 April Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan  Iran  Iran  Japan
2025 25–30 March Amman, Jordan  Iran  Iran  Japan

Team titles

Country FS GR FW Total
 Iran 31 17 0 48
 Japan 1 1 19 21
 South Korea 0 10 0 10
 China 0 0 8 8
 Kazakhstan 1 6 0 7
 Uzbekistan 4 1 0 5
 India 1 0 0 1
 Mongolia 0 0 1 1

All-time medal table

All-time medal count, as of the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championships.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iran246100135481
2 Japan161124172457
3 Kazakhstan9396161350
4 South Korea8579134298
5 China7177143291
6 Uzbekistan516096207
7 North Korea414145127
8 Kyrgyzstan385198187
9 Mongolia2892125245
10 India2685144255
11 Syria4228
12 Bahrain31913
13 Chinese Taipei1141934
14 Tajikistan1101425
15 Pakistan19818
16 Iraq131418
17 Turkmenistan1258
 United States (Guest)1001
18 Vietnam051217
19 Thailand0202
20 Jordan0145
21 Qatar0112
22 Philippines0022
Totals (22 entries)8538551,3433,051

References

  1. ^ "Kazakh Wrestler Wins Gold at Asian Wrestling Championships". Astana Times. 3 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2015.