Wrestling Association of the Philippines

Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP) is the governing sports organization for wrestling in the Philippines, and maintains the Philippines National Wrestling Team.

National team

The Philippines also competes against teams from Asia. They are promoting grassroots involvement with their national team and have signed Filipino's from around the globe as well as the homeland to compete in tournaments.** This is the current starting squad for the Philippines friendly vs. Malaysia as of December 5, 2009:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
32  PHI Christina Villanueva
2  PHI Gemma Silverio
13  USA Andrew Anies Fernandez Al-Sarayray Alcott
16  ENG Jason Balabal
21  PHI Esti Gay Liwanen
85  PHI Razel Gutierrez
22  ITA Mario Antelletti Gomes
14  PHI Migeul Pinzhagi Montelivo Ricardo
10  ENG Gareth Phillips
23  ENG Jordan Brown
4  PHI Jose Anton Castillo
45  PHI Jared Hwalek

Flags denote Nation of Citizenship.

Age-Groups

The Olympic sport of Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling is broken down into three age group levels: Cadets(16-17 yrs.old), Juniors (18-20 yrs.old), and Seniors (20 yrs.old and above). Each group follows different weight categories, as follows:

CADETS JUNIORS SENIORS
Male Female Male Female Male Female
50 kg 44 kg 55 kg 48 kg
60 kg 51 kg
66 kg 55 kg
74 kg 59 kg
84 kg 63 kg
96 kg 67 kg
120 kg 72 kg

References


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