The U20 World Wrestling Championships is the main wrestling championships in the Junior age category (between 17 and 20 years old), organised by United World Wrestling (UWW). This event was held twice in 1979 and 1980.
Rename The past name for the competition was the Junior World Championships. In November 2021, the UWW renamed the Junior Worlds to U20 and Cadet Worlds to U17.
Editions 1980 in Stockholm probably was in U15 (Schools) in 13 + 13 weights 1992 (LL, GR) and 1993 (LF) was counted one edition Not held in 2002 and 2004 Shared bronze medal awarded since 2005 1983–1995: Espoir World Championships #YearHost cityHost countryEventsJuniorBiannual1 1969 Boulder 202 1971 Tokyo 203 1973 Miami Beach / Unknown (LL) / Unknown (GR) 204 1975 Haskovo / Unknown (LL) / Unknown (GR) 20Annual5 1977 Las Vegas / Unknown (LL) / Unknown (GR) 206 1978 Colorado Springs / Unknown (LL) / Unknown (GR) 207 1979-1 Colorado Springs / Unknown (LL) / Unknown (GR) 207 1979-2 Ulaanbaatar / Haparanda (LL) / (GR) 208 1980-1 Stockholm 268 1980-2 Colorado Springs 209 1981 Vancouver / Unknown / Unknown (GR) 2010 1982 Colorado Springs 2011 1983 Oak Lawn 2012 1984 Washington 201985 No CompetitionBiannual13 1986 Schifferstadt 2014 1988 Wolfurt / Dijon (LL, GR) / (LF) 29Men - Women15 1990 Istanbul / Unknown (LL) / Unknown (GR) 2015 1991 Barcelona (GR) 1016 1992 Cali (LL, GR) 2016 1993 Götzis (LF) 8End17 1994 Budapest 201995 No Competition18 1996 Moscow / Wałbrzych (LL) / (GR) 2019 1997 Helsinki / Turku (LL) / (GR) 2020 1998 Las Vegas / Cairo / Fredrikstad (LL) / (GR) / (LF) 2821 1999 Bucharest / Sydney (GR, LF) / (LL) 2622 2000 Nantes 2623 2001 Tashkent / Martigny (LL, GR) / (LF) 26Unit Host2002 No Competition24 2003 Istanbul 242004 No Competition25 2005 Vilnius 2426 2006 Guatemala City 2427 2007 Beijing 2428 2008 Istanbul 2429 2009 Ankara 2430 2010 Budapest 2431 2011 Bucharest 2432 2012 Pattaya 2433 2013 Sofia 2434 2014 Zagreb 2435 2015 Salvador 2436 2016 Mâcon 2437 2017 Tampere 2438 2018 Trnava 3039 2019 Tallinn 302020 No Competition40 2021 Ufa 30U2041 2022 Sofia 3042 2023 Amman 3043 2024 Pontevedra 3044 2025 Samokov 3045 2026 Bratislava 30 FS : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman / WW : Women's Freestyle
All-time medal table Junior / U20 World Championship Medal Count (1969–1973, 2000–2026)
consist of and . was competed in 2023–2024. was competed in 2025.
Team rankings 1969-2000: by medal ranking
2000-2025: by point ranking
Not awarded team trophy in medal ranking
YearMen's FreestyleMen's Greco-RomanWomen's Freestyle 1231231231969 No Competition1971 No Competition1973 No Competition1975 No Competition1977 No Competition1978 No Competition1979-1 No Competition1979-2 No Competition1980 No Competition1981 No Competition1982 No Competition1983 No Competition1984 No Competition1986 No Competition1988 1990 No Competition1991 No Competition No Competition1992 No Competition1994 No Competition1996 No Competition1997 No Competition1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Team titles
Country Men's freestyle Men's Greco-Roman Women's freestyle Total 18 11 4 33 9 13 0 22 0 0 18 18 7 7 0 14 10 1 1 12 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 Total 46 47 27 120
Espoir #YearHost cityHost countryEventsUnit and Various Host1 1983 Anaheim / Kristiansund (LL) / (GR) 202 1985 Colorado Springs 203 1987 Burnaby 204 1989 Ulaanbaatar / Budapest (LL) / (GR) 205 1991 Unknown / Unknown Unknown / Unknown 206 1993 Athens 207 1995 Tehran 20 LL : Freestyle / GR : Greco-Roman After 1995 Junior and Espoir was merged.
See also List of Cadet, Junior and U-23 World Champions in men's freestyle wrestling List of Cadet, Junior and U-23 World Champions in men's Greco-Roman wrestling World Wrestling Championships
References
External links UWW