Azerbaijan Wrestling Championship postponed

The matches of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Championship have been postponed by a day following the National Mourning Day declared on December 26 due to the tragic Embraer 190 plane crash on the Baku-Grozny route.

Competitions in freestyle wrestling for the 57, 65, 74, 86, and 97 kg weight classes will take place on December 27, while events in the 61, 70, 79, 92, and 125 kg categories are set for December 28.

All other matches will take place at the Baku Sports Palace as originally scheduled.

Wrestling remains the most popular sport in the county and is overseen by the National Wrestling Federation, which was established in 1993.

The Rio Games opened a new page in wrestling for Azerbaijan. The country became one of only two nations ever to increase the number of medals achieved in five consecutive games.

In 2020, Azerbaijani freestyle wrestlers finished third in the overall medal table of the Individual World Cup in Serbia.

National wrestlers won two medals, including silver and bronze. Russia topped the medal table, followed by Turkiye.

The national team also won five medals at the Grand Prix Moscow held in Russia.

The national team won one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals in the tournament

In 2022, Azerbaijani wrestler Osman Nurmagomedov (92 kg) was crowned the World Champion in Belgrade.

Nurmagomedov became the World Champion after defeating the Russian wrestler in the final.

At 2024 Summer Olympic, Greco-Roman wrestler Hasrat Jafarov (67 kg), freestyle wrestlers Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kg) and Magomedkhan Magomedov (97 kg) won bronze medals for Azerbaijan.