BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 14. The World U17
Wrestling Championships will be held in Baku in 2026, the
Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation told Trend.
This decision was made at a meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Union of World Wrestling (UWW). The organization of the
competition, for which Sofia (Bulgaria), Alexandria (Egypt), Amman
(Jordan) and Brasov (Romania) were also candidates, was entrusted
to the capital of Azerbaijan.
The world’s strongest junior wrestlers will be determined at the
National Gymnastics Arena from July 27 to August 2 next year.
A similar competition was held in Baku in 2012.
