Azerbaijan to host U-17 World Wrestling Championship next year

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The U-17 World Wrestling Championship will take place in Baku in 2026.

This decision was made during a meeting of the Executive Committee of United World Wrestling (UWW). Other candidate cities included Sofia (Bulgaria), Alexandria (Egypt), Amman (Jordan), and Brasov (Romania), but the event will be hosted by Azerbaijan's capital.

The world's top youth wrestlers will compete at the National Gymnastics Arena from July 27 to August 2, 2026.

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