Asian Wrestling Championships facts for kids

The Asian Wrestling Championships is a major Wrestling competition for countries in Asia. It's organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC).

The first tournament for men started in 1979. Women's wrestling was added later, with their first tournament held in 1996. Since then, both men's and women's championships have been held every year.

Past Championships

This table shows where and when the Asian Wrestling Championships have taken place, and which country won the most points in each wrestling style for that year.

Year	Dates	City and host country	Champion
			Men's freestyle	Men's Greco-Roman	Women's freestyle
1979	8–11 November	Jalandhar, India	Iran	—	—
1981	1–4 December	Lahore, Pakistan	Iran	—	—
1983	8–11 November	Tehran, Iran	Iran	Iran	—
1987	13–17 October	Mumbai, India	Iran	Japan	—
1988	12–16 December	Islamabad, Pakistan	Iran	—	—
1989	30 June – 2 July	Oarai, Japan	Iran	South Korea	—
1991	17–19 April	New Delhi, India	Iran	—	—
	16–18 May	Tehran, Iran	—	South Korea	—
1992	7–10 April	Tehran, Iran	Iran	South Korea	—
1993	16–18 April	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Iran	—	—
	23–25 April	Hiroshima, Japan	—	South Korea	—
1995	27 June – 3 July	Manila, Philippines	Iran	Kazakhstan	—
1996	4–10 April	Xiaoshan, China	Iran	South Korea	Japan
1997	12–18 April	Tehran, Iran	Iran	South Korea	—
	20–21 July	Taipei, Taiwan	—	—	Japan
1999	25–30 May	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Japan
2000	26–28 April	Guilin, China	Uzbekistan	—	—
	5–7 May	Seoul, South Korea	—	South Korea	Japan
2001	5–10 June	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Iran	Iran	China
2003	5–8 June	New Delhi, India	Iran	Iran	Japan
2004	16–18 April	Tehran, Iran	Iran	—	—
	8–9 May	Almaty, Kazakhstan	—	Kazakhstan	—
	20–22 May	Tokyo, Japan	—	—	Japan
2005	24–29 May	Wuhan, China	Iran	South Korea	Japan
2006	4–9 April	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Iran	Kazakhstan	Japan
2007	8–13 May	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Iran	Iran	China
2008	18–23 March	Jeju, South Korea	Japan	Iran	Japan
2009	2–7 May	Pattaya, Thailand	Iran	Iran	China
2010	12–16 May	New Delhi, India	Iran	South Korea	China
2011	19–22 May	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Iran	Japan
2012	16–19 February	Gumi, South Korea	Iran	Iran	China
2013	18–22 April	New Delhi, India	India	South Korea	China
2014	23–27 April	Astana, Kazakhstan	Iran	Kazakhstan	Japan
2015	6–10 May	Doha, Qatar	Iran	Iran	Japan
2016	17–21 February	Bangkok, Thailand	Iran	Iran	China
2017	10–14 May	New Delhi, India	Iran	Iran	Japan
2018	28 February – 4 March	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Uzbekistan	Kazakhstan	China
2019	23–28 April	Xi'an, China	Iran	Iran	Japan
2020	18–23 February	New Delhi, India	Iran	Iran	Japan
2021	13–18 April	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Iran	Iran	Mongolia
2022	19–24 April	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	Iran	Kazakhstan	Japan
2023	9–14 April	Astana, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Iran	Japan
2024	11–16 April	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Iran	Iran	Japan
2025	25–30 March	Amman, Jordan	Iran	Iran	Japan

Team Champions by Country

This table shows which countries have won the most team titles in each wrestling style. A team title means that country's wrestlers earned the most points overall in that style during a championship.

Country	FS	GR	FW	Total
Iran	31	17	0	48
Japan	1	1	19	21
South Korea	0	10	0	10
China	0	0	8	8
Kazakhstan	1	6	0	7
Uzbekistan	4	1	0	5
India	1	0	0	1
Mongolia	0	0	1	1

All-Time Medal Count

This table shows the total number of gold, silver, and bronze medals won by each country throughout all the Asian Wrestling Championships, up to the 2025 event.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Iran	246	100	135	481
2	Japan	161	124	172	457
3	Kazakhstan	93	96	161	350
4	South Korea	85	79	134	298
5	China	71	77	143	291
6	Uzbekistan	51	60	96	207
7	North Korea	41	41	45	127
8	Kyrgyzstan	38	51	98	187
9	Mongolia	28	92	125	245
10	India	26	85	144	255
11	Syria	4	2	2	8
12	Bahrain	3	1	9	13
13	Chinese Taipei	1	14	19	34
14	Tajikistan	1	10	14	25
15	Pakistan	1	9	8	18
16	Iraq	1	3	14	18
17	Turkmenistan	1	2	5	8
–	United States (Guest)	1	0	0	1
18	Vietnam	0	5	12	17
19	Thailand	0	2	0	2
20	Jordan	0	1	4	5
21	Qatar	0	1	1	2
22	Philippines	0	0	2	2
Totals (22 entries)		853	855	1,343	3,051

See also

In Spanish: Campeonato Asiático de Lucha para niños