Asian Wrestling Championships

Asian Wrestling Championships is the Wrestling Asian Championship organized by the Asian Associated Wrestling Committee (AAWC).

The men's tournament began in 1979 and The women's tournament was first staged in 1996, and it has been held every year.

Competitions

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

Team titles

Country	FS	GR	FW	Total
Iran	25	11	0	36
Japan	1	1	13	15
South Korea	0	10	0	10
China	0	0	8	8
Uzbekistan	4	1	0	5
Kazakhstan	0	4	0	4
India	1	0	0	1
Kyrgyzstan	0	1	0	1

All-time medal table

All-time medal count, as of the 2018 Asian Wrestling Championships.

1	Iran	188	79	102	369
2	Japan	113	100	122	335
3	South Korea	80	69	112	261
4	Kazakhstan	62	66	106	234
5	China	60	63	112	235
6	Uzbekistan	40	42	63	145
7	North Korea	34	33	33	100
8	Mongolia	25	65	90	180
9	Kyrgyzstan	18	31	56	105
10	India	12	55	87	154
11	Syria	4	2	2	8
12	Chinese Taipei	1	13	16	30
13	Pakistan	1	9	8	18
14	Tajikistan	1	5	11	17
15	Iraq	1	2	9	12
16	Turkmenistan	1	2	5	8
17	Bahrain	1	0	1	2
18	United States (Guest)	1	0	0	1
19	Vietnam	0	5	12	17
20	Thailand	0	2	0	2
21	Jordan	0	1	4	5
22	Qatar	0	1	0	1
23	Philippines	0	0	2	2
Total		643	645	953	2241

External links

• UWW Database