On February 4, the ranking tournament in freestyle, women’s, and Greco-Roman wrestling, “Zagreb Open-2026.” begins on the mats at «Arena Zagreb» in Zagreb (Croatia).
The first ranking tournament of the current season.
On the opening day of the competition, the freestyle wrestlers will determine the best in 6 weight categories: up to 57, 61, 65, 70, 74, and 86 kg.
On the Zagreb mats, we will see the newly crowned world champions in the (up to 70 and 86 kg) categories: Japanese wrestler Yoshinosuke Aoyagi and American Zahid Valencia , respectively.
Yoshinosuke has moved up one weight class and will compete in the traditional middleweight category (up to 74 kg). Overall, the competition in this category promises to be the most intense.
Headlining the lightest division (up to 57 kg) is American Spencer Lee, silver medalist at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Also standing out are 2020 European champion and reigning continental silver medalist Azamat Tuskaev, a naturalized Serbian, and 2024 European bronze medalist Roberti Dingashvili of Georgia.
In the (up to 70 kg) category, we will see 2023 world champion Ismail Musukaev, who has become a naturalized Hungarian. Ismail will face competition from ambitious Iranian wrestler Sina Khalili.
Cheer on your favorites, and may the best athletes win!
Competition schedule | ONLINE results | Draw
The preliminary round begins at 11:30 (Eastern European Time UTC+2).
Add 3 hours for Astana and Tashkent.
The finals session begins at 19:00
We invite you to watch “Zagreb Open-2026” freestyle wrestling live. You need to register to watch!!!
