2024 U23 World Championship

2024 U23 World Championships Team Standings - Men's Freestyle

2024 U23 World Championships Team Standings - Men's Freestyle

The team standings in the men's freestyle division at the 2024 U23 World Wrestling Championships.

Oct 25, 2024 by Jon Kozak
2024 U23 World Championships Team Standings - Men's Freestyle

The 2024 U23 World Championships took place Tirana, Albania with men's freestyle wrestlers competing October 25-27. Check out the below article for the final team standings and a breakdown of the team race.


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Iran Wins Official Team Title, Russia Takes The Unofficial Title

Russia and Iran both had an incredible U23 World Championships in the men's freestyle division. Russia finished with 8 total medals and 175 team points, however their wrestlers were competing as neutral athletes because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and were ineligible to win the team title. That means Iran took him the title with 7 total medals and 158 total team points.

Final Team Standings

PlaceCountry576165707479869297125Total
1Russia15252520101525151015175
2Iran15151510825
252025158
3Japan
22015251515
46102
4Azerbaijan
2062515220
210100
5India2515815

4
15
82
6United States10


15822081073
7Kyrgyzstan20415
20




59
8Ukraine
10
8
4

101547
9Kazakhstan10

6



25243
10Moldova


2

15156
38
11Armenia810

610



34
12Belarus4
4




15831
13China2



20
4

26
14Türkiye

10
4

10

24
15Bulgaria








2020
16Georgia



2
106

18
17Mongolia6

4




414
18Uzbekistan

10






10
18Bahrain



10




10
18Hungary






10

10
18Germany





10


10
18Canada




10



10
23Columbia
8







8
23Venezuela





8


8
23Greece






8

8
26Albania
6







6
26Israel





6


6
26Egypt




6



6
29France

2



2

4

Team points are calculated according to UWW’s top 10 placement points for world championship team scoring: 25, 20, 15, 15, 10, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2. 

*Russia and Belarus are not in the official team rankings because they are competing as “Individual Neutral Athletes.” However, we chose to include them in the above standings to show how those countries are performing at U17 Worlds.

Team USA Finishes in 6th Place At U23 Worlds

Only Mitchell Mesenbrinnk (bronze at 74 kg) and Jacob Cardenas (silver at 92 kg) won medals at U23 Worlds leading the way for Team USA to earn 73 points and a 6th place team finish. Check out Team USA's complete results below:

57 kg: Max Gallagher - 5th Place

61 kg: Nic Bouzakis - DNP

65 kg: Josh Saunders - DNP

70 kg: John Wiley - DNP

74 kg: Mitchell Mesenbrink - BRONZE

79 kg: Patrick Kennedy - 7th Place

86 kg: John Gunderson - 10th Place

92 kg: Jacob Cardenas - SILVER

97 kg: Massouma Endene - 7th Place

125 kg: Lucas Stoddard - 5th Place