United World Wrestling releases schedule for Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Sept. 16-24

Stark Arena, 2022 Senior World Championships venue in Belgrade, Serbia. Photo by Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers Are Warriors

United World Wrestling has posted in the event schedule on its website, and also notified the national federations, about the complete schedule for the 2023 Senior World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, September 16-24.

The Senior World Championships will be held at Stark Arena, the same venue which hosted the 2022 Senior World Championships.

Men’s freestyle runs from September 16-19, women’s freestyle from September 18-21 and Greco-Roman from September 21-24.

This is the first of the qualifying events for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. The top five wrestlers in each of the 18 Olympic weight classes qualify their nation to compete at that weight class in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

What is new this year is that only five athletes per Olympic weight class qualify their nation for Paris. In the 2020 Olympic cycle, both fifth-place wrestlers from the 2019 Senior Worlds at the Olympic weights earned Olympic berths for the 2020 Tokyo Games, meaning six nations qualified. However, in Belgrade, there will be a “Paris 2024 Qualifying Round” where the two fifth-place finishers at the Olympic weights wrestle off to earn the fifth qualifying berth for Paris.

Belgrade is six hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time zone. The schedule for session times (as well as for the draw) is below.

Friday, September 15
3:00 p.m.
Men’s Freestyle draw (all men’s freestyle weights)

Saturday September 16
10:30 a.m.
Men’s Freestyle 61 kg, 70 kg, 86 kg, 125 kg – Qualification rounds

5:00 p.m.
Men’s Freestyle 61 kg, 70 kg, 86 kg, 125 kg – Semifinals

6:30 p.m.
Opening Ceremonies

Sunday, September 17
10:30 a.m.
Men’s Freestyle 61 kg, 70 kg, 86 kg, 125 kg – Repechage
Men’s Freestyle 57 kg, 74 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg - Qualification rounds

3:00 p.m.
Women’s Freestyle draw (all women’s freestyle weights)

5:00 p.m.
Men’s Freestyle 57 kg, 74 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg – Semifinals

6:00 p.m.
Men’s Freestyle 61 kg, 70 kg, 86 kg, 125 kg – Finals

9:00 p.m.
Paris Olympic Qualifying Round – Men’s Freestyle 86 kg, 125 kg

Monday, September 18
10:30 a.m.
Men’s Freestyle 57 kg, 74 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg – Repechage
Men’s Freestyle 65 kg, 97 kg, Women’s Freestyle 55 kg, 59 kg – Qualification Rounds

5:00 p.m.
Men’s Freestyle 65 kg, 97 kg, Women’s Freestyle 55 kg, 59 kg – Semifinals

6:00 p.m.
Men’s Freestyle 57 kg, 74 kg, 79 kg, 92 kg – Finals

9:00 p.m.
Paris Olympic Qualifying Round – Men’s Freestyle 57 kg, 74 kg

Tuesday, September 19
10:30 a.m.
Men’s Freestyle 65 kg, 97 kg, Women’s Freestyle 55 kg, 59 kg – Repechage
Women’s Freestyle 50 kg, 57 kg, 65 kg, 76 kg – Qualification Rounds

5:00 p.m.
Women’s Freestyle 50 kg, 57 kg, 65 kg, 76 kg – Semifinals

6:00 p.m.
Women’s Freestyle 55 kg, 59 kg, Men’s Freestyle 65 kg, 97 kg – Finals

9:00 p.m.
Paris Olympic Qualifying Round – Men’s Freestyle – 65 kg, 97 kg

Wednesday, September 20
10:30 a.m.
Women’s Freestyle 50 kg, 57 kg, 65 kg, 76 kg – Repechages
Women’s Freestyle 53 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg, 72 kg – Qualification Rounds

2:30 p.m.
Greco-Roman draw (all Greco-Roman weights)

5:00 p.m.
Women’s Freestyle 53 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg, 72 kg – Semifinals

6:00 p.m.
Women’s Freestyle 50 kg, 57 kg, 65 kg, 76 kg – Finals

9:00 p.m.
Paris Olympic Qualifying Round – Women’s Freestyle 50 kg, 57 kg, 76 kg

Thursday, September 21
10:30 a.m.
Women’s Freestyle 53 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg, 72 kg – Repechage
Greco-Roman 55 kg, 77 kg, 82 kg, 130 kg – Qualification Rounds

5:00 p.m.
Greco-Roman 55 kg, 77 kg, 82 kg, 130 kg – Semifinals

6:00 p.m.
Women’s Freestyle 53 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg, 72 kg – Finals

9:00 p.m.
Paris Olympic Qualifying Round – Women’s Freestyle 53 kg, 62 kg, 68 kg

Friday, September 22
10:30 a.m.
Greco-Roman 55 kg, 77 kg, 82 kg, 130 kg - Repechage
Greco-Roman 60 kg, 72 kg, 97 kg – Qualification Rounds

5:30 p.m.
Greco-Roman 60 kg, 72 kg, 97 kg – Semifinals

6:00 p.m.
Greco-Roman 55 kg, 77 kg, 82 kg, 130 kg – Finals

9:00 p.m.
Paris Olympic Qualifying Round – Greco-Roman 77 kg, 130 kg

Saturday, September 23
10:30 a.m.
Greco-Roman 60 kg, 72 kg, 97 kg – Repechage
Greco-Roman 63 kg, 67 kg, 87 kg – Qualification Rounds

5:30 p.m.
Greco-Roman 63 kg, 67 kg, 87 kg – Semifinals

6:00 p.m.
Greco-Roman 60 kg, 72 kg, 97 kg – Finals

8:30 p.m.
Paris Olympic Qualifying Round – Greco-Roman 60 kg, 97 kg

Sunday, September 24
4:30 p.m.
Greco-Roman 63 kg, 67 kg, 87 kg – Repechage

6:00 p.m.
Greco-Roman 63 kg, 67 kg, 87 kg – Finals

8:30 p.m.
Paris Olympic Qualifying Round – Greco-Roman 67 kg, 87 kg