Iran Wins Greco-Roman World Cup

The Iranian wrestlers beat Russia 6-2 in Tehran’s full-packed Haftom-e Tir Hall on Friday.

Azerbaijan defeated Armenia 6-2 in the bronze medal match.

Iran defeated Azerbaijan (8-0), South Korea (7-1), Finland (8-0) and Armenia (5-3) in the group stage.

Russia also defeated Hungary, Turkey, Kazakhstan and USA in the group stage.

"I congratulated all Iranians on winning the championship and I dedicate the title to them," head of Iran's Wrestling Federation Rasoul Khadem said.

Iran (IRI) v. Russia (RUS), 6-2
59 kg –Hamid Soryan (IRI) df. Mingiyan Semenov (RUS), 6-5
66 kg – Adam Kurak (RUS) df. Omid Noroozi (IRI), 8-6
71 kg – Saeed Abdevali (IRI) df. Chingiz Labazanov (RUS), 3-0
75 kg – Roman Vlasov (RUS) df. Farshad Alizadeh (IRI) by TF, 11-0
80 kg – Habibollah Akhlaghi (IRI) df. Evgeny Bogomolov (RUS) by TF, 8-0
85 kg – Taleb Nematpour (IRI) df. Davit Chakvetadze (RUS), 3-1
98 kg – Mehdi Aliyari (IRI) v. Nikita Melnikov (RUS), 3-1
130 kg – Bashir Babajanzadeh (IRI) df. Vasily Parshin (RUS) by TF 9-0

Iran (IRI) df. Armenia (ARM), 5-3
59kg - Hamid Soryan (IRI) df. Narek Khachatryan(ARM), 9-0
66kg - Gevorg Sahakyan (ARM) df. Afshin Byabangard (IRI), 4-2
71kg -  Rafayel Aleksanyan (ARM) df. Broomand Aslan (IRI), 6-5
75kg - Karapet Chalyan (ARM) df. Hadi Alizadeh Pournia (IRI), 4-1
80kg - Mehdi Mohammadi (IRI) df. Rafik Manukyan (ARM), 9-0
85kg - Davood Akhbari (IRI) df. Hrach Hovannisyan (ARM) by FALL
98kg - Davood Abedinzadeh (IRI) df. Movses ADAMYAN (ARM), 6-0
130kg -  Behnam Mehdizadeh (IRI) df. Vachik Yeghiazarya(ARM), 7-1

Iran (IRI) df. Finland (FIN), 8-0
59kg- Hamid Soryan (IRI) df. Jussi- Pekka NIEMISTO (FIN) by TF, 8-0
66kg- Omid Noroozi (IRI) df. Tero VALIMAKI (FIN) by TF, 8-0
71kg- Broomand Aslan (IRI) v. Henri PALOMAKI (FIN), 6-2
75kg- Farshad Alizadeh (IRI) v. No wrestler (FIN) via forfeit
80kg- Habibollah Akhlaghi (IRI) v. Aleksandr KAZAKEVIC (LTU), 6-0
85kg- Davood Akhbari (IRI) v. Antti HAKALA (FIN), 7-0
98kg- Mehdi Aliyari (IRI) v. Timo KALLIO (FIN), 3-1
130kg- Behnam Mehdizadeh (IRI) v. Mindaugas MIZGAITIS (LTU) 6-0

Iran (IRI) df. Korea (KOR), 7-1
59kg - Mohammad Nourbakhsh (IRI) df. Choi Gi-uk (KOR) by TF, 10-1
66kg - Afshin Byabangard (IRI) df. Ryu Han-Su (KOR), 5-1
71kg - Saeed Abdevali (IRI) df. Jung Ji-Hyun (KOR), 4-0
75kg - Kim Hyeon-Woo (KOR) df. Hadi Alizadeh Pournia (IRI), 9-1
80kg - Habibollah Akhlaghi (IRI) df. KIM June- Hyoung (KOR), 4-0
85kg - Taleb Nematpour (IRI) df. No wrestler (KOR) by forfeit
98kg - Davoud Abedinzadeh (IRI) df. Gu Hak-Bon (KOR) by TF, 9-0
130kg - Bashir Babajanzadeh (IRI) df. Kim Yong-Min (KOR), 8-2

Iran (IRI) df. Azerbaijan (AZE), 8-0
59kg - Hamid Soryan (IRI) df. Taleh Mammadov (AZE) by criteria, 1-1
66kg - Omid Noroozi (IRI) df. Azad Aliyev (AZE), 7-6
71kg - Saeed Abdevali (IRI) df. Rustam Aliyev (AZE) by TF, 9-0
75kg - Farshad Alizadeh (IRI) df. Elvin Mursaliyev (AZE), 7-1
80kg - Habibollah Akhlaghi (IRI) df. Emin Ahmadov(AZE), 5-0
85kg - Taleb Nematpour (IRI) df. Shahriyar Mammadov (AZE), 3-1
98kg - Mehdi Aliyari (IRI) df. Araz Hasanov(AZE), 2-0
130kg - Bashir Babajanzadeh (IRI) df. Valera Rodriguez(AZE), 2-0