2022 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament

Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan 2022
Host city	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates	24–27 February
Stadium	Başakşehir Youth and Sports Facility
Champions
Greco-Roman	Turkey

The 39th Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2022 was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 24 February to 27 February 2022.^[1] It was held as the first of the ranking series together with the 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament.^[2] The event aired freely on the United World Wrestling.^[3][4][5]

This international tournament includes competition men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the Olympic Champion, Hamit Kaplan and Turkish Wrestler and manager Vehbi Emre.^[6]

Ranking Series

Ranking Series Calendar 2022:

• 1st Ranking Series: 24-27 February, Turkey, Istanbul ⇒ 2022 Yasar Dogu Tournament
  2022 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament
• 2nd Ranking Series: 2-5 June, Kazakhstan, Almaty ⇒ 2022 Bolat Turlykhanov Cup
• 3rd Ranking Series: 22-25 June, Italy, Rome ⇒ Matteo Pellicone Ranking Series 2022
• 4th Ranking Series: 14-17 July, Tunisia, Tunis ⇒ 2022 Tunis Ranking Series

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+3)

Date	Time	Event
24 February Thursday	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 55-60-63-67-87-97-130 kg
	18.00-20.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: GR – 55-60-63-67-87-97-130 kg
25 February Friday	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 72-77-82kg & WW – 57-62-68-76 kg
	18.00-20.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals GR – 72-77-82 kg & WW – 57-62-68-76 kg
26 February Saturday	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage WW – 50-53-55-59-65-72 kg & FS – 97-125 kg
	18.00-20.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals WW – 50-53-55-59-65-72 kg & FS – 97-125 kg
27 February Sunday	10.30-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92 kg
	18.00-20.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 57-61-65-70-74-79-86-92 kg

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	5	1	9	15
2	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	4
3	Azerbaijan	1	2	3	6
4	Kazakhstan	1	1	3	5
5	Moldova	0	2	0	2
6	Norway	0	1	1	2
7	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
	Serbia	0	1	0	1
10	India	0	0	1	1
	Poland	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		10	10	19	39

Team ranking

Rank	Men's Greco-Roman
	Team	Points
1	Turkey	205
2	Kazakhstan	131
3	Azerbaijan	127
4	Uzbekistan	98
5	Moldova	40

Medal overview

Men's Greco-Roman

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Adem Uzun  Turkey	Amangali Bekbolatov  Kazakhstan	Doğuş Ayazcı  Turkey
60 kg details	Yernar Fidakhmetov  Kazakhstan	Ekrem Öztürk  Turkey	Yernur Fidakhmetov  Kazakhstan
			Gyanender Dahiya  India
63 kg details	Islomjon Bakhramov  Uzbekistan	Victor Ciobanu  Moldova	Ahmet Uyar  Turkey
			Taleh Mammadov  Azerbaijan
67 kg details	Makhmud Bakhshilloev  Uzbekistan	Morten Thoresen  Norway	Meirzhan Shermakhanbet  Kazakhstan
			Volkan Çakıl  Turkey
72 kg details	Selçuk Can  Turkey	Kristupas Šleiva  Lithuania	Murat Dağ  Turkey
			Mateusz Bernatek  Poland
77 kg details	Yunus Emre Başar  Turkey	Sanan Suleymanov  Azerbaijan	Tamerlan Shadukayev  Kazakhstan
			Furkan Bayrak  Turkey
82 kg details	Burhan Akbudak  Turkey	Mihail Bradu  Moldova	Rafig Huseynov  Azerbaijan
			Tunjay Vazirzade  Azerbaijan
87 kg details	Islam Abbasov  Azerbaijan	Zurabi Datunashvili  Serbia	Metehan Başar  Turkey
			Ali Cengiz  Turkey
97 kg details	Rustam Assakalov  Uzbekistan	Arvi Savolainen  Finland	Felix Baldauf  Norway
			Beytullah Kayışdağ  Turkey
130 kg details	Osman Yıldırım  Turkey	Beka Kandelaki  Azerbaijan	Muminjon Abdullaev  Uzbekistan
			Rıza Kayaalp  Turkey

Results

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

Elimination groups

Group A

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	AZE	TUR
1	Marlan Mukashev (KAZ)	3	2	1	9	15		—	10–6	3–6	2–0 Fall
2	Doğuş Ayazcı (TUR)	3	2	1	8	14		1–3 PO1	—	2–0	6–0
3	İbrahim Nurullayev (AZE)	3	2	1	6	12		3–1 PO1	0–3 PO	—	6–5
4	Ahmet Taşkınoğlu (TUR)	3	0	3	1	5		0–5 FA	0–3 PO	1–3 PO1	—

Source: UWW

Group B

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP		KAZ	TUR	KAZ
1	Amangali Bekbolatov (KAZ)	2	2	0	8	17		—	8–0	9–0
2	Adem Uzun (TUR)	2	1	1	4	8		0–4 SU	—	8–0
3	Nurzat Kabdyrakhimov (KAZ)	2	0	2	0	0		0–4 SU	0–4 SU	—

Source: UWW

Knockout round

	Semifinals				Finals
	Marlan Mukashev (KAZ)	2
	Adem Uzun (TUR)	10			Adem Uzun (TUR)	6
	Amangali Bekbolatov (KAZ)	6			Amangali Bekbolatov (KAZ)	5
	Doğuş Ayazcı (TUR)	2
					Bronze medal match
					Marlan Mukashev (KAZ)	1
					Doğuş Ayazcı (TUR)	5

Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• R — Retired
• WO — Won by walkover

1/8 finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Yernar Fidakhmetov (KAZ)

9

Dastan Zarlykhanov (KAZ)

4

Ahmet Uçar (TUR)

0

Ayhan Karakuş (TUR)

1

Yernar Fidakhmetov (KAZ)

4^F

Yernur Fidakhmetov (KAZ)

0

Yernur Fidakhmetov (KAZ)

7

Dastan Zarlykhanov (KAZ)

5

Yernar Fidakhmetov (KAZ)

7

Ekrem Öztürk (TUR)

1

Marat Garipov (BRA)

3

Gyanender Dahiya (IND)

7

Gyanender Dahiya (IND)

Firuz Tukhtaev (UZB)

1

Ekrem Öztürk (TUR)

WO

Eldaniz Azizli (AZE)

5

Eldaniz Azizli (AZE)

0^R

Ekrem Öztürk (TUR)

5

	Bronze medal match
	Ahmet Uçar (TUR)	8
	Yernur Fidakhmetov (KAZ)	9
	Eldaniz Azizli (AZE)	0^R
	Gyanender Dahiya (IND)	2

Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover
• C — Won by 3 cautions given to the opponent

1/8 finals

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Ahmet Uyar (TUR)

5

Aidos Sultangali (KAZ)

5^F

Aidos Sultangali (KAZ)

1

Sagar (IND)

0

Ahmet Uyar (TUR)

0

Abdurrahman Altan (TUR)

1

Victor Ciobanu (MDA)

10

Victor Ciobanu (MDA)

3

Victor Ciobanu (MDA)

WO

Justas Petravičius (LTU)

Victor Ciobanu (MDA)

0

Islomjon Bakhramov (UZB)

9

Rahman Bilici (TUR)

6

Taleh Mammadov (AZE)

2

Islomjon Bakhramov (UZB)

9

Islomjon Bakhramov (UZB)

8^F

Islomjon Bakhramov (UZB)

9

Bagylan Zhakansha (KAZ)

5

Dastan Kadyrov (KGZ)

1

Galym Kabdunassarov (KAZ)

10

Galym Kabdunassarov (KAZ)

4

Dastan Kadyrov (KGZ)

5

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Abdurrahman Altan (TUR)	WO			Abdurrahman Altan (TUR)	1
	Justas Petravičius (LTU)				Ahmet Uyar (TUR)	8^C
	Taleh Mammadov (AZE)	3			Taleh Mammadov (AZE)	8
	Rahman Bilici (TUR)	1			Dastan Kadyrov (KGZ)	0

Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Daniyar Kalenov (KAZ)	1
	Meirzhan Shermakhanbet (KAZ)	3			Meirzhan Shermakhanbet (KAZ)	5
	Namaz Rustamov (AZE)	2							Meirzhan Shermakhanbet (KAZ)	3
	Morten Thoresen (NOR)	10							Morten Thoresen (NOR)	5
	Kaly Sulaimanov (KGZ)	4			Morten Thoresen (NOR)	2
					Ashu Bazard (IND)	1
													Morten Thoresen (NOR)	2
													Makhmud Bakhshilloev (UZB)	5
					Volkan Çakıl (TUR)	1
	Furkan Sonkur (TUR)	1			Makhmud Bakhshilloev (UZB)	5
	Makhmud Bakhshilloev (UZB)	8							Makhmud Bakhshilloev (UZB)	4
	Furkan Yıldız (TUR)	8							Furkan Yıldız (TUR)	3
	Sultan Assetuly (KAZ)	3			Furkan Yıldız (TUR)	12
					Donior Islamov (MDA)	1

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Kaly Sulaimanov (KGZ)	9			Kaly Sulaimanov (KGZ)	0
	Ashu Bazard (IND)	0			Meirzhan Shermakhanbet (KAZ)	10
	Furkan Sonkur (TUR)	2			Volkan Çakıl (TUR)	WO
	Volkan Çakıl (TUR)	6			Furkan Yıldız (TUR)

Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Ulvu Ganizade (AZE)	5
	Ensar Karabacak (TUR)	7			Ensar Karabacak (TUR)	6
	Bek Konurbaev (KGZ)	1							Ensar Karabacak (TUR)	0
	Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)	4							Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)	11
	Murat Dağ (TUR)	2			Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)	10
	Vikas Dalal (IND)	4			Abylaikhan Amzeyev (KAZ)	0
	Abylaikhan Amzeyev (KAZ)	5											Kristupas Šleiva (LTU)
	Suimon Ikramov (KGZ)	2											Selçuk Can (TUR)	WO
	Azat Sadykov (KAZ)	3			Azat Sadykov (KAZ)	1
	Mateusz Bernatek (POL)	1			Selçuk Can (TUR)	3
	Selçuk Can (TUR)	3							Selçuk Can (TUR)	8
	Alikhan Kokenov (KAZ)	4							Mikko Peltokangas (FIN)	0
	Mirzobek Rahmatov (UZB)	3			Alikhan Kokenov (KAZ)	1
					Mikko Peltokangas (FIN)	3

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Murat Dağ (TUR)	7			Murat Dağ (TUR)	8
	Abylaikhan Amzeyev (KAZ)	0			Ensar Karabacak (TUR)	5
	Mateusz Bernatek (POL)	3			Mateusz Bernatek (POL)	5
	Azat Sadykov (KAZ)	1			Mikko Peltokangas (FIN)	2

Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Yunus Emre Başar (TUR)	5
	Matias Lipasti (FIN)	1			Tamerlan Shadukayev (KAZ)	1
	Tamerlan Shadukayev (KAZ)	10							Yunus Emre Başar (TUR)	1
	Viktor Nemeš (SRB)	1							Viktor Nemeš (SRB)	1
	Aram Vardanyan (UZB)	1			Viktor Nemeš (SRB)	1
	Maxat Yerezhepov (KAZ)	1			Ahmet Yılmaz (TUR)	1
	Ahmet Yılmaz (TUR)	7											Yunus Emre Başar (TUR)	2
													Sanan Suleymanov (AZE)	1
					Gevorg Sahakyan (POL)	4
	Joílson Júnior (BRA)	0			Furkan Bayrak (TUR)	9
	Furkan Bayrak (TUR)	9							Furkan Bayrak (TUR)	2
	Sajan Bhanwal (IND)	0							Sanan Suleymanov (AZE)	3
	Sanan Suleymanov (AZE)	8			Sanan Suleymanov (AZE)	2
					Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ)	0

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
					Tamerlan Shadukayev (KAZ)	1
					Viktor Nemeš (SRB)	1
	Sajan Bhanwal (IND)	0			Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ)	5
	Demeu Zhadrayev (KAZ)	8			Furkan Bayrak (TUR)	6

Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Emrah Kuş (TUR)	1
	Harpreet Singh Sandhu (IND)	0			Rafig Huseynov (AZE)	4
	Rafig Huseynov (AZE)	8							Rafig Huseynov (AZE)	0
									Burhan Akbudak (TUR)	9
					Burhan Akbudak (TUR)	9
					Ilimdor Satayev (KAZ)	0
													Burhan Akbudak (TUR)	2
													Mihail Bradu (MDA)	1
					Tunjay Vazirzade (AZE)	3
					Hasan Berk Kılınç (TUR)	0
									Tunjay Vazirzade (AZE)	3
	Dias Kalen (KAZ)	3							Mihail Bradu (MDA)	6^F
	Rakhmet Sapiyev (KAZ)	7			Rakhmet Sapiyev (KAZ)	4
					Mihail Bradu (MDA)	12

	Bronze medal match
	Ilimdor Satayev (KAZ)	0
	Rafig Huseynov (AZE)	11
	Rakhmet Sapiyev (KAZ)	1
	Tunjay Vazirzade (AZE)	7

Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Mehmet Ali Küçükosman (TUR)	1
	Zhantas Nurgali (KAZ)	1			Zurabi Datunashvili (SRB)	5
	Zurabi Datunashvili (SRB)	9							Zurabi Datunashvili (SRB)	5
	Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL)	9							Metehan Başar (TUR)	1
	Jalgasbay Berdimuratov (UZB)	1			Arkadiusz Kułynycz (POL)	3
					Metehan Başar (TUR)	3
													Zurabi Datunashvili (SRB)	3
													Islam Abbasov (AZE)	6
					Nursultan Tursynov (KAZ)	3
	Sunil Kumar (IND)	1			Ali Cengiz (TUR)	3
	Ali Cengiz (TUR)	11							Ali Cengiz (TUR)	1
	Islam Abbasov (AZE)	9							Islam Abbasov (AZE)	4
	Nurbek Khashimbekov (UZB)	0			Islam Abbasov (AZE)	9
					Umalt Daudov (KAZ)	0

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Zhantas Nurgali (KAZ)	3			Mehmet Ali Küçükosman (TUR)	1
	Mehmet Ali Küçükosman (TUR)	6			Metehan Başar (TUR)	1
	Nurbek Khashimbekov (UZB)	3			Umalt Daudov (KAZ)	2
	Umalt Daudov (KAZ)	2^F			Ali Cengiz (TUR)	10

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall
• WO — Won by walkover

	Final
	Rustam Assakalov (UZB)	5
	Arvi Savolainen (FIN)	1

Top half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Vilius Laurinaitis (LTU)	1
					Martynas Nemsevičius (LTU)	1
									Vilius Laurinaitis (LTU)	3
	Rustam Assakalov (UZB)	WO							Rustam Assakalov (UZB)	5
	Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (ITA)				Rustam Assakalov (UZB)	8
					Abdülkadir Çebi (TUR)	0
													Rustam Assakalov (UZB)	7
													Felix Baldauf (NOR)	1
					Abrorbek Nurmukhammedov (UZB)	0
					Felix Baldauf (NOR)	8
									Felix Baldauf (NOR)	5
									Murat Lokyaev (AZE)	0
					Daniel Gastl (AUT)	2
					Murat Lokyaev (AZE)	10

Bottom half

	Round of 32				Round of 16				Quarterfinals				Semifinals
					Igor Queiroz (BRA)	1
					Hardeep Singh (IND)	4
									Hardeep Singh (IND)	0
	Islam Umayev (KAZ)	0							Arvi Savolainen (FIN)	8
	Arvi Savolainen (FIN)	7			Arvi Savolainen (FIN)	3
					Sanzhar Serikkhan (KAZ)	1
													Arvi Savolainen (FIN)	2
													Beytullah Kayışdağ (TUR)	1
					Tadeusz Michalik (POL)	1
	İbrahim Tığcı (TUR)	3			Mikheil Kajaia (SRB)	1
	Mikheil Kajaia (SRB)	7							Mikheil Kajaia (SRB)	1
									Beytullah Kayışdağ (TUR)	6
					Beytullah Kayışdağ (TUR)	6
					Arif Niftillayev (AZE)	3

	Repechage round 1				Repechage round 2				Bronze medal match
	Nikoloz Kakhelashvili (ITA)				Abdülkadir Çebi (TUR)	6			Abdülkadir Çebi (TUR)	2
	Abdülkadir Çebi (TUR)	WO			Vilius Laurinaitis (LTU)	0			Felix Baldauf (NOR)	4
	Islam Umayev (KAZ)	7			Islam Umayev (KAZ)	8^F			Islam Umayev (KAZ)	0
	Sanzhar Serikkhan (KAZ)	2			Hardeep Singh (IND)	1			Beytullah Kayışdağ (TUR)	9

Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Legend

• F — Won by fall

	1/8 finals				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					Muminjon Abdullaev (UZB)	1
	Osman Yıldırım (TUR)	9			Osman Yıldırım (TUR)	2
	Konsta Mäenpää (FIN)	0							Osman Yıldırım (TUR)	9
	Alimkhan Syzdykov (KAZ)	5							Alimkhan Syzdykov (KAZ)	0
	Danila Sotnikov (ITA)	1			Alimkhan Syzdykov (KAZ)	10
	Naveen Sevlia (IND)	1			Ali Nail Arslan (TUR)	0
	Ali Nail Arslan (TUR)	7											Osman Yıldırım (TUR)	3
	Nikolaos Ntounias (GRE)	0											Beka Kandelaki (AZE)	1
	Beka Kandelaki (AZE)	8			Beka Kandelaki (AZE)	5
	Rafał Krajewski (POL)	3			Rafał Krajewski (POL)	4
	Romas Fridrikas (LTU)	0							Beka Kandelaki (AZE)	2^F
	Anton Savenko (KAZ)	3							Rıza Kayaalp (TUR)	5
	Mantas Knystautas (LTU)	3			Anton Savenko (KAZ)	1
					Rıza Kayaalp (TUR)	4

	Repechage round 1				Bronze medal match
	Konsta Mäenpää (FIN)	1			Muminjon Abdullaev (UZB)	4
	Muminjon Abdullaev (UZB)	5			Alimkhan Syzdykov (KAZ)	1
	Nikolaos Ntounias (GRE)	2			Rafał Krajewski (POL)	0
	Rafał Krajewski (POL)	4^F			Rıza Kayaalp (TUR)	8

Participating nations

123 competitors from 16 nations participated.

•  Austria (1)
•  Azerbaijan (12)
•  Brazil (3)
•  Finland (4)
•  Greece (1)
•  India (9)
•  Italy (2)
•  Kazakhstan (28)
•  Kyrgyzstan (4)
•  Lithuania (6)
•  Moldova (3)
•  Norway (2)
•  Poland (5)
•  Serbia (3)
•  Turkey (30)
•  Uzbekistan (10)

References

1. "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan".
2. "#WrestleIstanbul Yasar Dogu Entry List".
3. "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan | United World Wrestling".
4. "Official Results" (PDF).
5. "WATCH: 10 Greco-Roman Finals from #WrestleIstanbul".
6. "38. Uluslararasi Vehbi̇ Emre & Hami̇t Kaplan Güreş Turnuvasi Başladi | TGF".