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Beach Wrestling at the RIO 2024 FISU Championship Beach Sports will take place on 07 and 08 September, 2024 at Botafogo Beach.

The Beach Wrestling tournament shall be organised in accordance with the most recent technical regulations of the “United World Wrestling” (UWW). In any dispute the English text shall be regarded as authoritative.

The programme and duration of competitions are fixed by FISU in agreement with the Organising Committee and the World University Championship TCC. The competitions shall last 3 days and include:

  • Men’s Categories: a maximum of 32 athletes and minimum of 6 athletes from 4 different countries and 2 different continents per category
  • Women’s Categories: a maximum of 32 athletes and minimum of 6 athletes from 4 different countries and 2 different continents per category

    Each country is authorised to enter a maximum of 20 persons: a maximum of 8 athletes per gender (maximum of 2 athletes per weight category) and 4 officials.

You can download the Technical Handbook of the competition by clicking here: