United World Wrestling (UWW) has announced Rome and Warsaw as hosts of the 2020 Ranking Series events. For the wrestling world these ranking series events will determine the seedings at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Seeing the importance of these events, most of the top Indian wrestlers will be seen in action especially in the first ranking series tournament at Rome starting from 15th January.
WrestlingTV is learning from its sources that the full fledged Indian squad will participate in the Rome ranking series event. This will include all the top wrestlers who have already booked quota places for the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and also the hopefuls who are aspiring to book their tickets for Tokyo through remaining qualification tournaments. WrestlingTV will live stream the entire action from Rome and Warsaw ranking series events.
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Rome will host the year’s first ranking series event on January 15-18, while Warsaw will welcome wrestlers June 4-7 – one month after the final Olympic qualification tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
According to the UWW release on Thursday, The 2020 Ranking Series will influence the top four seeds at the Tokyo Olympic Games, which will mark the first-time wrestling has used the Ranking Series to seed at the Olympics. With weight classes limited to 16 entries per weight, 25-percent of each category will be seeded, ensuring fans will enjoy several premier matchups in the semifinals and finals.
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Ranking Series points are collected from finishes from the World Championships, Continental Championships, and Ranking Series events. Current rankings are posted on the WrestlingTV homepage and are updated after each relevant tournament.
The remaining Olympic qualification tournaments will also utilize seeding for the top two positions, drawing from the 2019 World Championships, first Ranking Series event, and the Continental championships. Both events will include all three wrestling styles: freestyle, women’s wrestling, and Greco-Roman and will influence seeding for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
“We are pleased to announce our host cities for the 2020 Ranking Series,” said United World Wrestling president Nenad Lalovic. “There was outstanding participation at the 2019 events, which helped create excitement around our wrestlers and the World Championships in Nur-Sultan. We thank the local organizing committees in Rome and Warsaw for hosting these events.”
Currently all NOC’s who earned Olympic qualification at the 2019 World Championships have confirmed their nation’s participation at the 2020 Olympic Games.
Wrestling at Tokyo 2020 will run from August 2-8 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba.
