2026 Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament

Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 2026
Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov 2026
Host city	Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Dates	26–28 March
Stadium	Kolodruma
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Host city

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Dates26–28 March

StadiumKolodruma

The 63rd Dan Kolov & Nikola Petrov Tournament, is a wrestling event held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria between 26 and 28 March 2026.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

This international tournament included competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling and men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This tournament was held in honor of Dan Kolov who was the first European freestyle wrestling champion from Bulgaria and European and World Champion Nikola Petroff.^[6]

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Date	Time	Event
25 March	15.30-16.30	Referees' conference
25 March	16.30-17.00	Technical conference and draw: GR, FS, WW
26 March	08.00-08.30	Medical examination and weigh-in
	10.00-10.15	Referees' conference
	10.30-14.00	Qualification rounds: FS 61-70-79-92 kg; GR 55-63-72-82 kg; WW 55-59-65-72 kg
	17.00	Repechage, finals and award ceremony
27 March	08.00-08.30	Weigh-in: FS 57-65-74-86 kg; GR 77-87-97-130 kg; WW 57-62-68-76 kg
	10.00-10.15	Referees' conference
	10.30-14.00	Qualification rounds and semi-finals
	17.00	Repechage and finals
28 March	08.00-08.30	Weigh-in: FS 97-125 kg; GR 60-67 kg; WW 50-53 kg
	10.00-10.15	Referees' conference
	10.30	Qualification rounds, semi-finals, repechage and finals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Ukraine	7	11	12	30
2	Bulgaria*	7	3	10	20
3	Turkey	6	6	11	23
4	Poland	3	2	2	7
–	United World Wrestling	2	1	1	4
5	Georgia	1	0	1	2
5	North Macedonia	1	0	1	2
7	United States	1	0	0	1
8	France	0	2	1	3
9	Belgium	0	1	1	2
	Latvia	0	1	1	2
	Spain	0	1	1	2
12	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		28	28	45	101

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
57 kg details	Nikoloz Botchorishvili Georgia	Roman Hutsuliak Ukraine	Yusuf Demir Turkey
61 kg details	Vladimir Egorov North Macedonia	Mykyta Abramov Ukraine	Stilian Iliev Bulgaria
61 kg details	Vladimir Egorov North Macedonia	Mykyta Abramov Ukraine	Kamil Kerymov Ukraine
65 kg details	Shamil Mamedov Bulgaria	Khamzat Arsamerzouev France	Emrah Ormanoğlu Turkey
65 kg details	Shamil Mamedov Bulgaria	Khamzat Arsamerzouev France	Ahmet Duman Turkey
70 kg details	Vasyl Shuptar Ukraine	Ayub Musaev Belgium	Levan Kelekhsashvili Georgia
70 kg details	Vasyl Shuptar Ukraine	Ayub Musaev Belgium	Muhammad Abdurachmanov Belgium
74 kg details	Mihail Georgiev Bulgaria	Ömer Faruk Çayır Turkey	Ihor Nykyforuk Ukraine
74 kg details	Mihail Georgiev Bulgaria	Ömer Faruk Çayır Turkey	Bohdan Oliinyk Ukraine
79 kg details	Vasyl Mykhailov Ukraine	Okan Tahtacı Turkey	Mohammad Mottaghinia Spain
79 kg details	Vasyl Mykhailov Ukraine	Okan Tahtacı Turkey	Engin Ismail Bulgaria
86 kg details	Zahid Valencia United States	Oleksandr Mamrosh Ukraine	Ivars Samušonoks Latvia
86 kg details	Zahid Valencia United States	Oleksandr Mamrosh Ukraine	Osman Göçen Turkey
92 kg details	Akhmed Bataev Bulgaria	Fatih Altunbaş Turkey	Mukhammed Aliiev Ukraine
92 kg details	Akhmed Bataev Bulgaria	Fatih Altunbaş Turkey	Samuel Scherrer Switzerland
97 kg details	Yaraslau Slavikouski United World Wrestling	Andriyan Valkanov Bulgaria	Rıfat Gıdak Turkey
97 kg details	Yaraslau Slavikouski United World Wrestling	Andriyan Valkanov Bulgaria	Redjep Hajdari North Macedonia
125 kg details	Hakan Büyükçıngıl Turkey	Volodymyr Kochanov Ukraine	Alen Khubulov Bulgaria
125 kg details	Hakan Büyükçıngıl Turkey	Volodymyr Kochanov Ukraine	Omar Sarem Romania

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Koriun Sahradian Ukraine	Muhammet Emin Çakır Turkey	Stefan Grigorov Bulgaria
60 kg details	Ekrem Öztürk Turkey	Zhivko Hinkov Bulgaria	Mustafa Sağlam Turkey
63 kg details	Enes Başar Turkey	Bozhidar Lazarov Bulgaria	Hristiyan Ivanov Bulgaria
67 kg details	Mustafa Safa Yıldırım Turkey	Maksym Liu Ukraine	Nikalas Sulev Bulgaria
67 kg details	Mustafa Safa Yıldırım Turkey	Maksym Liu Ukraine	Hleb Makaranka United World Wrestling
72 kg details	Parviz Nasibov Ukraine	Yevhenii Dubovyk Ukraine	Petar Gornyashki Bulgaria
72 kg details	Parviz Nasibov Ukraine	Yevhenii Dubovyk Ukraine	Selçuk Can Turkey
77 kg details	Stoyan Kubatov Bulgaria	Oleh Khalilov Ukraine	Yunus Emre Başar Turkey
77 kg details	Stoyan Kubatov Bulgaria	Oleh Khalilov Ukraine	Andrii Kulyk Ukraine
82 kg details	Svetoslav Nikolov Bulgaria	Volodymyr Yakovliev Ukraine	Seimur Mamedov Ukraine
82 kg details	Svetoslav Nikolov Bulgaria	Volodymyr Yakovliev Ukraine	Mykyta Politaiev Ukraine
87 kg details	Aleksandr Krikukha United World Wrestling	Yaroslav Filchakov Ukraine	Semen Novikov Bulgaria
87 kg details	Aleksandr Krikukha United World Wrestling	Yaroslav Filchakov Ukraine	Ömer Can Doğan Turkey
97 kg details	Kiril Milov Bulgaria	Vladlen Kozlyuk Ukraine	Kaloyan Ivanov Bulgaria
97 kg details	Kiril Milov Bulgaria	Vladlen Kozlyuk Ukraine	Tykhon Shafranskyi Ukraine
130 kg details	Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi Ukraine	Pavel Hlinchuk United World Wrestling	Fatih Bozkurt Turkey

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
50 kg details	Natalia Walczak Poland	Agata Walerzak Poland	Viktoriia Slobodeniuk Ukraine
53 kg details	Mariia Yefremova Ukraine	Nataliia Klivchutska Ukraine	Zeynep Yetgil Turkey
53 kg details	Mariia Yefremova Ukraine	Nataliia Klivchutska Ukraine	Snizhana Onufriieva Ukraine
55 kg	no competitors
57 kg details	Magdalena Głodek Poland	Tuba Demir Turkey	Sofiia Marchenko Ukraine
59 kg details	Jowita Wrzesień Poland	Lydia Pérez Spain	Viktoria Boynova Bulgaria
62 kg details	Bilyana Dudova Bulgaria	Améline Douarre France	Viktoria Vesso Estonia
62 kg details	Bilyana Dudova Bulgaria	Améline Douarre France	Ilona Prokopevniuk Ukraine
65 kg details	Beyza Nur Akkuş Turkey	Elma Zeidlere Latvia	Natalia Kubaty Poland
68 kg details	Ayşe Erkan Turkey	Karolina Domaszuk Poland	Koumba Larroque France
72 kg	Wiktoria Chołuj Poland	None awarded Only one participant was registered.
76 kg details	Anastasiya Alpyeyeva Ukraine	Elmira Yasin Turkey	Patrycja Cuber Poland

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	UKR	TUR	UKR	ALG
1	Roman Hutsuliak (UKR)	3	3	0	12	12	—	10–0	2-2	WO
2	Yusuf Demir (TUR)	3	2	1	8	14	0–4 SU	—	14–7	WO
3	Vladyslav Abramov (UKR)	3	1	2	7	9	1–3 PO1	1–3 PO1	—	WO
—	Mouadh Chibani (ALG)	3	0	3	0	0	0–5 FO	0–5 FO	0–5 FO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	GEO	TUR	BUL
1	Nikoloz Botchorishvili (GEO)	2	2	0	7	23	—	13–5	10–0
2	Bekir Keser (TUR)	2	1	1	5	15	1–3 PO1	—	10–0
3	Nik Doychinov (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0	0–4 SU	0–4 SU	—

Semifinals		Final

Roman Hutsuliak (UKR)	12
Bekir Keser (TUR)	1	Roman Hutsuliak (UKR)
Nikoloz Botchorishvili (GEO)	10	Nikoloz Botchorishvili (GEO)	WO
Yusuf Demir (TUR)	0

		Bronze medal

		Bekir Keser (TUR)	4
		Yusuf Demir (TUR)	6

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Christopher Merlo (CAN)	1
Nils Leutert (SUI)	5	Nils Leutert (SUI)	10
Garette Saunders (CAN)	0			Nils Leutert (SUI)	0
Stilyan Iliev (BUL)	0			Mykyta Abramov (UKR)	11
Mykyta Abramov (UKR)	10	Mykyta Abramov (UKR)	10
		Valerios Zahariadis (BUL)	0
						Mykyta Abramov (UKR)	0
						Vladimir Egorov (MKD)	4
		Erdal Galip (BUL)	0
Gabriele Kondev (BUL)	0	Vladimir Egorov (MKD)	10
Vladimir Egorov (MKD)	11			Vladimir Egorov (MKD)	2
Erol Galip (BUL)	0			Kamil Kerymov (UKR)	1
Kamil Kerymov (UKR)	11	Kamil Kerymov (UKR)	11
		Aleksandar Delchev (BUL)	0


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


Stilyan Iliev (BUL)	10	Stilyan Iliev (BUL)	4

Valerios Zahariadis (BUL)	0	Nils Leutert (SUI)	2


Gabriele Kondev (BUL)	2	Erdal Galip (BUL)	0

Erdal Galip (BUL)	3	Kamil Kerymov (UKR)	10


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


Timur Shanbayev (KAZ)	0	Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR)	11

Emrah Ormanoğlu (TUR)	11	Goderdzi Dzebisashvili (GEO)	0


Nikola Stefanov (BUL)	0	Mikyay Naim (BUL)	4

Mikyay Naim (BUL)	11	Ahmet Duman (TUR)	5


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


Luka Gugeshashvili (GEO)		Eduard Lenard (ROU)	4

Eduard Lenard (ROU)	WO	Levan Kelekhsashvili (GEO)	13


		Muhammad Abdurachmanov (BEL)	11

		Benjamin Boejthe (ROU)	6


	Bronze medals


	Abderrahmane Benaissa (ALG)

	Ihor Nykyforuk (UKR)	WO


	Hristo Tashev (BUL)	0

	Bohdan Oliinyk (UKR)	10


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


Nikolay Momakov (BUL)	0	Rasul Shapiev (MKD)	2

Rasul Shapiev (MKD)	10	Mohammad Mottaghinia (ESP)	3


Ivan Andonov (BUL)	WO	Ivan Andonov (BUL)	0

Fati Vejseli (MKD)		Engin Ismail (BUL)	6


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


		Fateh Benferdjallah (ALG)

		Ivars Samušonoks (LAT)	WO


Simon Marchl (AUT)	1	Umar Mavlaev (SUI)	1

Umar Mavlaev (SUI)	1	Osman Göçen (TUR)	11


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


Stanislav Damyanovski (BUL)	0	Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR)	12

Süleyman Karadeniz (TUR)	11	Mukhammed Aliiev (UKR)	14^F


Alexandru Oltean (ROU)	WO	Alexandru Oltean (ROU)	0

Sali Saliev (BUL)		Samuel Scherrer (SUI)	10


	Bronze medals


	Atanas Radev (BUL)	0

	Petar Gornyashki (BUL)	8


	Selçuk Can (TUR)	3

	Aliaksandr Liavonchyk (UWW)	1


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


		Balazs Lorincz (ROU)	0

		Rıfat Gıdak (TUR)	10


Redjep Hajdari (MKD)	7	Redjep Hajdari (MKD)	6^F

Benjamin Greil (AUT)	3	Emirhan Kılıç (TUR)	5


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


Laid Khelif (ALG)		Kaloyan Enchev (BUL)	0

Kaloyan Enchev (BUL)	WO	Alen Khubulov (BUL)	10


		Magomedgaji Nurov (MKD)	4

		Omar Sarem (ROU)	5^F

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	UKR	TUR	BUL	BUL	BUL
1	Koriun Sahradian (UKR)	4	4	0	14	21	—	1–1	3–1	8–0	9–0
2	Muhammet Emin Çakır (TUR)	4	3	1	11	12	1–3 PO1	—	3–1	8–0 Fall	WO
3	Stefan Grigorov (BUL)	4	2	2	10	20	1–3 PO1	1–3 PO1	—	9–0	9–0
4	Krasimir Kaloyanov (BUL)	4	1	3	5	4	0–4 SU	0–5 FA	0–4 SU	—	4–0 Ret
5	Kaloyan Ivanov (BUL)	4	0	4	0	0	0–4 SU	0–5 IN	0–4 SU	0–5 IN	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	BUL	TUR	COM
1	Zhivko Hinkov (BUL)	2	2	0	8	27	—	16–7	11–3
2	Ekrem Öztürk (TUR)	2	1	1	5	15	1–4 SU1	—	8–0
3	Latuf Madi (COM)	2	0	2	1	3	1–4 SU1	0–4 SU	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TUR	BUL	UKR
1	Mustafa Sağlam (TUR)	2	2	0	6	23	—	13–6	10–6
2	Nedyalko Petrov (BUL)	2	1	1	4	11	1–3 PO1	—	5–1
3	Vladyslav Kuzko (UKR)	2	0	2	2	7	1–3 PO1	1–3 PO1	—

Semifinals		Final

Zhivko Hinkov (BUL)	8^F
Nedyalko Petrov (BUL)	2	Zhivko Hinkov (BUL)	0
Mustafa Sağlam (TUR)	0	Ekrem Öztürk (TUR)	8
Ekrem Öztürk (TUR)	8

		Third place

		Nedyalko Petrov (BUL)	5
		Mustafa Sağlam (TUR)	9^F

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TUR	BUL	BUL	BUL
1	Enes Başar (TUR)	3	3	0	12	26	—	9–0	9–0	8–0
2	Bozhidar Lazarov (BUL)	3	1	2	5	12	0–4 SU	—	3–4	9–0
3	Hristiyan Ivanov (BUL)	3	1	2	4	8	0–4 SU	3–1 PO1	—	4–6
4	Kristin Petrov (BUL)	3	1	2	3	6	0–4 SU	0–4 SU	3–1 PO1	—


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


Nikalas Sulev (BUL)	9	Nikalas Sulev (BUL)	2^F

Georgi Anachkov (BUL)	1	Abu Muslim Amaev (BUL)	1


Vasyl Vasylkivskyi (UKR)	1	Oleksandr Hrushyn (UKR)	3

Oleksandr Hrushyn (UKR)	8	Hleb Makaranka (UWW)	4


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match


		Hristo Valentinov (BUL)	0

		Yunus Emre Başar (TUR)	8


Andrii Kulyk (UKR)	3	Andrii Kulyk (UKR)	5

Maksim Shedz (UWW)	1	Shuai Mamedau (UWW)	0


	Bronze medals


	Seimur Mamedov (UKR)	WO

	Burhan Akbudak (TUR)


	Mykyta Politaiev (UKR)	1

	Aik Mnatsakanian (BUL)	1

Men's freestyle

Men's Greco-Roman

Women's freestyle

Men's freestyle

Men's freestyle 57 kg

Men's freestyle 61 kg

Men's freestyle 65 kg

Men's freestyle 70 kg

Men's freestyle 74 kg

Men's freestyle 79 kg

Men's freestyle 86 kg

Men's freestyle 92 kg

Men's freestyle 97 kg

Men's freestyle 125 kg

Men's Greco-Roman

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

Women's freestyle

Women's freestyle 50 kg

Women's freestyle 53 kg

Women's freestyle 57 kg

Women's freestyle 59 kg

Women's freestyle 62 kg

Women's freestyle 65 kg

Women's freestyle 68 kg

Women's freestyle 76 kg

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	Bronze medals


	Ihar Yarashevich (UWW)	0

	Semen Novikov (BUL)	4


	Ömer Can Doğan (TUR)	3

	Mykola Kunakhovets (UKR)	1


	Bronze medals


	Nikolai Lazaridis (BUL)	0

	Kaloyan Ivanov (BUL)	9


	Dimo Dimov (BUL)	0

	Tykhon Shafranskyi (UKR)	5^F

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	TUR	UWW	BUL
1	Fatih Bozkurt (TUR)	2	2	0	8	20	—	11–2	9–0
2	Dzmitry Zarubski (UWW)	2	1	1	6	6	1–4 SU1	—	4–0 Fall
3	Antonio Tahov (BUL)	2	0	2	0	0	0–4 SU	0–5 FA	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	UWW	UKR	UKR
1	Pavel Hlinchuk (UWW)	2	2	0	8	19	—	9–0	10–1
2	Mykhailo Vyshnyvetskyi (UKR)	2	1	1	3	1	0–4 SU	—	1–1
3	Mykola Kuchmii (UKR)	2	0	2	2	2	1–4 SU1	1–3 PO1	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	POL	TUR	TUR	ALG
1	Agata Walerzak (POL)	3	3	0	13	20	—	8–2 Fall	12–10	WO
2	Zehra Demirhan (TUR)	3	2	1	8	8	0–5 FA	—	6–4	WO
3	Zerda Demir (TUR)	3	1	2	7	14	1–3 PO1	1–3 PO1	—	WO
—	Ibtissem Doudou (ALG)	3	0	3	0	0	0–5 FO	0–5 FO	0–5 FO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	POL	UKR	ESP
1	Natalia Walczak (POL)	2	2	0	9	23	—	13–9 Fall	10–0
2	Viktoriia Slobodeniuk (UKR)	2	1	1	5	13	0–5 FA	—	4–2 Fall
3	Aintzane Gorría (ESP)	2	0	2	0	2	0–4 SU	0–5 FA	—

Semifinals		Final

Agata Walerzak (POL)	10^F
Viktoriia Slobodeniuk (UKR)	0	Agata Walerzak (POL)	6
Natalia Walczak (POL)	10	Natalia Walczak (POL)	8
Zehra Demirhan (TUR)	4

		Bronze medal

		Viktoriia Slobodeniuk (UKR)	6
		Zehra Demirhan (TUR)	0


	Bronze medals


	Şevval Çayır (TUR)	2

	Zeynep Yetgil (TUR)	5


	Snizhana Onufriieva (UKR)	6^F

	Nikol Aleksandrova (BUL)	1

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	POL	TUR	UKR	ALG	POL
1	Magdalena Głodek (POL)	4	4	0	16	15	—	9–9	6–2	WO	WO
2	Tuba Demir (TUR)	4	3	1	15	19	1–3 PO1	—	10–0	WO	WO
3	Sofiia Marchenko (UKR)	4	2	2	11	2	1–3 PO1	0–4 SU	—	WO	WO
—	Achouak Tekouk (ALG)	4	0	4	0	0	0–5 FO	0–5 FO	0–5 FO	—
—	Anhelina Lysak (POL)	4	0	4	0	0	0–5 FO	0–5 FO	0–5 FO	0–0 2FO	—

Pos	Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP	POL	ESP	BUL	TUR
1	Jowita Wrzesień (POL)	3	3	0	12	24	—	8–4	5–0 Fall	11–0
2	Lydia Pérez (ESP)	3	2	1	10	25	1–3 PO1	—	11–2 Fall	10–0
3	Viktoria Boynova (BUL)	3	1	2	3	9	0–5 FA	0–5 FA	—	7–2
4	Rabia Melisa Bayır (TUR)	3	0	3	1	2	0–4 SU	0–4 SU	1–3 PO1	—