2026 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament

Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan 2026
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan 2026
Host city	Kemer, Antalya, Turkey
Dates	8–11 January
Stadium	Kemer Göynük Sports Hall
Champions
Greco-Roman	Turkey
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Host city

Kemer, Antalya, Turkey

Dates8–11 January

StadiumKemer Göynük Sports Hall

Greco-Roman

Turkey

The 43rd Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2026 is a wrestling event was held in Antalya, Turkey between 8 and 11 January 2026 together with the 2026 Yaşar Doğu Tournament.^[1]^[2]^[3]

This international tournament includes competition men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This ranking tournament is held in honor of the Olympic Champion, Hamit Kaplan and Turkish Wrestler and manager Vehbi Emre.^[4]

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Broadcasting
8 January 2025 Mat A	8 January 2025 Mat B	8 January 2025 Mat C
9 January 2025 Mat A	9 January 2025 Mat B	9 January 2025 Mat C

Date	Time	Event
8 January	11.00-15.00	Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 55-63-72-82-97-130 kg & WW – 50-55-59-65-72 kg
8 January	17.30-20.00	Final matches and awarding ceremony: GR – 55-63-72-82-97-130 kg & WW – 50-55-59-65-72 kg
9 January	11.00-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 60-67-77-87-130 kg & WW – 53-57-62-68-76 kg
9 January	17.00-19.00	Final matches and awarding ceremony: GR – 60-67-77-87-130 kg & WW – 53-57-62-68-76 kg
10 January	11.00-15.00	Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 57-65-74-86-97 kg
10 January	17.00-19.00	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 57-65-74-86-97 kg
11 January	11.00-14.30	Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 61-70-79-92-125 kg
11 January	17.00-19.30	Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 61-70-79-92-125 kg

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey*	5	5	10	20
2	Iran	2	2	5	9
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	2	4
–	United World Wrestling	1	3	3	7
Totals (3 entries)		10	10	20	40

Rank	Men's Greco-Roman
Rank	Team	Points
1	Turkey	220
2	Iran	162
3	Kazakhstan	104
4	South Korea	28
5	Jordan	20
6	Sweden	8
7	Albania	4

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
55 kg details	Ömer Halis Recep Turkey	Malik Gigiev United World Wrestling	Kianoush Shamshiri Iran
55 kg details	Ömer Halis Recep Turkey	Malik Gigiev United World Wrestling	Mehdi Kamali Iran
60 kg details	Mert İlbars Turkey	Mustafa Sağlam Turkey	Murat Khatit United World Wrestling
60 kg details	Mert İlbars Turkey	Mustafa Sağlam Turkey	Mohammad Ashiri Iran
63 kg details	Kerem Kamal Turkey	Ali Hajivand Iran	Enes Başar Turkey
63 kg details	Kerem Kamal Turkey	Ali Hajivand Iran	Erkebulan Ardakov Kazakhstan
67 kg details	Bagdat Sabaz Kazakhstan	Mustafa Safa Yıldırım Turkey	Mohammad Eskandari Iran
67 kg details	Bagdat Sabaz Kazakhstan	Mustafa Safa Yıldırım Turkey	Murat Fırat Turkey
72 kg details	Yussuf Ashrapov Kazakhstan	Cengiz Arslan Turkey	İbrahim Özdemir Turkey
72 kg details	Yussuf Ashrapov Kazakhstan	Cengiz Arslan Turkey	Rabil Askerov United World Wrestling
77 kg details	Ahmet Yılmaz Turkey	Danil Grigorev United World Wrestling	Abdul Samet Başar Turkey
77 kg details	Ahmet Yılmaz Turkey	Danil Grigorev United World Wrestling	Ali-Asghar Sam Daliri Iran
82 kg details	Yüksel Sarıçiçek Turkey	Mohammad Arjmand Iran	Ömer Can Doğan Turkey
82 kg details	Yüksel Sarıçiçek Turkey	Mohammad Arjmand Iran	Gamzat Gadzhiev United World Wrestling
87 kg details	Imam Aliev United World Wrestling	Aleksandr Krikukha United World Wrestling	Doğan Kaya Turkey
87 kg details	Imam Aliev United World Wrestling	Aleksandr Krikukha United World Wrestling	Hasan Berk Kılınç Turkey
97 kg details	Amir Reza Moradian Iran	Abdul Kadir Çebi Turkey	İbrahim Tığcı Turkey
97 kg details	Amir Reza Moradian Iran	Abdul Kadir Çebi Turkey	Rakhat Berzhanov Kazakhstan
130 kg details	Arman Tahmasebi Iran	Fatih Bozkurt Turkey	Hamza Bakır Turkey
130 kg details	Arman Tahmasebi Iran	Fatih Bozkurt Turkey	Ali Nail Arslan Turkey

2026 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament

Competition schedule

Medal table

Team ranking

Medal overview

Men's Greco-Roman

Participating nations

Results

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

References

External links

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Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final

		Adem Uzun (TUR)	5
Ömer Halis Recep (TUR)	5^F	Ömer Halis Recep (TUR)	9
Kianoush Shamshiri (IRI)	6			Ömer Halis Recep (TUR)	11
				Ömer Faruk Tok (TUR)	3
		Ömer Faruk Tok (TUR)	9
		Andi Muça (ALB)	0
						Ömer Halis Recep (TUR)	5
						Malik Gigiev (UWW)	5
		Berati İnanç (TUR)	0
		Muhammet Emin Çakır (TUR)	9
				Muhammet Emin Çakır (TUR)	3
Malik Gigiev (UWW)	3			Malik Gigiev (UWW)	3
Ahmad Khaled Ahmad (JOR)	2	Malik Gigiev (UWW)	9
		Mehdi Kamali (IRI)	0


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match



Kianoush Shamshiri (IRI)	7	Kianoush Shamshiri (IRI)	1

Adem Uzun (TUR)	5	Ömer Faruk Tok (TUR)	1



Ahmad Khaled Ahmad (JOR)	0	Mehdi Kamali (IRI)	3

Mehdi Kamali (IRI)	10	Muhammet Emin Çakır (TUR)	3


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match



Murat Khatit (UWW)	8	Murat Khatit (UWW)	WO

Kemal Sevgili (TUR)	6	Ekrem Öztürk (TUR)



Cihan Yaşar (TUR)	10^F	Cihan Yaşar (TUR)	0

Kim Da-hyun (KOR)	6	Mohammad Ashiri (IRI)	5^F


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match



Nursultan Bazarbayev (KAZ)		Enes Başar (TUR)	3

Enes Başar (TUR)	WO	Servet Angi (TUR)	2



Erkebulan Ardakov (KAZ)	2^F	Erkebulan Ardakov (KAZ)	6^F

Hakan Kızılarslan (TUR)	1	Reza Bahmani (IRI)	1


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match



Hacı Karakuş (TUR)	4	Azat Sarıyar (TUR)	5

Azat Sarıyar (TUR)	7	Mohammad Eskandari (IRI)	8



Murat Fırat (TUR)	1	Murat Fırat (TUR)	7

Yavuz Albaş (TUR)	1	Jeong Yeon-woo (KOR)	1

Qualifications	Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals

	Selçuk Can (TUR)	3
	Kia Rostami (IRI)	2
			Selçuk Can (TUR)	3
			Omid Bahmani (IRI)	3
	Omid Bahmani (IRI)	9
	Dias Sailauov (KAZ)	0
					Omid Bahmani (IRI)	6
					Yussuf Ashrapov (KAZ)	7
	Artur Jeremejev (EST)	1
	Muhammed Ali Göçmen (TUR)	3
			Muhammed Ali Göçmen (TUR)	1
			Yussuf Ashrapov (KAZ)	5
	Yussuf Ashrapov (KAZ)	9
	Rabil Askerov (UWW)	3


Repechage round 2		Bronze medal match



İbrahim Özdemir (TUR)	WO	İbrahim Özdemir (TUR)	9

~~Mehmet Mustafa Şahin (TUR)~~		Magomed Barakhoev (UWW)	0



Rabil Askerov (UWW)	8	Rabil Askerov (UWW)	6

Muhammed Ali Göçmen (TUR)	0	Omid Bahmani (IRI)	1


	Bronze medal match



	Abdul Samet Başar (TUR)	WO

	Albin Olofsson (SWE)



	Ali-Asghar Sam Daliri (IRI)	8

	Müslim Barga (TUR)	0


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match



~~İsmail Bereket (TUR)~~		Ömer Can Doğan (TUR)	WO

Ömer Can Doğan (TUR)	WO	Veli Yılmaz (TUR)



Dias Kaltay (KAZ)	0	Gamzat Gadzhiev (UWW)	3

Gamzat Gadzhiev (UWW)	4^F	İsmail Gün (TUR)	3


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match



Doğan Kaya (TUR)	12	Doğan Kaya (TUR)	4

Memet Duman (TUR)	4	Yerassyl Zhengis (KAZ)	1



Muhittin Sarıçiçek (TUR)	9	Muhittin Sarıçiçek (TUR)	1

Mustafa Durmaz (TUR)	0	Hasan Berk Kılınç (TUR)	3


	Bronze medal match



	İbrahim Tığcı (TUR)	3

	Mustafa Olgun (TUR)	0



	Rakhat Berzhanov (KAZ)	WO

	~~Beytullah Kayışdağ (TUR)~~	DSQ


Repechage round 1		Bronze medal match



		Talip Çiftçi (TUR)	0

		Hamza Bakır (TUR)	8



Assylbek Zhanibekuly (KAZ)	1	Üzeyir Bostan (TUR)	1

Üzeyir Bostan (TUR)	3	Ali Nail Arslan (TUR)	5

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