U23 Wrestling Worlds 2025: Men’s Freestyle Team Results and Standings Revealed

The men’s freestyle class competed in the 2025 U23 World Championships from October 24–27 in Novi Sad, Serbia. For the final team standings and a detailed analysis of each team’s scoring, see the article below.

Final Top 10 Team Standings

1. United States – 137

2. Iran – 127

3. Russia – 110

4. Japan – 85

5. Azerbaijan – 84

6. Türkiye – 70

7. India – 61

8. Georgia – 54

9. Moldova – 51

10. Uzbekistan – 50

11. Ukraine – 50

Team USA Wins The Team Title

The United States defeated Iran by a margin of 10 points and won the team title. Mitchell Mesenbrink (74 kg), Levi Haines (79 kg), Jax Forrest (61 kg), and Luke Lilledahl (57 kg) were the four gold medalists that headed Team USA. The United States now has five medals overall as PJ Duke (70 kg) added a bronze. The team’s overall finishes are shown below:

57kg: Luke Lilledahl – Gold

61kg: Jax Forrest – Gold

65kg: Marcus Blaze – DNP

70kg: PJ Duke – Bronze

74kg: Mitchell Mesenbrink – Gold

79kg: Levi Haines – Gold

86kg: Rocco Welsh – 7th Place

92kg: Josh Barr – 10th Place

97kg: Garavous Kouekabakilaho – 10th Place

125kg: Daniel Herrera – 5th Place

See Team USA’s complete results HERE

UWW’s top ten placement scores for world championship team scoring are used to determine team points:

• Gold – 25 points
• Silver – 20 points
• Bronze – 15 points
• Bronze – 15 points
• 5th – 10 points
• 5th – 10 points
• 7th – 8 points
• 8th – 6 points
• 9th – 4 points
• 10th – 2 points

Notably, because they compete under “United World Wrestling,” Russia and Belarus are not listed in the official team standings. To illustrate how those nations are doing at the World Championships, we decided to add them in the standings above.

Here’s a detailed breakdown of the scoring:

Rank	Country	57	61	65	70	74	79	86	92	97	125	Total
1	United States	25	25		15	25	25	8	2	2	10	137
2	Iran	15			20	2	15	15	25	10	25	127
3	Russia	10		15			10	25	20	15	15	110
4	Japan	20	15	10		15				25		85
5	Azerbaijan		4	10	25	10		15			20	84
6	Türkiye		15			20	20				15	70
7	India		6	25	4	10			8	8		61
8	Georgia	2	8				8	10	6	20		54
9	Moldova			4	15			20	10		2	51
10	Uzbekistan	15		20					15			50
10	Ukraine	10	10	2					10	10	8	50
12	Kyrgyzstan	4	20	15	6							45
13	Armenia	8		8	10		2	4			10	42
14	Kazakhstan			6	10			2		15		33
15	Bahrain					4			15			19
15	Germany					15	4					19
17	Bulgaria	6	10									16
17	Egypt					6				6	4	16
19	Cuba						15					15
20	Belarus						10					10
20	China				2	8						10
20	France							10				10
20	Canada		2						4	4		10
24	Belgium				8							8
25	Poland						6					6
25	Mongolia										6	6
25	Turkmenistan							6				6