# 2001 World Wrestling Championships – Men's freestyle 63 kg

The men's freestyle 63 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2001 World Wrestling Championships, and was held at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria from 22 to 24 November 2001.

## Results
### Legend

* WO — Won by walkover

### Preliminary round
#### Pool 1

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | BUL | MKD | CUB |
| 1 | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | — | 10–0 | 0–4 |
| 2 | Koce Nikolov (MKD) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0–4 ST | — | 5–1 Fall |
| 3 | Carlos Ortiz (CUB) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3–0 PO | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 2

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GRE | EGY | RUS |
| 1 | Aristos Alexandridis (GRE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 14 | — | 11–6 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Hassan Madani (EGY) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1–3 PP | — | WO |
| 3 | Soslan Tomaev (RUS) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 3

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | KOR | KAZ | HUN |
| 1 | Baek Jin-kuk (KOR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 18 | — | 10–0 | 8–1 |
| 2 | Iossif Momtselidze (KAZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 0–4 ST | — | 15–8 Fall |
| 3 | István Dencsik (HUN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 4

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | GEO | SUI | GER |
| 1 | Otar Tushishvili (GEO) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20 | — | 11–0 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Grégory Sarrasin (SUI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0–4 ST | — | 8–7 |
| 3 | Vahab Hanli (GER) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 0–3 PO | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 5

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | UKR | KGZ | MGL |
| 1 | Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 13 | — | 10–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Jamso Lkhamajapov (KGZ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0–4 ST | — | 3–2 Ret |
| 3 | Norjingiin Bayarmagnai (MGL) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0–3 PO | 0–4 PA | — |

#### Pool 6

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | AZE | SVK | ESP |
| 1 | Elman Asgarov (AZE) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 23 | — | 10–0 | 13–6 |
| 2 | Vladimír Chamula (SVK) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0–4 ST | — | 7–3 Fall |
| 3 | Rubén Díaz (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1–3 PP | 0–4 TO | — |

#### Pool 7

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | POL | CAN | JPN |
| 1 | Lucjan Gralak (POL) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 4–1 | 12–2 |
| 2 | Nasir Lal (CAN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 PP | — | 6–3 |
| 3 | Kazuhiko Ikematsu (JPN) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1–4 SP | 1–3 PP | — |

#### Pool 8

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | BLR | VIE |
| 1 | Mehmet Yozgat (TUR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | — | 3–0 | 4–0 Fall |
| 2 | Mikalai Savin (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0–3 PO | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Phí Hữu Sơn (VIE) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 TO | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 9

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | USA | ARM | NED |
| 1 | Bill Zadick (USA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 16 | — | 5–3 | 11–0 |
| 2 | Arshak Hayrapetyan (ARM) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 |
| 3 | Yousef Nassiri (NED) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — |

#### Pool 10

| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | MDA | IND | PER |
| 1 | Alireza Dabir (IRI) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 24 | — | 4–3 | 10–0 | 10–0 |
| 2 | Ruslan Bodișteanu (MDA) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 1–3 PP | — | 10–0 | 11–0 |
| 3 | Pawan Kumar (IND) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | — | 11–1 |
| 4 | José Paico (PER) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 ST | 0–4 ST | 1–4 SP | — |

### Knockout round

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 3 | | | | | | |
| Aristos Alexandridis (GRE) | 0 | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | WO | | | | |
| Baek Jin-kuk (KOR) | 2 | Otar Tushishvili (GEO) | | | | | |
| Otar Tushishvili (GEO) | 5 | | | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 5 | | |
| | | | | Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 2 | | |
| | | Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Elman Asgarov (AZE) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Serafim Barzakov (BUL) | 3 |
| | | | | | | Alireza Dabir (IRI) | 1 |
| | | Lucjan Gralak (POL) | 3 | | |
| | | Mehmet Yozgat (TUR) | 6 | | |
| | | | | Mehmet Yozgat (TUR) | 0 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | | Alireza Dabir (IRI) | 3 |
| | | Bill Zadick (USA) | 2 | | | Elbrus Tedeyev (UKR) | 4 |
| | | Alireza Dabir (IRI) | 9 | | | Mehmet Yozgat (TUR) | 0 |