# 2018 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament

The 36th Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2018, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between 20 and 22 July 2018.
This international tournament includes competition men's Greco-Roman wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the Olympic Champion, Hamit Kaplan and Turkish Wrestler and manager Vehbi Emre.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Turkey | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Belarus | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Georgia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Moldova | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Iran | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (10 entries) | Totals (10 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |

### Team ranking

| Rank | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman |
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Turkey | 191 |
| 2 | Belarus | 121 |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 121 |
| 4 | Japan | 104 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 102 |

## Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg | Ekrem Öztürk | Shota Tanokura | Khorlan Zhakansha |
| 55 kg | Ekrem Öztürk | Shota Tanokura | Zhanserik Sarsenbiyev |
| 60 kg | Aidos Sultangali | Victor Ciobanu | Sakit Guliyev |
| 60 kg | Aidos Sultangali | Victor Ciobanu | Hayanobu Shimizu |
| 63 kg | Taleh Mammadov | Rahman Bilici | Lasha Mariamidze |
| 63 kg | Taleh Mammadov | Rahman Bilici | Kaly Sulaimanov |
| 67 kg | Murat Fırat | Ensar Karabacak | Denys Demyankov |
| 67 kg | Murat Fırat | Ensar Karabacak | Kamran Mammadov |
| 72 kg | Pavel Liakh | Murat Dağ | Cengiz Arslan |
| 72 kg | Pavel Liakh | Murat Dağ | Ibragim Magomedov |
| 77 kg | Fatih Cengiz | Kazbek Kilov | Tamerlan Shadukayev |
| 77 kg | Fatih Cengiz | Kazbek Kilov | Shohei Yabiku |
| 82 kg | Lasha Gobadze | Emrah Kuş | Viktar Sasunouski |
| 82 kg | Lasha Gobadze | Emrah Kuş | Elvin Mursaliyev |
| 87 kg | Zhan Beleniuk | Islam Abbasov | Ramin Taheri |
| 87 kg | Zhan Beleniuk | Islam Abbasov | Masato Sumi |
| 97 kg | Siarhei Staradub | Aleksi Lodia | Süleyman Demirci |
| 97 kg | Siarhei Staradub | Aleksi Lodia | Mehdi Aliyari |
| 130 kg | Rıza Kayaalp | Kiryl Tsishchanka | Ioseb Chugoshvili |
| 130 kg | Rıza Kayaalp | Kiryl Tsishchanka | Murat Ramonov |

## Participating nations

150 competitors from 16 nations participated.
* Azerbaijan (14)
* Belarus (11)
* Brazil (1)
* Bulgaria (7)
* Georgia (13)
* India (8)
* Iran (3)
* Japan (11)
* Kazakhstan (17)
* Kyrgyzstan (13)
* Latvia (2)
* Lithuania (7)
* Moldova (2)
* Romania (3)
* Turkey (29)
* Ukraine (9)

## Ranking Series

Ranking Series Calendar 2018:
* 1st Ranking Series: 25–26 January, Iran, Mahshahr ⇒ 2018 Takhti Cup (GR)
* 2nd Ranking Series: 26–28 January, Russia, Krasnoyarsk ⇒ Golden Grand Prix Ivan Yarygin 2018 (FS)
* 3rd Ranking Series: 15–23 February, Cuba, La Havana ⇒ 2018 Granma y Cerro Pelado (FS, WW, GR)
* 4th Ranking Series: 16–18 February, Sweden, Klippan ⇒ Klippan Lady Open (2018) (WW)
* 5th Ranking Series: 9–10 June, Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar ⇒ 2018 Mongolia Open (FS, WW)
* 6th Ranking Series: 22–23 June, China, Taiyuan ⇒ 2018 China Open (WW)
* 7th Ranking Series: 23–24 June, Hungary, Győr ⇒ 2018 Hungarian Grand Prix (GR)
* 8th Ranking Series: 3–5 July, Georgia, Tbilisi ⇒ 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix of V. Balavadze and G. Kartozia (FS, GR)
* 9th Ranking Series: 20–22 July, Turkey, Istanbul ⇒ 2018 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament (GR)
* 10th Ranking Series: 27–20 July, Turkey, Istanbul ⇒ 2018 Yasar Dogu Tournament (FS, WW)
* 11th Ranking Series: 7–9 September, Poland, Warsaw ⇒ Ziolkowski, Pytlasinski, Poland Open (FS, WW, GR)
* 12th Ranking Series: 14–16 September, Belarus, Minsk ⇒ Medved (Test Event Minsk 2019)