# 2018 Yasar Dogu Tournament

The 46th Yasar Dogu Tournament 2018, was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey between the 27 and 29 July 2018.
This international tournament includes competition in both men's and women's freestyle wrestling. This ranking tournament was held in honor of the two time Olympic Champion, Yaşar Doğu.
Wrestling champs square off in Istanbul tournament. Some 300 freestyle wrestlers from 25 countries descended on Istanbul on Friday for a three-day international tournament. The 46th edition of the Yaşar Doğu International Wrestling Tournament, named after the legendary Turkish wrestler, kicked off at Hasan Doğan Sports Hall.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Ukraine | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | India | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Turkey | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 15 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 20 | 20 | 38 | 78 |

### Team ranking

| Rank | Men's freestyle | Men's freestyle | Women's freestyle | Women's freestyle |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | United States | 150 | Ukraine | 164 |
| 2 | Iran | 146 | India | 154 |
| 3 | Turkey | 126 | Turkey | 143 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 121 | Azerbaijan | 93 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 117 | Germany | 67 |

## Medal overview
### Men's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 57 kg | Thomas Gilman | Dzmichyk Rynchynau | Süleyman Atlı |
| 57 kg | Thomas Gilman | Dzmichyk Rynchynau | Vicky Vicky |
| 61 kg | Bagher Yakhkeshi | Sandeep Tomar | Hasanzada Mircala |
| 61 kg | Bagher Yakhkeshi | Sandeep Tomar | Andrei Bekreneu |
| 65 kg | Mehran Nassiri | Ali Rahimzada | Madiyar BurKhan |
| 65 kg | Mehran Nassiri | Ali Rahimzada | Daulet Niyazbekov |
| 70 kg | Bajrang Punia | Andriy Kvyatkovsky | Ağahüseyn Mustafayev |
| 70 kg | Bajrang Punia | Andriy Kvyatkovsky | Mustafa Kaya |
| 74 kg | Frank Chamizo | Jordan Burroughs | Bolat Sakayev |
| 74 kg | Frank Chamizo | Jordan Burroughs | Nurlan Bekzhanov |
| 79 kg | Kyle Dake | İbrahim Yusubov | Jabrayil Hasanov |
| 79 kg | Kyle Dake | İbrahim Yusubov | Rustam Dudaiev |
| 86 kg | David Taylor | Murad Suleymanov | Fatih Erdin |
| 86 kg | David Taylor | Murad Suleymanov | Boris Makojev |
| 92 kg | Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi | Alireza Karimi | Ivan Yankouski |
| 92 kg | Mohammad Javad Ebrahimi | Alireza Karimi | Hajy Rajabau |
| 97 kg | Aslanbek Alborov | Mojtaba Goleij | Kyle Snyder |
| 97 kg | Aslanbek Alborov | Mojtaba Goleij | Fatih Yaşarlı |
| 125 kg | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi | Yadollah Mohebbi | Danylo Kartavyi |
| 125 kg | Oleksandr Khotsianivskyi | Yadollah Mohebbi | Nick Gwiazdowski |

### Women's freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 50 kg | Oksana Livach | Sarra Hamdi | Georgina Suzana Seicarıu |
| 50 kg | Oksana Livach | Sarra Hamdi | Ritu Phogat |
| 53 kg | Anzhela Dorogan | Aysun Erge | Khrystyna Bereza |
| 53 kg | Anzhela Dorogan | Aysun Erge | Seema Bisla |
| 55 kg | Pinki Pinki | Olga Shnaider | Siwar Bousetta |
| 55 kg | Pinki Pinki | Olga Shnaider | Nurufe Duman |
| 57 kg | Iryna Chykhradze | Pooja Dhanda | Tetyana Kit |
| 57 kg | Iryna Chykhradze | Pooja Dhanda | Alyona Kolesnik |
| 59 kg | Olena Kremzer | Sofiia Bodnar | Sangeeta Ballal |
| 59 kg | Olena Kremzer | Sofiia Bodnar | Yuliya Pisarenka |
| 62 kg | Taybe Yusein | Aisuluu Tynybekova | Sarita Mor |
| 62 kg | Taybe Yusein | Aisuluu Tynybekova | Luisa Niemesch |
| 65 kg | Ilona Prokopevniuk | Irina Netreba | Maria Ilchyshyn |
| 65 kg | Ilona Prokopevniuk | Irina Netreba | Geeta Phogat |
| 68 kg | Alla Belinska | Danute Domikaityte | Anna Schell |
| 72 kg | Beste Altuğ | Rajni Rajni | Neslihan Ulusoy |
| 76 kg | Aline Focken | Yasemin Adar | Sabira Aliyeva |
| 76 kg | Aline Focken | Yasemin Adar | Mehtap Gültekin |

## Participating nations

237 competitors from 25 nations participated.
* Azerbaijan (22)
* Belarus (21)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Georgia (1)
* Germany (5)
* Hungary (1)
* India (26)
* Iran (11)
* Iraq (6)
* Italy (1)
* Kazakhstan (27)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Moldova (2)
* Mongolia (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Turkmenistan (2)
* Tunisia (6)
* Turkey (53)
* Ukraine (30)
* United States (10)

## 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)