# 2018 Takhti Cup

The 2018 Takhti Cup, were held in the Greco-Romane style in Mahshahr 25–26 January 2018; the men's Freestyle style in Tabriz 8–9 February 2018 in Iran. This tournament was held as 38th. It was held as the first of the ranking series of United World Wrestling, it is only men's Greco-Roman ranking.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Iran | 7 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 2 | Turkey | 4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Mongolia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Bulgaria | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 8 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Georgia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 20 | 20 | 39 | 79 |

### Team ranking

| Rank | Freestyle | Freestyle | Greco-Roman | Greco-Roman |
| Rank | Team | Points | Team | Points |
| 1 | Iran | 200 | Iran | 192 |
| 2 | Turkey | 143 | Turkey | 171 |
| 3 | Georgia | 84 | Georgia | 145 |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 80 | Azerbaijan | 84 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 80 | Ukraine | 81 |

## Medal overview
### Freestyle

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 57 kg | Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar Mongolia | Nader Hajaghania Iran | Mihran Jaburyan Armenia |
| 57 kg | Erdenebatyn Bekhbayar Mongolia | Nader Hajaghania Iran | Dzimchyk Rynchynau Belarus |
| 61 kg | Niurgun Skriabin Belarus | Mohammad Ramezanpour Iran | Giorgi Revazishvili Georgia |
| 61 kg | Niurgun Skriabin Belarus | Mohammad Ramezanpour Iran | Mohammad Maleki Iran |
| 65 kg | Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga Mongolia | Morteza Ghiasi Iran | Vasyl Shuptar Ukraine |
| 65 kg | Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga Mongolia | Morteza Ghiasi Iran | Behnam Ehsanpour Iran |
| 70 kg | Enes Uslu Turkey | Giorgi Sulava Georgia | Joshgun Azimov Azerbaijan |
| 70 kg | Enes Uslu Turkey | Giorgi Sulava Georgia | Semen Radulov Ukraine |
| 74 kg | Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev Bulgaria | Nurlan Bekzhanov Kazakhstan | Yakup Gör Turkey |
| 74 kg | Ali-Pasha Umarpashaev Bulgaria | Nurlan Bekzhanov Kazakhstan | Hamed Rashidi Iran |
| 79 kg | Omid Hassantabar Iran | Mihaly Nagy Hungary | Murad Suleymanov Azerbaijan |
| 79 kg | Omid Hassantabar Iran | Mihaly Nagy Hungary | Mohammad Motaghinia Iran |
| 86 kg | Kamran Ghasempour Iran | Ahmet Bilici Turkey | Gadzhimurad Magomedsaidov Azerbaijan |
| 86 kg | Kamran Ghasempour Iran | Ahmet Bilici Turkey | Masoud Madadi Iran |
| 92 kg | İbrahim Bölükbaşı Turkey | Arashk Mohebi Iran | Batzul Ulziisaikhan Mongolia |
| 92 kg | İbrahim Bölükbaşı Turkey | Arashk Mohebi Iran | Mohamad Ebrahimi Iran |
| 97 kg | Amir Mohammadi Iran | Rıza Yıldırım Turkey | Aibek Usupov Kyrgyzstan |
| 97 kg | Amir Mohammadi Iran | Rıza Yıldırım Turkey | Roman Bakirov Azerbaijan |
| 125 kg | Parviz Hadi Iran | Jafar Shams-Nateri Iran | Lkhagvagerel Munkhtur Mongolia |
| 125 kg | Parviz Hadi Iran | Jafar Shams-Nateri Iran | Ahmad Mirzapour Iran |

### Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg | Ekrem Öztürk Turkey | Bachana Putkaradze Georgia | Moslem Naderi Khadem Iran |
| 55 kg | Ekrem Öztürk Turkey | Bachana Putkaradze Georgia | Reza Khedri Iran |
| 60 kg | Kanybek Zholchubekov Kyrgyzstan | Mehrdad Mardani Iran | Dastan Zarlykhanov Kazakhstan |
| 60 kg | Kanybek Zholchubekov Kyrgyzstan | Mehrdad Mardani Iran | Meirambek Ainagulov Kazakhstan |
| 63 kg | K. Sulaymanov Kyrgyzstan | Kudaibergen Tursynov Kyrgyzstan | Urmatbek Amatov Kyrgyzstan |
| 63 kg | K. Sulaymanov Kyrgyzstan | Kudaibergen Tursynov Kyrgyzstan | Mohammad Nourbakhsh Iran |
| 67 kg | Almat Kebispayev Kazakhstan | Fevzi Mamutov Ukraine | Mohammad Elyasi Iran |
| 67 kg | Almat Kebispayev Kazakhstan | Fevzi Mamutov Ukraine | Atakan Yüksel Turkey |
| 72 kg | Demeu Zhadrayev Kazakhstan | Murat Dağ Turkey | Ibragim Magomedov Kazakhstan |
| 72 kg | Demeu Zhadrayev Kazakhstan | Murat Dağ Turkey | Farshad Belfakeh Iran |
| 77 kg | Mohammad Ali Geraei Iran | Serkan Akkoyun Turkey | Boroomand Gharehdaghi Iran |
| 77 kg | Mohammad Ali Geraei Iran | Serkan Akkoyun Turkey | Fatih Cengiz Turkey |
| 82 kg | Emrah Kuş Turkey | Daniel Aleksandrov Bulgaria | Aivengo Rikadze Georgia |
| 82 kg | Emrah Kuş Turkey | Daniel Aleksandrov Bulgaria | Burhan Akbudak Turkey |
| 87 kg | Saman Azizi Iran | Khussein Mutsolgov Kazakhstan | Azamat Kustubayev Kazakhstan |
| 87 kg | Saman Azizi Iran | Khussein Mutsolgov Kazakhstan | Tarek Abdelsalam Bulgaria |
| 97 kg | Orkhan Nuriyev Azerbaijan | Cenk İldem Turkey | Ali Akbar Heidari Iran |
| 97 kg | Orkhan Nuriyev Azerbaijan | Cenk İldem Turkey | Turman Eyyubov Azerbaijan |
| 130 kg | Behnam Arpatapeh Iran | Osman Yıldırım Turkey | Shahab Ghourehjili Iran |

## Participating nations

287 competitors from 16 nations participated.
* Armenia (11)
* Azerbaijan (21)
* Belarus (4)
* Bulgaria (8)
* Cuba (3)
* Georgia (24)
* Iran (79)
* Italy (5)
* Kazakhstan (25)
* Kyrgyzstan (21)
* Mongolia (4)
* Romania (6)
* Tajikistan (11)
* Turkmenistan (9)
* Turkey (42)
* Ukraine (18)

## 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)