# 2023 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament

The 40th Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament 2023 was a wrestling event held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 21 to 22 June 2023 together with the 2023 Yasar Dogu Tournament.
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.

## Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+3)
| Date | Time | Event |
| 21 June | 11.00-14.30 | Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 55-63-72-82-97 kg |
| 21 June | 17.30-19.30 | Final matches and awarding ceremony: GR – 55-63-72-82-97 kg |
| 22 June | 11.00-14.30 | Qualification rounds & repechage GR – 60-67-77-87-130 kg |
| 22 June | 17.30-19.30 | Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals GR – 60-67-77-87-130 kg |
| 23 June | 11.00-14.30 | Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 57-65-70-86 kg & WW – 50–55-59-62 kg |
| 23 June | 17.30-19.30 | Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 57-65-70-86 kg & WW – 50–55-59-62 kg |
| 24 June | 11.00-14.30 | Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 74-79-92 kg & WW – 57–65-72 kg |
| 24 June | 17.30-19.30 | Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 74-79-92 kg & WW – 57–65-72 kg |
| 25 June | 11.00-14.30 | Qualification rounds & repechage FS – 61-97-125 kg & WW – 53–68-76 kg |
| 25 June | 17.30-19.30 | Final matches and awarding ceremony: Finals FS – 61-97-125 kg & WW – 53–68-76 kg |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Turkey)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Turkey* | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 2 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Iran | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 10 | 10 | 17 | 37 |

## Team ranking

| Rank | Men's Greco-Roman | Men's Greco-Roman |
| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Turkey | 220 |
| 2 | Iran | 169 |
| 3 | Hungary | 111 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 85 |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 15 |

## Medal overview
### Men's Greco-Roman

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 55 kg details | Şerif Kılıç Turkey | Mohammad Mahdi Farid Iran | Şervan Çınar Turkey |
| 60 kg details | Kerem Kamal Turkey | Meisam Dalkhani Iran | Kazım Tikence Turkey |
| 60 kg details | Kerem Kamal Turkey | Meisam Dalkhani Iran | Mert İlbars Turkey |
| 63 kg details | Enes Başar Turkey | Mehmet Çeker Turkey | Amir Mohammadzei Iran |
| 63 kg details | Enes Başar Turkey | Mehmet Çeker Turkey | Kaly Sulaimanov Kyrgyzstan |
| 67 kg details | Saeid Esmaeili Iran | Mustafa Safa Yıldırım Turkey | Murat Fırat Turkey |
| 67 kg details | Saeid Esmaeili Iran | Mustafa Safa Yıldırım Turkey | Furkan Yıldız Turkey |
| 72 kg details | Róbert Fritsch Hungary | Sajjad Imentalab Iran | Murat Dağ Turkey |
| 72 kg details | Róbert Fritsch Hungary | Sajjad Imentalab Iran | Abdullah Toprak Turkey |
| 77 kg details | Cengiz Arslan Turkey | Gurban Gurbanov Azerbaijan | Amin Kavianinejad Iran |
| 77 kg details | Cengiz Arslan Turkey | Gurban Gurbanov Azerbaijan | Abdurahman Kalkan Turkey |
| 82 kg details | Hasan Berk Kılınç Turkey | Jamal Esmaili Iran | Erik Szilvássy Hungary |
| 87 kg details | Dávid Losonczi Hungary | István Takács Hungary | Mahammad Ahmadiyev Azerbaijan |
| 87 kg details | Dávid Losonczi Hungary | István Takács Hungary | Pejman Poshtam Iran |
| 97 kg details | Metehan Başar Turkey | Murad Ahmadiyev Azerbaijan | Beytullah Kayışdağ Turkey |
| 97 kg details | Metehan Başar Turkey | Murad Ahmadiyev Azerbaijan | Tamás Lévai Hungary |
| 130 kg details | Osman Yıldırım Turkey | Fatih Bozkurt Turkey | Morteza Alghosi Iran |

## Participating nations

89 competitors from 7 nations participated.
* Azerbaijan (7)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (13)
* Iran (12)
* Kazakhstan (2)
* Kyrgyzstan (1)
* Turkey (53)

## Results
### Legend

* F — Won by fall
* R — Retired
* WO — Won by walkover

### Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg

21 June
| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | IRI | TUR | TUR | TUR |
| 1 | Şerif Kılıç (TUR) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 31 | — | 6–4 | 9–0 | 8–0 | 8–0 |
| 2 | Mohammad Mahdi Farid (IRI) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 34 | 1–3 VPO1 | — | 13–3 | 8–4 | 9–0 |
| 3 | Şervan Çınar (TUR) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 0–4 VSU | 1–4 VSU1 | — | 11–2 | 8–0 |
| 4 | Mahmut Tuncay (TUR) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 0–4 VSU | 1–3 VPO1 | 1–4 VSU1 | — | 10–1 |
| 5 | Sercan Kesgin (TUR) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 VSU | 0–4 VSU | 0–4 VSU | 1–4 VSU1 | — |

### Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Doğuş Ayazcı (TUR) | 2 | | | | |
| Kazım Tikence (TUR) | 0 | Meisam Dalkhani (IRI) | 5 | | | | |
| Meisam Dalkhani (IRI) | 6 | | | Meisam Dalkhani (IRI) | 8 | | |
| | | | | Aibek Yesmuratov (KAZ) | 0 | | |
| | | Krisztián Kecskeméti (HUN) | 3 | | | | |
| | | Aibek Yesmuratov (KAZ) | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Meisam Dalkhani (IRI) | 0 |
| | | | | | | Kerem Kamal (TUR) | 9 |
| | | Dias Nurakov (KAZ) | 1 | | | | |
| Erik Torba (HUN) | 8 | Erik Torba (HUN) | 4 | | | | |
| Nihad Guluzade (AZE) | 3 | | | Erik Torba (HUN) | 0 | | |
| Mert İlbars (TUR) | 8 | | | Kerem Kamal (TUR) | 8 | | |
| Cihan Yaşar (TUR) | 3 | Mert İlbars (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Kerem Kamal (TUR) | 7$^F$ | | | | |
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Kazım Tikence (TUR) | 5 | Kazım Tikence (TUR) | 3 |
| Doğuş Ayazcı (TUR) | 5 | Aibek Yesmuratov (KAZ) | 1 |
| | | Mert İlbars (TUR) | WO |
| | | Erik Torba (HUN) | |

### Men's Greco-Roman 63 kg

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Hakan Kızılarslan (TUR) | 2 | | | | |
| Mehmet Çeker (TUR) | 9 | Mehmet Çeker (TUR) | 10 | | | | |
| Seyitcan Beytekin (TUR) | 0 | | | Mehmet Çeker (TUR) | 13 | | |
| | | | | Amir Mohammadzei (IRI) | 4 | | |
| | | Amir Mohammadzei (IRI) | 9 | | | | |
| | | Bekir Ateş (TUR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Mehmet Çeker (TUR) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Enes Başar (TUR) | 8$^F$ |
| | | Kaly Sulaimanov (KGZ) | 5$^F$ | | | | |
| | | Veysel Sarıkurt (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Kaly Sulaimanov (KGZ) | 3 | | |
| Ayhan Karakuş (TUR) | 4 | | | Enes Başar (TUR) | 8$^F$ | | |
| Barış Erbek (TUR) | 2 | Ayhan Karakuş (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Enes Başar (TUR) | 6 | | | | |
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Seyitcan Beytekin (TUR) | 0 | Hakan Kızılarslan (TUR) | 2 |
| Hakan Kızılarslan (TUR) | 8 | Amir Mohammadzei (IRI) | 5 |
| | | Ayhan Karakuş (TUR) | 1 |
| | | Kaly Sulaimanov (KGZ) | 5 |

### Men's Greco-Roman 67 kg

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | István Váncza (HUN) | 1 | | | | |
| Murat Fırat (TUR) | 5 | Murat Fırat (TUR) | 3 | | | | |
| Eren Ülkü (TUR) | 2 | | | Murat Fırat (TUR) | 1 | | |
| | | | | Saeid Esmaeili (IRI) | 8 | | |
| | | Hacı Karakuş (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | Saeid Esmaeili (IRI) | 8 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Saeid Esmaeili (IRI) | 8 |
| | | | | | | Mustafa Safa Yıldırım (TUR) | 0 |
| | | Mustafa Safa Yıldırım (TUR) | 4 | | | | |
| | | Ensar Karabacak (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Mustafa Safa Yıldırım (TUR) | 9 | | |
| | | | | Furkan Yıldız (TUR) | 0 | | |
| | | Furkan Yıldız (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Hasan Mammadli (AZE) | 1 | | | | |
| Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Hacı Karakuş (TUR) | 1 |
| Murat Fırat (TUR) | 3 |
| Ensar Karabacak (TUR) | |
| Furkan Yıldız (TUR) | WO |

### Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Mehmet Mustafa Şahin (TUR) | | | | | |
| Abdullah Toprak (TUR) | WO | Abdullah Toprak (TUR) | 1 | | |
| Sajjad Imentalab (IRI) | 8 | Sajjad Imentalab (IRI) | 5 | | |
| Hasan Orakçı (TUR) | 0 | | | Sajjad Imentalab (IRI) | 1 |
| Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 4 | | | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 4 |
| Murat Dağ (TUR) | 0 | Róbert Fritsch (HUN) | 8 | | |
| Krisztofer Klányi (HUN) | 7 | Krisztofer Klányi (HUN) | 0 | | |
| İbrahim Özdemir (TUR) | 0 | | | | |
| Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Hasan Orakçı (TUR) | 0 |
| Abdullah Toprak (TUR) | 8 |
| Murat Dağ (TUR) | 2 |
| Krisztofer Klányi (HUN) | 1 |

### Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Zoltán Lévai (HUN) | 1 | | | | |
| Mehmet Can Daşdemir (TUR) | 0 | Amin Kavianinejad (IRI) | 3 | | | | |
| Amin Kavianinejad (IRI) | 11 | | | Amin Kavianinejad (IRI) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Gurban Gurbanov (AZE) | 9 | | |
| | | Yüksel Sarıçiçek (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Gurban Gurbanov (AZE) | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | Gurban Gurbanov (AZE) | 2 |
| | | | | | | Cengiz Arslan (TUR) | 5 |
| | | Cengiz Arslan (TUR) | 4 | | | | |
| Serkan Akkoyun (TUR) | 1 | Ömer Can Doğan (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| Ömer Can Doğan (TUR) | 5 | | | Cengiz Arslan (TUR) | 5 | | |
| Ahmet Yılmaz (TUR) | 4 | | | Abdurahman Kalkan (TUR) | 1 | | |
| Attila Tösmagi (HUN) | 2 | Ahmet Yılmaz (TUR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Abdurahman Kalkan (TUR) | 3 | | | | |
| Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Yüksel Sarıçiçek (TUR) | 2 |
| Amin Kavianinejad (IRI) | 2 |
| Ömer Can Doğan (TUR) | 1 |
| Abdurahman Kalkan (TUR) | 3 |

### Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg

21 June
| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | TUR | AZE | TUR |
| 1 | Jamal Esmaili (IRI) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 22 | — | 4–1 | 9–0 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Salih Aydın (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 1–3 VPO1 | — | 6–3 | 11–1 |
| 3 | Tunjay Vazirzade (AZE) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0–4 VSU | 1–3 VPO1 | — | 4–3 Fall |
| 4 | Halil İlaslan (TUR) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0–4 VSU | 1–4 VSU1 | 0–5 VFA | — |
| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | HUN | IRI |
| 1 | Hasan Berk Kılınç (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | — | 1–2 | 3–1 Fall |
| 2 | Erik Szilvássy (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3–1 VPO1 | — | 1–5 |
| 3 | Rasoul Garmsiri (IRI) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0–5 VFA | 3–1 VPO1 | — |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Jamal Esmaili (IRI) | 3 | | |
| Erik Szilvássy (HUN) | 1 | Jamal Esmaili (IRI) | 3 |
| Hasan Berk Kılınç (TUR) | 3 | Hasan Berk Kılınç (TUR) | 5 |
| Salih Aydın (TUR) | 1 |
| | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | Erik Szilvássy (HUN) | WO |
| | | Salih Aydın (TUR) | |

### Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Doğan Kaya (TUR) | 7 | | | | |
| Mehdi Ebrahimi (IRI) | 7 | Mehdi Ebrahimi (IRI) | 8 | | | | |
| Ilias Pagkalidis (GRE) | 1 | | | Mehdi Ebrahimi (IRI) | 1 | | |
| | | | | István Takács (HUN) | 9 | | |
| | | Mahammad Ahmadiyev (AZE) | 1 | | | | |
| | | István Takács (HUN) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | István Takács (HUN) | 1 |
| | | | | | | Dávid Losonczi (HUN) | 5 |
| | | Emrah Kuş (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Pejman Poshtam (IRI) | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | Pejman Poshtam (IRI) | 0 | | |
| | | | | Dávid Losonczi (HUN) | 9 | | |
| | | Doğan Göktaş (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Dávid Losonczi (HUN) | 4 | | | | |
| Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Mahammad Ahmadiyev (AZE) | 6$^F$ |
| Mehdi Ebrahimi (IRI) | 3 |
| Doğan Göktaş (TUR) | 3 |
| Pejman Poshtam (IRI) | 5 |

### Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | Beytullah Kayışdağ (TUR) | 3 | | | | |
| Alex Szőke (HUN) | 1 | Alex Szőke (HUN) | 1 | | | | |
| Abdülkadir Çebi (TUR) | 1 | | | Beytullah Kayışdağ (TUR) | 1 | | |
| Doğan Yılmaz (TUR) | 0 | | | Murad Ahmadiyev (AZE) | 3 | | |
| Emincan Enez (TUR) | 2 | Emincan Enez (TUR) | 2 | | | | |
| | | Murad Ahmadiyev (AZE) | 7$^F$ | | | | |
| | | | | | | Murad Ahmadiyev (AZE) | 0 |
| | | | | | | Metehan Başar (TUR) | 7 |
| | | Mustafa Olgun (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| Muhittin Sarıçiçek (TUR) | 5 | Muhittin Sarıçiçek (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| Hamed Abdovali (IRI) | 2 | | | Mustafa Olgun (TUR) | 0 | | |
| Metehan Başar (TUR) | 1 | | | Metehan Başar (TUR) | 5 | | |
| Tamás Lévai (HUN) | 1 | Metehan Başar (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| | | Oktay Demir (TUR) | 1 | | | | |
| Repechage round 1 | Repechage round 1 | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | Emincan Enez (TUR) | 1 |
| | | Beytullah Kayışdağ (TUR) | 3 |
| Tamás Lévai (HUN) | 6 | Tamás Lévai (HUN) | 6 |
| Oktay Demir (TUR) | 0 | Mustafa Olgun (TUR) | 0 |

### Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg

22 June
| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | TUR | TUR | TUR | HUN |
| 1 | Fatih Bozkurt (TUR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 19 | — | 6–2 | 4–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Osman Yıldırım (TUR) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 1–3 VPO1 | — | 9–0 | 8–0 |
| 3 | Ali Nail Arslan (TUR) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1–3 VPO1 | 0–4 VSU | — | 6–2 |
| 4 | Dáriusz Vitek (HUN) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0–4 VSU | 0–4 VSU | 1–3 VPO1 | — |
| Pos | Athlete | Pld | W | L | CP | TP | IRI | AZE | TUR |
| 1 | Morteza Alghosi (IRI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 14 | — | 5–1 | 9–0 |
| 2 | Sarkhan Mammadov (AZE) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1–3 VPO1 | — | 4–1 |
| 3 | Ahmet Eren Coşkun (TUR) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0–4 VSU | 1–3 VPO1 | — |
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Fatih Bozkurt (TUR) | 9 | | |
| Sarkhan Mammadov (AZE) | 0 | Fatih Bozkurt (TUR) | 3 |
| Morteza Alghosi (IRI) | 1 | Osman Yıldırım (TUR) | 5 |
| Osman Yıldırım (TUR) | 2 |
| | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| | | Sarkhan Mammadov (AZE) | 1 |
| | | Morteza Alghosi (IRI) | 4 |