2023 Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Tournament

Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan 2023
Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan 2023
Host city	Istanbul, Turkey
Dates	21–22 June
Stadium	Başakşehir Youth and Sports Facility
Champions
Greco-Roman	Turkey
	← 2022 2024 →

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

Competition schedule[edit]

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[edit]

* 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)		10	10	17	37

Team ranking[edit]

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

Medal overview[edit]

Men's Greco-Roman[edit]

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[edit]

89 competitors from 7 nations participated.

Azerbaijan (7)
Greece (1)
Hungary (13)
Iran (12)
Kazakhstan (2)
Kyrgyzstan (1)
Turkey (53)

Results[edit]

Legend

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

Men's Greco-Roman 55 kg[edit]

21 June^[5]

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	—

Source: UWW

Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg[edit]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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		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[edit]

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

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		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[edit]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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



	Hacı Karakuş (TUR)	1

	Murat Fırat (TUR)	3



	Ensar Karabacak (TUR)

	Furkan Yıldız (TUR)	WO

Men's Greco-Roman 72 kg[edit]

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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



	Hasan Orakçı (TUR)	0

	Abdullah Toprak (TUR)	8



	Murat Dağ (TUR)	2

	Krisztofer Klányi (HUN)	1

Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg[edit]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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



	Yüksel Sarıçiçek (TUR)	2

	Amin Kavianinejad (IRI)	2



	Ömer Can Doğan (TUR)	1

	Abdurahman Kalkan (TUR)	3

Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg[edit]

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	—

Source: UWW

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	—

Source: UWW

Semifinals		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

		Erik Szilvássy (HUN)	WO
		Salih Aydın (TUR)

Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg[edit]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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



	Mahammad Ahmadiyev (AZE)	6^F

	Mehdi Ebrahimi (IRI)	3



	Doğan Göktaş (TUR)	3

	Pejman Poshtam (IRI)	5

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg[edit]

Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		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		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[edit]

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	—

Source: UWW

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	—

Source: UWW

Semifinals		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

		Sarkhan Mammadov (AZE)	1
		Morteza Alghosi (IRI)	4

References[edit]

^ "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan".
^ "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan - Schedule". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ https://tgf.gov.tr/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FAALI%CC%87YET-PROGRAMI-2023-yayin-1-1.pdf
^ "38. Uluslararasi Vehbi̇ Emre & Hami̇t Kaplan Güreş Turnuvasi Başladi | TGF".
^ "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Bracket GR 55" (PDF).

[1] "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan".

[2] "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan - Schedule". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 7 June 2023.

[3] ttps://tgf.gov.tr/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FAALI%CC%87YET-PROGRAMI-2023-yayin-1-1.pdf

[4] "38. Uluslararasi Vehbi̇ Emre & Hami̇t Kaplan Güreş Turnuvasi Başladi | TGF".

[5] "Yasar Dogu, Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Bracket GR 55" (PDF).

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

v t e Vehbi Emre & Hamit Kaplan Wrestling Tournament
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022 2023 2024