Sumo World Championships

The Sumo World Championships is an amateur men's sumo competition organized by the International Sumo Federation. The competition started in 1992 and since the Women Sumo World Championships started in 2001 both competitions have been held together. The competitions are generally held every year.

Weight Classes

Weight class	Men	Women	Jr. Men*	Jr. Women*
Open	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
Heavyweight	115+ kg	80+ kg	100+ kg	75+ kg
Middleweight	85−115 kg	65–80 kg	80–100 kg	60–75 kg
Lightweight	−85 kg	−65 kg	−80 kg	−60 kg

* Age restrictions of 13–18 years old apply

Men's Individual competition

The wrestlers who subsequently entered professional sumo also have their ring name or shikona listed.

	Year	Host country, city	Weight class	Winner	Country	shikona	ref
1st	1992	Japan, Tokyo	Openweight	Kazuo Saitō	Japan		^[1]
			Heavyweight	Takeharu Dejima	Japan	Dejima Takeharu
			Lightweight	Akihiro Kiku	Japan
2nd	1993	Japan, Tokyo	Openweight	Sunao Yasu	Japan		^[2]
			Heavyweight	Fumihito Tsuruga	Japan	Hokutomori Fumihito
			Middleweight	Akihiro Kiku	Japan
			Lightweight	Hitoshi Omura	Japan
3rd	1994	Japan, Tokyo	Openweight	Badmanyambuu Bat-Erdene	Mongolia		^[3]
			Heavyweight	Keiji Tamiya	Japan	Kotomitsuki Keiji
			Middleweight	Ryōji Kumagai	Japan	Kaihō Ryōji
			Lightweight	Bayanmnh Gantogtoh	Mongolia
4th	1995	Japan, Tokyo	Openweight	Emmanuel Yarborough	United States		^[4]
			Heavyweight	Naohito Saitō	Japan	Hayateumi Hidehito
			Middleweight	Ryōji Kumagai	Japan	Kaihō Ryōji
			Lightweight	Agvaansamdan Suhbat	Mongolia
5th	1996	Japan, Tokyo	Openweight	Mark Robinson	South Africa		^[5]
			Heavyweight	Koichi Katō	Japan
			Middleweight	Tatsurō Takahama	Japan	Hamanishiki Tatsurō
			Lightweight	Hitoshi Omura	Japan
6th	1997	Japan, Tokyo	Openweight	Naohito Saitō	Japan	Hayateumi Hidehito	^[6]
			Heavyweight	Keiji Tamiya	Japan	Kotomitsuki Keiji
			Middleweight	Tatsurō Takahama	Japan	Hamanishiki Tatsurō
			Lightweight	Agvaansamdan Suhbat	Mongolia
7th	1998	Japan, Tokyo	Openweight	Keiji Tamiya	Japan	Kotomitsuki Keiji	^[7]
			Heavyweight	Jörg Brümmer	Germany
			Middleweight	Tatsurō Takahama	Japan	Hamanishiki Tatsurō
			Lightweight	Svetoslav Binev	Bulgaria
8th	1999	Germany, Riesa	Openweight	Levan Ebanoidze	Georgia		^[8]
			Heavyweight	Takahisa Osanai	Japan
			Middleweight	Hideto Tsushima	Japan
			Lightweight	Svetoslav Binev	Bulgaria
9th	2000	Brazil, São Paulo	Openweight	Tōru Kakizoe	Japan	Kakizoe Tōru	^[9]
			Heavyweight	Takahisa Osanai	Japan
			Middleweight	Aias Mongouch	Russia
			Lightweight	Peer Schmidt-Düwiger	Germany
10th	2001	Japan, Aomori	Openweight	Torsten Scheibler	Germany		^[10]
			Heavyweight	Robert Paczków	Poland
			Middleweight	Aias Mongouch	Russia
			Lightweight	Chōhei Kimura	Japan
11th	2002	Poland, Kraków	Openweight	Alan Karaev	Russia		^[11]
			Heavyweight	Robert Paczków	Poland
			Middleweight	David Tsallagov	Russia
			Lightweight	Claudio Ikemori	Brazil
−	2003	Hong Kong	Cancelled due to the SARS outbreak.
12th	2004	Germany, Riesa	Openweight	Keishō Shimoda	Japan	Wakakeishō Hiroki	^[12]
			Heavyweight	Takayuki Ichihara	Japan	Kiyoseumi Takayuki
			Middleweight	Katsuo Yoshida	Japan
			Lightweight	Vitaliy Tikhenko	Ukraine
13th	2005	Japan, Osaka	Openweight	Torsten Scheibler	Germany		^[13]
			Heavyweight	Takayuki Ichihara	Japan	Kiyoseumi Takayuki
			Middleweight	Katsuo Yoshida	Japan
			Lightweight	Vitaliy Tikhenko	Ukraine
14th	2006	Japan, Sakai	Openweight	Alan Gabaraev	Russia	Aran Hakutora	^[14]
			Heavyweight	Byambajav Ulambayar	Mongolia	Daishōchi Kenta (ex-professional sumo wrestler)
			Middleweight	Katsuo Yoshida	Japan
			Lightweight	Takaharu Nagasawa	Japan
15th	2007	Thailand, Chiang Mai	Openweight	Alan Karaev	Russia		^[15]
			Heavyweight	Byambajav Ulambayar	Mongolia	Daishōchi Kenta
			Middleweight	Katsuo Yoshida	Japan
			Lightweight	Sándor Bárdosi	Hungary
16th	2008	Estonia, Rakvere	Openweight	Naranbat Gankhuyag	Mongolia	Maenoyū Tarō (ex-professional sumo wrestler)	^[16]
			Heavyweight	Takashi Himeno	Japan
			Middleweight	Katsuo Yoshida	Japan
			Lightweight	Takashi Shimako	Japan
−	2009	Egypt, Alexandria	Cancelled due to the flu pandemic
17th	2010	Poland, Warsaw	Openweight	Vasily Margiev	Russia		^[17]
			Heavyweight	Dezso Libor	Hungary
			Middleweight	Ryō Itō	Japan
			Lightweight	Stiliyan Georgiev	Bulgaria
−	2011	Egypt, Alexandria	Cancelled due to political instability
18th	2012	Hong Kong, Wan Chai	Openweight	Naranbat Gankhuyag	Mongolia	Maenoyū Tarō	^[18]
			Heavyweight	Alan Karaev	Russia
			Middleweight	Kostiantyn Iermakov	Ukraine
			Lightweight	Gantugs Rentsendorj	Mongolia
19th	2014	Taiwan, Kaohsiung	Openweight	Turbold Baasansuren	Mongolia	Mitoryū Takayuki	^[19]
			Heavyweight	Alan Karaev	Russia
			Middleweight	Kiyoyuki Noguchi	Japan
			Lightweight	Yūya Nakamura	Japan
20th	2015	Japan, Osaka	Openweight	Sōichirō Kurokawa	Japan		^[20]
			Heavyweight	Ryōta Oyanagi	Japan	Yutakayama Ryōta
			Middleweight	Atsamaz Kaziev	Russia
			Lightweight	Yūya Nakamura	Japan
21st	2016	Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar	Openweight	Turbold Baasansuren	Mongolia	Mitoryū Takayuki
			Heavyweight	Vasilii Margiev	Russia
			Middleweight	Hayato Miwa	Japan
			Lightweight	Batyr Altyev	Russia
22nd	2018	Taoyuan, Taiwan	Openweight
			Heavyweight
			Middleweight
			Lightweight

Men's Team competition

Year	1st place	2nd place	3rd	3rd
1992	Japan	United States	Mongolia	France
1993	Japan	United States	Mongolia	Russia
1994	Japan	United States	Brazil	Mongolia
1995	Japan	Mongolia	Brazil	United States
1996	Japan	Mongolia	Finland	Germany
1997	Japan	Finland	United States	Estonia
1998	Japan	United States	Germany	Poland
1999	Japan	Poland	Russia	United States
2000	Germany	Japan	Russia	Poland
2001	Japan	Germany	Mongolia	Norway
2002	Japan	Norway	Poland	Hungary
2004	Japan	Bulgaria	Germany	Hungary
2005	Japan	Bulgaria	Russia	Norway
2006	Russia	Japan	Mongolia	Poland
2007	Russia	Japan	Ukraine	Mongolia
2008	Russia	Japan	Poland	Mongolia
2010	Japan	Russia	Ukraine	Mongolia
2012	Japan	Russia	Ukraine	Mongolia
2014	Japan	Russia	Ukraine	Mongolia
2015	Russia	Mongolia	Georgia	Japan
2016	Russia	Mongolia	Ukraine	Japan

Women's Individual competition

	Year	Host country, city	Weight class	Winner	Country	ref
1st	2001	Japan, Aomori	Openweight	Sandra Köppen	Germany	^[21]
			Heavyweight	Veronika Kozlovskaya	Japan
			Middleweight	Satomi Ishigaya	Belarus
			Lightweight	Lene Aanes	Germany
2nd	2002	Poland, Kraków	Openweight	Rie Tsuihiji	Japan	^[22]
			Heavyweight	Olesya Kovalenko	Russia
			Middleweight	Edyta Witkowska	Poland
			Lightweight	Satomi Ishigaya	Japan
−	2003	Hong Kong	Cancelled due to the SARS outbreak.
3rd	2004	Germany, Riesa	Openweight	Sandra Köppen	Germany	^[23]
			Heavyweight	Fernanda Pereira da Costa	Brazil
			Middleweight	Svetlana Panteleeva	Russia
			Lightweight	Alina Boykova	Ukraine
4th	2005	Japan, Osaka	Openweight	Ekaterina Keyb	Russia	^[24]
			Heavyweight	Sandra Köppen	Germany
			Middleweight	Svetlana Panteleeva	Russia
			Lightweight	Satomi Ishigaya	Japan
5th	2006	Japan, Sakai	Openweight	Anna Zhigalova	Russia	^[25]
			Heavyweight	Olesya Kovalenko	Russia
			Middleweight	Svetlana Panteleeva	Russia
			Lightweight	Alina Boykova	Ukraine
6th	2007	Thailand, Chiang Mai	Openweight	Ekaterina Keyb	Russia	^[26]
			Heavyweight	Olesya Kovalenko	Russia
			Middleweight	Asano Matsuura	Japan
			Lightweight	Nelli Vorobyeva	Russia
7th	2008	Estonia, Rakvere	Openweight	Anna Zhigalova	Russia	^[27]
			Heavyweight	Olga Davydko	Ukraine
			Middleweight	Maryna Pryshchepa	Ukraine
			Lightweight	Nelli Vorobyeva	Russia
−	2009	Egypt, Alexandria	Cancelled due to the flu pandemic
8th	2010	Poland, Warsaw	Openweight	Sylwia Krzemien	Poland	^[28]
			Heavyweight	Anna Zhigalova	Russia
			Middleweight	Dulmaa Yadmaa	Mongolia
			Lightweight	Alina Boykova	Ukraine
−	2011	Egypt, Alexandria	Cancelled due to political instability
9th	2012	Hong Kong, Wan Chai	Openweight	Yuka Ueta	Japan	^[29]
			Heavyweight	Anna Zhigalova	Russia
			Middleweight	Svetlana Panteleeva	Russia
			Lightweight	Alina Boykova	Ukraine
10th	2014	Taiwan, Kaohsiung	Openweight	Anna Zhigalova	Russia	^[30]
			Heavyweight	Mariia Drboian	Ukraine
			Middleweight	Anna Aleksandrova	Russia
			Lightweight	Vera Koval	Russia
11th	2015	Japan, Osaka	Openweight	Anna Zhigalova	Russia	^[31]
			Heavyweight	Sunjidmaa Khishigdorj	Mongolia
			Middleweight	Maryna Maksymenko	Ukraine
			Lightweight	Daria Ibragimova	Russia
12th	2016	Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar	Openweight	Anna Poliakova (nee Zhigalova)	Russia
			Heavyweight	Sunjidmaa Khishigdorj	Mongolia
			Middleweight	Maryna Maksymenko	Ukraine
			Lightweight	Alina Boykova	Ukraine
13th	2018	Taoyuan, Taiwan	Openweight
			Heavyweight
			Middleweight
			Lightweight

Women's Team competition

Year	1st place	2nd place	3rd	3rd
2001	Germany	Norway	Japan	Russia
2002	Japan	Germany	Mongolia	Brazil
2004	Germany	Russia	Japan	Brazil
2005	Russia	Mongolia	Hungary	Ukraine
2006	Russia	Ukraine	Mongolia	Japan
2007	Russia	Ukraine	Japan	Netherlands
2008	Russia	Ukraine	Poland	Japan
2010	Japan	Mongolia	Brazil	Russia
2012	Russia	Ukraine	Poland	Japan
2014	Russia	Ukraine	Chinese Taipei	Japan
2015	Ukraine	Japan	Russia	Mongolia
2016	Russia	Mongolia	Japan	Ukraine

Notes

↑ "1st Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "2nd Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "3rd Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "4th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "5th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "6th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "7th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "8th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "9th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "10th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "11th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "12th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "13th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "14th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "15th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "16th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "17th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.
↑ "18th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 9 May 2013.
↑ "19th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2014.
↑ "20th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2016.
↑ "1st Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "2nd Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "3rd Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "4th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "5th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "6th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "7th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "8th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "9th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.
↑ "10th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2014.
↑ "11th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2016.

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[4] "4th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.

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[8] "8th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.

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[12] "12th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.

[13] "13th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.

[14] "14th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.

[15] "15th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.

[16] "16th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.

[17] "17th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 12 Nov 2012.

[18] "18th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 9 May 2013.

[19] "19th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2014.

[20] "20th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2016.

[21] "1st Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[22] "2nd Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[23] "3rd Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[24] "4th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[25] "5th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[26] "6th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[27] "7th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[28] "8th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[29] "9th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 21 May 2013.

[30] "10th Women's Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 13 Nov 2014.

[31] "11th Sumo World Championships Results" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2016.