Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP) is the governing sports organization for wrestling in the Philippines, and maintains the Philippines National Wrestling Team.

National team

The Philippines also competes against teams from Asia. They are promoting grassroots involvement with their national team and have signed Filipino's from around the globe as well as the homeland to compete in tournaments.** This is the current starting squad for the Philippines friendly vs. Malaysia as of December 5, 2009:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
32 {{{pos}}} Philippines PHI Christina Villanueva
2 {{{pos}}} Philippines PHI Gemma Silverio
13 {{{pos}}} United States USA Andrew Anies Fernandez Al-Sarayray Alcott
16 {{{pos}}} England ENG Jason Balabal
21 {{{pos}}} Philippines PHI Esti Gay Liwanen
85 {{{pos}}} Philippines PHI Razel Gutierrez
22 {{{pos}}} Italy ITA Mario Antelletti Gomes
14 {{{pos}}} Philippines PHI Migeul Pinzhagi Montelivo Ricardo
10 {{{pos}}} England ENG Gareth Phillips
23 {{{pos}}} England ENG Jordan Brown
4 {{{pos}}} Philippines PHI Jose Anton Castillo
45 {{{pos}}} Philippines PHI Jared Hwalek

Flags denote Nation of Citizenship.

Age-Groups

The Olympic sport of Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling is broken down into three age group levels: Cadets(16-17 yrs.old), Juniors (18-20 yrs.old), and Seniors (20 yrs.old and above). Each group follows different weight categories, as follows:

CADETS JUNIORS SENIORS
Male Female Male Female Male Female
50 kg 44 kg 55 kg 48 kg
60 kg 51 kg
66 kg 55 kg
74 kg 59 kg
84 kg 63 kg
96 kg 67 kg
120 kg 72 kg

References


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