<p class="reg-lead">The current edition of the Financial Regulations; its most significant change is that the hosting fee for World Championships no longer has a fixed figure and is instead set "upon request".</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Published by</td><td>United World Wrestling — edition of 19 February 2026</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Regulations with fee schedules</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the governing financial regulations</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What is the United World Wrestling Financial Regulations?</h2>
<p>The Financial Regulations of United World Wrestling (UWW) determine the federation's financial resources and the financial obligations of national federations: the annual membership fee, licence fees for athletes, referees and coaches, competition entry fees, the fee paid by the host of an international event, the rules on advertising and sponsorship, and the financial sanctions for breaches such as cancelling a tournament or submitting the entry list late. Payments are made through the <strong>Athena</strong> system.</p>
</div>
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<h2>About the February 2026 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from January 2022</span></h2>
<h3>Most significant changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Hosting fee: from a fixed figure to "upon request"</b>The most significant change in this edition. In the hosting-fee table, the fixed figures for World Championships — from seniors down to U15 — were removed and replaced by the phrase <strong>"Upon request"</strong>. The text explains that the figure stated is a <strong>minimum</strong> and that the effective amount is set by agreement with United World Wrestling.</li>
<li><b class="t">Redistributed prize money</b>It is now specified that part of the amount comprises <strong>CHF 100,000 in prize money</strong>, which United World Wrestling redistributes among the best teams.</li>
<li><b class="t">Fine for cancelling a tournament</b>Alongside a one-year ban on organising an international tournament, this edition now expressly provides for a <strong>fine of up to CHF 5,000</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Licence fees unchanged</b>The annual athlete licence fee remains at <strong>CHF 50 and CHF 100</strong>.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For national wrestling federations and host clubs, this document determines what amounts must be paid, by what deadlines, and what the consequences of default are — including the invalidation of team members' accreditation if the entry list does not arrive at least one month before the competition. A point that connects to the Congress procedure: a federation that has not met its financial obligations has no voting right at the Congress.</p>
</div>

UWW Financial Regulations February 2026

<p class="reg-lead">Current edition, in force from 25 November 2025; for the first time it imposes an annual cap on the releasing federation, moves the application window to 1 October–20 December, and requires the international federation to decide within ninety days.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>25 November 2025</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Publication</td><td>United World Wrestling — November 2025 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>10 articles together with a definitions section</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — governing applications submitted from 25 November 2025</td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What are the Change of Nationality Regulations in wrestling?</h2>
<p>The United World Wrestling (UWW) Change of Nationality Regulations determine which country a wrestler represents in international competition and the conditions under which that affiliation may be changed. The governing criterion is the athlete's international licence, issued by the international federation; that licence identifies the country the wrestler represents. Any wrestler who has once competed representing a country in events on the international federation's calendar must go through this procedure in order to compete for another country — and that change is possible only once during a sporting career and does not permit a return to the previous affiliation.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>About the November 2025 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from June 2019</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Annual cap for the releasing federation</b>The newest and most significant restriction in this edition. Until now only the host federation was subject to a cap; now <strong>each releasing federation may consent to a maximum of three changes of nationality for men and three for women per year</strong>, across all styles and all age categories. The text states expressly that this decision lies <strong>entirely within the discretion of the releasing federation</strong>, that the international federation plays no part in it, and that a refusal by the releasing federation provides no basis for any claim against the international federation.</li>
<li><b class="t">The host federation's cap, now split by gender</b>The host federation may accept <strong>one foreign wrestler of each gender per year</strong>; previously the cap was one person per year without distinction by gender.</li>
<li><b class="t">Application window: 1 October to 20 December</b>The application submission window, previously <strong>1 to 31 December</strong>, has changed to <strong>1 October to 20 December</strong> — that is, it opens earlier and closes earlier. The licence, as before, takes effect from 1 January of the following year.</li>
<li><b class="t">Ninety-day deadline for the international federation</b>For the first time the international federation is required to determine an application <strong>within ninety days of receiving a complete file</strong>. A file is considered complete once all necessary documents have reached the federation's office.</li>
<li><b class="t">New and defined terminology</b>The text has acquired a definitions section: <strong>Host federation</strong>, <strong>Releasing federation</strong>, <strong>national wrestler</strong> and <strong>naturalised wrestler</strong>. The expression "sporting nationality" has also been simplified to "nationality" throughout the text.</li>
<li><b class="t">A separate route for veterans</b>A lighter procedure is provided for the veterans category: an application is accepted <strong>at any time of year</strong> and at least <strong>45 days before the Veterans Championships</strong>, only the host federation's application and the releasing federation's consent are required, and <strong>the three-year rule does not apply to veterans</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Flexibility for youth categories</b>The three-year waiting period may still be reduced or waived by agreement of the two federations and a decision of the Executive Board; in addition, for <strong>wrestlers aged fifteen at the time of the application</strong>, or those whose only record of participation with the releasing federation was in the under-fifteen category, that decision is taken by a simpler route.</li>
<li><b class="t">Olympic competitions referred to the Olympic Charter</b>The detailed, step-by-step section on Olympic qualification rules added in the 2019 edition has been removed and replaced by a short reference: <strong>at the Olympic Games and their qualifying competitions, the rules of the Olympic Charter govern</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Training compensation</b>The releasing federation may claim <strong>training compensation</strong> and an administrative fee on the basis of a scale set out in these regulations.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>This is one of the most frequently applied wrestling regulations in sports law practice: any case concerning a wrestler who intends to compete for another country — whether a foreign athlete seeking to wrestle for Iran or an Iranian wrestler intending to move abroad in sporting terms — is assessed against this text. Three points are decisive in practice: the application deadlines, the three-year waiting period and the possibility of reducing it, and the releasing federation's discretion to consent or refuse. For national federations, the annual caps on accepting and releasing athletes are likewise set out in this document. Each case is governed by the edition in force at the time the application was submitted.</p>
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UWW Change of Nationality Regulations November 2025

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition, adopted on 4 February 2025 and in force from that date; it clarified the period of validity of a transfer authorisation, imposed a ceiling of two transferred wrestlers per club and abandoned the primacy of the French text.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>4 February 2025</b> — Bureau of the federation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>13 articles</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — governing club transfers</td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What is the Regulations for International Transfers?</h2>
<p>United World Wrestling's Regulations for International Transfers govern the movement of wrestlers <strong>between clubs</strong> for participation in club competitions, and differ fundamentally from a change of nationality: here the wrestler's national affiliation remains untouched and only a temporary authorisation to appear for a foreign club is issued. The document defines the parties involved — the wrestler, the club of origin, the receiving club and the national federations of both clubs — sets out the authority competent to issue the authorisation and the documents required, determines the transfer fee on the basis of the wrestler's level of medal achievement, and provides a sanction for direct contact with a wrestler without observance of the required formalities.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>About the February 2025 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from November 2017</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Period of validity of the transfer authorisation</b>It was made explicit that a transfer authorisation is valid <strong>until 31 December of the same year</strong>, and, for <strong>league competitions that run across the turn of the year, until 1 March of the following year</strong>. The previous edition had not clarified any such time limit.</li>
<li><b class="t">Ceiling of two transferred wrestlers per club</b>No club may participate in international club competitions with <strong>more than two internationally transferred wrestlers</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Revision of the fee table</b>The levels of medal achievement in the fee table were redefined, and the <strong>senior/U23 world</strong> and <strong>junior (U20)</strong> categories replaced the previous division; the figure of 2,500 francs for the highest level remained unchanged.</li>
<li><b class="t">Results assessment period and age requirement</b>The text clarified by way of example that results of the <strong>past four years</strong> are the relevant criterion (for 2025, meaning from 2021 up to the date of the application), and the minimum age was explained with the example "17 years or older".</li>
<li><b class="t">Language of the document: English only</b>The text is now published <strong>in English only</strong>; the previous rule under which the French version prevailed in the event of a discrepancy was removed.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Clubs engaging foreign wrestlers and wrestlers participating in club leagues abroad are directly subject to this text. Three points are decisive in practice: the period of validity of the transfer authorisation, the ceiling on the number of transferred wrestlers a club may field in a competition, and the prohibition on negotiating directly with a wrestler before the formalities have been completed — a breach of which gives rise to disciplinary proceedings.</p>
</div>

UWW Regulations for International Transfers February 2025

<p class="reg-lead">Current edition; it made the presence of at least one woman in a three-member delegation mandatory, entrusted the vetting of candidates' eligibility to an independent commission, and set out the election procedure step by step in an appendix.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Publication</td><td>United World Wrestling — October 2024 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>11 articles + Appendix 1 (model for conducting elections)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the governing Congress procedure</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What are the Congress Procedure Rules?</h2>
<p>The United World Wrestling (UWW) Congress Procedure Rules govern how the Congress is held: who represents a national federation, how convocation and registration are carried out, what the condition for participation is, how the agenda is settled, by what procedure voting and elections are conducted, and when decisions are valid. This document supplements the Constitution: the Constitution determines the powers of the Congress, and this text the mechanism for exercising them.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>About the October 2024 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from November 2019</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Presence of women in the delegation</b>It was provided that <strong>whenever a national federation registers three delegates, at least one of them must be a woman</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Commission for vetting candidates' eligibility</b>Establishing candidates' eligibility under the Constitution was entrusted to a <strong>commission composed of members of the Legal Commission</strong>, whose members must hold a nationality different from that of the candidates.</li>
<li><b class="t">Appendix 1: step-by-step election procedure</b>For the first time an appendix was added setting out the conduct of elections in detail: distribution and checking of the voting devices before the election, and programming of the devices so as <strong>not to allow votes in excess of the number of seats</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Two-round election mechanism</b><strong>Six seats with a full six-year term are renewed every two years</strong>, and each delegate may select up to six candidates. In the first round, election requires an <strong>absolute majority (half of the valid votes plus one)</strong>, and if the seats are not filled, a <strong>relative majority</strong> applies in the second round.</li>
<li><b class="t">Rules on ties, nationality and the quota for women</b>In the event of a tie between two incumbent members or two new candidates, the <strong>older</strong> is elected, and in a tie between an incumbent member and a new candidate, the <strong>incumbent member</strong> prevails. Only one candidate from each country may be elected, and at least <strong>five seats</strong> among the elected members are reserved for women.</li>
<li><b class="t">Condition for participation in the Congress</b>A national federation must <strong>have discharged all its financial obligations towards United World Wrestling and be subject to no disciplinary suspension</strong>; the voting rights of Bureau members and of national federations are also not transferable.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For the Iranian wrestling federation this text determines who its delegates are to be, what formal conditions apply to the power of attorney, and in what circumstances the right to vote lapses — including financial debt or disciplinary suspension. For any national federation intending to put forward a candidate for the organs of United World Wrestling, the election procedure and the eligibility conditions are set out in this same document.</p>
</div>

UWW Congress Procedure Rules October 2024

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition of the Constitution of United World Wrestling, adopted by the Extraordinary Congress of 24 June 2024; the threshold for an "international competition" rose from more than three countries to more than five, the Bureau was redesigned to eighteen elected members with six vice-presidents, and seats reserved for women are no longer transferred to men.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>24 June 2024</b> — Extraordinary Congress of the federation</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>27 articles in 7 titles (TITLE I to VII) + transitional provisions</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the constitution governing United World Wrestling</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What is the Constitution of United World Wrestling?</h2>
<p>The Constitution of United World Wrestling (UWW) is the federation's foundational instrument: it establishes its name, purpose and seat, enumerates the wrestling styles under its governance, sets out the conditions of membership for national federations together with their rights and obligations, and organises the federation's organs — the Congress, the Bureau, the President, the continental councils and the commissions — with the powers of each. The federation's seat is in Switzerland, and the remaining wrestling regulations, from the disciplinary procedure to the financial and licensing rules, are all enacted on the basis of powers defined by this instrument.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>About the June 2024 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from October 2021</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">The "international competition" threshold: from three countries to five</b>The most significant practical change for wrestlers and clubs. An international competition is now a competition in which <strong>more than five countries</strong> take part; previously more than three sufficed. Because the requirement to hold a federation licence is tied to this same definition, the range of events for which a licence is required to participate has narrowed.</li>
<li><b class="t">Redesign of the Bureau</b>The former composition — the President, five vice-presidents and thirteen elected members — has been replaced by <strong>eighteen elected members, six of whom are vice-presidents</strong>. The vice-presidents are chosen from among those same members by the Bureau itself.</li>
<li><b class="t">Strengthened quota for women</b>The elected members of the Bureau must include <strong>at least five women</strong> (including those women who become vice-presidents), and <strong>at least two vice-presidents must be women</strong>. In the 2021 edition these figures were three seats and one vice-president.</li>
<li><b class="t">Seats reserved for women no longer pass to men</b>The former rule provided that, if there were not enough female candidates, the seats reserved for women would be opened to male candidates. That rule has been removed, and such seats now <strong>remain vacant</strong>, to be filled by a female candidate at the next election.</li>
<li><b class="t">Rewritten electoral procedure</b>Elections are held by <strong>secret ballot</strong>, and each voter has as many votes as there are vacant seats. Candidates who meet the conditions — including nationality and gender — and who receive the most votes are declared elected. In the event of a tie, the sitting member of the Bureau takes precedence and, failing that, the oldest candidate; and if the number of candidates equals the number of seats, they are elected without a ballot.</li>
<li><b class="t">Pace of seat renewal</b>Instead of "one third of the seats every two years", <strong>six seats</strong> are now put to election <strong>at each biennial Congress</strong>. In addition, where a seat falls vacant <strong>for any reason</strong>, a successor is elected at the following Congress; previously a vacancy arising from a member reaching the age limit was excluded from this rule.</li>
<li><b class="t">Vacancy in the office of vice-president</b>If a person's membership of the Bureau ends before the end of their term as vice-president, the <strong>Bureau shall, at its next meeting</strong>, choose a new vice-president for the remainder of that term.</li>
<li><b class="t">Transitional provisions until 2030</b>For the transition to the new structure, it was provided that the seventh and, if necessary, the eighth seat should go <strong>to women only</strong>, and that the term of the woman receiving the fewest votes should be <strong>four years</strong> rather than six. Candidatures for the 2024 elections were accepted up to two months beforehand, but <strong>from 2026 the three-month deadline is applied strictly</strong>, and at the 2028 and 2030 Congresses six members are elected and the minimum of five women will be observed without any relaxation.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>The Wrestling Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran is an affiliated member, and its rights and obligations — from the right to vote at Congress to the conditions for suspension and expulsion — are defined in this instrument. For sports lawyers, the constitution is the starting point for any case concerning the competence of UWW's organs: before relying on the disciplinary procedure or the rules on change of nationality, one must establish from which article of the constitution the organ in question derives its power. As a practical matter, each event is governed by the edition in force at the time it occurred; for that reason, earlier editions are kept available on this page.</p>
</div>

UWW Constitution June 2024

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition, revised in December 2023 and in force from 1 January 2024; the text was organised into nine chapters, its scope of application was extended to organising committees and the host candidature process, and national federations were required to adopt their own ethics regulations on its basis.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Adopted</td><td><b>1 December 2023</b> — United World Wrestling</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>1 January 2024</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>9 chapters, together with the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions as an annex</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the governing ethics regulations</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What is the United World Wrestling Code of Ethics?</h2>
<p>The United World Wrestling (UWW) Code of Ethics sets out the rules of conduct governing everyone who plays a part in the international wrestling cycle: federation officials, national federations, organising committees, athletes and their entourage. Its principal themes are respect for human dignity, the prohibition of discrimination and harassment, the prevention of conflicts of interest, the protection of the integrity of competitions against manipulation and betting, and transparency in governance and financial resources.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>About the January 2024 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from the 2017 edition</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">A new structure in nine chapters</b>The previously dispersed text was recast into an ordered structure: <strong>fundamental principles, integrity of conduct, integrity of competitions, good governance and resources, candidatures, confidentiality, the duty to report and enforcement</strong> — and, at the end, the <strong>Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions</strong> as part of the document.</li>
<li><b class="t">Extended scope of application</b>In addition to officials and athletes, <strong>organising committees for federation events and their officials throughout the whole period of their activity</strong>, as well as <strong>all members and officials taking part in candidature processes</strong>, are now expressly covered.</li>
<li><b class="t">Obligation on national federations to adopt internal regulations</b>Affiliated and associated members were required to adopt, for their own domestic activities, <strong>ethics regulations based on these same principles</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Duty to report and confidentiality</b>Two separate chapters were devoted to the <strong>duty to report violations</strong> and to <strong>confidentiality</strong> — a mechanism that did not exist in such express terms in the previous text.</li>
<li><b class="t">Leading by example and promoting a culture of ethics</b>Federation parties undertook to <strong>promote a culture of ethics and integrity within their sphere of competence and to serve as an example themselves</strong>.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Ethics cases — from conflicts of interest on the part of officials to allegations of result manipulation — are examined on the basis of this very text, and their consequences may extend as far as suspension. For national federations, the practical point is that this document requires them to <strong>draw up their own internal ethics regulations on the basis of these same principles</strong>; that is, the text does not remain purely international but extends to the national level.</p>
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UWW Code of Ethics January 2024

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition of the United World Wrestling licence regulations; it separates the age categories of licence holders into official age and minimum permitted age, clarifies the boundary of the federation's insurance cover, and designates the forum for the resolution of disputes.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Publication</td><td>United World Wrestling — 2021 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>13 articles</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — governing licence regulations</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What are the Licence Regulations?</h2>
<p>The United World Wrestling (UWW) Licence Regulations set the condition of entry to every international competition: no wrestler may take part in competitions on the federation's calendar without a valid licence for the same year. The document determines which competitions the licence is valid for, how the age categories of licence holders are defined, how far the licence holder's insurance and medical cover extends, and before which forum disputes relating to it are heard.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>About the 2021 edition</h2>
<h3>Features of this edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Age categories on two criteria</b>The categories are defined by <strong>official age</strong> and <strong>minimum admissible age</strong>: U15 14 to 15 years (from 13), Cadets 16 to 17 (from 15), Juniors 17 to 20 (from 17), U23 19 to 23 (from 18), Seniors 20 years and above (from 18), and Veterans from 35 to 60 years of age.</li>
<li><b class="t">National federation certification for those under the age of majority</b>On purchasing the licence, the national federation must certify that a wrestler who has not yet reached the <strong>age of majority in their own country</strong> has obtained the <strong>written authorisation of their parents or legal representative</strong> to take part in competitions.</li>
<li><b class="t">The boundary of insurance cover</b>The federation's insurance applies to accidents and illness outside the country of residence and in the course of competitions on the official calendar, and is <strong>supplementary</strong> to local insurance; the cost of a licence holder's illness <strong>is not covered in their own country of residence</strong>, and for that reason all licence holders must hold local insurance.</li>
<li><b class="t">Dispute resolution forum</b>Disputes arising from the application of these regulations fall within the exclusive jurisdiction of the <strong>federation's Executive Committee</strong> and, at the next stage, the <strong>Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Authority to amend the regulations</b>Amendment of these regulations rests with the <strong>federation's Bureau</strong>, save for the licence fees, which, on a proposal of the Bureau, fall within the competence of the <strong>Congress</strong>.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For the Iranian Wrestling Federation and for clubs, the licence is the document that establishes a wrestler's national affiliation at international level, and the rules on change of nationality are built upon it. A practical point on medical cover: the federation's insurance applies only on a supplementary basis and after local insurance, and does not cover the cost of licence holders' illness in their country of residence; for that reason the text obliges licence holders to hold local insurance.</p>
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UWW Licence Regulations 2021

<p class="reg-lead">The current edition of the anti-doping rules for wrestling, aligned with the 2021 edition of the World Anti-Doping Code; the text was entirely rewritten and administration of the anti-doping programme was entrusted to the International Testing Agency.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Publication</td><td>United World Wrestling — 2021 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>14 main articles together with definitions and annexes (66 pages)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the anti-doping rules governing wrestling</td></tr>
</table>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>What are the Anti-Doping Rules in wrestling?</h2>
<p>The United World Wrestling (UWW) Anti-Doping Rules are the implementation of the World Anti-Doping Code in the sport of wrestling: they define anti-doping rule violations, regulate responsibilities and the procedure for sample collection, initial review and provisional suspension, guarantee the right to a fair hearing and notification of the decision, and set out the route of appeal. Administration and implementation of the federation's anti-doping programme has been entrusted to the <strong>International Testing Agency (ITA)</strong>.</p>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec hi">
<h2>About the 2021 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from the 2015 edition</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
<ol class="reg-tl">
<li><b class="t">Complete rewrite on the basis of the 2021 Code</b>The text was rewritten from the ground up to align with the <strong>2021 edition of the World Anti-Doping Code</strong>; the document reached 66 pages and its structure changed to numbered articles running from the definition of doping to confidentiality and reporting.</li>
<li><b class="t">Delegation of implementation to the International Testing Agency</b>Administration and implementation of the federation's anti-doping programme was delegated to the <strong>International Testing Agency (ITA)</strong>, and its role and responsibility were stated expressly in the text.</li>
<li><b class="t">Express statement of strict liability</b>The text expressly provides that establishing a violation <strong>does not require proof of intent, fault, negligence or knowing use on the part of the athlete</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Elaboration of the procedural rules</b>Separate sections were devoted to <strong>responsibilities, initial review, notification and provisional suspension</strong>, <strong>the right to a fair hearing and notification of the decision</strong>, <strong>appeals</strong>, and <strong>confidentiality and reporting</strong>.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="reg-sec">
<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Every doping case involving a wrestler is determined on the basis of this text. Two points matter to the defence: liability in doping is <strong>strict</strong> and establishing a violation does not require proof of the athlete's intent or fault, and the procedural time limits — from challenging a provisional suspension to requesting a hearing — are short. The final appellate authority is the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).</p>
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UWW Anti-Doping Rules 2021

<p class="reg-lead">Data Protection and Privacy Regulations of United World Wrestling, July 2019 edition; the framework for processing personal information in anti-doping activities, derived from the World Anti-Doping Agency's international standard.</p>
<table class="reg-facts">
<tr><td>Publication</td><td>United World Wrestling — July 2019 edition</td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>Data Protection and Privacy Regulations</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the regulations governing the processing of personal information in doping matters</td></tr>
</table>
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<h2>What are the Data Protection and Privacy Regulations?</h2>
<p>The Data Protection and Privacy Regulations of United World Wrestling (UWW) determine how the personal information of athletes and other persons is to be processed in the course of anti-doping activities. The text is derived from the World Anti-Doping Agency's <strong>International Standard for the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information (ISPPPI)</strong>, and its terminology is likewise taken from that standard.</p>
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<h2>About the July 2019 edition</h2>
<h3>Features of this edition</h3>
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<li><b class="t">Basis of the document</b>These regulations are derived from the World Anti-Doping Agency's <strong>International Standard for the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information (ISPPPI)</strong>, and their definitions of terms refer to that same standard.</li>
<li><b class="t">Scope</b>The requirements of this text apply to the processing of <strong>personal information within the framework of the federation's anti-doping activities</strong>.</li>
<li><b class="t">Role of the International Testing Agency</b>With the administration and implementation of the anti-doping programme delegated to the <strong>International Testing Agency (ITA)</strong>, that agency's role and responsibilities are determined in the services agreement between it and the federation.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>For every wrestler subject to the testing system, their medical information, whereabouts and test results fall under these rules. For sports lawyers, this document becomes relevant in cases where an objection is raised to the manner in which information was collected, retained or disclosed. As a structural point, the federation has entrusted the implementation of its anti-doping programme to the <strong>International Testing Agency (ITA)</strong>, whose role and responsibilities are determined in the agreement between the two bodies.</p>
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UWW Data Protection & Privacy Rules (Anti-Doping) — 2019

<p class="reg-lead">Current edition, in force from 29 June 2019; introduced "harassment and abuse" as a standalone offence, expressly extended assault to cover verbal conduct, and increased the membership of the Disciplinary Chamber from seven to nine.</p>
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<tr><td>Adoption</td><td><b>29 June 2019</b> — Executive Committee of the federation</td></tr>
<tr><td>In force from</td><td><b>29 June 2019</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Structure</td><td>26 articles in 7 titles</td></tr>
<tr><td>Status</td><td><strong>Current edition</strong> — the disciplinary procedure governing wrestling</td></tr>
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<h2>What is the wrestling disciplinary procedure?</h2>
<p>The United World Wrestling (UWW) Disciplinary Procedure and Dispute Resolution Regulations do two things at once: they enumerate the disciplinary offences and the corresponding sanction for each, and they organise the adjudicating body and its procedure. The adjudicating organ is the <strong>Disciplinary and Dispute Resolution Chamber</strong>, whose members are appointed by the Bureau. Its scope is broad, covering national federations, clubs, wrestlers, coaches, referees and officials; from offences relating to the staging of competitions and breach of a period of suspension to assault, harassment and damage to property. Alongside the disciplinary route, the text also provides for <strong>mediation</strong> and <strong>internal arbitration</strong> as avenues for resolving disputes.</p>
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<h2>About the June 2019 edition<span class="reg-tag">Changes from August 2018</span></h2>
<h3>Key changes from the previous edition</h3>
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<li><b class="t">Harassment and abuse as a standalone offence</b>A new provision was added treating <strong>any incident of harassment and abuse</strong> by persons subject to these regulations as a disciplinary offence. This is the most significant substantive addition in this edition; no such heading previously existed in the text.</li>
<li><b class="t">Assault, including verbal conduct</b>In the definition of assault against an opponent, members of other teams, and referees, judges and competition officials, the words <strong>"verbal and/or physical"</strong> were added. Insults and verbal aggression are thereby expressly brought within the same article and its sanctions.</li>
<li><b class="t">Disciplinary Chamber: from seven to nine members</b>The membership of the Disciplinary and Dispute Resolution Chamber was increased from <strong>seven</strong> to <strong>nine</strong>, with the chair and vice-chair still chosen from among those members.</li>
<li><b class="t">Finality of bout officials' decisions</b>It was made express that <strong>no appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or any other body is admissible against a decision of the officiating body of a bout</strong>. This rule was absent from the previous edition and clarifies the boundary between a disciplinary appeal and a challenge to on-the-mat officiating.</li>
<li><b class="t">Alignment with the constitutive instrument</b>The reference for undefined terms was changed from the "Articles of Association" to the <strong>"Constitution"</strong>, to align with the new name of the federation's constitutive document.</li>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Any disciplinary case involving a wrestler, coach or federation at international level is heard before this Chamber and on the basis of this text. Three points are of practical importance to the defence: the procedural time limits, the expiry of which extinguishes the right of appeal; the restriction of standing to the parties to the original case; and the fact that a decision of the officials within a bout is not open to challenge at all. Beyond this stage, the route of appeal lies to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).</p>
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UWW Disciplinary Procedure and Dispute Resolution Regulations 2019

<p class="reg-lead">United World Wrestling Data Protection and Privacy Policy (general version), January 2019 — rules on the processing of website users' personal data, based on Swiss data protection law.</p>

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<tr><td>Edition</td><td><b>January 2019</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>Governing law</td><td>Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection of 19 June 1992</td></tr>
<tr><td>Scope</td><td>The federation's website and online services</td></tr>
<tr><td>Other version</td><td>The <b>anti-doping</b> rules, which are a separate document</td></tr>
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<h2>Two documents with the same name that are not the same</h2>
<p>United World Wrestling publishes two documents with almost identical names, and distinguishing between them matters in practice:</p>
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<li><b class="t">General version — this document</b>Determines the processing of the data of website and online service users, and is based on Swiss data protection law.</li>
<li><b class="t">Anti-doping version</b>Determines the processing of data in the framework of anti-doping activities, and is based on the World Anti-Doping Agency's International Standard for the Protection of Privacy and Personal Information.</li>
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<p>In a case concerning the publication or transfer of an athlete's data, the first question is in which context the data was processed — the website and registration, or the anti-doping programme. The answer changes both the governing document and the adjudicating body.</p>
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<h2>What this policy provides</h2>
<p>The document explains that visiting the website does not in itself require the provision of personal information, but that the use of certain features requires registration and the provision of data such as full name, country of residence, nationality, address and email. By providing this data, the user authorises the federation to process it.</p>
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<h2>Who this document matters to</h2>
<p>Wrestlers, coaches and officials who register in the federation's systems, and the Iranian wrestling federation, which sends its members' data to United World Wrestling.</p>
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