15th NWA Open Wrestling Championship on March 28
The 15th edition of Naga Wrestling Association’s (NWA) Open Wrestling Championship will be held on March 28 at Khuochiezie (Kohima local ground)
- DIMAPUR — The
15th edition of Naga Wrestling Association’s (NWA) Open Wrestling Championship
will be held on March 28 at Khuochiezie (Kohima local ground), with Minister for
PHED, Jacob Zhimomi, as the special guest.
- The first Women Open Wrestling Championship will also be
introduced in this edition, the NWA stated in an update.
- The categories for the 2025 NWA Open Championship are: Men –
(1) Open Category, (2) Below 90 kg and (3) Below 75 kg; Women – (1) 60 kg and
above and (2) below 60 kg.
- The association has invited participation from wrestlers of
all the tribes of Nagaland and also wrestlers from outside the state to partake
in the championship.
- Registration forms for the 15th NWA Open Championship may be
submitted to the respective units or to the NWA in hard/soft copy, on or before
March 20.
- “As per the guidelines given by the United World Wrestling
(UWW), the following criteria need to be fulfilled in order to qualify Naga
Wrestling as an International sport – Category system, Point System, Wrestling
Costume and Women Wrestling.
- “As such, this system was implemented at the 17th Hornbill
International Naga Wrestling Championship 2024 held on 6th Dec. 2024 at
Chiechama with the intention to promote Naga Wrestling as an international
sport,” it stated.
- The same system will be followed and applied during the
upcoming NWA Open Wrestling Championship 2025 and the UWW Asian Wrestling
Championship 2025, to be held at Kohima, it added.
