The 2025 U23 World Championships took place Novi Sad, Serbia with the men's Freestyle division competing from October 24-27. Check out the article below for the final team standings and a full breakdown of the scoring for every team.

Final Top 10 Team Standings

1. United States - 137

2. Iran - 127

3. Russia - 110

4. Japan - 85

5. Azerbaijan - 84

6. Türkiye - 70

7. India - 61

8. Georgia - 54

9. Moldova - 51

10. Uzbekistan - 50

10. Ukraine - 50

Team USA Wins The Team Title

The United States took home the team title after outscoring Iran by 10 points. Team USA was led by its four gold medalists - Luke Lilledahl (57kg), Jax Forrest (61kg), Mitchell Mesenbrink (74kg), and Levi Haines (79kg). PJ Duke (70 kg) added a bronze medal to give the United States 5 total medals. Check out the finishes for the entire team below:

57kg: Luke Lilledahl - Gold

61kg: Jax Forrest - Gold

65kg: Marcus Blaze - DNP

70kg: PJ Duke - Bronze

74kg: Mitchell Mesenbrink - Gold

79kg: Levi Haines - Gold

86kg: Rocco Welsh - 7th Place

92kg: Josh Barr - 10th Place

97kg: Garavous Kouekabakilaho - 10th Place

125kg: Daniel Herrera - 5th Place

See the full results for Team USA HERE

Team points are calculated according to UWW’s top 10 placement points for world championship team scoring: 

• Gold - 25 points
• Silver - 20 points
• Bronze - 15 points
• Bronze - 15 points
• 5th - 10 points
• 5th - 10 points
• 7th - 8 points
• 8th - 6 points
• 9th - 4 points 
• 10th - 2 points

Of note, Russia and Belarus are not in the official team rankings because they are competing under " United World Wrestling.” However, we chose to include them in the above standings to show how those countries are performing at the World Championships.

Here's a detailed breakdown of the scoring: