Titan Mercury WC to face club teams from Ukraine, Georgia in Pool A of World Clubs Cup in Ukraine
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by Gary Abbott, USA Wrestling
KHARKOV, Ukraine – The Titan Mercury WC, the U.S. representative in the Freestyle World Clubs Cup, has received its pool pairing for the first day of competition on Wednesday.
Titan Mercury WC has drawn into Pool A, where they will face the No. 1 club team from host Ukraine as well as a club team from Georgia. Titan Mercury has a bye in the first rotation, then will wrestle against Ukraine first, then Georgia second.
There are 12 teams in the tournament, split into four pools. Ukraine and Iran have two teams. Below are the pool pairings for the event.
Pool A:
Ukraine (Team #1)
Georgia
USA (Titan Mercury WC)
Pool B:
Ukraine (Team #2)
Mongolia
Belarus
Pool C:
Iran (Razi)
Hungary
Kyrgyzstan
Pool D:
Iran (Setaregan)
Armenia
Turkey
The winners of each pool will advance to a semifinals, where the winners will advance to the team finals, while the losers will compete for third place. There will be placement matches for the top 10 teams.
The Titan Mercury Team is loaded, led by 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder at 96 kg/213 lbs. and two other members of the 2016-17 U.S. Freestyle National Team are also on the roster, Alex Dieringer at 74 kg/163 lbs. and David Taylor at 86 kg/189 lbs. Also on the Titan Mercury WC team is Vladimir Khinchegashvili of Georgia, a 2016 Olympic champion, competing up at 61 kg/134 lbs.
Rosters of the Teams are available online on a website covering the event, which is
http://mywrestling.pro/tournaments/?protocols&tid=2
One of the interesting matchups expected in the Titan Mercury WC vs. Georgia dual meet is at 96 kg/213 lbs., where Snyder will compete against Elizbar Odikadze, who Snyder defeated in the 2016 Olympics semifinal match by a 9-4 margin. Odikadze ended up fifth in the weight class in Rio.
There is prize money for the top three teams, with $25,000 going to the first-place team, $15,000 to the second-place team and $10,000 for the third-place team.
The Titan Mercury WC will be providing extensive coverage of the event through its media platforms, including
Titan Mercury Twitter
Titan Mercury Facebook
POOL A ROSTERS
TITAN MERCURY WC (USA)
57 kg/121 lbs. - Nico Megaludis
61 kg/134 lbs. - Vladimir Khinchegashvili (Georgia)
65 kg/143 lbs. - BJ Futrell
70 kg/154 lbs. - Nazar Kulchytskyy
74 kg/163 lbs. - Alex Dieringer
86 kg/189 lbs. - David Taylor
97 kg/213 lbs. - Kyle Snyder
125 kg/27 lbs. - Nick Gwiazdowski
UKRAINE 1
57 kg - Andriy Yatsenko
57 kg - Petro Bileichuk
61 kg - Vasyl Shuptar
65 kg - Andrii Kviatkovskii
70 kg - Semyon Radulov
74 kg - Giya Chikhladze
86 kg - Bohdan Hrytsay
86 kg - Mraz Djafarian
97 kg - Murazi Mchedlidze
125 kg - Alen Zasieiev
125 kg - Danylo Kartavyi
GEORGIA
57 kg - Beka Buyiashvili
61 kg - Shota Phartenadze
65 kg - Levan Kelekhsashvili
70 kg - Aleksandre Yatchvadze
74 kg - Avtandil Kentchadze
86 kg - Nika Kentchadze
86 kg - Nodar Egadze
97 kg - Elizbar Odikadze
125 kg - Giorgi Meshvildishvili
Titan Mercury WC has drawn into Pool A, where they will face the No. 1 club team from host Ukraine as well as a club team from Georgia. Titan Mercury has a bye in the first rotation, then will wrestle against Ukraine first, then Georgia second.
There are 12 teams in the tournament, split into four pools. Ukraine and Iran have two teams. Below are the pool pairings for the event.
Pool A:
Ukraine (Team #1)
Georgia
USA (Titan Mercury WC)
Pool B:
Ukraine (Team #2)
Mongolia
Belarus
Pool C:
Iran (Razi)
Hungary
Kyrgyzstan
Pool D:
Iran (Setaregan)
Armenia
Turkey
The winners of each pool will advance to a semifinals, where the winners will advance to the team finals, while the losers will compete for third place. There will be placement matches for the top 10 teams.
The Titan Mercury Team is loaded, led by 2016 Olympic champion and 2015 World champion Kyle Snyder at 96 kg/213 lbs. and two other members of the 2016-17 U.S. Freestyle National Team are also on the roster, Alex Dieringer at 74 kg/163 lbs. and David Taylor at 86 kg/189 lbs. Also on the Titan Mercury WC team is Vladimir Khinchegashvili of Georgia, a 2016 Olympic champion, competing up at 61 kg/134 lbs.
Rosters of the Teams are available online on a website covering the event, which is
http://mywrestling.pro/tournaments/?protocols&tid=2
One of the interesting matchups expected in the Titan Mercury WC vs. Georgia dual meet is at 96 kg/213 lbs., where Snyder will compete against Elizbar Odikadze, who Snyder defeated in the 2016 Olympics semifinal match by a 9-4 margin. Odikadze ended up fifth in the weight class in Rio.
There is prize money for the top three teams, with $25,000 going to the first-place team, $15,000 to the second-place team and $10,000 for the third-place team.
The Titan Mercury WC will be providing extensive coverage of the event through its media platforms, including
Titan Mercury Twitter
Titan Mercury Facebook
POOL A ROSTERS
TITAN MERCURY WC (USA)
57 kg/121 lbs. - Nico Megaludis
61 kg/134 lbs. - Vladimir Khinchegashvili (Georgia)
65 kg/143 lbs. - BJ Futrell
70 kg/154 lbs. - Nazar Kulchytskyy
74 kg/163 lbs. - Alex Dieringer
86 kg/189 lbs. - David Taylor
97 kg/213 lbs. - Kyle Snyder
125 kg/27 lbs. - Nick Gwiazdowski
UKRAINE 1
57 kg - Andriy Yatsenko
57 kg - Petro Bileichuk
61 kg - Vasyl Shuptar
65 kg - Andrii Kviatkovskii
70 kg - Semyon Radulov
74 kg - Giya Chikhladze
86 kg - Bohdan Hrytsay
86 kg - Mraz Djafarian
97 kg - Murazi Mchedlidze
125 kg - Alen Zasieiev
125 kg - Danylo Kartavyi
GEORGIA
57 kg - Beka Buyiashvili
61 kg - Shota Phartenadze
65 kg - Levan Kelekhsashvili
70 kg - Aleksandre Yatchvadze
74 kg - Avtandil Kentchadze
86 kg - Nika Kentchadze
86 kg - Nodar Egadze
97 kg - Elizbar Odikadze
125 kg - Giorgi Meshvildishvili
