Iran won title at 2012 freestyle wrestling World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Iran won title at 2012 freestyle wrestling World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Iran defeated the host team Azerbaijan 4-3 in final match to obtain World Cup title for the fifth times.

Hassan Rahimi, Mehdi Taghavi, Sadegh Goudarzi and Reza Yazdani were winner wrestlers of Iran in final dual meet.

2011 world Champion Reza Yazdani defeated 2010 world gold medalist Khetag Gazyumov (1-0, 2-0, 0-2). Also two times world champion Mehdi Taghavi beat two times world bronze medalist Jabrayil Hasanov  (0-1, 2-0, 5-0).

Also USA placed third after defeating Russia 5-2.

The final team standings: 1- Iran 2- Azerbaijan 3- USA 4- Russia 5- Kazakhstan 6- Georgia 7- Belarus 8- Turkey 9- Japan 10- Bulgaria.

Individual results of final match:

Iran 4 – Azerbaijan 3

W 55kg: Hassan Rahimi 4 – Makhmud Magomedov 1 (1-1, 1-0,2-0)

W 60kg: Masoud Esmaeilpoor 1 – Haji Aliyev 2 (0-1, 1-1)

W 66kg: Mehdi Taghavi 7- Jabrayil Hasanov 1 (0-1, 2-0, 5-0)

W 74kg: Sadegh Goudarzi defeted Ashraf Aliyev (0-4, 2-0, 1-0)

W 84kg: Ehsan Lashgari 0 – Sharif Sharifov 2 (0-1, 0-1)

W 96kg: Reza Yazdani 3 – Khetag Gazyumov 2 (1-0, 2-0, 0-2)

W 120kg: Komeil Ghasemi 1- Jamaladdin Magomedov 3 (0-2, 1-1)