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TALLINN OPEN – Kristjan Palusalu Youth Wrestling Tournament
POSSIBLY THE LARGEST OPEN WRESTLING TOURNAMENT IN THE WORLD

The TALLINN OPEN organising committee is pleased to invite you to Europe’s largest wrestling tournament, the 2026 TALLINN OPEN – KRISTJAN PALUSALU YOUTH WRESTLING TOURNAMENT in GR, FS , WFS and WGR from 26 – 29 march, 2026. The tournament is on 16-mats and employs the Nordic A/B system which guarantees a two match miinimum. It is possible to wrestle both GR & FS and WFS & WGR on subsequent days. TALLINN OPEN is for experienced wrestlers and is limited to 2500 wrestlers.

2026 TALLINN OPEN OVERVIEW
  • Largest tournament in Europe
  • March 26, 2026: Mens FS & FS/GR combined weighin
  • March 27, 2026: FS wrestling (until 18:00) Womens WFS & WGR weighin Country duals starting at 18:00
  • March 28, 2026: FS wrestling continuation Womens WFS wrestling starting at 12:00 Mens GR weighin
  • March 29, 2026: Mens GR and Womens WGR wrestling
  • March 30 – April 1, 2026: FS, GR and WW International train ing camp
  • Registration closes at 2500 wrestlers
  • Nordic A/B system guarantees two match minimum
  • Opportunity to wrestle in both Greco-Roman and Freestyle (separate days)

TALLINN OPEN 2025

2537

Number of wrestlers

39

Number of countries represented

16

Number of tournament mats

The TALLINN OPEN organising committee, is pleased to invite you to Europe’s largest wrestling tournament, the 2024 TALLINN OPEN – KRISTJAN PALUSALU YOUTH WRESTLING TOURNAMENT in GR, FS and FW, from March 22 - 24 2024. The tournament is on 14-mats and employs the Nordic A/B system, guaranteeing a two-match minimum. It is possible to wrestle in both GR and FS on subsequent days. TALLINN OPEN is for experienced wrestlers. and is limited to 2200 wrestlers.

EST WrestFest Schedule
  • March 22 to 24, 2024: TALLINN OPEN
  • March 25 to 27, 2024: International Training Camp
  • March 29 to 31, 2024: Kristjan Palusalu Memorial for seniors (Juniors allowed)
2025 TALLINN OPEN OVERVIEW
  • 2537 wrestlers (incl 485 women)
  • 39-countries, 358 teams (including +40 national teams)
  • Womens WGR: participants from 14-countries
  • Training Camp attended by 754 FS, GR and WW wrestlers from 30-countries