The Hungarian city was also selected to host the 2017 U-23 European Wrestling Championships, one of United World Wrestling newest premier events.
Budapest -- who is preparing to host the 2016 Non-Olympic Weight Wrestling World Championships December 10-11 at the SYMA Sports and Conference Centre -- last hosted the world championships in September 2013.
United World Wrestling also named Kharkhov, Ukraine as the new host of the Freestyle Wrestling Club World Cup December 8-9. Budapest will host the Greco-Roman Wrestling Club World Cup on the same dates, just prior to the non-Olympic weight world championships.
The 2017 Freestyle Wrestling World Cup and Greco-Roman World Cup have also swapped dates, with the former now being competed February 16-17 in Tehran and the latter March 16-17.
Host city applications for the 2019 Wrestling World Championships are currently being reviewed with a selection expected by the end of the year.
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