2016 IWF Junior World Championships

IWF Reallocates Quotas, Announces City For 2018 Junior Worlds

IWF Reallocates Quotas, Announces City For 2018 Junior Worlds

After announcing the large amount of stripped quotas due to positive doping results, the IWF Executive Board has concluded their second day of meetings at t

Jun 23, 2016 by Armen Hammer
IWF Reallocates Quotas, Announces City For 2018 Junior Worlds
After announcing the large amount of stripped quotas due to positive doping results, the IWF Executive Board has concluded their second day of meetings at the 2016 Junior World Championships by announcing which countries will be awarded those spots and also where the 2018 Junior World Championships will take place.

Reallocated Olympic spots


  • Kenya - 1 male
  • Morocco - 1 female
  • Mauritius - 1 female
  • Qatar - 1 male
  • Sri Lanka - 1 male
  • Iraq - 1 female
  • United Arab Emirates - 1 female
  • Greece - 1 male
  • Israel - 1 male
  • Finland - 1 female
  • Latvia - 1 female
  • Sweden - 1 female
  • Nauru - 1 male
  • Solomon Islands - 1 female
  • Chile - 1 male
  • Guatemala - 1 male
  • Argentina - 1 female
  • Peru - 1 female
  • Uruguay - 1 female

Welcome to Pyongyang


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The 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships will be held in Pyongyang, North Korea. The other cities with bids were:

  • Minsk, Belarus
  • Eliat, Israel
  • Anaheim, USA
  • Tashkent, Uzbekistan
UPDATE:

USA Weightlifting's official response to the news that 2018 Junior Worlds will be in Pyongyang:

"USA Weightlifting admires the IWF’s ambition to place sport before politics. Together with our coaches, athletes, their parents and relevant authorities we will evaluate US participation in the 2018 IWF Junior World Championships in Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea."