Azerbaijan to host World Sumo

12 January 2025

Azerbaijan to host World Sumo Championships

11:24 12 January 2025 Read: 420

Azerbaijan to host World Sumo Championships

Azerbaijan will host the World Sumo Championships in 2026, AzVision.az reports.

The decision to hold the World Sumo Championships in our country was made by the International Sumo Federation in the Polish city of Krotoszyn.

In the fight for approval of the candidacy put forward by the Japan Martial Arts Association, Azerbaijan outpaced other countries and won the right to host the World Sumo Championships.

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