2019’s Kings and Queens of the Beach will be crowned this weekend as Croatia’s capital city hosts 1st ever Beach Wrestling World Series final.

After three tough and testing competitions in Portugal, Brazil and Ukraine, athletes from 10 nationalities take it to the sand to fight for world championships honors in four weight classes for the men and women.

When the debut Beach Wrestling World Series climaxes this weekend in the heart of Croatia, the 70kg winner of the Odessa leg and 2017 World Champion Semen Radulov from Ukraine as well as Georgia’s Dato Maragashvili, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, will be amongst the most glamorous fighting for the title of King of the Beach 2019.

In the women’s Brazil’s Camila Fama Tristao in the 60kg, Sonia Marina Pereira Brazio from Portugal (70kg) and Greek heavyweight Aikaterini Eirini Pitsiava, who competed in two of the previous three meets, bear the biggest chances to receive the Queen of the Beach trophy.

While the Ukraine sent the biggest team of eight wrestlers to the World Series final, the leaders in seven of eight weight classes - all 4 men’s, 3 in the women’s - travelled to Zagreb ready to battle it out on Croatian sands, where a rainy weather forecast could add additional spice to the competitions.

With 3-times the points from a regular World Series event available, wrestlers from Azerbaijan, Brazil, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Ukraine and the US will guarantee a thrilling final showdown of the Beach Wrestling season 2019.

Standings Beach Wrestling World Series (after 3 of 4 stops)

MEN
70kg
1. Levan KELEKHSASHVILI, GEO       20000*
2. Semen RADULOV, UKR                   18000*
3. Panah ILYASLI, AZE                         13000

80kg
1. Davit KHUTSISHVILI, GEO            20000*
2. Georgios KOULOUCHIDIS, GRE   18800*
3. Ibrahim YUSUBOV, AZE                 16000

90kg
1. Dato MARSAGISHVILI, GEO         20000*
2. Murat OZKAN, TUR                        13000
3. Kanan ALIYEV, AZE                       10900

+90kg
1. Oyan NAZARIANI, AZE                   28000*
2. Ioannis KARGIOTAKIS, GRE          20300*
3. Mamuka KORDZAIA, GEO             15800*

WOMEN
50kg
1. Kamila BARBOSA VITO DA SILVA, BRA                                     18000
2. Carmen Nireida GOMES TEIXEIRA VIEIRA, POR                      11500*
3. Stefania Claudia PRICEPUTU, ROU                                           10000

60kg
1. Camila FAMA TRISTAO, BRA                       18000*
2. Isabel Cristina RODRIGUES, POR               11600*
3. Georgiana Narcisa FILIP, ROU                      10000

70kg
1. Sonia Marina PEREIRA BRAZIO, POR       14500*
2. Adina Elena POPESCU, ROU                      10000
3. Brenda AGUIAR DOS SANTOS, BRA          10000

+70kg
1. Aikaterini Eirini PITSIAVA, GRE                  20000*
2. Aline DA SILVA FERREIRA, BRA               10000
3. Halyna KOVALSKA, UKR                             8000

*registered for Zagreb