The inaugural 2020 Individual World Wrestling Cup was held in Belgrade, Serbia from 12–18 December 2020.

It was a replacement event for the 2020 World Championships, which should have taken place in the same location, but since some criteria were not fulfilled, such as not less than 8 top nations from the previous championships to participate, the event is not counted as world championships.

The Cup took place amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused this and other problems.

[1][2] The United States for instance chose not to participate.

[3] 455 wrestlers from 48 countries: