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The Championship's trophy, the Lion's Prize, is also called the "Top Million" in Shirazam as since 2008 the reward for a category winner was fixed at a million Dinar ($825,000 in 2024), the highest solo wrestling trophy earnings in the world. Second places receive 500,000 Dinars ($412,500), third places 250,000 ($206,250), fourth' 100,000 ($82,500) and the other competitors who qualified for the final single-elimination tournament 10,000 Dinars ($8,250). Prize pool for the entire Championship is thus generally between 56,400,000 and 70,800,000 Dinars depending on the number of competitors making it to the final phase of the competition. The average operating cost of the Lion's Prize is estimated to be around 55 million Dinars. | The Championship's trophy, the Lion's Prize, is also called the "Top Million" in Shirazam as since 2008 the reward for a category winner was fixed at a million Dinar ($825,000 in 2024), the highest solo wrestling trophy earnings in the world. Second places receive 500,000 Dinars ($412,500), third places 250,000 ($206,250), fourth' 100,000 ($82,500) and the other competitors who qualified for the final single-elimination tournament 10,000 Dinars ($8,250). Prize pool for the entire Championship is thus generally between 56,400,000 and 70,800,000 Dinars depending on the number of competitors making it to the final phase of the competition. The average operating cost of the Lion's Prize is estimated to be around 55 million Dinars. | ||
First to fourth places in each category also receive an armband. The winner of a category is also given the title of "Champion of Shirkal" (''Kharaman ye Shirkal''). They are not referred by the more honorific title of "Heroes" (''{{wp|Pahlevan of Iran|Pahlevan}}'') which is reserved to the winners of Shirazam' national title. The status of Championship is retained for life, but can be amended in case of repeated victories, with different amendment to the title depending on if the victories were in succession of not, in different categories, age classes, and so on. | |||
Revision as of 12:21, 9 October 2024
The Shirkal Freestyle Wrestling Open Championship (ཀརམནིཡེ གིསདནི ཀུཤྟི ཨཟཏ ཡེ ཤིརྐལ, Kahramaniye Gisadani Kushti Azat ye Shirkal) more commonly known as the Lion's Prize (ནིཤནི ཤིར, Nishani Shir) is an annual open free wrestling individual competition held in Shirkal, the capital of Shirazam. By its status it is open to all competitors belonging to an internationally recognized federation who can fit within one of its 30 categories, regardless of professional or amateur status and their international rankings or lack thereof. It is the most famous and prestigious Free-Wrestling Championship and has helped spread the style as an international standard.
Prizes
The Championship's trophy, the Lion's Prize, is also called the "Top Million" in Shirazam as since 2008 the reward for a category winner was fixed at a million Dinar ($825,000 in 2024), the highest solo wrestling trophy earnings in the world. Second places receive 500,000 Dinars ($412,500), third places 250,000 ($206,250), fourth' 100,000 ($82,500) and the other competitors who qualified for the final single-elimination tournament 10,000 Dinars ($8,250). Prize pool for the entire Championship is thus generally between 56,400,000 and 70,800,000 Dinars depending on the number of competitors making it to the final phase of the competition. The average operating cost of the Lion's Prize is estimated to be around 55 million Dinars.
First to fourth places in each category also receive an armband. The winner of a category is also given the title of "Champion of Shirkal" (Kharaman ye Shirkal). They are not referred by the more honorific title of "Heroes" (Pahlevan) which is reserved to the winners of Shirazam' national title. The status of Championship is retained for life, but can be amended in case of repeated victories, with different amendment to the title depending on if the victories were in succession of not, in different categories, age classes, and so on.