Battle of Waterloo Wrestling Tournament 2024

Welcome to Iowa’s premier high school wrestling tournament – the Battle of Waterloo!

In its second decade, the Battle of Waterloo has earned a reputation as an exciting, well-run three-day tournament featuring wrestling teams from every corner of the state. The matches never disappoint as some of the state’s most elite wrestlers square off in a 24-team girls bracket and a 32-team boys bracket.

Battle of Waterloo is the No. 1 dual meet tournament in the state!

How the 32-Team Dual Wrestling Tournament Works

DAY 1

On Thursday, December 19, The 2024 BOW 24-Team Girls Division will compete. The girls teams will compete in 3 8-Team Brackets starting at 9:00AM and then will be placed in 3-Team pools based on the place in the Bracket Competition.  There will be 8 pools consisting of 3 1st place teams, 3 2nd place teams, through 8th place teams. The pool matches will take place Thursday afternoon/evening.

DAY 2

On Friday, December 20, teams will be seeded and placed in one of four standard eight-team brackets. Two of these brackets will compete in a morning session of matches at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., and 1 p.m. The other two brackets compete at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., and 8 p.m. The three matches will determine each team’s place in the second day’s round-robin championship brackets.

DAY 3

On Saturday, December 21, each of the four qualifying teams will compete in a round-robin Division I group to determine 1-4 tournament positions. The four runner-up teams from the qualification tournament will compete in Division 2 for 5-8 positions and so on. Groups 1-4 will wrestle on Saturday afternoon. Groups 5-8 will compete Saturday morning.

BATTLE OF WATERLOO 2024
December 19-21

YOUNG ARENA

125 Commercial Street, Waterloo, Iowa 50701

Tickets can be purchased online or with a Credit Card at the Door – No Cash Sales Accepted. Tickets to the Girls Division at $12 (plus fee) for All Sessions on Thursday. Tickets to the Boys Divisions on Friday and Saturday are $10 (plus fee) for Sessions 1 and 2 on Friday and Sessions 3 and 4 on Saturday

2023 Brackets

Girl’s Seeded Bracket 2023Boy’s Seeded Bracket 2023

2024 Battle of Waterloo Boys Teams

Alburnett
Ankeny
Assumption (Davenport)
Bettendorf
Cedar Falls
Charles City
Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
Clear Lake
Columbus Catholic - Waterloo
Cresco - Crestwood
Denver
Don Bosco
Independence
Indianola
Iowa City High
Lake Mills
Linn-Mar
Nashua-Plainfield
New Hampton-Turkey Valley
North Scott (Eldridge)
Norwalk
Osage
Pleasant Valley
Prairie - Cedar Rapids
Union Community - LaPorte City
Valley
Wapsie Valley
Waterloo East
Waterloo West
Waverly-Shell Rock
West Delaware

2024 Battle of Waterloo Girls Teams

Aplington-Parkersburg
BCLUW
Bettendorf
Cedar Falls
Charles City
Cresco - Crestwood
Decorah
Denver
Des Moines Hoover
East Buchanan
Independence
Lake Mills
Linn-Mar
Mason City High School
North Scott - Eldridge
Osage
Pleasant Valley
Prairie, Cedar Rapids
Valley, West DM
Vinton-Shellsburg
Waterloo West
Waverly - Shell Rock
West Delaware
Xavier
Battle of Waterloo

2024 Tournament: December 19 – 21

Hall of Fame Reception

Wednesday, December 13

5-7 p.m.

National Wrestling Hall of Fame
Dan Gable Museum
 

303 Jefferson ST. Waterloo, Iowa 50701