2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships
The women's freestyle 72 kilograms is a competition featured at the 2021 U23 World Wrestling Championships, and was held in Belgrade, Serbia on 4 and 5 November.
Medalists
| Gold | Anastasiya Alpyeyeva Ukraine
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| Silver | Kendra Dacher France
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| Bronze | Divya Kakran India
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Eleni Pjollaj Italy
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Results
- Legend
- F — Won by fall
Main bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 Kayla Marano (USA)
| 11 | ||||||||||||||
 Larisa Nițu (ROU)
| 8 | Larisa Nițu (ROU)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Alexia Sherland (CAN)
| 2 | Kayla Marano (USA)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Divya Kakran (IND)
| 3 | Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (UKR)
| 2 | ||||||||||||
| Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (UKR)
| 10 | Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (UKR)
| 4 | ||||||||||||
 Alexandra Zaitseva (KAZ)
| 7 | Alexandra Zaitseva (KAZ)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 Merve Pul (TUR)
| 0 | Anastasiya Alpyeyeva (UKR)
| 4 | ||||||||||||
 Zsuzsanna Molnár (SVK)
| 6 | Kendra Dacher (FRA)
| 1 | ||||||||||||
 Kornelija Zaicevaitė (LTU)
| 1 | Zsuzsanna Molnár (SVK)
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Eleni Pjollaj (ITA)
| 9 | Eleni Pjollaj (ITA)
| 8 | ||||||||||||
 Zaineb Sghaier (TUN)
| 0 | Eleni Pjollaj (ITA)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
 Lilly Schneider (GER)
| 0 | Kendra Dacher (FRA)
| 4 | ||||||||||||
| Kendra Dacher (FRA)
| 10 | Kendra Dacher (FRA)
| 11 | ||||||||||||
 Marina Surovtseva (RUS)
| 1 |  Anastasiya Zimiankova (BLR)
| 0 | ||||||||||||
| Anastasiya Zimiankova (BLR)
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
Repechage
| Repechage round 1 | Bronze medals | |||||
| Divya Kakran (IND) | 4 | Divya Kakran (IND) | 6 | |||
| Alexandra Zaitseva (KAZ) | 0 | Kayla Marano (USA) | 2 | |||
| Lilly Schneider (GER) | 0 | Anastasiya Zimiankova (BLR) | 0 | |||
| Anastasiya Zimiankova (BLR) | 6 | Eleni Pjollaj (ITA) | 11 | |||