From the 16th to the 21th of April, the 1st 2008 qualifying tournament in Freestyle begins in the town of Martigny, Switzerland.
The wrestlers who qualify at the World and Continental Championships will not have the right to take part in this third qualification phase, and countries will not have the right to enter other participants in the events in which they already have a qualified wrestler.
All the other countries of all the continents can compete in this third phase.
The top four male wrestlers in each event in this tournament will qualify for the Olympic Games in 2008, that is 7 events x 4 wrestlers = 28 wrestlers in Freestyle.