The first opponents of our judokas who will compete in the European Judo Championship to be held on April 27 in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, have been determined.
Idman.biz reports that our Olympic champion Zelim Kotsoiev (100 kg) has been exempted from the first stage.
He will face the winner of the Simeon Georgiadis (Greece) - Aristos Michal (Cyprus) pair in the next stage.
Men
60 kg
1/16 final
Ahmad Yusifov - Izhak Ashpiz (Israel)
Turan Bayramov - James Zahra (Malta)
66 kg
1/16 final
Ruslan Pashayev - Boyan Yotov (Bulgaria)
73 kg
1/16 final
Rashid Mammadaliyev - Benjamin Levi (Great Britain)
81 kg
1/16 final
Zelim Tckaev - Aurelien Bonferroni (Switzerland)
Omar Rajabli - the winner of the Jon Vrenozi (Albania) / Eetu Ihanamaki (Finland) pair
90 kg
1/16 final
Murad Fatiyev - Alexander Sidorik (IJF)
100 kg
1/8 final
Zelim Kotsoiev - the winner of the Simeon Georgiadis (Greece) / Aristos Michael (Cyprus) pair
+100 kg
1/16 final
Ushangi Kokauri - Patrik Bronec (Poland)
Girls
48 kg
1/16 final
Konul Aliyeva - Paulina Szlachta (Poland)
52 kg
1/16 final
Gultaj Mammadaliyeva - Chiara Serra (Germany)
57 kg
1/16 final
Fidan Alizadeh - Anastasia Sokirianska (Latvia)
70 kg
1/32 final
Gunel Hasanli - Anna Oleynik-Korniyenko (Ukraine)
Sudaba Agayeva - Adelina Novitski (Israel)
+78 kg
1/16 final
Nigar Suleymanova - Sofio Somkhishvili (Georgia)
Mixed team
1/8 final
Azerbaijan - Italy
Idman.biz
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