Bakhruz Nabiyev: The Azerbaijani team was considered the favorite of this championship from the beginning

The Azerbaijani team was considered the favorite of this championship from the beginning.

The North-West Bureau of "Report" reports that Bakhruz Nabiyev, the president of the International Chovgan Federation, said this in a statement to journalists after the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan game.

First, he congratulated the Azerbaijani national team on their victory in reaching the final.

"I congratulate the Azerbaijani national team. Because our team was the world champion last year, and this year it became the European champion. Holding such tournaments is very beneficial for the spread, recognition and development of the Chovgan game. In 2024, the International Chovgan Federation was established in Azerbaijan. This was an issue to be written in golden letters in the history of Azerbaijani sports. It went down in history as the first international sports organization established in Azerbaijan. You know that the world championship with the participation of 10 countries was held in Azerbaijan last year. This year, two continental championships have already been left behind. The Azerbaijani team was considered the favorite of this championship from the beginning. The results showed that those who expressed this opinion were not mistaken. I wish both teams success. I hope that we will see a good game in the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan game today, and at the same time, I think that the favorite of this meeting is the Uzbekistan team, and most likely we will watch the Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan game in the final. I wish both teams great success."

It should be noted that the Azerbaijani Chovgan team won the III CIS Games against Kazakhstan with a score of 5:1 and advanced to the final.