U-17 European Championship: Azerbaijani wrestlers have a chance for 1 gold and 2 bronze medals

The U-17 European Wrestling Championship started today in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.

Idman.biz reports that Greco-Roman wrestlers joined the competition on the first day of the championship, which will end on June 15.

3 of the 5 athletes of the Azerbaijani national team who took to the mat qualified for the semi-finals.

Greco-Roman wrestling
4️8️ kg
Qurban Majnunov defeated Hungarian Gergo Zatko (11:2) and Turkish Baris Soylu (6:1) in his debut and advanced to the semi-finals. He wrestled against Armenian Martin Manjikyan in the semi-final. Although the score was 6:6, the opponent won due to the quality point. Qurban will face Nikolaos Zinisa (Greece) for the bronze medal.

5️5️ kg
Aykhan Asadli won against Belarusian Aleksandr Beliakov with a score of 6:3, but lost to Russian Danil Lojkin in the 1/4 finals. Since his opponent advanced to the final, our wrestler will participate in consolation matches.

6️5️ kg
Ramil Musayev defeated Italian Alessio Arancio with a "touch" and advanced to the 1/8 finals. However, he lost to Belarusian Vladislav Salavyov with a score of 3:5 at this stage.

8️0️ kg
Nijat Yeylagaliyev defeated Czech Jachim Jaburek (8:0), Greek Stefanos Vasdekis (6:1) and Georgian Giorgi Ormotsadze (9:0) and advanced to the semi-finals. Our wrestler faced Lithuanian Benediktas Bubelevicius in the semi-final. The meeting ended with a score of 1:1. The opponent advanced to the final according to the last point principle.

1️1️0️ kg
Rihad Ibrahimli defeated Belarusian Matvey Silis (5:1) and Polish Mateusz Tomelka (11:2) and qualified for the semi-finals. He faced Ukrainian Anatoli Novachenko on the way to the final. Our representative, who won with a score of 4:1, advanced to the final. Rihad's opponent will be Denis Lazarov (Bulgaria).

It should be noted that Vugar Shukurov, a referee of the I category, protects justice at the European Championship.

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