11 Azerbaijani athletes started competing on the first day of the tournament, Offsideplus.az reports. Afgan Khashalov lost in the first match to a Belarusian wrestler. Mahir Amiraslanov defeated the Ukrainian wrestler. As his Greek opponent did not fight, Ali Rahimzade won the qualifying round without wrestling.

Joining the fight from the 1/16 final, Turan Bayramov defeated the Armenian wrestler representing Ukraine in the last minute.