On November 23 and 24, the European Junior Judo Cup was held in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Offsideplus.az reports that members of the Azerbaijan national team also tested their strength in the competition.

In the two-day competition, Azerbaijan was represented by 20 judokas in 8 weight categories among boys. Our judokas won 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals on the first day of the tournament.

Among the boys, Zeyd Alasgarov (60 kg) won the first place, defeating all his opponents. Fakhri Sahibzade (66 kg) was satisfied with the silver medal. Anar Guliyev (50 kg) and Rustam Gasimzade (55 kg) won bronze medals.

Mahammadali Husiyev (55 kg), Ilkin Garayev (60 kg) and Ozgan Guliyev (66 kg) took the 5th place, while Emil Huseynli (55 kg) took the 7th place.

On the second day of the tournament, Azerbaijani judokas won 4 more medals.

 Subhan Akhundov (+90 kg) won the title of European champion after defeating all his opponents. Said Sharifov (73 kg), Amin Mehdiyev (81 kg) and Tunar Farzaliyev (+90 kg) were satisfied with the bronze medal.

The Azerbaijani national team won 2 gold, 1 silver and 5 bronze medals at the European Cup in Thessaloniki.