The U-17 European Beach Wrestling Championship was held in Porec, Croatia.

Offsideplus.az reports that the Azerbaijan national team, delivering a successful performance in the continental championship, achieved great success both individually and in the team standings.

Four members of our national team climbed the podium at the championship:

60 kg: Eljan Hasanov defeated all his opponents, including a 4-0 victory over Kyrylo Nahirnyi of Ukraine in the final, to become the European champion.

70 kg: Rashad Aliyev fell short only in the final against Ioane Skhiladze of Georgia, settling for a silver medal.

80 kg: The final in this weight category was an all-Azerbaijani affair. Ruslan Valiyev defeated his teammate Elvin Hajiguliyev 3-0 in the decisive match to claim the gold medal, while Elvin secured silver.

Accumulating 2 gold and 2 silver medals, our national team gathered 80 points to claim the European championship title in the team standings.

Although Georgia finished with the same number of points, our national team surpassed the neighboring country due to the quality of the medals to take 1st place. Ukraine finished 3rd with 64 points.