BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 27. The European
Football Championship, which took place in the Albanian capital
Tirana, has concluded, Trend reports.
Following the Greco-Roman wrestling team, the Azerbaijani
freestyle wrestling team conquered the European championship. The
Azerbaijani team, which won three gold, two silver, and one bronze
medal, became European champions for the sixth time, scoring 152
points. The team finished 58 points ahead of Georgia, which took
second place. Armenia finished third with 73 points.
Previously, Azerbaijan was the strongest country on the
continent in this type of wrestling in 2009, 2017, 2022, 2023 and
2025.
The Azerbaijani team achieved its best medal count in Albania in
the last 17 years. Three gold, two silver, and one bronze medals
are the team’s best result in freestyle wrestling at the European
Championships since 2009.
Islam Bazarganov (57 kilograms), Ali Tsokaev (92 kilograms), and
Giorgi Meshvildishvili (125 kilograms) became European champions in
Tirana. Turan Bayramov (74 kilograms) and Arseniy Dzhoyev (86
kilograms) won silver medal, and Jabrail Gadzhiev (79 kilograms)
won bronze medal.
Thus, Azerbaijan achieved double success by becoming European
champion in both Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling, as it did in
2022 and 2025.
