Draw ceremony for the Tashkent Grand Slam completed

On 26 February, the draw for the Tashkent Grand Slam was held in Uzbekistan’s capital. Following the draw, the first-round opponents of our judoka were determined.

As part of the IJF World Judo Tour, Azerbaijan will be represented in Tashkent by 18 judoka (12 men, 6 women) competing across 12 weight categories. A total of 370 athletes from 39 countries will take part in the international tournament.

The preliminary rounds of the Tashkent Grand Slam, which kicks off tomorrow, can be watched live from 09:30 (Baku time) on JudoTV, while the final block will be streamed live from 16:00 on the CBC Sport YouTube channel.

Men

-60 kg, round of 16

Ahmed Yusifov – Samariddin Kuchkarov (Uzbekistan)

Balabay Aghayev – Bahrom Boturov (Uzbekistan)

-66 kg, round of 16

Nizami Imranov – Minhao Zhang (China)

Turan Bayramov – Matan Kokolayev (Israel)

-73 kg, round of 16

Hidayat Heydarov – Arun Kumar (India)

-73 kg, round of 32

Kamran Suleymanov – Shusuke Uchimura (Japan)

-81 kg, round of 16

Omar Rajabli – Adrian Sulca (Romania)

-90 kg, round of 16

Murad Fatiyev – Vlad Visan (Romania)

-100 kg, round of 16

Ajdar Baghirov – Ernazar Sarsenbayev (Uzbekistan)

-100 kg, round of 16 (seeded; joins in round of 16 against winner of round of 32)

Zelim Kotsoyev – winner of the bout between Tornike Poladishvili (Georgia) and Bakhtovar Bobokhonov (Tajikistan)

+100 kg, round of 16

Jamal Gamzatkhanov – Ritik Kumar (India)

Kenan Nasibov – winner of the bout between Gela Zaalishvili (Georgia) and Islombek Ravshankulov (Uzbekistan)

Women

-48 kg, round of 16

Konul Aliyeva – Sevinch Murodova (Uzbekistan)

Shefig Hamidova – Wenna Zhuang (China)

-52 kg, round of 16

Leyla Aliyeva – Liliya Nugayeva (Russia)

-63 kg, round of 16

Fidan Alizade – Sevinch Isokova (Uzbekistan)

-70 kg, round of 16

Sudaba Aghayeva – Kamila Badurova (Russia)

+78 kg, round of 16

Madina Kaisinova – Umida Nigmatova (Uzbekistan)