Opponents Set for Azerbaijan at the Junior World Championships

The draw for the World Judo Championships – Juniors (U21) in Lima was held on 4 October, setting the opening opponents for our athletes.

Azerbaijan will contest the individual events with 8 judoka across 5 weight categories (6 men, 2 women). In total, 463 judoka from 65 countries are entered.

How to watch (Baku time):

• Preliminaries: tomorrow from 16:30

• Final block: from 03:00
  Live on JudoTV.com (with Azerbaijani commentary where available).

Men

-60 kg — Round of 64 (1/32 final)

• Farid Garayev vs Yuk Yu Lam (HKG)

-60 kg — Round of 32 (1/16 final)

• Nihad Mamisov vs winner of Luka Kabekana (GER) / Ishak Ashpiz (ISR)

-66 kg — Round of 64 (1/32 final)

• Nizami Imranov vs Alessandro Bikornyi (ITA)

-66 kg — Round of 32 (1/16 final)

• Mahammad Musayev vs Saud Alzahrani (KSA)

-81 kg — Round of 32 (1/16 final)

• Suleyman Shukurov vs winner of Iñaki Baztan Merchan (ESP) / Genadi Chijevski (MDA)

+100 kg — Round of 32 (1/16 final)

• Ramazan Ahmadov vs Giorgi Baduashvili (GEO)

Women

-52 kg — Round of 64 (1/32 final)

• Khadija Gadeshova vs Harley Hiller (USA)

-52 kg — Round of 32 (1/16 final)

• Aydan Valiyeva vs Lola Hodson (GBR)