Zagreb Grand Prix: First-Round Opponents Set for Azerbaijan’s Judoka

The draw for the Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia has been held, confirming the first opponents for our judoka.

Part of the IJF World Judo Tour, the event will see Azerbaijan represented by 15 judoka (12 men, 3 women) across 9 weight categories, with 370 athletes from 48 countries taking part.

You can watch the preliminary rounds tomorrow from 14:00 (Baku time) and the final block from 20:00 live on JudoTV.

Men

• -60 kg, Round of 32
  Murad Muradli – Gal Blazic (Slovenia)

• -60 kg, Round of 16
  Huseyn Allahyarov – Marton Andrasi (Hungary)

• -66 kg, Round of 32
  Islam Rahimov – Joaquin Tovagliare (Argentina)
  Nazir Talibov – Alejandro Moral Navarro (Spain)

• -73 kg, Round of 64
  Ibrahim Aliyev – Ethan Nairne (Great Britain)
  Rufat Shovlatov – Aron Szabo (Hungary)

• -81 kg, Round of 32
  Vusal Gelandarzade – Dominic Rodriguez (USA)

• -90 kg, Round of 32
  Aslan Kotsoyev – Alex Cret (Romania)
  Vugar Talibov – Josip Bulić (Croatia)

• -100 kg, Round of 32
  Ajdar Baghirov – Nikola Pavlovski (North Macedonia)

• +100 kg, Round of 16
  Jamal Gamzatkhanov – winner of Conrad Messa-Bassonga (Canada) / Mustafa Fofana (Guinea)
  Kenan Nasibov – Gela Zaalishvili (Georgia)

Women

• -48 kg, Round of 16
  Konul Aliyeva – Nevena Milić (Serbia)

• -52 kg, Round of 32
  Gultaj Mammadaliyeva – Gabriela Dimitrova (Bulgaria)

• -52 kg, Round of 16
  Aydan Valiyeva – Maša Slavič (Slovenia)