Baku, Azerbaijan, June 20
By Azad Hasanli – Trend:
The 1/16 final of the men’s beach volleyball competition started as part of the first European Games in Baku June 20.
Azerbaijani volleyball players Neilton Santos and Iaroslav Rudykh are competing with Latvian athletes June 20.
The European Games that kicked off in Baku June 12, will last till June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.
More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
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