Azerbaijani team lost to Iran in World Cup final in Baku

Today, the decisive matches of the World of the Greco-Roman wrestling were held in the Baku Sports Palace.

In the final, the national teams of Azerbaijan and Iran were met.

Eldeniz Azizley (55 kg) brought our command forward. Nihat Mamedley (60 kg) lost, and the account in the match was 1: 1. Then Taleh Mammadov (63 kg) lost, allowing the Iranians to go forward in the match.

Then our team won four wins in a row. Hasret Jafarov (67 kg), Ulvi Ganizade (72 kg), Senan Suleimanov (77 kg) and Rafik Huseynov (82 kg) won their fights (82 kg). The score was 5: 2 in favor of the national team of Azerbaijan, and for the general victory it remained to win only one fight.

However, Murad Akhmadiev (87 kg), Arif Niftullaev (97 kg) and Bek Kandelaki (130 kg) lost their fights, and the score became 5: 5. Alas, Iran won the World Cup on technical points, since Iranians had one early victory with a score of 8: 0.

Recall, yesterday the Azerbaijani team defeated the world team, and Iran defeated Turkey and Kyrgyzstan.