Azerbaijan’s water polo team succeeds at int’l tournament
By Laman Ismayilova
Azerbaijan's national water polo team enjoyed a first victory at the “President Cup” international water polo tournament marking the 93rd anniversary of national leader Heydar Aliyev, Trend reports.
Azerbaijan’s team has defeated a team of Moldova with the score of 16:05. The national team will next face the Swiss national team. The winner will gain entry to European Junior Championships for U19.
"If we can take one of the two first places in this tournament we'll gain entry to European Junior Championships for U19 which means a great victory in the history of national water polo team. We have already taken the first step by defeating the national team of Moldova. For the next game, we also will fight only for victory, said Azer Babayev, Head Coach of Azerbaijan's national water polo team.
Co-organized by Azerbaijan Swimming Federation and the Youth and Sports Ministry, the tournament brings together teams of Azerbaijan, Moldova, Romania and Switzerland.
The tournament is qualification tournament of the European Junior Water Polo Championships ( U19).
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Laman Ismayilova is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @Lam_Ismayilova
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