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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Az%C9%99rbaycanda_idman" title="Azərbaycanda idman – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Azərbaycanda idman" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82_%D1%83_%D0%90%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Спорт у Азербайджане – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Спорт у Азербайджане" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esport_a_l%27Azerbaidjan" title="Esport a l'Azerbaidjan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Esport a l'Azerbaidjan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deporte_en_Azerbaiy%C3%A1n" title="Deporte en Azerbaiyán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Deporte en Azerbaiyán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporto_en_Azerbaj%C4%9Dano" title="Sporto en Azerbajĝano – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sporto en Azerbajĝano" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_en_Azerba%C3%AFdjan" title="Sport en Azerbaïdjan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sport en Azerbaïdjan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%BA%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%B6_%D4%B1%D5%A4%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%A5%D5%BB%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Սպորտն Ադրբեջանում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Սպորտն Ադրբեջանում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olahraga_di_Azerbaijan" title="Olahraga di Azerbaijan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Olahraga di Azerbaijan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98_%E1%83%90%E1%83%96%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%AF%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98" title="სპორტი აზერბაიჯანში – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სპორტი აზერბაიჯანში" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbajdzs%C3%A1n_sport%C3%A9lete" title="Azerbajdzsán sportélete – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Azerbajdzsán sportélete" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukan_di_Azerbaijan" title="Sukan di Azerbaijan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Sukan di Azerbaijan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Azerbeidzjan" title="Sport in Azerbeidzjan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Sport in Azerbeidzjan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozarbayjon_sporti" title="Ozarbayjon sporti – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Ozarbayjon sporti" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha 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class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other popular sports are <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_in_Azerbaijan" title="Gymnastics in Azerbaijan">gymnastics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">judo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">futsal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Olympic_weightlifting" title="Olympic weightlifting">weightlifting</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Boxing" title="Boxing">boxing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijan's mountainous terrain provides great opportunities for the practice of sports like <a href="/wiki/Skiing" title="Skiing">skiing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">rock climbing</a>. <a href="/wiki/Water_sports" class="mw-redirect" title="Water sports">Water sports</a> are practiced on the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a> and in inland waters. Competitively, Azerbaijan has been very successful at chess, weightlifting, and wrestling at the international level. Azerbaijan is also an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the <a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Association_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="International Federation of Association Football">International Federation of Association Football</a> (FIFA), <a href="/wiki/Union_of_European_Football_Associations" class="mw-redirect" title="Union of European Football Associations">Union of European Football Associations</a> (UEFA), <a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Athletics_Federations" class="mw-redirect" title="International Association of Athletics Federations">International Association of Athletics Federations</a> (IAAF), <a href="/wiki/European_Athletics_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="European Athletics Association">European Athletics Association</a> (EAA), <a href="/wiki/International_Olympic_Committee" title="International Olympic Committee">International Olympic Committee</a> (IOC), among many others. It has also hosted the <a href="/wiki/2015_European_Games" title="2015 European Games">first</a> <a href="/wiki/European_Games" title="European Games">European Games</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="2017 Islamic Solidarity Games">2017</a> <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Solidarity_Games" title="Islamic Solidarity Games">Islamic Solidarity Games</a> . </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sport in Azerbaijan has ancient roots, and even now, both traditional and modern sports are still practiced. <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling" title="Freestyle wrestling">Freestyle wrestling</a> has been traditionally regarded as Azerbaijan's <a href="/wiki/National_sport" title="National sport">national sport</a>, in which Azerbaijan won up to <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the Olympics">fourteen medals</a>, including four golds since joining the <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee" title="National Olympic Committee">National Olympic Committee</a>. Currently, the most popular sports include <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_sports">Types of sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Types of sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wrestling">Wrestling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Wrestling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wrestling" title="Wrestling">Wrestling</a> remains a historically important sport of Azerbaijan and often even referred to as its <a href="/wiki/National_sport" title="National sport">national sport</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Both <a href="/wiki/Freestyle_wrestling" title="Freestyle wrestling">freestyle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greco-Roman_wrestling" title="Greco-Roman wrestling">Greco-Roman wrestling</a>, particularly freestyle, are popular in Azerbaijan. </p><p>With a history of great wrestlers, such as <a href="/wiki/Namig_Abdullayev" title="Namig Abdullayev">Namig Abdullayev</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farid_Mansurov" title="Farid Mansurov">Farid Mansurov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rovshan_Bayramov" title="Rovshan Bayramov">Rovshan Bayramov</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mariya_Stadnik" title="Mariya Stadnik">Mariya Stadnik</a>, Azerbaijan is considered among the elite nations in this sport. Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation was established in 1959 as part of the USSR Wrestling Federation. After Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation was established in 1993, and officially admitted to the International Federation of Associated Wrestling Styles at FILA Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland in the same year. During 1993–1997, Etibar Sardar oglu Mammadov was the President, Abbas Aydin oglu Abbasov the Vice President and Khanmirza Khanbala oglu Malikaliyev the Chief Scorer of the Azerbaijan Wrestling Federation.AWF conference is held every four years. During the regular conference held in 1997, Abbas Aydin oglu Abbasov was elected the President, Cavanshir Kazim oglu Qurbanov the First Vice President and Khanmirza Khanbala oglu Malikaliyev the Chief Scorer of AWF. Functional vice presidents (Mammad Ibrahimov, Chingiz Quliyev, Oleq Krapivin, Mammad Musayev, Arif Hasanov, and Oktay Huseynov were elected) carried out their activities within the Federation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Football_in_Azerbaijan" title="Football in Azerbaijan">Football in Azerbaijan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national football team">Azerbaijan national football team</a>, and <a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of football clubs in Azerbaijan">List of football clubs in Azerbaijan</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reshad_Sadixov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Reshad_Sadixov.jpg/200px-Reshad_Sadixov.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Reshad_Sadixov.jpg/300px-Reshad_Sadixov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Reshad_Sadixov.jpg/400px-Reshad_Sadixov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="695" data-file-height="810" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rashad_Sadygov" title="Rashad Sadygov">Rashad Sadygov</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Football is the most popular sport in Azerbaijan, and the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan</a> with 9,122 registered players, is the largest sporting association in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_football_team" title="Azerbaijan national football team">national football team</a> of Azerbaijan demonstrates relatively low performance in the international arena compared to the nation football clubs. The most successful Azerbaijani football clubs are <a href="/wiki/Neftchi_Baku_PFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Neftchi Baku PFC">Neftchi Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/FC_Baku" title="FC Baku">Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inter_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Inter Baku">Inter Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/FK_Qaraba%C4%9F" class="mw-redirect" title="FK Qarabağ">Qarabağ</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gabala_FK" class="mw-redirect" title="Gabala FK">Gabala</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Khazar Lankaran">Khazar Lankaran</a>. In <a href="/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_UEFA_Europa_League" title="2012–13 UEFA Europa League">2012</a>, Neftchi Baku became the first Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of a European competition, beating <a href="/wiki/APOEL_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="APOEL F.C.">APOEL</a> of <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> 4-2 on aggregate in the play-off round of the <a href="/wiki/2012-13_UEFA_Europa_League" class="mw-redirect" title="2012-13 UEFA Europa League">2012-13 UEFA Europa League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1960s are considered the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_(metaphor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Age (metaphor)">Golden Age</a> for Azerbaijani football, as they produced great players like <a href="/wiki/Anatoliy_Banishevskiy" title="Anatoliy Banishevskiy">Anatoliy Banishevskiy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alakbar_Mammadov" title="Alakbar Mammadov">Alakbar Mammadov</a> and football referee <a href="/wiki/Tofiq_Bahramov" title="Tofiq Bahramov">Tofiq Bahramov</a>, who is most famous for being a <a href="/wiki/Assistant_referee_(association_football)" title="Assistant referee (association football)">linesman</a> who helped to award a goal for England in the <a href="/wiki/1966_World_Cup_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 World Cup Final">1966 World Cup Final</a> between <a href="/wiki/English_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="English national football team">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/German_national_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="German national football team">West Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The top football teams in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> are <a href="/wiki/FK_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="FK Baku">FK Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/PFC_Neftchi_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="PFC Neftchi Baku">PFC Neftchi Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/FK_Karabakh" class="mw-redirect" title="FK Karabakh">FK Karabakh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khazar_Lankaran" class="mw-redirect" title="Khazar Lankaran">Khazar Lankaran</a>. </p><p>On March 19, 2010, Azerbaijan won the bid to host the <a href="/wiki/2012_FIFA_U-17_Women%27s_World_Cup" title="2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup">2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atl%C3%A9tico_de_Madrid_-_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Atl%C3%A9tico_de_Madrid_-_04.jpg/250px-Atl%C3%A9tico_de_Madrid_-_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Atl%C3%A9tico_de_Madrid_-_04.jpg/375px-Atl%C3%A9tico_de_Madrid_-_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Atl%C3%A9tico_de_Madrid_-_04.jpg/500px-Atl%C3%A9tico_de_Madrid_-_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid" title="Atlético Madrid">Atlético Madrid</a> players with kits stating "Azerbaijan Land of Fire"</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> was also the former shirt sponsor of <a href="/wiki/Atl%C3%A9tico_Madrid" title="Atlético Madrid">Atlético Madrid</a>, which aimed to develop football in Azerbaijan based on an agreement between Spanish club and <a href="/wiki/FK_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="FK Baku">FK Baku</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Futsal">Futsal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Futsal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azerbaijan achieved far more success in <a href="/wiki/Futsal" title="Futsal">futsal</a> than football. In the late 1980s, it was here that influenced the creation of the Russian futsal club <a href="/wiki/MFK_Dina_Moskva" title="MFK Dina Moskva">MFK Dina Moskva</a>, who dominated the futsal in post-Soviet countries during the 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_national_futsal_team" title="Azerbaijan national futsal team">Azerbaijan national futsal team</a> reached fourth place in the <a href="/wiki/2010_UEFA_Futsal_Championship" title="2010 UEFA Futsal Championship">2010 UEFA Futsal Championship</a>, while domestic club <a href="/wiki/Araz_Nax%C3%A7ivan" title="Araz Naxçivan">Araz Naxçivan</a> clinched bronze medals at the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_UEFA_Futsal_Cup" title="2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup">2009–10 UEFA Futsal Cup</a> and <a href="/wiki/2013%E2%80%9314_UEFA_Futsal_Cup" title="2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup">2013–14 UEFA Futsal Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backgammon">Backgammon</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Backgammon"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Backgammon" title="Backgammon">Backgammon</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Backgammon" title="Backgammon">Backgammon</a> is a game that has ancient roots in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Persian Empire">Persian Empire</a> and plays major role in Azerbaijani culture.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This game is very popular in Azerbaijan and widely played among the local public.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are also different variations of backgammon developed and analysed by Azerbaijani experts.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chess">Chess</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Chess"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chess_in_Azerbaijan" title="Chess in Azerbaijan">Chess in Azerbaijan</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gashimov_Radjabov_Mamedyarov_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gashimov_Radjabov_Mamedyarov_2007.jpg/200px-Gashimov_Radjabov_Mamedyarov_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gashimov_Radjabov_Mamedyarov_2007.jpg/300px-Gashimov_Radjabov_Mamedyarov_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Gashimov_Radjabov_Mamedyarov_2007.jpg/400px-Gashimov_Radjabov_Mamedyarov_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1308" data-file-height="1044" /></a><figcaption>Azerbaijan men's chess team</figcaption></figure> <p>Azerbaijan is known as one of the <a href="/wiki/Chess" title="Chess">chess</a> superpowers and despite the collapse of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, chess is still extremely popular.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Long term world champion <a href="/wiki/Garry_Kasparov" title="Garry Kasparov">Garry Kasparov</a> was born in Baku. Notable chess players of Azerbaijan includes <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teimour Radjabov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shahriyar_Mammadyarov" class="mw-redirect" title="Shahriyar Mammadyarov">Shahriyar Mammadyarov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vugar_Gashimov" title="Vugar Gashimov">Vugar Gashimov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zeinab_Mamedyarova" title="Zeinab Mamedyarova">Zeinab Mamedyarova</a>. Azerbaijan has also hosted many international chess tournaments and competitions and became <a href="/wiki/European_Team_Chess_Championship" title="European Team Chess Championship">European Team Chess Championship</a> winners in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Azerbaijani president <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> issued an order to improve development of chess in the Azerbaijan from 2009 to 2014 period.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Grandmaster <a href="/wiki/Teimour_Radjabov" title="Teimour Radjabov">Teymur Radjabov</a> became the first owner of the <a href="/wiki/Chess_World_Cup" title="Chess World Cup">World Chess Cup</a> in the history of Azerbaijan on October 4, 2019, in <a href="/wiki/Khanty-Mansiysk" title="Khanty-Mansiysk">Khanty-Mansiysk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Martial_arts">Martial arts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Martial arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Martial_arts" title="Martial arts">Martial arts</a> like <a href="/wiki/Judo" title="Judo">judo</a> have also brought many medals to this country, namely <a href="/wiki/Elnur_Mammadli" title="Elnur Mammadli">Elnur Mammadli</a> who conquered gold at the European Championships and <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> in the -73 kg category. However, his Olympic opponent, <a href="/wiki/Wang_Ki-Chun" class="mw-redirect" title="Wang Ki-Chun">Wang Ki-Chun</a>, suffered <a href="/wiki/Human_ribcage" class="mw-redirect" title="Human ribcage">ribcage</a> fracture when <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Leandro_Guilheiro" title="Leandro Guilheiro">Leandro Guilheiro</a> hit him with an elbow in the quarterfinal.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Movlud_Miraliyev" title="Movlud Miraliyev">Movlud Miraliyev</a> won the bronze medal at the <a href="/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics" title="2008 Summer Olympics">2008 Summer Olympics</a> and <a href="/wiki/2003_World_Judo_Championships" title="2003 World Judo Championships">World Judo Championships</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motorsports">Motorsports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Motorsports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azerbaijan has a <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> race track, the <a href="/wiki/Baku_City_Circuit" title="Baku City Circuit">Baku City Circuit</a>, which hosted its inaugural race in 2016. The latest edition of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Grand_Prix" title="Azerbaijan Grand Prix">Azerbaijan Grand Prix</a> was held on 15 September 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paragliding">Paragliding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Paragliding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Paragliding_in_Azerbaijan" title="Paragliding in Azerbaijan">Paragliding in Azerbaijan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rhythmic_gymnastics">Rhythmic gymnastics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Rhythmic gymnastics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_in_Azerbaijan" title="Gymnastics in Azerbaijan">Gymnastics in Azerbaijan</a></div> <p>In recent years, <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_gymnastics" title="Rhythmic gymnastics">rhythmic gymnastics</a> developed rapidly in Azerbaijan. Many Azerbaijani rhythmic gymnasts such as <a href="/wiki/Aliya_Garayeva" title="Aliya Garayeva">Aliya Garayeva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anna_Gurbanova" title="Anna Gurbanova">Anna Gurbanova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dinara_Gimatova" title="Dinara Gimatova">Dinara Gimatova</a> are among the leading rhythmic gymnasts in the world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_union">Rugby union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rugby union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Azerbaijan" title="Rugby union in Azerbaijan">Rugby union in Azerbaijan</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zaza.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Zaza.jpeg/200px-Zaza.jpeg" decoding="async" width="200" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Zaza.jpeg/300px-Zaza.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Zaza.jpeg/400px-Zaza.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="408" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption>Azerbaijani rugby player Zahid Sadmaliyev ("Zaza")</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Volleyball">Volleyball</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Volleyball"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azerbaijan is one of the leading volleyball countries in the world and its <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Women%27s_Volleyball_Super_League" title="Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League">Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League</a> is one of the strongest women's leagues in the world. Its women national team placed fourth at the <a href="/wiki/2005_Women%27s_European_Volleyball_Championship" title="2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship">2005 European Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the last years, clubs like <a href="/wiki/Rabita_Baku" class="mw-redirect" title="Rabita Baku">Rabita Baku</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azerrail_Baku" title="Azerrail Baku">Azerrail Baku</a> achieved great success at European cups.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Azerbaijani volleyball players include likes of <a href="/wiki/Valeriya_Korotenko" class="mw-redirect" title="Valeriya Korotenko">Valeriya Korotenko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oksana_Parkhomenko" class="mw-redirect" title="Oksana Parkhomenko">Oksana Parkhomenko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inessa_Korkmaz" title="Inessa Korkmaz">Inessa Korkmaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natalya_Mammadova" title="Natalya Mammadova">Natalya Mammadova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alla_Hasanova" title="Alla Hasanova">Alla Hasanova</a>. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ivan_Dyachkov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ivan Dyachkov (page does not exist)">Ivan Dyachkov</a> played a key role in the development of Azerbaijani volleyball in 1946–1947 years. Under his supervision, Azerbaijani men's volleyball team frequently gained victories in the 1950s. With the boost of the interest in volleyball in the country in 1950s, a number of very strong volleyball players emerged in Azerbaijan. They were drafted to the USSR teams and participated in the European and World Championships. There was an Azerbaijani volleyball player in the staff of the USSR team ranked 3rd at the World Championship in Paris in 1956. Two years later, Azerbaijani volleyball player <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ogtay_Agayev&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ogtay Agayev (page does not exist)">Ogtay Agayev</a> won the bronze at the European Championship. </p><p>Coach Shamil Shamkhalov made great efforts for the development of women's volleyball in Azerbaijan. In 1956 six students of Shamkhalov won the USSR Youths championship. Three years later Shamil muallim went to Moscow with boys' and girls' teams to participate at the All-union School Spartakiad. Both teams won the championship. In 1962 18-year-old Inna Riskal was drafted to the USSR team to participate at the World Championship. With the only loss to the Japanese, the team ranked 2nd. Inna, who became one of the key players in the USSR team participated in four Olympiads and captured two gold medals and two silver medals. Another Azerbaijani volleyball player Vera Lantratova won the Olympiad in 1972. Vera Lantratova and Inna Riskal, being members of the USSR team, often participated at the World and European Championships, winning various titles. Inna Riskal was considered one of the three strongest woman volleyball players of the century. </p><p>At the beginning of the 1960s two Azerbaijani women's teams, "Neftchi" and "Mahsul" participated at the USSR Championship. In 1966, the national women's volleyball team won the USSR Championship bronze medal. </p><p>After the appointment to the position of chief coach in 1986 Faig Garayev laid the foundation for the restoration of women's volleyball in Azerbaijan. A year after, our team entered the major league. Ranked 9th in 1989 and 3rd in 1990 the team won its first awards. The women from Baku won the last USSR Championship in 1991. </p><p>In 1992–1993 the team participated in European Top-Team Cup competitions as an independent nation's team and took the 2nd place. Azerbaijani team ranked 1st at the 1993 Bulgaria World Championship elimination stage, won the "Bahar" cup in Rumania in 1994, and ranked 9th at the same year's World Championship thus joining the list of the world's 10 strongest women's teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shooting">Shooting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Shooting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stand shooting exists in <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> since 1920. And the country first time was represented by marksmen in Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. Valeri Timokhin attended in both Seoul and Atlanta Olympiads. </p><p>Zemfira Meftahaddinova became the world’s most accurate stand marksman in Summer Olympic Games took place in Sydney in 2000. According to the results, she got 98 of 100 possible points. </p><p>The first bullet shooting center was established in 1920, on Nargin island in USSR. Since that time the marksmen that trained in this center became the members of USSR national team and participated in various Olympiads. Albert Udachin, Anatoly Spivakov, Diana Osoliker, Irada Ashumova, and other marksmen represented Azerbaijan in this field. </p><p>Irada Ashumova won a bronze medal at XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. Moreover, She won the 2nd place with small caliber pistol at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain (1998) and in Lahti, Finland (2002).<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gabala Shooting Club (GSC) and Baku Shooting Center are the main facilities in the Republic of Azerbaijan. The mentioned facilities have been established for the purpose of a recreational and entertainment center, and as a training place for the national shooting team and international professionals. Baku Shooting Center (opened on March 9, 2015) is located in Bilajari settlement of Baku and is considered to be is one of the largest shooting complexes in Europe. It covers more than 123,000 square meters. The building includes a cafe, management, doping control, training, weapons storage, a medical center and so on. Gabala Shooting Club (GSC) (has been operated since 2012) also has similar facilities such as Archery shooting pitch, Shooting School Strike ball/Paintball, Sport-hunting appliances shop, etc.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Another shooting center is located in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (was put into operation on December 7, 2013). The center has facilities for shooting range, paintball playgrounds, archery, and military-sports games.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Archery">Archery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Archery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Azerbaijan Archery Federation promotes the further development of this sport in Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics_of_medals_won">Statistics of medals won</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Statistics of medals won"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007, Azerbaijani athletes won over 300 medals at international competitions, 127 of which were gold. 127 medals won in Olympic sports. At the Olympic Games in Beijing, Sydney, and Athens, Azerbaijani athletes won 15 medals, including 4 gold. At XXVIII Summer Olympic Games, the national Olympic team of Azerbaijan got 1 gold and 4 bronze medals. Since its independence, Azerbaijani sportsmen have won 2615 medals (897 gold, 705 silver, 1013 bronze) in various world competitions.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been built over 15 Olympic sports complexes since 2000, and the construction process of 16 complexes continues. Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex, Sport Complex "GYANJLIK", <a href="/wiki/Baku_Sports_Palace" title="Baku Sports Palace">Baku Sport Palace</a> and the national / republic stadium, named after Tofig Bakhramov are important parts of the sport infrastructure of Azerbaijan.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa_Olimpiya_%C4%B0dman_Kompleksi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa_Olimpiya_%C4%B0dman_Kompleksi.jpg/220px-Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa_Olimpiya_%C4%B0dman_Kompleksi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa_Olimpiya_%C4%B0dman_Kompleksi.jpg/330px-Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa_Olimpiya_%C4%B0dman_Kompleksi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa_Olimpiya_%C4%B0dman_Kompleksi.jpg/440px-Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa_Olimpiya_%C4%B0dman_Kompleksi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>One of the Olympic Sport Complexes - (locates in <a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%9Fta%C4%9Fa" title="Maştağa">Mashtaga)</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport_policy_of_Azerbaijan">Sport policy of Azerbaijan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sport policy of Azerbaijan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sport in Azerbaijan is directly supported by the government. Azerbaijani national leader, <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a> and later the President <a href="/wiki/Ilham_Aliyev" title="Ilham Aliyev">Ilham Aliyev</a> have had personal attempts to promote and develop sports in order to improve the results of the country in the international arena. The Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic was established based on this vision in 1994 according to Decree no 861 of the former president Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev. In 1995, in accordance with another decree, the Sports Foundation was set up and sport was funded by the resources allocated from President Fund. After I. Aliyev was elected the President of <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee_of_the_Azerbaijani_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic">National Olympic Committee of Azerbaijan</a> in 1997, sport in Azerbaijani Committee increased its international bonds. In 1997, Azerbaijani Milli Majlis adopted a law about "physical education and sports". On April 21, 2001, the Ministry of Youth, Sports, and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan (MYST) was established. In 2003, with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan about "preparing for XXVIII Summer Olympic Games" Azerbaijani sportsmen started to prepare for XXVIII Summer Olympic Games in a more sophisticated way in order to have better achievement. There are 44 Olympic sports complexes operating in the cities and districts of Azerbaijan currently.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_agreements_and_decrees">International agreements and decrees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: International agreements and decrees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On July 31, 2004, an agreement about cooperation between the Russian Olympic Committee and Azerbaijan Olympic Committee was signed. </p><p>In 2004, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan signed a memorandum in Qatar in order to cooperate in the field of sport during his official visit to this country. </p><p>In 2004, the state program about the development of physical education and sports in 2004-2008 in the Republic of Azerbaijan was adopted with the Decree No 181 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan. </p><p>On January 30, 2006, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Youth, Sports and Tourism was cancelled Ministry in accordance with a presidential decree, and Youth and Sports and Ministry of Culture and Tourism were created. </p><p>On 24 July 2006, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed a decree "about Preparation to XXIX Summer Olympic Games".<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Achievements">Achievements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Achievements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sportsmen of Azerbaijan have won 2615 medals in World and European and Cup championships since its independence (897 gold, 705 silver and 1013 bronze).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, the fourth Islamic Solidarity Games were held in Baku on May 11–22. Azerbaijani athletes won 75 gold, 50 silver, and 37 bronze medals.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, the Azerbaijani athletes won 753 medals – 263 gold, 230 silver, and 260 bronze medals in the world and European championships, cup competitions, and international tournaments. </p><p>The first European Games, Formula 1 Grand Prix, Islamic Solidarity Games are important events that took place in Azerbaijan as a result of state support for sports. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympic_Games">Olympic Games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Olympic Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the Olympics">Azerbaijan at the Olympics</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> first participated at the <a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> as an independent nation in 1996, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then. </p> <ul><li>Azerbaijan has participated in the following <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Summer Olympic Games</a> to date: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2016 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2012 Summer Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2012 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2004 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2000 Summer Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 1996 Summer Olympics</a></li></ul></li> <li>Azerbaijan has participated in the following <a href="/wiki/Winter_Olympic_Games" title="Winter Olympic Games">Winter Olympic Games</a> to date: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2018_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2018 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2018 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2014_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2014 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2014 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2010 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2010 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2006 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2006 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 2002 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 2002 Winter Olympics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_at_the_1998_Winter_Olympics" title="Azerbaijan at the 1998 Winter Olympics">Azerbaijan at the 1998 Winter Olympics</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Olympic_Committee_of_the_Azerbaijani_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic">National Olympic Committee of the Azerbaijani Republic</a> made bids for <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a> to host the <a href="/wiki/2016_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 Olympics">2016 Olympics</a> and <a href="/wiki/2020_Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Olympics">2020 Olympics</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sport_in_Azerbaijan&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Football_in_Azerbaijan" title="Football in Azerbaijan">Football in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chess_in_Azerbaijan" title="Chess in Azerbaijan">Chess in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gymnastics_in_Azerbaijan" title="Gymnastics in Azerbaijan">Gymnastics in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_in_Azerbaijan" title="Rugby union in Azerbaijan">Rugby union in Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a 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Hockey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan">Football</a></li> <li>Golf</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Gymnastics_Federation" title="Azerbaijan Gymnastics Federation">Gymnastics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Handball_Federation" title="Azerbaijan Handball Federation">Handball</a></li> <li>Judo</li> <li>Modern Pentathlon</li> <li>Rugby 7's</li> <li>Rowing</li> <li>Sailing</li> <li>Shooting</li> <li>Table Tennis</li> <li>Taekwondo</li> <li>Tennis</li> <li>Triathlon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Volleyball_Federation" title="Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation">Volleyball</a> <ul><li>inc. 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Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bronze_and_Iron_Age_in_Azerbaijan" title="Bronze and Iron Age in Azerbaijan">Bronze and Iron age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kura%E2%80%93Araxes_culture" title="Kura–Araxes culture">Kura–Araxes culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakhchivan_culture" title="Nakhchivan culture">Nakhchivan culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khojaly%E2%80%93Gadabay_culture" title="Khojaly–Gadabay culture">Khojaly–Gadabay culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shulaveri%E2%80%93Shomu_culture" title="Shulaveri–Shomu culture">Shulaveri–Shomu culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mughan_culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Mughan culture">Mughan culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jar-Burial_Culture" class="mw-redirect" title="Jar-Burial Culture">Jar-Burial Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leyla-Tepe_culture" title="Leyla-Tepe culture">Leyla-Tepe culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achaemenid_Empire" title="Achaemenid Empire">Achaemenid Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caucasian_Albania" title="Caucasian Albania">Caucasian Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parthian_Empire" title="Parthian Empire">Parthian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arran_(Caucasus)" title="Arran (Caucasus)">Arran (Caucasus)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirvan" title="Shirvan">Shirvan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Middle Ages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sajid_dynasty" title="Sajid dynasty">Sajid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sallarid_dynasty" title="Sallarid dynasty">Sallarid dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaddadids" title="Shaddadids">Shaddadids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirvanshah" class="mw-redirect" title="Shirvanshah">Shirvanshahs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eldiguzids" title="Eldiguzids">Eldiguzids</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilkhanate" title="Ilkhanate">Ilkhanate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kara_Koyunlu" class="mw-redirect" title="Kara Koyunlu">Kara Koyunlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aq_Qoyunlu" title="Aq Qoyunlu">Aq Qoyunlu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_Iran" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afsharid_Iran" title="Afsharid Iran">Afsharid Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanates_of_the_Caucasus" title="Khanates of the Caucasus">Khanates of the Caucasus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zand_dynasty" title="Zand dynasty">Zand dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Qajar Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Persian_War_(1804%E2%80%9313)" class="mw-redirect" title="Russo-Persian War (1804–13)">Russo-Persian War (1804–13)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Gulistan" title="Treaty of Gulistan">Treaty of Gulistan</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Soviet Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_January" title="Black January">Black January</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Azerbaijan#Independent_Azerbaijan" title="History of Azerbaijan">Independent Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="Second Nagorno-Karabakh War">Second Nagorno-Karabakh War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">By topic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_name_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the name Azerbaijan">History of the name Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Land_of_Fire" title="The Land of Fire">The Land of Fire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Azerbaijan" title="Coat of arms of Azerbaijan"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/80px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/120px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg/160px-Emblem_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="403" data-file-height="444" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Azerbaijan" title="Geography of Azerbaijan">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bodies_of_water_of_Azerbaijan" title="Bodies of water of Azerbaijan">Bodies of water</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Azerbaijan" title="Climate of Azerbaijan">Climate</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_Azerbaijan" title="Climate change in Azerbaijan">Climate change</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of earthquakes in Azerbaijan">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environment_of_Azerbaijan" title="Environment of Azerbaijan">Environment</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Azerbaijan" title="Environmental issues in Azerbaijan">issues</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Azerbaijan" title="Extreme points of Azerbaijan">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Azerbaijan" title="Fauna of Azerbaijan">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Azerbaijan" title="Flora of Azerbaijan">Flora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Azerbaijan" title="Geology of Azerbaijan">Geology</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caves_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Caves of Azerbaijan">Caves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountains_of_Azerbaijan" title="Mountains of Azerbaijan">Mountains</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of lakes of Azerbaijan">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_Azerbaijan" title="National parks of Azerbaijan">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orography_of_Azerbaijan" title="Orography of Azerbaijan">Orography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_protected_areas_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of protected areas of Azerbaijan">Protected areas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_reserves_of_Azerbaijan" title="State reserves of Azerbaijan">State reserves</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildlife_of_Azerbaijan" title="Wildlife of Azerbaijan">Wildlife</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Azerbaijan" title="Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan">Subdivisions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Azerbaijan" title="Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan">Administrative divisions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borders_of_Azerbaijan" title="Borders of Azerbaijan">Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of cities in Azerbaijan">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Azerbaijan" title="Politics of Azerbaijan">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Azerbaijan">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cabinet of Azerbaijan">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Azerbaijan" title="Constitution of Azerbaijan">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Azerbaijan" title="Elections in Azerbaijan">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Azerbaijan" title="Foreign relations of Azerbaijan">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Azerbaijan" title="Human rights in Azerbaijan">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Azerbaijan">LGBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_rights_in_Azerbaijan" title="Children's rights in Azerbaijan">Children's rights</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Azerbaijan" title="Law enforcement in Azerbaijan">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_Armed_Forces" title="Azerbaijani Armed Forces">Military</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Azerbaijan)" title="National Assembly (Azerbaijan)">National Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of political parties in Azerbaijan">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Azerbaijan" title="Politics of Azerbaijan">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Azerbaijan" title="President of Azerbaijan">President</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Azerbaijan" title="Prime Minister of Azerbaijan">Prime Minister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migration_policy_of_Azerbaijan" title="Migration policy of Azerbaijan">Migration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Azerbaijan" title="Economy of Azerbaijan">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Azerbaijan" title="Agriculture in Azerbaijan">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Bank_of_Azerbaijan" title="Central Bank of Azerbaijan">Central Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_companies_of_Azerbaijan" title="List of companies of Azerbaijan">Companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Azerbaijan" title="Energy in Azerbaijan">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_manat" title="Azerbaijani manat">Manat (currency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metallurgy_in_Azerbaijan" title="Metallurgy in Azerbaijan">Metallurgy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mineral_industry_of_Azerbaijan" title="Mineral industry of Azerbaijan">Mineral industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_resources_of_Azerbaijan" title="Natural resources of Azerbaijan">Natural resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Azerbaijan" title="Petroleum industry in Azerbaijan">Petroleum industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Azerbaijan" title="Telecommunications in Azerbaijan">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Azerbaijan" title="Tourism in Azerbaijan">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Azerbaijan" title="Transport in Azerbaijan">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Azerbaijan" title="Culture of Azerbaijan">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Azerbaijani_animation" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Azerbaijani animation">Animation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Azerbaijan" title="Architecture of Azerbaijan">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_art" title="Azerbaijani art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cinema of Azerbaijan">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_cuisine" title="Azerbaijani cuisine">Cuisine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_wine" title="Azerbaijani wine">wine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_dances" title="Azerbaijani dances">Dances</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_traditional_clothing" title="Azerbaijani traditional clothing">Dress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_folklore" title="Azerbaijani folklore">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Azerbaijan" title="Public holidays in Azerbaijan">Holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_national_identity" title="Azerbaijani national identity">National identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_literature" title="Azerbaijani literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Media_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Media of Azerbaijan">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Azerbaijan" title="Music of Azerbaijan">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_mythology" title="Azerbaijani mythology">Mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Novruz_in_Azerbaijan" title="Novruz in Azerbaijan">Novruz (New Year)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Azerbaijan" title="Public holidays in Azerbaijan">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Azerbaijan" title="Religion in Azerbaijan">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_rug" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijani rug">Rug</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_tea_culture" title="Azerbaijani tea culture">Tea culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_in_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Theatre in Azerbaijan">Theatre</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Azerbaijan" title="Languages of Azerbaijan">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in Azerbaijan">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">People</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Azerbaijanis" title="List of Azerbaijanis">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Azerbaijan" title="Women in Azerbaijan">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Azerbaijan" title="National symbols of Azerbaijan">Symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Azerbaijan" title="Flag of Azerbaijan">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Az%C9%99rbaycan_mar%C5%9F%C4%B1" title="Azərbaycan marşı">National anthem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_emblem_of_Azerbaijan" title="National emblem of Azerbaijan">National emblem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Azerbaijan" title="Outline of Azerbaijan">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Azerbaijan-related_articles" title="Index of Azerbaijan-related articles">Index</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Bibliography_of_the_history_of_the_Caucasus#Azerbaijan" title="Bibliography of the history of the Caucasus">Bibliography</a></span></li></ul></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Azerbaijan" title="Category:Azerbaijan">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Azerbaijan" title="Portal:Azerbaijan">Portal</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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