Team Azerbaijan finishes Skopje 2025 with 10 medals, ranks 17th in medal standings

The 18th European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) Skopje 2025, co-hosted by North Macedonia and Croatia, has concluded. More than 4,000 athletes aged 14–18 from 50 European countries competed in 15 sporting disciplines. Azerbaijan was represented by 52 athletes (28 boys and 24 girls) across 10 sports.

Team Azerbaijan secured a total of 10 medals: 3 gold, 3 silver, and 4 bronze.

Gold medals were claimed by judokas Gulshan Huseynova (-44kg), Rza Khalilli (-50kg), and Rasul Alizade (-55kg). Silver medals went to judokas Nurana Hajizade (-48kg), Zeyd Alasgarov (-60kg), and the shooting duo Leyli Aliyeva and Oleg Kerjankin (10m air pistol). Bronze medals were won by judokas Aysun Mammadova (-52kg), Mahammad Aghakishiyev (-73kg), Subhan Akhundov (+90kg), and taekwondo fighter Yunis Huseynov (73kg).

Azerbaijan placed 17th in the overall medal standings.

Italy led the rankings with 50 medals (19 gold, 19 silver, 12 bronze), followed by France with 38 (15 gold, 18 silver, 5 bronze), and Spain with 33 (10 gold, 11 silver, 12 bronze). Türkiye ranked fourth with 26 medals (10 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze), and the UK was fifth with 22 (10 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze).

A total of 40 countries won medals, with 35 of them securing at least one gold.