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Baku 2017 announces results of Team Sport Draw

09 April 2017 [14:23] - TODAY.AZ

By  Azertac 


Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games on 6th April hosted the Team Sport Draw, ahead of the start of the Games on 12 May.


The Draw, which was broadcast live on national TV, featured five team sports, which will feature at the Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games - football, volleyball, basketball 3x3, handball and water polo.


The Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games will be held in Baku from 12-22 May, although sporting competition will commence on 8 May with the preliminary rounds of the football, handball and volleyball competitions.


It is expected that athletes from 57 Islamic nations will compete in these Games, which will include 20 sports, including two para-sports.


The results of the Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games Team Sports Draw are as follows:


Football:


Group A: Azerbaijan, Cameroon, Saudi Arabia, Morocco


Group B: Palestine, Oman, Algeria, Turkey


The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals, the winners of these matches will compete in the Gold medal match. The losers of the semi-finals will compete for a Bronze medal.


Water Polo (Men): Iran, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan, Indonesia


All teams will play each other once. The top three teams at the end of the competition will be awarded Gold, Silver and Bronze medals respectively.


Volleyball (women): Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cameroon, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan


All teams will play each other once, with the top four teams progressing to the semi-finals. The winners of these matches will compete in the Gold medal match. The losers of the semi-finals will compete for a Bronze medal.


Volleyball (men):


Group A: Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Palestine


Group B: Iran, Qatar, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Morocco


The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The winners of these matches will compete for Gold medal. The losers of the semi-finals will compete for Bronze.


Basketball 3x3 (women):


Group A: Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Algeria, Mali, Afghanistan


Group B: Indonesia, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Pakistan


Basketball 3x3 (men):


Group A: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan


Group B: Indonesia, Qatar, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Jordan


The top four teams from each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. The winners of these matches will progress onto the semi-finals. From there the two winning teams will go on to compete in the Gold medal match. The losers of the semi-finals will compete for a Bronze medal.


Handball (women): Cameroon, Uzbekistan, Côte d'Ivoire, Turkey, Azerbaijan


All teams will play each other once. After which the first two teams will compete in a Gold medal match. The third and fourth placed teams will play-off for a Bronze medal.


Handball (men):


Group A: Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan


Group B: Turkey, Morocco, Iraq, Afghanistan


The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals. The winners of these matches will compete for Gold medal. The losers of the semi-finals will compete for Bronze.


Tickets for the Baku 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games are available online, via the Baku2017 website – www.baku2017.com/tickets or via 12 outlets located across Baku.























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