The draw ceremony of the XXXI Azerbaijan Handball Cup was held at the Azerbaijan Handball Federation (AHF).
Idman.biz reports that this was announced by the AHF press service.
Members of the panel of judges, employees of the sports department and head coaches of the teams participated in the event. Iskandar Asgarov, head of the sports department of the Federation, representative of the European Handball Federation, said that the national cup in the 2024/25 season will start on April 26 at the "AHF Arena".
The competition, which will be organized according to the Olympic system, will start from the 1/4 final stage. "Azeryol" and "Baku" men's teams, and "Azeryol" and "Kur" women's teams, who were the finalists of the cup in the 2023/24 season, will join the fight from the semi-final stage. This stage will start in the third ten days of May.
Information was provided at the event about the tournament regulations, rules and competition calendar.
In total, 9 men's ("Azeryol", "Baku", "Dinamo", "Gencler Birliyi", "Idman Akademiyasi", "Kur", "Garabag", "Tahsil", U-17) and 7 women's ("Azeryol", "Garabag", "Idman Akademiyasi", "Azersu", U-16) teams will compete for the cup.
Azerbaijan Cup
Women
1/4 final
April 26
"Baku" – "Idman Akademiyasi"
April 27
"Tahsil" – "Garabag"
Men
1/4 final
April 26
"Gencler Birliyi" – "Dinamo"
"Idman Akademiyasi" – "Tahsil"
U-17 – "Kur"
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