2015 European Games Explained

2015 European Games should not be confused with European Championships (multi-sport event).

I European Games
Size:	215
Host City:	Baku, Azerbaijan
Nations:	50
Athletes:	5,898
Events:	253 in 20 sports
Opening:	12 June
Closing:	28 June
Opened By:	President Ilham Aliyev
Torch Lighter:	Ilham Zakiyev, Said Guliyev, Aydemir Aydemirov and Nargiz Nasirzade
Stadium:	Baku National Stadium

The 1st European Games (Azerbaijani: 1-ci Avropa Oyunları), also known as the 2015 European Games or Baku 2015 (Azerbaijani: Bakı 2015), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic Committees (NOCs) of the European Olympic Committees. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 12 to 28 June 2015,^[1] and featured almost 6,000 athletes from 50 countries competing in 30 sports, including 15 summer Olympic and 2 non-Olympic sports.^[2] ^[3] ^[4]

Host selection

Baku was awarded the right to host the first European Games at the 41st EOC General Assembly in Rome, on 8 December 2012. The European Games will take place every four years thereafter, with the next competition held in 2019.

The decision was made as a result of secret balloting, where of 48 votes, 38 were in favour of the sole bidder for the event.^[5] Eight votes were against, and two more abstained from voting. The representatives of Armenia refused to take part in the voting.^[6]

Organisation

The Organising Committee responsible for the inaugural European Games in Baku was established by decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The committee is chaired by the First Lady of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva,^[7] member of the Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Baku 2015 European Games Operations Committee (BEGOC) was established under the direction of the Chairperson of the Organising Committee.

The Chief Executive Officer of BEGOC is Azad Rahimov, Minister of Youth and Sport while the Chief Operating Officer is Simon Clegg.^[7]

Venues

There were four clusters and 18 competition venues for the inaugural European Games, including 12 that were designed to become permanent venues. Five of the venues were new-builds: the National Gymnastics Arena, BMX Velopark, Baku Aquatics Centre, Baku Shooting Centre and National Stadium.There were six temporary venues: Water Polo Arena, Beach Arena, Basketball Arena, Mountain Bike Velopark, Triathlon, Cycling road race and time trial.

The Athletes Village, located in the Nizami raion of Baku,^[8] comprises 13 buildings, 16 different types of apartments with three to four bedrooms per apartment.^[9]

Key to colours
E	Existing
N	New
T	Temporary

Village cluster

Venue	Sports	Capacity
	Ceremonies, athletics	68,000	N
	Gymnastics	6,862	N

Flag square cluster

Venue	Sports	Capacity
	Swimming, diving, synchronized swimming	6,000	N
Water Polo Arena	Water polo	2,400	T
Beach Arena	Beach soccer, beach volleyball	3,900	T
Basketball Arena	3x3 basketball	2,500	T
	Volleyball	6,000	E
	Boxing	3,400
	Fencing, karate, taekwondo	2,000

City cluster

Sports	Capacity
Badminton, table tennis	1,700	E
Archery	31,200	E
Judo, wrestling, sambo	7,700	E

Other venues

Venue	Sports	Capacity
	Shooting	500	N
Mountain Bike Velopark	Mountain biking	1,670	T
BMX Velopark	Cycling BMX	1,600	N
Bilgah Beach	Triathlon	1,500	T
	Canoe sprint	1,300	E

Bilgəh beach — road cycling time trials

Ticketing

The local organising committee launched an on its website to allow fans purchasing tickets for the inaugural event.^[10]

Adult tickets for sport sessions range between AZN 2 – AZN 5, according to competition round (for example preliminary or final), seat category, and venue.

Volunteers

Organisers aimed to recruit 12,500 volunteers to play roles during the Games, including assisting athletes and dignitaries, working at sport competitions, or providing assistance to spectators or the media. Baku 2015 European Games volunteers were called Flamekeepers.^[11] 6,000 Ceremonies Performers voluntarily took part in the opening and closing ceremonies.^[12]

Opening ceremony

See main article: 2015 European Games opening ceremony.

Closing ceremony

The Closing Ceremony was held on 28 June in the National Stadium. James Hadley was the Artistic Director and Christian Steinhäuser was the Music Director of the Closing Ceremony.^[13]

Games

Participating NOCs

50 national olympic committees participated in this European Games edition, including the Olympic Committee of Kosovo in its first time at a wide multi-sport event. Since the Faroe Islands and Gibraltar are not members of the European Olympic Committee, the Faroese participants occurred for the Ligue Européenne de Natation and the Gibraltar participants for the Athletic Association of Small States of Europe.

Sports

A total of 20 sports was represented: 16 Olympic sports, two Olympic sports contested only in non-Olympic formats (basketball and football) and two non-Olympic sports (karate and sambo). Two para-sport events were contested judo. Twelve of the sports (archery, athletics, boxing, cycling, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball, wrestling) would offer qualification opportunities for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics. The aquatic sports are only open to junior-level competitors, and the athletics competition forms the third division of the European Team Championships.

Aquatics
- Diving (8)
- Swimming (42)
- Synchronised swimming (4)
- Water polo (2)
Archery (5)
Athletics (1)
Badminton (5)
Basketball (3x3) (2)
Beach soccer (1)
Boxing (15)
Canoe sprint (15)
Cycling
- BMX (2)
- Mountain biking (2)
- Road (4)
Fencing (12)
Gymnastics
- Acrobatic (6)
- Aerobic (2)
- Artistic (14)
- Rhythmic (8)
- Trampoline (4)
Judo (16)
- Para-Judo (2)
Karate (12)
Sambo (8)
Shooting (19)
Table tennis (4)
Taekwondo (8)
Triathlon (2)
Volleyball
- Beach (2)
- Indoor (2)
Wrestling
- Freestyle (16)
- Greco-Roman (8)

Calendar

The competition schedule consists of 253 events.^[16] ^[17]

OC	Opening ceremony	●	Event competitions	1	Event finals	CC	Closing ceremony

June		12th Fri	13th Sat	14th Sun	15th Mon	16th Tue	17th Wed	18th Thu	19th Fri	20th Sat	21st Sun	22nd Mon	23rd Tue	24th Wed	25th Thu	26th Fri	27th Sat	28th Sun	Medal Events
Ceremonies		bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center	OC																bgcolor=#ee3333 align=center	CC
Archery<	-- 12 -->					● <	-- 17 -->	1<	-- 18 -->	2<	-- 19 -->	● <	-- 20 -->	● <	-- 21 -->	1<	-- 22 -->	1 <	-- 23 -->							5
Athletics<	-- 12 -->										● <	-- 22 -->	1<	-- 23 -->							1
Badminton<	-- 12 -->											● <	-- 23 -->	● <	-- 24 -->	● <	-- 25 -->	● <	-- 26 -->	● <	-- 27 -->	2<	-- 28 -->	3<	-- T -->	5
Basketball (3x3)<	-- 12 -->												● <	-- 24 -->	● <	-- 25 -->	● <	-- 26 -->	2<	-- 27 -->			2
Beach soccer<	-- 12 -->													● <	-- 25 -->	● <	-- 26 -->	● <	-- 27 -->	● <	-- 28 -->	1<	-- T -->	1
Boxing<	-- 12 -->					● <	-- 17 -->	● <	-- 18 -->	● <	-- 19 -->	● <	-- 20 -->	● <	-- 21 -->	● <	-- 22 -->	● <	-- 23 -->	● <	-- 24 -->	● <	-- 25 -->	5<	-- 26 -->	5<	-- 27 -->	5<	-- 28 -->		15
Canoe sprint<	-- 12 -->			● <	-- 15 -->	5<	-- 16 -->	10<	-- 17 -->													15
Cycling	BMX<	-- 12 -->															● <	-- 27 -->	● <	-- 28 -->	<	-- T -->	8
<	-- 12 -->		<	-- 14 -->
Road cycling<	-- 12 -->							<	-- 19 -->		<	-- 21 -->	<	-- 22 -->
Diving<	-- 12 -->							2<	-- 19 -->	2<	-- 20 -->	2<	-- 21 -->	2<	-- 22 -->								8
Fencing<	-- 12 -->												2<	-- 24 -->	2<	-- 25 -->	2<	-- 26 -->	3<	-- 27 -->	3<	-- 28 -->		12
Gymnastics<	-- 12 -->			● <	-- 15 -->	2<	-- 16 -->		1<	-- 18 -->	2<	-- 19 -->	3<	-- 20 -->	10<	-- 21 -->	16<	-- 22 -->								34
Judo<	-- 12 -->														5<	-- 26 -->	6<	-- 27 -->	5<	-- 28 -->	2<	-- T -->	18
Karate<	-- 12 -->		6<	-- 14 -->	6<	-- 15 -->															12
Sambo<	-- 12 -->											8<	-- 23 -->							8
Shooting<	-- 12 -->					3<	-- 17 -->	3<	-- 18 -->	2<	-- 19 -->	2<	-- 20 -->	3<	-- 21 -->	3<	-- 22 -->	3<	-- 23 -->							19
Swimming<	-- 12 -->												7<	-- 24 -->	8<	-- 25 -->	9<	-- 26 -->	7<	-- 27 -->	11<	-- 28 -->		42
Synchronised swimming<	-- 12 -->	● <	-- 13 -->	● <	-- 14 -->	● <	-- 15 -->	2<	-- 16 -->	2<	-- 17 -->													4
Table tennis<	-- 12 -->		● <	-- 14 -->	● <	-- 15 -->	2<	-- 16 -->	● <	-- 17 -->	● <	-- 18 -->	● <	-- 19 -->	2<	-- 20 -->										4
Taekwondo<	-- 12 -->					2<	-- 17 -->	2<	-- 18 -->	2<	-- 19 -->	2<	-- 20 -->										8
Triathlon<	-- 12 -->		1<	-- 14 -->	1<	-- 15 -->															2
Volleyball<	-- 12 -->		● <	-- 14 -->	● <	-- 15 -->	● <	-- 16 -->	● <	-- 17 -->	● <	-- 18 -->	● <	-- 19 -->	● <	-- 20 -->	1<	-- 21 -->	1<	-- 22 -->	● <	-- 23 -->	● <	-- 24 -->	● <	-- 25 -->	● <	-- 26 -->	● <	-- 27 -->	1<	-- 28 -->	1<	-- T -->	4
Water polo<	-- 12 -->	● <	-- 13 -->	● <	-- 14 -->	● <	-- 15 -->	● <	-- 16 -->	● <	-- 17 -->	● <	-- 18 -->	● <	-- 19 -->	● <	-- 20 -->	1<	-- 21 -->	1<	-- 22 -->								2
Wrestling<	-- 12 -->		4<	-- 14 -->	4<	-- 15 -->	4<	-- 16 -->	4<	-- 17 -->	4<	-- 18 -->	4<	-- 19 -->											24
Total			13	11	15	21	11	16	11	18	25	13	9	10	21	23	27	9	253
June		12th Fri	13th Sat	14th Sun	15th Mon	16th Tue	17th Wed	18th Thu	19th Fri	20th Sat	21st Sun	22nd Mon	23rd Tue	24th Wed	25th Thu	26th Fri	27th Sat	28th Sun	Medal Events

Medal table

See main article: 2015 European Games medal table.

Podium sweeps

!Date!Sport!Event!Team!Gold!Silver!Bronze
13 June	Cycling	Men's cross country		Nino Schurter	Lukas Flückiger	Fabian Giger

Broadcasting

International Sports Broadcasting (ISB) was the host broadcaster of the European Games.^[18] During the Games, ISB was anticipated to produce 800 hours of broadcast coverage.

Europe:

– Tring Media^[19]
– ORF
– AzTV
– BTRC^[19]
– Sport 10^[20]
– BNT HD^[21]
– SPTV^[22]
– ČT • DigiSport
– TV 2^[23]
– ERR
– Yle^[24]
and – L'Equipe 21^[25]
– GPB
– Sport1^[26]
– ERT^[24]
– DigiSport^[20]
– Setanta Sports^[27]
– Sport 5 • Sport1
– Sky Sport^[28]
– RTK^[19]
– LTV
– TV6
– RTL Group^[19]
– Moldova Sport TV^[19]
– MKRTV
– NOS^[29]
– TV 2
– Polsat^[30]
– Sport TV
– DigiSport^[20]
– Russia-2 • Sport-1
– RTS^[31]
– DigiSport^[19]
– Šport TV^[32]
– RTVE^[32] ^[33]
– Sport1^[32] ^[26]
– NTV Spor^[32] ^[34]
– BT Sport^[32] ^[35]
– NTU^[32] ^[36]

Rest of the world

Africa – Fox Sports Africa^[32]
– Sport TV^[32] ^[33]
– ASBU^[32] ^[37]
– Seven Network^[32] ^[38]
– Universal Sports
– CCTV^[32] ^[39]
– ICRT^[32]
– TVB^[32] ^[40]
– NEO Sports^[32] ^[41]
– GEM GROUP^[42]
– TBS^[32] ^[43]
Latin America – América Móvil^[32] ^[44]
– Sport TV^[32] ^[33]
– SBS
– Sky Sport^[32]
– Setanta Sports^[32] ^[29]
– ESPN^[32] ^[40]
– Setanta Sports^[32] ^[29]

Controversies

Human rights situation and media bans

Amnesty International have been a vocal critic of the Baku 2015 European Games, stating in March 2015, "Azerbaijan may be a safe country for athletes taking part in the 100 metres, but defending rights and free speech is a dangerous game here. Those who champion them receive harassment and prison sentences instead of medals.".^[45] In August 2014, the human rights organisation highlighted the 24 prisoners of conscience being held in Azerbaijan prisons as an example of abuses.^[46] Western countries also criticized Aliyev's intention to close the OSCE offices in Baku.^[47]

In June 2015, The Guardian reported that its own reporters, along with those of other media outlets, had been barred from entering Baku to cover the games. Human Rights Watch, in the same article, stated it had observed "the worst crackdown the country has seen in the post-Soviet era".^[48]

Most European heads of state and government refused to participate at the opening ceremony,^[49] sending mid- or low-level representatives instead. Among those who did participate were Vladimir Putin of Russia, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, Aleksander Lukashenko of Belarus, Boyko Borisov of Bulgaria and Victor Ponta of Romania. Ponta and Borisov faced criticism at home for their participation.^[47]

Bus accident

During the games there was a road accident where a coach driver drove into a group of young Austrian athletes by mixing up the accelerator and brake pedals, with the incident recorded by a surveillance camera. 15-year-old Austrian synchronized swimmer Vanessa Sahinovic and her teammates Lisa Breit and Luna Pajer were injured. Sahinovic was placed in an induced coma and flown to Vienna for emergency surgery. Sahinovic was left paraplegic in the accident. Because of the accident, Austria had to withdraw from the team competition. In the synchronized swimming duet competition, sisters Anna-Maria and Eirini-Maria Alexandri won the silver medal, which they dedicated to the injured teammates. The police officer who released the video of the surveillance camera was relieved of his duties. Sahinovic is recovering, and is supported by an initiative of Austrian swimmers and a fundraising campaign.^[50] ^[51] ^[52] ^[53] ^[54] ^[55]

Marketing

Logo and mascots

The official logo for the 2015 European Games was unveiled on 16 June 2014.^[56] Designed by Adam Yunusov, it was inspired by country's ancient and contemporary culture.^[57] The logo includes flame, water, the mythical Simurgh bird, an Azerbaijani carpet and a pomegranate as one of the symbols of Azerbaijani profusion.^[58] The pomegranate, called Nar (pomegranate in Azerbaijani), is one of two mascots for the Games, along with a gazelle named Jeyran (gazelle in Azerbaijani). The couple are intended to represent the spirit of Azerbaijan and help excite the youth for the event.^[59]

Brand and visual identity

The brand incorporates traditional Azerbaijani imagery with images and colours designed to evoke a European sporting feel. The pomegranate tree, whose fruit juice is one of Azerbaijan's main exports, features heavily. The brand was created with legacy potential in mind, possibly inspired by the way the Commonwealth Games’ branding retains a similar feel each year.^[60]

As Azerbaijan as a state sponsored Spanish football club Atlético Madrid at that time, this European Games was advertised on the club's kits during the later half of their 2014–15 season.

Torch relay

On Sunday 26 April the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, captured the official flame of the Baku 2015 European Games.^[65] The flame had visited 60 locations until the final torchbearer entered the National Stadium for the Opening Ceremony on 12 June.^[66]

Route

26 April (day 1)

Ateshgah

27 April (day 2)

Nakhchivan

29 April (day 3)

Lankaran

1 May (day 4)

Lerik

Astara

2 May (day 5)

Yardimli

Jalilabad

3 May (day 6)

Bilesuvar

Masalli

4 May (day 7)

Salyan

Neftchala

5 May (day 8)

Shirvan

Hajigabul

6 May (day 9)

Saatli

Sabirabad

7 May (day 10)

Imishli

Horadiz

9 May (day 11)

Beylagan

Gunesli

10 May (day 12)

Agjabedi

Khojavend

12 May (day 13)

Zardab

Terter

13 May (day 14)

Yevlakh

Barda

14 May (day 15)

Goranboy

Naftalan

15 May (day 16)

Goygol

Ganja

16 May (day 17)

Dashkasan

Samukh

18 May (day 18)

Gazakh

Agstafa

19 May (day 19)

Tovuz

Gadabay

20 May (day 20)

Shamkir

21 May (day 21)

Ujar

Goychay

22 May (day 22)

Agdash

Mingachevir

23 May (day 23)

Balaken

Zagatala

24 May (day 24)

Gakh

25 May (day 25)

Oghuz

Sheki

26 May (day 26)

Ismayilli

Gabala

27 May (day 27)

Kurdemir

29 May (day 28)

Aghsu

30 May (day 29)

Gobustan

Shamakhi

31 May (day 30)

Sumgayit

Khizi

1 June (day 31)

Gusar

Guba

3 June (day 32)

Khachmaz

4 June (day 33)

Shabran

5 June (day 34)

Siyazan

Khirdalan

6 June (day 35)

Gobustan National Park

7-11 June (days 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40)

Baku

12 June (day 41)

Baku National Stadium

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