Preview of #Baku2023

From Wednesday to Sunday, all eyes will be on Baku’s National Gymnastics Arena where Europe’s finest Rhythmic gymnasts will compete on a stage fit for the brightest stars. Baku will welcome 189 senior and 124 junior gymnasts. A total of 18 senior groups are registered. Spurred on by our legendary mascot Luigi, juniors will compete in the group competition while we’ll see the seniors in action both individually and in the group exercises.

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Who to watch?

Headlining an impressive roster are reigning World all-around Champion Sofia Raffaeli (ITA), European Champion with ball and ribbon Boryana Kaleyn (BUL) and clubs World Champion Darja Varfolomeev (GER). Other big names include European and / or World medallists Stiliana Nikolova (BUL), Ekaterina Vedeneeva (SLO), Adi Asya Katz (ISR), Milena Baldassarri and Alexandra Agiurgiuculese (ITA).

Biggest absentee is defending European all-around Champion Daria Atamanov but making her senior debut for the Israeli team is last year’s team and ribbon junior European Champion Daniella Munits.

In the group competition, we look forward to an exciting battle between world-class participants like Italy, Bulgaria, Israel, Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Spain.

The hopes of the host nation Azerbaijan rest on the shoulders of the junior group, the World medallist senior group featuring Gullu Aghalarzade, Laman Alimuradova, Zeynab Hummatova, Kamilla Aliyeva, Yelizaveta Luzan and Darya Sorokina, while Zohra Aghamirova and Alina Gozalova will defend the country’s honour in senior individual.

Of course, all gymnasts are looking to excel in Baku! We wish every single gymnast loads of success, supporting them to achieve their goals.

 

Competition format

The 24 gymnasts with the highest combined ranking obtained for 3 routines in the qualifying competition will advance to the Individual All-Around Final. The 8 highest ranked gymnasts / groups in the qualifying competition per apparatus advance to the Apparatus Finals.

The all-around results for junior and senior groups are determined according to the qualification scores.

The team result is calculated by adding the 8 scores of the team’s individual gymnasts and their 2 group exercises.

This event also serves the continental qualifying competition for the 2023 World Championships. For details, see the FIG TR ‘Qualifications Pathway to the World Championships’.

 

Schedule (all times listed are in Baku local time)

Wednesday 17 May – Junior Groups

12:00 – 13:50 Qualifications & All-Around – 5 Ropes & 5 Balls - set A

13:50 – 15:40 Qualifications & All-Around – 5 Ropes & 5 Balls - set B

18:00 – 18:45 Opening Ceremony

18:50 – 19:30 FINAL – 5 Ropes

19:40 – 20:20 FINAL – 5 Balls

Followed by all-around and apparatus award ceremonies

 

Thursday 18 May – Senior Individuals

12:00 – 14:00 Qualifications – Hoop & Ball – set A

15:00 – 17:00 Qualifications – Hoop & Ball – set B

17:15 – 19:03 Qualifications – Hoop & Ball – set C

19:20 – 21:08 Qualifications – Hoop & Ball – set D

 

Friday 19 May – Senior Individuals

10:00 – 11:48 Qualifications – Clubs & Ribbon – set C

12:05 – 13:53 Qualifications – Clubs & Ribbon – set D

14:40 – 16:40 Qualifications – Clubs & Ribbon – set A

17:00 – 19:00 Qualifications – Clubs & Ribbon – set B

 

Saturday 20 May – Senior All-Around FINALS

12:10 – 14:34 Senior Individuals - set B

15:55 – 18:19 Senior Individuals - set A

Followed by SmartScoring Shooting Star award and All-Around award ceremony

 

19:00 – 20:30 Senior Groups - set B

20:50 – 22:30 Senior Groups - set A

Followed by All-Around and team award ceremonies

 

Sunday 21 May – Senior Apparatus FINALS

12:05 – 12:37 Individuals Hoop

12:46 – 13:18 Individuals Ball

13:28 – 14:00 Individuals Clubs

14:10 – 14:42 Individuals Ribbon

Followed by Hoop, Ball, Clubs and Ribbon award ceremonies

 

16:10 – 16:55 Groups 5 Hoops

17:05 – 17:45 Groups 3 Ribbons + 2 Clubs

Followed by 5 Hoops and 3 Ribbons + 2 Clubs award ceremonies

 

How to follow the competition?

Europe’s biggest free-to-air broadcasters are as excited as we are about these Europeans, with 13 EBU Members showing the finals. So check your local TV listings!

We’ll provide a livestream of the entire competition. For juniors on 17 May, streaming is available on gymtv.online at a cost of € 5, thanks to our partner SmartScoring. For the senior competition, https://www.eurovisionsports.tv/europeangymnastics/ is the place to be, thanks to our partner Eurovision with the expert commentary of Olly Hogben and Blythe Lawrence . You can follow the live scoring on www.smartscoring.com.

As usual European Gymnastics will provide start lists, results, interviews, quotes, photos, videos and competition reports on its website and social media. New this year will be live coverage on TikTok!

Results of past championships are available on our website.

Official hashtag of the event: #Baku2023

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