Ilham Aliyev to award Second European Games champions

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to define the amount of rewards for the athletes who won medals at the Second European Games held in Minsk, as well as their coaches.

In accordance with the order, the amount of rewards for the Azerbaijani athletes and coaches, is defined as below: each athlete who won the first place – 50,000 manats, his or her coach – 25,000 manats; each athlete who took the second place – 30,000 manats, his or her coach – 15,000 manats; each athlete who took the third place – 20,000 manats, his or her coach – 10,000 manats.

"Senior coaches of national teams - in the amount awarded to the coach whose athlete showed the best result," the decree reads.