Azerbaijan, Baku, 19 May /corr. Trend R.Ergun / Only one Azerbaijani sportsman could join the winners of the European Billiards Championship which took place in Baku, the Head of the Billiard Federation of Azerbaijan, Rauf Aliyev, reported to Trend .
Seyhun Agayev took the second place in men's billiard competition. The first place was taken by the Russian sportsman Yuri Pashiniski and the first place by Ukrainian sportsman Alexander Palarama and Russian Daniel Bakushov.
Azerbaijani sportswomen could not take prize place in the billiard competition amongst women. The first place was gained by Ukrainian Palena Rusakova, second by Belarusian Elena Bukova, and the third by Russian Anastasia Pukova and Ukrainian Janna Shimavchenko.
The European Billiards Championship was attended by 32 sportsmen and 16 sportswomen.
The prize fund of the championship which was attended by billiard players from 10 countries totaled $15,000.
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