Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
Trend:
The first European Games in Baku were grand in all spheres," Patrick Hickey, the head of the European Olympic Committee, said at a final press-conference June 28.
"Everything has completed successfully," he said.
He said that Azerbaijan has proved that it is able to host the summer Olympic Games.
"In the future we will bring the European Games in accordance with the Baku 2015 standards," he said.
The European Games kicked off in Baku June 12 and will last till June 28. There is a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports.
More than 6,000 athletes from across Europe came to Baku to represent their nations over 17 days of competition. Baku was awarded the games by the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in December 2012.
