Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend Z.Safarov / The Embassy of Great Britain in Azerbaijan provided visas for women's field hockey team of Azerbaijan, which has been naturalized by Korea, to enable them to participate in the European championship in Manchester.
The Press Secretary of the National Federation, Yagub Nuriyev, informed Trend that the issue was successfully resolved and the Embassy provided all necessary documents to the sportswomen who will leave for Anglia in the upcoming night. In addition, the Embassy took into consideration the guarantees of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan and National Federation. Thus, now the chief trainer of the team, Tahir Zaman, may fully use the service of the sportswomen in the continent championship.
The European championship is an official, licensed competition. The teams who win of the first three places will receive the right to participate in the 2008 Olympiad in Peking.