Albania was represented by 27 athletes at Baku 2015, but failed to win a single medal.

Taekwondo player Ada Demneri served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Igli Ramosacaj did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Andorra was represented by 31 athletes at Baku 2015, but failed to win a single medal.

Shooter Esther Barrugues Alvina served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Eric Fernandez Malvar did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Armenia was represented by 25 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one silver medal through Greco-Roman wrestler Migran Arutyunyan.

Hrachya Rostomyan, the Armenian Olympic Committee secretary general, served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while Armenia was the only nation not to have an athlete flagbearer present at the Closing Ceremony with a figure in Baku 2015 uniform carrying out the duty. 

Armenia confirmed it will compete in the inaugural European Games in March 2015, despite its continuing conflict Azerbaijan.

A final decision was made by the Executive Committee of the Armenian National Olympic Committee following months of deliberation.

Fierce tension has existed between Azerbaijan and Armenia ever since the two countries received independence in 1991 following the break-up of the Soviet Union over ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh, a landlocked region in the South Caucasus which lies within Azerbaijan's internationally recognised borders.

More than 30,000 people were killed and 1.2 million displaced before Russia brokered a cease-fire in 1994.

The mountainous region, inhabited predominantly by ethnic Armenians, provoked more tension in the months leading up to Baku 2015 after Azerbaijan shot down what it claimed was an Armenian military helicopter on their territory east of Nagorno-Karabakh, killing three crew members.

Austria was represented by 143 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two gold, seven silver and four bronze medals.

The country ranked 20^th in the final standings.

Swimmers Sebastian Steffan and Caroline Pilhatsch both claimed a gold medal, in the men’s 200 metres individual medley and women’s 50m backstroke events respectively.

Shooter Andreas Scherhaufer served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while Pilhatsch did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Host nation Azerbaijan was represented by 285 athletes at Baku 2015, winning 21 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze medals.

The country ranked second in the final standings, only behind Russia.

Judoka Elmar Gasimov served as Azerbaijan's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while boxer Teymur Mammadov, the men's 81 kilograms champion, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

According to a survey among 150,000 youngsters in Azerbaijan, 80 per cent of people there believe Baku 2015 boosted the international image of the nation.

The build-up to the Games was overshadowed by protests about Azerbaijan's human rights record and its relationship with Armenia.

The event, however, was widely considered a success.

Nearly 6,000 athletes representing all 50 members of the European Olympic Committees took part in the Games, comprising 253 events in 20 sports.

Belarus’ capital Minsk was elected as the host city of the 2019 European Games on October 21, 2016 at a meeting of the European Olympic Committees General Assembly.

It is claimed the organisation and hosting of the Games in Minsk will strengthen the authority and confirm the reputation of Belarus as a socially-oriented state which gives priority to the promotion of the Olympic values, healthy lifestyles, development of physical culture and sports.

Belarus was represented by 145 athletes at Baku 2015, winning 10 gold, 11 silver and 22 bronze medals.

The country ranked seventh in the final standings.

Table tennis player Vladimir Samsonov served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Mikita Tsmyh, silver medallist in the men's 200 metres backstroke, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Belgium was represented by 117 athletes at Baku 2015, winning four gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

The country ranked 15^th in the final standings.

Shooter Lionel Cox served as Belgium's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while badminton player Lianne Tan, silver medallist in the women's singles event, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

There were wins for Belgium in the women’s group balance, dynamic and all-around acrobatic gymnastics events, while judoka Charline van Snick also tasted victory.

Belgium’s Gregory Verpoorten, the President of Badminton Europe, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by 56 athletes at Baku 2015, but failed to win a single medal.

Table tennis player Admir Duranspahić served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Larisa Cerić did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Bulgaria was represented by 122 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one gold, four silver and five bronze medals.

The country ranked 27^th in the final standings.

Shooter Maria Grozdeva served as Bulgaria's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while badminton player Stefani Stoeva did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Stoeva and older sister Gabriela secured their nation's solitary triumph by topping the women’s doubles badminton podium.

Croatia was represented by 106 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one gold, four silver and six bronze medals.

The country ranked 26^th in the final standings.

Shooter Snjezana Pejcic served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while boxer Josip Bepo Filipi, a bronze medallist in the men's 91 kilograms category, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Karateka Masa Martinovic was credited with Croatia’s solitary gold medal.

Zlatko Mateša, the former Prime Minister of Croatia and President of his country's National Olympic Committee, is the deputy chairman of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Cyprus was represented by 22 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one medal, a silver, through shooters Georgios Achilleos and Andri Eleftheriou in the mixed team skeet event.

Artistic gymnast Marios Georgiou served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Andreas Kassas did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Cyprus’ Kikis Lazarides is the European Olympic Committees (EOC) treasurer and a member of the EOC Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Czech Republic was represented by 126 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two silver and five bronze medals.

The country ranked 32^nd in the final standings.

Triathlete Tomas Svoboda served as Czech Republic's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Lukas Krpalek, the silver medallist in the men's 100 kilograms event, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Libor Varhaník, the President of Czech Athletics and a European Athletics Council member, is in charge of the Dynamic New Athletics (DNA) project, a new mixed team format of athletics which will debut on a major stage at Minsk 2019.

Held over two hours, DNA sees teams of men and women vie for supremacy in 10 events, which organisers say embraces "the basic athletics building-blocks of running, jumping and throwing".

The format was tested on September 27, 2018 at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, which will be a key venue at Minsk 2019.

Denmark was represented by 65 athletes at Baku 2015, winning four gold, three silver and five bronze medals.

The country ranked 16^th in the final standings.

Shooter Stine Nielsen served as Denmark's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while badminton player Line Kjaersfeldt, the women's singles champion, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Three of Denmark’s gold medals came in badminton with there also being triumphs for Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen in the men’s doubles and Sara Thygesen and Niclas Nohr in the mixed doubles.

The other went the way of Simone Christensen, who proved too strong for the rest of the field in the women’s BMX cycling event.

Niels Nygaard, the President of the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Estonia was represented by 58 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one silver and two bronze medals.

The country ranked joint-33^rd in the final standings with Moldova.

Wrestler Heiki Nabi, a bronze medallist in the men's Greco-Roman 130 kilograms event, served as Estonia's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Daniel Zaitsev did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Finland was represented by 96 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one bronze medal thanks to shooter Marko Kemppainen’s third-place finish in the men’s skeet event.

Artistic gymnast Tomi Tuuha served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while Chef de Mission Peter Brull did so at the Closing Ceremony.

France was represented by 245 athletes at Baku 2015, winning 12 gold, 13 silver and 18 bronze medals.

The country ranked fifth in the final standings.

London 2012 Olympic silver medal-winning shooter Celine Goberville served as France's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Nicolas D'Oriano, the winner of the men's 800 metres and 1,500m freestyle events, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

In April 2018, the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF) secretary general Jean-Michel Brun held a meeting with the Belarus Ambassador to France Pavel Latushko to discuss preparations for Minsk 2019.

Brun and Latushko met at the headquarters of the CNOSF in Paris and discussed how France and Belarus could work more closely together in sports and, particularly, in the Olympic Movement.

Georgia was represented by 104 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two gold, six silver and eight bronze medals.

The country ranked 21^st in the final standings.

Greco-Roman wrestler Zurab Datunashvili served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Avtandili Tchrikishvili, the men's 81 kilograms gold medallist, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Much of Georgia’s success came in judo, including a gold medal for Adam Okruashvili in the men’s over-100kg event.

Germany was represented by 264 athletes at Baku 2015, winning 16 gold, 17 silver and 33 bronze medals.

The country ranked fourth in the final standings.

Artistic gymnast Fabian Hambüchen, the men's horizontal bar gold medallist and floor exercise silver medallist, served as Germany's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Martyna Trajdos, the women's 63 kilograms champion, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

The nation garnered three gold medals in canoe sprint, shooting and swimming as well as two in table tennis and one each in archery, diving, artistic gymnastics, judo and volleyball.

Great Britain was represented by 160 athletes at Baku 2015, winning 18 gold, 10 silver and 19 bronze medals.

The country ranked third in the final standings.

Boxer Nicola Adams, the women's 51 kilograms gold medallist, served as Britain's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while another boxer, Joe Joyce, the men's over-91kg champion, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Swimming proved to be a particular source of joy for Britain with seven gold medals being won in the sport.

Greece was represented by 132 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one gold, four silver and four bronze medals.

The country ranked 28^th in the final standings

Artistic gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias served as Greece's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Dimitrios Dimitriou, the silver medallist in the men's 400 metres freestyle, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Petrounias was the nation's sole gold medallist with victory in the men’s rings event.

He has since been crowned Olympic champion at Rio 2016 and has also claimed world titles in 2015, 2017 and 2018.

Hungary was represented by 201 athletes at Baku 2015, winning eight gold, four silver and eight bronze medals.

The country ranked 11^th in the final standings.

Freestyle wrestler István Veréb served as Hungary's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Miklós Ungvári did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Athletes competing in canoe sprint delivered five of Hungary’s gold medals with the other three being made up of two in wrestling and one in aerobic gymnastics.

Iceland was represented by 18 athletes at Baku 2015, but failed to win a single medal.

Artistic gymnast Thelma Hermannsdottir served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while badminton player Kari Gunnarsson did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Liney Halldorsdottir, secretary general of the National Olympic and Sports Association of Iceland, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Ireland was represented by 62 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

The country ranked 25^th in the final standings.

Boxers Michael O’Reilly and Katie Taylor both triumphed in Azerbaijan’s capital, in the men’s middleweight and women’s lightweight divisions respectively.

Taylor, her nation's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, has since turned professional and is currently the unified lightweight female world champion.

Swimmer Mona McSharry served as Ireland's flagbearer at the Closing Ceremony.  

Former European Olympic Committees President Patrick Hickey is from Ireland and was one of he key figures behind the creation of the European Games.

Israel was represented by 134 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two gold, four silver and six bronze medals.

The country ranked 22^nd in the final standings.

Artistic gymnast Alexander Shatilov served as Israel's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Ziv Kalontarov did so at the Closing Ceremony

Kalontarov and judoka Sagi Muki were the nation's podium toppers.

In 2018, Muki claimed top honours in front of a home crowd at the European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv.

Italy was represented by 278 athletes at Baku 2015, winning 10 gold, 26 silver and 11 bronze medals.

The country ranked sixth in the final standings.

Beijing 2008 Olympic gold medal-winning judoka Giulia Quintavalle served as Italy's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while fencer Alessio Foconi, the men's individual foil champion, did so at the Closing Ceremony

Four of Italy’s triumphs came in shooting with three in fencing, two in archery and one in swimming.

In January 2019, the Minsk 2019 Organising Committee signed an agreement with a Belarusian diaspora organisation in Italy.

The move is part of a bid to encourage Belarus residents living in other countries to promote Minsk 2019.

The deal was struck with the Belarus Cultural Community Association in Italian city Naples.

Italy’s Raffaele Pagnozzi is the secretary general of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and sits on the EOC Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Kosovo was represented by 19 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one bronze medal courtesy of judoka Nora Gjakova in the women’s under-57 kilograms category.

Gjakova has since gone onto claim three medals at the European Judo Championships, including gold in 2018.

World Championship-winning judoka Majlinda Kelmendi served as Kosovo's flagbearer at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Kosovo was the European Olympic Committees' newest member when competing at Baku 2015, having been confirmed as an International Olympic Committee member in November 2014.

Latvia was represented by 67 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one gold and one bronze medal.

The country ranked 31^st in the standings.

Shooter Lauris Strautmanis served as Latvia's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while BMX cyclist Sandra Aleksejeva did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Plavins Martins and Regza Haralds claimed the solitary gold medal by winning the men’s beach volleyball tournament.

Latvia borders Belarus and its capital Riga is due to co-host the 2021 Ice Hockey World Championships with Minsk.

Vladimir Morozov, head of Belarusian Railways, said in November 2018 that the 2019 European Games will be used as a test for the event in two years’ time, in terms of rail passenger transportation capacities.

Lithuania was represented by 72 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two gold, one silver and four bronze medals.

The country ranked 24^th in the final standings.

Artistic gymnast Rokas Guscinas served as Lithuania's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Marius Paskevicius did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Gold medals were secured by canoeist Henrikas Zustautas in the men’s C1 200 metres and swimmer Andrius Šidlauskas in the men’s 50m breaststroke.

In January 2019, the Minsk 2019 Organising Committee signed agreements with Belarusian diaspora organisations in Lithuania.

The move is part of a bid to encourage Belarus residents living in other countries to promote the 2019 European Games.

Minsk 2019 organisers have penned agreements with the Belarusian Cultural Center in Krok, and the Krynitsa community centre in Klaipeda.

Lithuania’s Daina Gudzinevičiūtė is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Liechtenstein was represented by six athletes at Baku 2015, but failed to win a single medal.

Archer Marvin Grischke served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Tarik Hoch did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Luxembourg was represented by 58 athletes at Baku 2015, but failed to win a single medal.

Archer Jeff Henckels served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while fencer Lis Fautsch did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Macedonia was represented by 45 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two bronze medals.

Both medals came in karate through Emil Pavlov in the men’s kumite under-60 kilograms category and Martin Nestorovski in the men’s kumite over-84kg division.

Pavlov served as Macedonia's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Katerina Nikoloska did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Malta was represented by 58 athletes at Baku 2015, but failed to win a single medal.

Water polo player Ben Plumpton served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Marcon Bezzina did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Moldova was represented by 87 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one silver and two bronze medals.

The country ranked joint-33^rd in the final standings with Estonia.

Wrestler Mihail Sava served as Moldova's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while boxer Veaceslav Gojan did so at the Closing Ceremony.

All three of the nation's medals came in wrestling with Piotr Ianulov taking silver in the men’s 86 kilograms freestyle category and the bronzes going to Alexandru Chirtoaca in the men’s 57kg freestyle and Svetlana Saenko in the women’s 75kg freestyle.

Monaco was represented by just four athletes at Baku 2015 and failed to win a medal.

Middle-distance runner Brice Etès served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Cedric Bessi did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Montenegro was represented by 55 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one bronze medal via Marina Rakovic’s third-place finish in the women’s kumite under-68 kilograms category.

Boxer Bosko Draskovic served as the country's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Nikola Gusic did so at the Closing Ceremony.

The Netherlands was represented by 117 athletes at Baku 2015, winning eight gold, 12 silver and nine bronze medals.

The country ranked ninth in the final standings.

Taekwondo player Reshmie Oogink served as The Netherlands' flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while BMX cyclist Twan van Gendt, the silver medallist in the men's event, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Three of the nation's gold medals were won in judo, while boxing, road cycling, artistic gymnastics, swimming and table tennis all produced one Dutch triumph.

The Netherlands had originally been awarded the hosting rights to the 2019 European Games, but it withdrew in June 2015, just two days after the Opening Ceremony of the inaugural edition in Azerbaijan’s capital.

The plan failed to earn enough support from The Netherlands' then Sports Minister Edith Schippers and the Government after the Dutch Olympic Committee*Dutch Sports Federation had asked for a financial contribution of nearly €60 million (£52 million/$69 million) towards the original budget of €125 million (£109 million/$143 million).

Norway was represented by 53 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two bronze medals.

Fencer Bartosz Piasecki finished third in the men’s individual épée event, while wrestler Grace Bullen rounded out the podium in the women’s 58 kilograms freestyle competition.

Bullen served as Norway's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Marte Loevberg did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Norway’s Svein Arne Hansen, the President of European Athletics, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Poland was represented by 213 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two gold, eight silver and 10 bronze medals.

The country ranked 19^th in the final standings.

Volleyball player Dawid Konarski served as Poland's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while Fencer Angelika Wator did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Canoeist Marta Walczykiewicz was one of Poland’s two gold medallists after winning the women’s K1 200 metres, an event in which she would go onto claim silver at the following year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Wator also tasted victory, topping the podium in the women’s individual sabre competition.

The National Olympic Committee of Belarus and the Polish Olympic Committee are due to hold a joint sports event in the run-up to the Minsk 2019 European Games.

It will take place in May on the Augustów Canal, which lies on the border between the two countries, and include athletics, cycling and canoeing.

Portugal was represented by 103 athletes at Baku 2015, winning three gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

The country ranked 18^th in the final standings.

Shooter João Costa, the men’s 10 metres air pistol silver medallist, served as Portugal’s flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Telma Monteiro did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Monteiro was among the nation’s trio of gold medallists having won the women’s under-57 kilograms event.

There was also success for taekwondo player Rui Braganca in the men’s under-58kg competition and Portugal’s men’s table tennis team.

Romania was represented by 147 athletes at Baku 2015, winning three gold, five silver and four bronze medals.

The country ranked 17^th in the final standings.

London 2012 Olympic gold medal-winning shooter Alin Moldoveanu served as Romania’s flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while fencer Ana Maria Branza did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Fencing produced two gold medals for Romania with Branza winning the women’s individual épée event and contributing to victory in the women’s team épée competition.

Judoka Andreea Chitu also delivered top honours for the nation in the women’s under-52 kilograms category.

Russia was represented by 351 athletes at Baku 2015, winning 79 gold, 40 silver and 45 bronze medals.

The country finished comfortably top of the final standings with 58 gold medals separating them from runners-up Azerbaijan.

Wrestler Khadzhimurat Gatsalov served as Russia's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Anton Chupkov, a winner of four gold medals, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Much of Russia’s success came as a result of its domination in the pool, claiming 23 swimming titles. 

A further 11 were added in wrestling, while rhythmic gymnastics garnered seven.

Following an inter-state agreement signed between Russia and Belarus in May 2018, fans travelling to Minsk 2019 will be able to pass through Russian territory without a visa.

Meanwhile, Russian company, Art City 5, will partner with a Belarus creative team to produce the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for Minsk 2019.

The firm is headed by Igor Krutoy, a musician and producer.

San Marino was represented by nine athletes at Baku 2015, winning one silver and one bronze medal.

The country ranked 35^th in the final standings.

Both medals came in shooting with Arianna Perilli taking silver in the women’s trap and younger sister Alessandra partnering Manuel Mancini to bronze in the mixed team trap.

Alessandra Perilli served as San Marino's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while swimmer Beatrice Felici did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Serbia was represented by 133 athletes at Baku 2015, winning eight gold, four silver and three bronze medals.

The country ranked 12^th in the final standings.

Taekwondo player Milica Mandić, the silver medallist in the women's over-67 kilograms event, served as Serbia's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while Dušan Domović Bulut, a member of the bronze medal-winning men's 3x3 basketball team, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Four of the nation's gold medals came in shooting, including those for Damir Mikec in the men’s 50 metres pistol and men’s 10m air pistol.

Canoe sprint accounted for two of the other four with sambo and water polo producing one each.

Djordje Visacki, the secretary general of the Olympic Committee of Serbia, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Slovakia was represented by 177 athletes at Baku 2015, winning two gold, two silver and three bronze medals.

The country ranked 23^rd in the final standings.

Triathlete Richard Varga served as Slovakia's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while volleyball player Radoslav Prešinský did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Slovakia claimed gold medals in the athletics team championship and mixed team trap event.

Slovenia was represented by 80 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

The country ranked 30^th in the final standings.

Table tennis player Bojan Tokič served as Slovenia's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Anamari Velenšek, who claimed a bronze medal in the women's 78 kilograms and women's team events, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Artistic gymnast Saso Bertoncelj was Slovenia’s solitary gold medallist after winning the men’s pommel horse event.

He went onto claim the silver medal at the 2018 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.

Slovenia’s Janez Kocijančič is the President of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) and is a member of the EOC Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.

Spain was represented by 207 athletes at Baku 2015, winning eight gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze medals.

The country ranked 10^th in the final standings.

Taekwondo player Joel González, a bronze medallist in the men's 68 kilograms event, served as Spain's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while badminton player Pablo Abián, the men's singles champion, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Two of the nation's gold medals came in karate with Damián Quintero and Sandra Sánchez Jaime winning the men’s and women’s kata events respectively.

There was also solitary successes in aerobic and artistic gymnastics, archery, badminton, road cycling and shooting.

Alejandro Blanco, the President of the Spanish Olympic Committee, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019. 

Sweden was represented by 72 athletes at Baku 2015, winning one gold, three silver and three bronze medals.

The country ranked 29^th in the final standings.

Wrestler Sofia Mattsson served as Sweden's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while boxer Anna Laurell Nash, the women's 75 kilograms silver medallist, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Mattsson secured Sweden’s solitary gold medal with victory in the women’s 55kg freestyle event.

She went onto claim the women’s 53kg freestyle bronze medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Switzerland was represented by 123 athletes at Baku 2015, winning seven gold, four silver and four bronze medals.

The country ranked 13^th in the final standings.

Artistic gymnast Giulia Steingruber served as Switzerland's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while fencer Bruce Brunold did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Two gold medals went the nation's way in mountain bike cycling, courtesy of Nino Schurter and Jolanda Neff in the men’s and women’s cross-country events respectively, as well artistic gymnastics, thanks to Steingruber’s performances in the women’s floor exercise and women’s vault.  

Steingruber has since established herself as an Olympic and world bronze medallist in the women’s vault. 

Turkey was represented by 190 athletes at Baku 2015, winning six gold, four silver and 19 bronze medals.

The country ranked 14^th in the final standings.

Karateka Enes Erkan served as Turkey's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while judoka Ebru Sahin, the silver medallist in the women's under-48 kilograms event, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Three of Turkey’s gold medals were won in karate through Burak Uygur in the men’s kumite under-67kg, Erkan in the men’s kumite over-84kg and Serap Ozcelik in the women’s kumite under-50kg.

Wrestling provided a further two titles with the other one coming in volleyball.

Ukraine was represented by 241 athletes at Baku 2015, winning eight gold, 14 silver and 24 bronze medals.

The country ranked eighth in the final standings.

Archer Viktor Ruban, a men's team gold medallist, served as Ukraine's flagbearer at the Opening Ceremony, while Olga Maznichenko, a member of the silver medal-winning women's 3x3 basketball team, did so at the Closing Ceremony.

Fencing and artistic gymnastics both produced two gold medals for Ukraine and the nation also tasted victory in archery, judo, swimming and wrestling.

Artistic gymnast Oleg Verniaiev won the men’s vault and men’s individual all-around titles at Baku 2015 and went onto claim parallel bars gold and all-around silver at the following year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

Sergey Bubka, President of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine, is a member of the European Olympic Committees Coordination Commission for Minsk 2019.