Ireland at the 2015 European Games
IOC code	IRL
NOC	Olympic Federation of Ireland
Website	olympics.ie
in Baku, Azerbaijan 12 – 28 June 2015
Competitors	62 in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Katie Taylor
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 3 Total 6
European Games appearances (overview)
2015 2019 2023

Ireland competed at the 2015 European Games, in Baku, Azerbaijan from 12 to 28 June 2015.^[1]

Boxer Brendan Irvine guaranteed Ireland its first ever European Games medal on 22 June by winning his quarterfinal in the men's 49 kg boxing event, thus ensuring at worst a bronze medal.

Medal summary

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Michael O'Reilly	Boxing	Men's 75 kg	27 June
Gold	Katie Taylor	Boxing	Women's 60 kg	27 June
Silver	Brendan Irvine	Boxing	Men's 49 kg	25 June
Bronze	Seán McComb	Boxing	Men's 60 kg	26 June
Bronze	Joshua Magee Sam Magee	Badminton	Men's doubles	26 June
Bronze	Chloe Magee Sam Magee	Badminton	Mixed doubles	27 June

Medals by sport
Sports				Total
Boxing	2	1	1	4
Badminton	0	0	2	2

Archery

Ireland qualified two archers for the 2015 Games; as a result, Ireland was also eligible to field a team in the mixed pairs competition.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Darren Wallace	Men's individual	630	52	Pasqualucci L 2–6	Did not advance					52
Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham	Women's individual	596	57	Erdyniyeva L 0–6	Did not advance					57
Darren Wallace Sinead Cuthbert Cunningham	Mixed Team	1226	27	—		Did not advance				27

Badminton

Ireland qualified an entrant in each of the five events, including the top seeds in men's singles and mixed doubles, and the sixth seed in women's singles.

Athlete	Event	Group Stages				Round of 16 Opposition Result	Quarterfinals Opposition Result	Semifinals Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
		Match 1 Opposition Result	Match 2 Opposition Result	Match 3 Opposition Result	Pool Rank
Scott Evans	Men's singles	Charalambidis W 2–0 21–7, 21–9	Krausz W 2–0 21–16, 21–7	Tan W 2–1 14–21, 21–13, 21–13	1 Q	Kisyov W 2–0 21–6, 21–13	Holst L 0–2 17–21, 14–21	Did not advance
Chloe Magee	Women's singles	Tolmoff L 0–2 18–21, 17–21	Šefere W 2–0 21–9, 21–7	Tan W 2–1 11–21, 22–20, 21–12	3	Did not advance
Joshua Magee Sam Magee	Men's doubles	Mogensen & Boe L 0–2 21–17, 21–16	Â Silva & R Silva W 2–0 21–13, 21–6	Florián & Kopřiva W 2–0 21–16, 21–7	2 Q	—	Dierickx & Golinski W 2–1 23–21, 19–21, 21–14	Ivanov & Sozonov L 0–2 5–21, 9–21	Did not advance
Rachel Darragh Sara Boyle	Women's doubles	Lindholm & Nyström L 0–2 15–21, 15–21	Baumann & Fontaine L 0–2 19–21, 18–21	Bolotova & Kosetskaya L 2–0 21–9, 21–9	4		Did not advance
Chloe Magee Sam Magee	Mixed doubles	Bartušis & Fomkinaitė W 2–0 21–8, 21–10	Cali & Sadowski W 2–0 21–3, 21–2	Bitman & Bášová W 2–1 21–11, 19–21, 21–14	1 Q		Pietryja & Wojtkowska W 2–0 21–18, 21–12	Mittelheisser & Fontaine L 0–2 15–21, 21–23	Did not advance

Basketball (3x3)

Ireland have qualified a women's team of four for the 3x3 Basketball competition because of results at the 2014 European 3x3 Championships.

Athlete	Event	Group Stages				Round of 16 Opposition Result	Quarterfinals Opposition Result	Semifinals Opposition Result	Final Opposition Result	Rank
		Match 1 Opposition Result	Match 2 Opposition Result	Match 3 Opposition Result	Pool Rank
Ireland Niamh Dwyer Grainne Dwyer Suzanne Maguire Orla O'Reilly	Women's 3x3	Slovenia L 10–14	Slovakia W 20–12	Spain L 11–21	3 Q	Czech Republic W 17–13	Russia L 15–21	Did not advance		5

Boxing

Ireland has qualified boxers for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brendan Irvine	49 kg	—	Banabakov W 3–0	Alizada W 2–1	Zamotayev W 3–0	Sagaluev L 2–1
Myles Casey	52 kg	Fihurenka W 3–0	Mamishzada L 0–3	Did not advance
Kurt Walker	56 kg	Nazirov L 1–2	Did not advance
Seán McComb	60 kg	Beliak W 3–0	Cosenza W 3–0	Yilmaz W 3–0	Selimov L 0–3	Did not advance
Dean Walsh	64 kg	—	Dadashev W 2–1	Sopa L 3–0	Did not advance
Adam Nolan	69 kg	Beqiri W 3–0	Morelo W 3–0	Kelly L 1–2	Did not advance
Michael O'Reilly	75 kg	Vrgoc W 3–0	Sabotic W 3–0	Venko W 3–0	Koptyakov W WO	Musalov W 3–0
Darren O'Neill	91 kg	Jinaru W 3–0	Sinkevics W 3–0	Manukian L 1–2	Did not advance
Dean Gardiner	+91 kg	—	Vianello W 3–0	Yoka L 0–3	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ceire Smith	51 kg	Johansen W 3–0	Sagataeva L 1–2	Did not advance
Michaela Walsh	54 kg	Saveleva L 0–3	Did not advance
Katie Taylor	60 kg	Eliseeva W 3–0	Lundblad W 3–0	Alekseevna W 2–1	Mossely W 3–0

Canoeing

Cycling

Diving

Ireland sent one diver to the games.

Gymnastics

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eoin Fleming	73 kg	Vanlıoğlu L 000-100|	Did not advance

Karate

Athlete	Event	Group phase				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Karen Dolphin	Women's Kata	Sánchez (ESP) L 5–0	Miskova (CZE) L 5–0	Scordo (FRA) L 5–0	4	Did not advance

Shooting

• Men's trap –

Ireland secured one quota in the shotgun events based on the European rankings on 31 December 2014.

Men

Swimming

• Women's 200 m freestyle – 1 quota place (Rachel Bethel)
• Women's 200 m breaststroke – 1 quota place (Mona McSharry)
• Women's 100 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Danielle Hill)
• Men's 100 m backstroke – 1 quota place (Rory McEvoy)
• Women's 400 m Individual Medley, 400 m Free and 1500 m Free (Katie Baguley)

Taekwondo

Based on the WTF rankings as at 31 March 2015,Ireland secured one quota for the Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chloe Aboud	Women's −67 kg	Johansson (SWE) L 6–14	Did not advance					=13

Triathlon

Ireland had three quota places in the Triathlon events. Aileen Reid gained the best result, 6th, in the women's race.

Wrestling

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Soslan Tuaev	74 kg	BYE	DNC
Alex Dolly	86 kg	Friev (ESP) L 4–0	Did not advance

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