Factbox - Facts about the inaugural European Games in Baku

BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's capital Baku is set to stage the inaugural European Games, the continent's first major multi-sports event. Here are some facts: - - - Dates: June 12-28 Number of athletes: 6,000 Number of sports: 20 Breakdown of sports: 16 Olympic sports, four non-Olympic sports Sports offering qualification for 2016 Olympics: archery, athletics, boxing, cycling, judo, shooting, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball and wrestling Number of venues/competition locations: 18 Number of purpose-built venues: 5 Number of temporary venues: 6 Number of medal events: 253 Number of participating Olympic Committees: 50 Torch relay: Start April 26-End June 12 Overall Games budget: not available Next host: Netherlands 2019 (Compiled by Karolos Grohmann; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)