The Georgians knocked out Romania 5-0, Austria 4-1 and Russia 3-2 to set up the final with Azerbaijan, and Tornike Nagliashvili got his team off to a fine start by throwing Ilkin Babazada for ippon.

Azerbaijan levelled the best of five affair when individual junior European champion Hidayat Heydarov came back from an awkward situation to defeat Georgia's Giorgi Katsiashvili.

The Georgian was first on the board after recording a waza-ari, but Heydarov returned the favour before finishing the job with a counter attack for ippon.

In the third contest, Azerbaijan's Rufat Ismayilov was disqualified against Koba Mchedlishvili for an illegal leg grab, forcing his country to come from behind again.

This they duly did when Aslam Mirzayev saved the match for his country by defeating Georgia's Onise Saneblidze after a yuko and then a waza-ari.

That set up a deciding contest pitting Georgia's Jaba Mumladze against Azar Yagubov, with the Azeri described as "undersized".

The Georgian scored a waza-ari followed by an ippon to seal gold for his nation.

"I was absolutely sure to win the final," said Georgia's coach Lasha Gujejiani.

"I thought that we are stronger and can win with more points. 

"We were very disappointed with the results at the individuals because we want to win gold medals but we didn’t. 

"But this gold medal is a small consolation." 

Defending champions Russia had to settle for the bronze medal.

Germany, who had beaten The Netherlands 4-1, Turkey 5-0 and France 4-1 to reach the gold medal contests, saw off Russia 4-1 to clinch glory.

Patrycia Szekely put the Germans on the board as she defeated Natalia Maliukova via ippon, and Pauline Starke then made it 2-0 by beating Karina Cherevan with two waza-aris.

A yuko scored by Dali Liluashvili brought Russia back into it as she saw off the challenge of Lara Reimann, but their hopes were ended when Giovanna Scoccimarro won the decisive contest with a superbly executed o uchi osoto gari combination.

Further gloss was added to the scoreline by Anna Marie Wagner who threw Anna Gushchina for ippon.

"This medal was our vision ever since the World Championships in Abu Dhabi last year," said Germany coach Claudiu Pisu.

"We knew that the team had high potential. 

"This was not only my feeling but also from the girls. 

"But honestly it was my dream and I am so happy that this dream came true today. 

"I am really proud to be the coach of this team. 

"It was a pleasure to coach this team and to win this team medal together." 

France, the defending champions, took bronze.