2nd AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 7 – 12 April 2008 in Athens, Greece.[1] During the tournament 193 boxers from 39 countries competed for 23 Olympic qualifying places in 11 different weight categories.

2008
Tournament details
Host nationGreece
Dates7 – 12 April
Teams21
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
tournament website

Qualifying

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40 teams participated in this tournament:

Number in ( ) is total boxer in each country

Competition System

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The competition system of the 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament is the knockout round system. Each boxer fights one match per round.

The first two places in each weight provided direct qualification to the 2008 Olympics with and additional qualification place for 3rd place provided in the 54 kg, 69 kg and 75 kg classes after a box off between the two losing semi finalists.

Vittorio Parrinello (ITA, 54 kg), Andrey Balanov (RUS, 69 kg), and Georgios Gazis (GRE, 75 kg) booked the last available tickets to the Beijing Olympics, by winning their bronze contests in the last day of the 2nd AIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Medal summary

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
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  Pál Bedák   Jose Kelvin de la Nieve Linares   Ferhat Pehlivan
  Mumin Veli
Flyweight
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  Memis Fulas   Jérôme Thomas   Derenik Chizlaryan
  Bato-Munko Vankeyeu
Bantamweight
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  Ali Hallab   Khavazhy Khatsyhau   Vittorio Parrinello
  Rudolf Dydi
Featherweight
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  Alessio di Savino   Nikoloz Izoria   Stephen Smith
  Bashir Hassan
Lightweight
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  Daouda Sow   Georgian Popescu   Kobar Pkhakadze
  Krzysztof Szot
Light Welterweight
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  John Joe Joyce   Egidijus Kavaliauskas   Harun Sipahi
  Boris Katalinic
Welterweight
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  Jaoid Chiguer   Kakhaber Zhvania   Andrey Balanov
  Samuel Matevosyan
Middleweight
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  Darren Sutherland   Jean-Michel Raymond   Georgios Gazis
  Victor Cotiujanschii
Light Heavyweight
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  Kenneth Egan   Kennedy Katende   Gottlieb Weiss
  Anastasios Berdesis
Heavyweight
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  Milorad Gajovic   Ilias Pavlidis   Elchin Alizada
  Petrisor Gananau
Super Heavyweight
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  Jaroslav Jaksto   Daniel Price   Cristian Ciocan
  Yosef Abed Elghani

Medal table

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Based on AIBA weightings which takes into consideration the number of bouts fought and number of competitors per team.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  France (FRA)3205
2  Ireland (IRL)3003
3  Lithuania (LTU)1102
4  Italy (ITA)1012
  Montenegro (MNE)1012
  Turkey (TUR)1012
7  Hungary (HUN)1001
8  Georgia (GEO)0213
9  Greece (GRE)0123
  Romania (ROU)0123
11  Great Britain (GBR)0112
  Sweden (SWE)0112
13  Belarus (BLR)0101
  Spain (ESP)0101
15  Armenia (ARM)0022
  Germany (GER)0022
17  Belgium (BEL)0011
  Croatia (CRO)0011
  Iceland (ISL)0011
  Macedonia (MKD)0011
  Moldova (MDA)0011
  Poland (POL)0011
  Russia (RUS)0011
  Slovakia (SVK)0011
Totals (24 entries)11112244

Key to AIBA decisions

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KO DSQ BDSQ JURY RSC RSCH RSCI RSCOS NC WO RET R
Knockout Disqualified Both disqualified Result determined by jury votes Referee stop contest Referee stop contest by head blow Referee stop contest by injured Referee stop contest outscored No contest Walkover Retired Round

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "European Olympic Qualifications - 2 - Athens, Greece".
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