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2nd AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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

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.

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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Hungary Pál Bedák Spain Jose Kelvin de la Nieve Linares Turkey Ferhat Pehlivan
North Macedonia Mumin Veli
Flyweight
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Turkey Memis Fulas France Jérôme Thomas Armenia Derenik Chizlaryan
Belgium Bato-Munko Vankeyeu
Bantamweight
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France Ali Hallab Belarus Khavazhy Khatsyhau Italy Vittorio Parrinello
Slovakia Rudolf Dydi
Featherweight
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Italy Alessio di Savino Georgia (country) Nikoloz Izoria England Stephen Smith
Sweden Bashir Hassan
Lightweight
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France Daouda Sow Romania Georgian Popescu Georgia (country) Kobar Pkhakadze
Poland Krzysztof Szot
Light Welterweight
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Republic of Ireland John Joe Joyce Lithuania Egidijus Kavaliauskas Germany Harun Sipahi
Croatia Boris Katalinic
Welterweight
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France Jaoid Chiguer Georgia (country) Kakhaber Zhvania Russia Andrey Balanov
Armenia Samuel Matevosyan
Middleweight
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Republic of Ireland Darren Sutherland France Jean-Michel Raymond Greece Georgios Gazis
Moldova Victor Cotiujanschii
Light Heavyweight
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Republic of Ireland Kenneth Egan Sweden Kennedy Katende Germany Gottlieb Weiss
Greece Anastasios Berdesis
Heavyweight
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Montenegro Milorad Gajovic Greece Ilias Pavlidis Montenegro Elchin Alizada
Romania Petrisor Gananau
Super Heavyweight
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Lithuania Jaroslav Jaksto England Daniel Price Romania Cristian Ciocan
Iceland 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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