1st AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Italy |
| Dates | February 25 – March 1 |
| Teams | 21 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Official website | |
| tournament website | |
1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from February 25 – March 1, 2008 in Roseto degli Abruzzi-Pescara, Italy. During the tournament 250 boxers from 40 countries competed for 26 Olympic qualifying places in 11 different weight categories.
Qualifying
40 teams participated in this tournament:
Albania (9)
Armenia (7)
Austria (3)
Azerbaijan (10)
Belgium (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Belarus (11)
Bulgaria (10)
Croatia (5)
Cyprus (3)
Czech Republic (6)
Spain (11)
Estonia (1)
Finland (5)
France (8)
Great Britain (0) (ENG - 7), (SCO - 4), (WAL - 2)
Georgia (8)
Germany (8)
Greece (8)
Hungary (10)
Ireland (10)
Israel (5)
Italy (7)
Latvia (9)
Lithuania (9)
Moldova (7)
Macedonia (3)
Montenegro (3)
Netherlands (2)
Norway (1)
Poland (9)
Romania (9)
Russia (2)
Serbia (7)
Slovakia (4)
Slovenia (6)
Sweden (3)
Turkey (8)
Ukraine (7)
Number in ( ) is total boxer in each country
Competition System
The competition system of the 1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament is the knockout round system. Each boxer fights one match per round.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight |
 David Ayrapetyan
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 Łukasz Maszczyk
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 Ferhat Pehlivan  Anton Bekish
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| Flyweight |
 Norbert Kalucza
|
 Khalid Saeed Yafai
|
 Marcel Schneider  Igor Samoilenco
|
| Bantamweight |
 John Joe Nevin
|
Vyacheslav Goyan
|
Rustamhodza Rahimov
|
| Featherweight |
 Khedafi Djelkhir
|
 Shahin Imranov
|
Wilhelm Gratschow
|
| Lightweight |
 Olexandr Klyuchko
|
Miklos Varga
|
Ramal Amanov  Georgian Popescu
|
| Light Welterweight |
Gyula Káté
|
Ionut Gheorghe
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John Joe Joyce  Egidijus Kavaliauskas
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| Welterweight |
Magomed Nurutdinov
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Olexandr Stretskiy
|
Billy Joe Saunders
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| Middleweight |
 Naim Terbunja
|
James Degale
|
 Andranik Hakobyan
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| Light Heavyweight |
Ismail Syllakh
|
Ramazan Magomedov
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Kenneth Egan Bahram Muzaffer
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| Heavyweight |
Viktor Zuyev
|
Oleksandr Usyk
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Artur Szpilka Daniel Price
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| Super Heavyweight |
 Kubrat Pulev
|
 Marko Tomasović
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Jaroslav Jaksto  Robert Helenius
|
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 |  Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 11 | 11 | 18 | 40 | |
Key to AIBA decisions
| 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 |