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.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Greece |
| Dates | 7 – 12 April |
| Teams | 21 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Official website | |
| tournament website | |
Qualifying
edit40 teams participated in this tournament:
Armenia (5)
Austria (3)
Azerbaijan (9)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (5)
Belarus (8)
Bulgaria (8)
Croatia (6)
Cyprus (5)
Czech Republic (6)
Spain (2)
Estonia (2)
Finland (5)
France (6)
Great Britain (5) (ENG - 4) (SCO - 1)
Georgia (6)
Germany (7)
Greece (8)
Hungary (7)
Ireland (9)
Iceland (1)
Israel (4)
Italy (7)
Latvia (6)
Lithuania (7)
Moldova (7)
Macedonia (1)
Montenegro (3)
Netherlands (3)
Norway (1)
Poland (8)
Romania (8)
Russia (1)
Serbia (4)
Slovakia (3)
Slovenia (1)
Sweden (6)
Turkey (8)
Ukraine (2)
Number in ( ) is total boxer in each country
Competition System
editThe 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
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight |
 Pál Bedák
|
 Jose Kelvin de la Nieve Linares
|
 Ferhat Pehlivan  Mumin Veli
|
| Flyweight |
Memis Fulas
|
 Jérôme Thomas
|
 Derenik Chizlaryan  Bato-Munko Vankeyeu
|
| Bantamweight |
Ali Hallab
|
 Khavazhy Khatsyhau
|
 Vittorio Parrinello  Rudolf Dydi
|
| Featherweight |
Alessio di Savino
|
 Nikoloz Izoria
|
 Stephen Smith  Bashir Hassan
|
| Lightweight |
Daouda Sow
|
 Georgian Popescu
|
Kobar Pkhakadze  Krzysztof Szot
|
| Light Welterweight |
 John Joe Joyce
|
 Egidijus Kavaliauskas
|
 Harun Sipahi  Boris Katalinic
|
| Welterweight |
Jaoid Chiguer
|
Kakhaber Zhvania
|
 Andrey Balanov Samuel Matevosyan
|
| Middleweight |
Darren Sutherland
|
Jean-Michel Raymond
|
 Georgios Gazis  Victor Cotiujanschii
|
| Light Heavyweight |
Kenneth Egan
|
Kennedy Katende
|
Gottlieb Weiss Anastasios Berdesis
|
| Heavyweight |
 Milorad Gajovic
|
Ilias Pavlidis
|
Elchin Alizada Petrisor Gananau
|
| Super Heavyweight |
Jaroslav Jaksto
|
Daniel Price
|
Cristian Ciocan  Yosef Abed Elghani
|
Medal table
editBased on AIBA weightings which takes into consideration the number of bouts fought and number of competitors per team.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 |  Ireland (IRL) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 Montenegro (MNE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
 Turkey (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 |  Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 |  Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 |  Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 17 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Iceland (ISL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Macedonia (MKD) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Slovakia (SVK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (24 entries) | 11 | 11 | 22 | 44 | |
Key to AIBA decisions
edit| 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 |