(JULY 18) The International
Boxing Association (AIBA) has confirmed the results of the
bidding for AIBA’s major competitions to be held in 2015 and
2016, as well as for the Olympic Qualifying Events for the Rio
2016 Olympic Games.
The 2014 Women’s World Championships will take place in Jeju
City, Korea in November as we previously reported, following
Canada having withdrawn.
Back in the Spring time, the AIBA confirmed that the four
women’s continental qualifying events will run alongside the
men's tournaments at the same time and same venue.
There will be 20 women's places allocated for Rio 2016 at these
four tournaments in the flyweight, lightweight and middleweight
categories.
"The International Boxing Association is delighted with its
qualification system for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games," an AIBA
spokesman told ‘insidethegames’ at the time.
"For the first time in history, the pathway will offer no less
than six different opportunities for AIBA men boxers and five
for AIBA women boxers to qualify for the competition.
"AIBA believes that this is a unique opportunity for all boxers
who dream of participating in the Olympic Games to get a fair
chance to qualify.
The top four women boxers in each weight category at the 2015
World Championships event in Astana,Kazakhstan will also make it
to Rio.
Additionally a maximum of six quota places - five men and one
woman - across all weight categories, except in men's heavy and
super heavyweight, will be reserved for the host country,
Brazil.
Five men's and three women's Tripartite Commission invitation
places are also available to eligible National Olympic
Committees for Rio 2016.
The AIBA’s Executive Committee Members this week selected the
following Host Cities, further to the bid presentations made by
all candidates:
• Astana, Kazakhstan, won to host the 2016 AIBA Women’s World
Boxing Championships
• St. Petersburg won to host the 2015 AIBA Junior World Boxing
Championships
• Taipei will host the AOB Women’s Junior/Youth World
Championships
• Yaounde, Cameroon, won to host the 2016 AOB African Olympic
Qualifying Event
• Buenos Aires won to host the 2016 AOB American Olympic
Qualifying Event
• Qian’an, China, won to host the AOB Asian/Oceania Olympic
Qualifying Event
• St Petersburg won to host the 2016 AIBA Youth World Boxing
Championships
• Istanbul won to host the 2016 AOB European Olympic Qualifying
Event
• Baku, Azerbaijan, won to host the 2016 Final AOB World Olympic
Qualifying Event
You can find the complete document relating to Rio 2016
Qualification process here:
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