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The 2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena in Doha, Qatar from 5 to 18 October 2015.[1] This was a qualifying tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
2015 AIBA World Boxing Championships | |
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Venue | Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena |
Location | Doha, Qatar |
Start date | 5 October 2015 |
End date | 18 October 2015 |
Competitors | 260 from 73 nations |
Opening ceremony edit
World pro boxing champions Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan, were the celebrity guests for the event. The event was broadcast to nearly 500 million viewers in 112 countries. 260 boxers from 74 countries participated in ten weight classes, among the prizes were 23 tickets for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2]
Results edit
Medal table edit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Cuba (CUB) | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
4 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Morocco (MAR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
9 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
11 | Algeria (ALG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Philippines (PHI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (18 entries) | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 |
Medal summary edit
Participating nations edit
- Algeria (7)
- Argentina (6)
- Armenia (3)
- Australia (9)
- Azerbaijan (8)
- Belarus (4)
- Bhutan (1)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
- Botswana (2)
- Brazil (4)
- Bulgaria (4)
- Canada (1)
- Cayman Islands (1)
- China (3)
- Colombia (2)
- Costa Rica (1)
- Croatia (2)
- Cuba (10)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Denmark (1)
- Dominican Republic (2)
- Ecuador (3)
- Egypt (4)
- France (4)
- Georgia (3)
- Germany (3)
- Ghana (4)
- United Kingdom (8)
- Guatemala (1)
- Hungary (2)
- India (6)
- Indonesia (1)
- Iraq (1)
- Ireland (7)
- Italy (5)
- Japan (3)
- Jordan (2)
- Kazakhstan (8)
- Kenya (1)
- Kyrgyzstan (2)
- Latvia (1)
- Lithuania (3)
- Mexico (5)
- Moldova (1)
- Mongolia (4)
- Morocco (8)
- Netherlands (4)
- New Zealand (4)
- North Korea (1)
- Pakistan (1)
- Papua New Guinea (3)
- Philippines (2)
- Poland (3)
- Puerto Rico (2)
- Qatar (6)
- Romania (1)
- Russia (7)
- Slovenia (1)
- South Korea (2)
- Spain (4)
- Syria (2)
- Tajikistan (2)
- Thailand (6)
- Trinidad and Tobago (1)
- Tunisia (1)
- Turkey (3)
- Turkmenistan (3)
- Uganda (4)
- Ukraine (9)
- United States (4)
- Uzbekistan (9)
- Vanuatu (1)
- Venezuela (8)
References edit
- ^ "Doha to host World Boxing Championships". Gulf-Times.
- ^ World Boxing Cup Inaugurates in Qatar, Kayhan International, October 7, 2015, p. 6.