EUBC Schoolboys & Schoolgirls European Boxing Championships in Erzurum. Seven countries earned the first male medals
August 16th, 2022 / EUBC
Following the EUBC U22 European Boxing Championships, the EUBC Youth European Boxing Championships and the EUBC European Men’s Elite Boxing Championships, the European Boxing Confederation’s fourth event is underway in Erzurum, Turkey.
Turkey hosted the recent IBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Istanbul this May and after three months later, a new huge competition returned to the country. The President of the Turkish Boxing Confederation Mr. Eyup Gozgec worked hard in the recent period to arrange these big championships in Turkey. Erzurum is located in the Eastern part of the country and this is the very first time when the city can host an international championship.
Boxers who were born in 2008 and in 2009 are eligible to participate in the EUBC Schoolboys & Schoolgirls European Boxing Championships. The 13 and 14-year-old boxers are mostly newcomers in the international stage but many of them already have three, four or five years of experience in the gyms, clubs and national events.
The schoolgirls can fight in the 36kg, 38kg, 40kg, 42kg, 44kg, 46kg, 48kg, 51kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 64kg and 70kg weight categories. Official schoolboy categories are 40kg, 42kg, 44kg, 46kg, 48kg, 50kg, 52kg, 54kg, 57kg, 60kg, 63kg, 66kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg and 90kg.
The following 28 nations registered to attend at the EUBC Schoolboys & Schoolgirls European Boxing Championships in Erzurum: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine.
The first edition of the European Schoolboys Boxing Championships was held in 2003 and schoolgirls joined them in Albena in 2018. Bosnia & Herzegovina capital city, Sarajevo was the host of the last edition in 2021.
Seven countries earned the first male medals in Erzurum. Italy, Armenia, Hungary, Ukraine, Greece, Azerbaijan and England secured the first medals at the male part of the EUBC Schoolboys & Schoolgirls European Boxing Championships.
