2nd AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Infobox FIVB tournament
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continent = World
gender = men
year = 2008

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host = Greece
dates = 7 – 12 April
teams = 21
venues = 1
cities = 1
website = [http://www.aiba.org/default.aspx?pId=1231 tournament website]
last = 1st AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
next = 2nd AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament|current

2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 7 – 12 April, 2008 in Athens, Greece. During the tournament 193 boxers from 39 countries competed for 23 Olympic qualifiyng places in 11 different weight categories.

Qualifying

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Competition System

The 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 54kg, 69kg and 75kg classes after a box off between the two losing semi finalists.

Vittorio Parrinello (ITA, 54 kg), Andrey Balanov (RUS, 69kg), and Georgios Gazis (GRE, 75kg) booked the last available tickets to the Beijing Olympics, by winning their bronze contests in the last day of the 2nd AIBA Olympic Qualifiying Tournament.

Medal summary

References

* [http://www.roseto2008.com/ 1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament]
* [http://www.aiba.org/documents/site1/Olympics/Qualifying%20Events/Europe%201/Scoring%20Sheets/Team%20Standings.pdf Medal and points ranking]

Also see

* 1st AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament