The boxing tournament of the III European Games concluded today at the Nowy Targ Arena, where 319 athletes from 42 countries and the European Refugee Athletes team competed from June 23 to July 2 in 13 weight categories (7 men, 6 women).
France finished atop the medal standings with an outstanding total of 7 medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze. Turkie ended up in second place, collecting 6 medals (2 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze). Ireland followed in third, thanks to 2 gold, 1 silver, and 2 bronze, for a total of 5 athletes on the podium.
The European Games boxing tournament also served as a Boxing Road to Paris continental qualifier, with 44 Olympic Games quota places up for grabs across 13 weight categories.
A total of 17 countries secured at least one quota place out of the 42 participating nations, with Team France winning the highest number of Olympic berths. The host of the next Olympic Games secured an impressive number of seven slots (4 women, 3 men), preparing to deliver a strong performance on their home turf in Paris in one year.
Boxing powerhouse Turkie also finished in the spotlight as they secured six Olympic quotas (4 women, 2 men) on the rings of the Nowy Targ Arena. Team Ireland chased them with five slots collected during the tournament (3 women, 2 men).
What’s up next on the Boxing Road to Paris? According to the Paris 2024 qualification system for boxing, a total of 248 Olympic quota places are to be distributed. With 44 of them awarded here in Poland, the remaining 204 will be assigned through four more continental qualifiers and two World Qualifiers.
Spotlights are now turning to Dakar, Senegal, where an ad-hoc Africa Qualification Tournament will be held on September 9-15, 2023. Olympic qualifications for boxing will then continue at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou (CHN) from September 23 to October 8, 2023. The American continent will follow swiftly, with boxers entering the Pan American Games ring from October 20 to November 5, 2023. Finally, the 2023 Pacific Games will serve as a qualifier for Oceania from November 27 to December 2, 2023. The two World Qualifiers will be held in the first and second quarters of 2024, but the exact dates and locations haven’t been unveiled yet. Stay tuned for more boxing action!
Results: https://results.european-games.org/EG2023/ENG/reports/BOX/all-event/
Photos: https://boxing.athlete365.org/boxing-road-to-paris-2024/europ-photo-galleries/
Videos: https://europeangames.tv/sports/boxing
III European Games Boxing Tournament Medal Standings, by Country (after 13 out 13 events finished)
| NOC | G | S | B |
| France (FRA) | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Turkie (TUR) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Irland (IRL) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Romania (ROU) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
III European Games Boxing Tournament Medal Standings, by Event (after 13 out 13 events finished)
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| W 50kg | Buse Naz Cakiroglu (TUR) | Wassila Lkhadiri (FRA) | FUERTES FERNANDEZ Laura (ESP) | SORRENTINO Giordana (ITA) |
| W 54kg | PETROVA Stanimira (BUL) | PERIJOC Lenuta Lacramioara (ROU) | AKBAS Hatice (TUR) | DAVISON Charley-Sian Taylor (GBR) |
| W 57kg | Amina Zidani (FRA) | Svetlana Kamenova Staneva (BUL) | WALSH Michaela (IRL) | TESTA Irma (ITA) |
| W 60kg | HARRINGTON Kellie (IRL) | SHADRINA Natalia (SRB) | MOSSELY Estelle (FRA) | OZER Gizem (TUR) |
| W 66kg | SURMENELI Busenaz (TUR) | DERIEUW Oshin (BEL) | HAMORI Anna Luca (HUN) | ECCLES Rosie Joy (GBR) |
| W 75kg | Aoife O’Rourke (IRL) | Davina-Myrha Michel (FRA) | SCHOENBERGER Irina Nicoletta (GER) | WOJCIK Elzbieta (POL) |
| M 51kg | BENNAMA Billal (FRA) | GUMUS Samet (TUR) | MACDONALD Kiaran Bradley (GBR) | SERRA Federico Emilio (ITA) |
| M 57kg | Javier Ibanez Diaz (BUL) | Jose Quiles Brotons (ESP) | USTUROI Vasile (BEL) | IBRAHIM Nebil Mahmud (SWE) |
| M 63.5kg | OUMIHA Sofiane (FRA) | GURULI Lasha (GEO) | CLANCY Dean (IRL) | KOVACS Richard (HUN) |
| M 71kg | Nikolai Terteryan (DEN) | Vakhid Abbasov (SRB) | TRAORE Makan-Vie (FRA) | ERDEMIR Tugrulhan (TUR) |
| M 80kg | KHYZHNIAK Oleksandr (UKR) | VEOCIC Gabrijel (CRO) | CAVALLARO Salvatore (ITA) | ALLAHVERDIYEV Murad (AZE) |
| M 92kg | MOUHIIDINE Aziz Abbes (ITA) | MARLEY Jack (IRL) | REYES PLA Enmanuel (ESP) | BEREZNICKI Mateusz (POL) |
| M +92kg | Delicious Justin Orie (GBR) | Mahammad Abdullayev (AZE) | HERNANDEZ MOREJON Yordan Alain (BUL) | TIAFACK Nelvie Raman (GER) |
Paris 2024 Quota Places awarded (44 out of 44) at the European Games, by Event
| Event | Quota Place | Quota Place | Quota Place | Quota Place |
| W 50kg | Buse Naz Cakiroglu (TUR) | Giordana Sorrentino (ITA) | Laura Fuertes Fernandez (ESP) | Wassila Lkhadiri (FRA) |
| W 54kg | Charley-Sian Taylor Davison (GBR) | Stanimira Petrova (BUL) | Lenuta Lacramioara Perijoc (ROU) | Hatice Akbas (TUR) |
| W 57kg | Irma Testa (ITA) | Svetlana Kamenova Staneva (BUL) | Micahela Walsh (IRL) | Amina Zidani (FRA) |
| W 60kg | Kellie Harrington (IRL) | Estelle Mossely (FRA) | Gizem Ozer (TUR) | Natalia Shadrina (SRB) |
| W 66kg | Anna Luca Hamori (HUN) | Oshin Derieuw (BEL) | Rosie Joy Eccles (GBR) | Busenaz Surmeneli (TUR) |
| W 75kg | Davina-Myrha Michel (FRA) | Aoife O’Rourke (IRL) | Only 2 quotas available | Only 2 quotas available |
| M 51kg | Billal Bennama (FRA) | Samet Gumus (TUR) | Only 2 quotas available | Only 2 quotas available |
| M 57kg | Vasile Usturoi (BEL) | Javier Ibanez Diaz (BUL) | Nebil Mahmud Ibrahim (SWE) | Jose Quiles Brotons (ESP) |
| M 63.5kg | Dean Clancy (IRL) | Sofiane Oumiha (FRA) | Lasha Guruli (GEO) | Richard Kovacs (HUN) |
| M 71kg | Makan-Vie Traore (FRA) | Nikolai Terteryan (DEN) | Vakhid Abbasov (SRB) | Tugrulhan Erdemir (TUR) |
| M 80kg | Salvatore Cavallaro (ITA) | Oleksandr Khyzhniak (UKR) | Gabrijel Veocic (CRO) | Murad Allahverdiyev (AZE) |
| M 92kg | Jack Marley (IRL) | Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine (ITA) | Only 2 quotas available | Only 2 quotas available |
| M +92kg | Mahammad Abdullayev (AZE) | Delicious Justin Orie (GBR) | Only 2 quotas available | Only 2 quotas available |
Paris 2024 Quota Places awarded (44 out of 44) at the European Games, by Country
| NOC | # | Quota Places |
| France (FRA) | 7 | · Women’s 50kg: Wassila Lkhadiri, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 57kg: Amina Zidani, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 60kg: Estelle Mossely, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 75kg Davina-Myrha Michel (FRA), 30 June 2023 · Men’s 63.5kg: Sofiane Oumiha, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 71kg: Makan-Vie Traore, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 51kg: Billal Bennama, 30 June 2023 |
| Turkie (TUR) | 6 | · Women’s 54kg: Hatice Akbas, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 50kg: Buse Naz Cakiroglu, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 60kg: Gizem Ozer, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 66kg: Busenaz Surmeneli, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 71kg: Tugrulhan Erdemir, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 51kg: Samet Gumus, 30 June 2023 |
| Ireland (IRL) | 5 | · Women’s 57kg: Micahela Walsh, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 60kg: Kellie Harrington, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 75kg: Aoife O’Rourke (IRL), 30 June 2023 · Men’s 63.5kg: Dean Clancy, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 92kg: Jack Marley, 30 June 2023 |
| Italy (ITA) | 4 | · Women’s 50kg: Giordana Sorrentino, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 57kg: Irma Testa, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 80kg: Salvatore Cavallaro, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 92kg: Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine (ITA), 30 June 2023 |
| Bulgaria (BUL) | 3 | · Women’s 54kg: Stanimira Petrova, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 57kg: Svetlana Kamenova Staneva, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 57kg: Javier Ibanez Diaz, 28 June 2023 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | · Women’s 54kg: Charley-Sian Taylor Davison, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 66kg: Rosie Joy Eccles, 28 June 2023 · Men’s +92kg: Delicious Justin Orie, 30 June 2023 |
| Azerbaijan (AZE) | 2 | · Men’s 80kg: Murad Allahverdiyev, 28 June 2023 · Men’s +92kg: Mahammad Abdullayev (AZE), 30 June 2023 |
| Belgium (BEL) | 2 | · Men’s 57kg: Vasile Usturoi, 28 June 2023 · Women’s 66kg: Oshin Derieuw, 28 June 2023 |
| Hungary (HUN) | 2 | · Women’s 66kg: Anna Luca Hamori, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 63.5kg: Richard Kovacs, 28 June 2023 |
| Serbia (SRB) | 2 | · Women’s 60kg: Natalia Shadrina, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 71kg: Vakhid Abbasov, 28 June 2023 |
| Spain (ESP) | 2 | · Women’s 50kg: Laura Fuertes Fernandez, 28 June 2023 · Men’s 57kg: Jose Quiles Brotons, 28 June 2023 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 1 | · Men’s 80kg: Gabrijel Veocic, 28 June 2023 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 1 | · Men’s 71kg: Nikolai Terteryan, 28 June 2023 |
| Georgia (GEO) | 1 | · Men’s 63.5kg: Lasha Gurul, 28 June 2023 |
| Roumania (ROU) | 1 | · Women’s 54kg: Lenuta Lacramioara Perijoc, 28 June 2023 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | · Men’s 57kg: Nebil Mahmud Ibrahim, 28 June 2023 |
| Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | · Men’s 80kg: Oleksandr Khyzhniak, 28 June 2023 |
