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Follow the action at the Boxing Road to Tokyo Qualifying Events
12/02/2020 
The Boxing Road to Tokyo is about to kick off in Dakar (SEN), where the first of the five Boxing Qualifying Events for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be held from 20 to 29 February. Three additional continental Qualifying Events will follow in Amman, Jordan (Asian/Oceanian qualifier, 3-11 March), London, Great Britain (European qualifier, 14-24 March) and Buenos Aires, Argentina (Americas qualifier, 26 March to 3 April). A fifth and last competition, the Final World Qualifying Event, will be held in Paris, France, from 13 to 20 May. There will be 278 Olympic quota places up for grabs at the qualifiers, and an additional 8 quota places will be assigned by the Tripartite Commission to qualify a total of 286 boxers for Tokyo 2020.
There are multiple ways to follow the action and join the conversation online:
Athlete365 / Boxing Corner
The main source of information for athletes and teams will be a dedicated page on the Athlete365 platform: Boxing Corner (boxing.athlete365.org), where stories and news, photo galleries and Olympic Channel videos will be posted, along with all relevant competition information such as the rules, schedules, draw-sheets and results.
The page will be updated daily during the competitions, and it will provide a unique chance to follow the series of events.
Olympic Channel
The Olympic Channel, the IOC’s global media platform, has announced coverage plans for the Boxing Road to Tokyo Series, as it will be the exclusive worldwide digital rights-holder for the five Qualifying Events. The Olympic Channel’s multi-platform coverage will include live streaming of all the women’s and men’s bouts across all weight categories from the first day of competition through to the finals for each event. Coverage will be available in all territories worldwide at olympicchannel.com and on its apps for mobile and connected TV devices. (No TV or cable subscription is required to watch online.)
In addition to live streaming with commentary in multiple languages, highlights and news, the Olympic Channel will present a live studio show prior to the quarter-final, semi-final and final matches of each event from its Madrid headquarters.
The Olympic Channel’s live streaming schedule is as follows:
20-29 February, Africa: Dakar (SEN). Commentary in English and French;
3-11 March, Asia/Oceania: Amman (JOR). Commentary in English, Hindi and Russian;
14-24 March, Europe: London (GBR). Commentary in English and Russian;
27 March-3 April, Americas: Buenos Aires (ARG). Commentary in English and Spanish;
13-20 May, Final World: Paris (FRA). Commentary in English and French.
Social Media
The Boxing Road to Tokyo will benefit from extensive social media coverage, through the Olympic Channel, the IOC, and the Athlete365 social media platforms. Fans will be able to be part of the action by using the hashtag #Boxing, while competing athletes and teams can join the conversation through the dedicated hashtag #InYourCorner.
Boxing Road to Tokyo: Overview
12/02/2020
The Boxing Road to Tokyo is about to debut in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, where the first of the five Boxing Qualifying Events for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 – the African continental qualifier – will be held from 20 to 29 February.
The event is being organised by the IOC Boxing Task Force (BTF), in cooperation with Dakar’s Local Organising Committee (LOC) and the Senegalese National Olympic Committee.
The IOC Boxing Task Force
The BTF was created by the IOC Executive Board (EB) in June 2019. This followed a decision by the IOC EB and Session to keep boxing on the sports programme for Tokyo 2020, but to suspend IOC recognition of the International Boxing Association (AIBA). The IOC EB gave the Boxing Task Force the mandate to organise and deliver the five qualification events for boxing and the Olympic boxing competition in Tokyo, and to develop a Tokyo 2020 qualification system for boxing.
286 boxers will qualify for Tokyo 2020
The overarching goals of the BTF are to minimise any disruption for the athletes and to create a clear, just and fair pathway for boxers to realise their dream of competing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The Tokyo 2020 tournament will feature 286 boxers (186 men, 100 women) competing in 13 weight classes (eight for men, five for women). After the African Qualifying Event about to start in Dakar, three additional continental Qualifying Events will follow in Amman, Jordan (Asian / Oceanian qualifier, 3-11 March), London, Great Britain (European qualifier, 14-24 March) and Buenos Aires, Argentina (Americas qualifier, 26 March to 3 April). A fifth and last competition, the Final World Qualifying Event, will be held in Paris, France, from 13 to 20 May. There will be 278 Olympic quota places up for grabs at the qualifiers, and an additional 8 quota places will be assigned by the Tripartite Commission to qualify a total of 286 boxers for Tokyo 2020. A summary of the Qualification System for Tokyo 2020 can be found here.
The rules
In line with the mandate of delivering the Olympic Boxing Qualifying Events and the boxing tournament at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and considering the importance of focusing on the athletes, the IOC Boxing Task Force has complemented existing AIBA regulations with specific amendments to deliver its commitment to transparency while minimising the impact on boxers. The rules that will apply to the five qualification events and the Tokyo 2020 boxing tournament are published on Athlete 365.
How to follow
The main source of information will be a dedicated page on the Athlete 365 platform: the Boxing Corner (boxing.athlete365.org), where previews, reviews, photo galleries and Olympic Channel videos will be posted along with all relevant competition information such as the rules, schedules, draw-sheets and results.
The Olympic Channel, the IOC’s global media platform, has announced coverage plans for the whole Boxing Road to Tokyo Series. The Olympic Channel’s multi-platform coverage will include live streaming of all the women’s and men’s bouts across all weight categories from the first day of competition through to the finals for each event. Coverage will be available in all territories worldwide at olympicchannel.com and on its apps for mobile and connected TV devices. (No TV or cable subscription is required to watch online.) In addition to live streaming with commentary in multiple languages, highlights and news, the Olympic Channel will present a live studio show prior to the quarter-final, semi-final and final matches of each event from its Madrid headquarters.
The Boxing Road to Tokyo will benefit from extensive social media coverage. Fans will be able to be part of the action by using the hashtag #Boxing, while competing athletes and teams can join the conversation through the dedicated hashtag #InYourCorner.
African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event to open the Road to Tokyo in Dakar (SEN)
12/02/2020
The Boxing Road to Tokyo is about to kick off in Dakar (SEN), where the first of the five Boxing Qualifying Events for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 will be held from 20 to 29 February.
The best boxers of the African continent – 221 athletes from 39 nations – will be competing at the Dakar Arena for 33 Tokyo 2020 Olympic quota places.
Dakar’s best 11 female and 22 male boxers will indeed be awarded a qualification slot for the Games:
| Men | Woman | ||
| Weight categories (kg) | Quota places | Weight categories (kg) | Quota places |
| Fly (48kg to 52kg) | 3 | Fly (48kg to 51kg) | 3 |
| Feather (52kg to 57kg) | 3 | Feather (54kg to 57kg) | 2 |
| Light (57kg to 63kg) | 3 | Light (57kg to 60kg) | 2 |
| Welter (63kg to 69kg) | 3 | Welter (64kg to 69kg) | 2 |
| Middle (69kg to 75kg) | 3 | Middle (69 kg to 75kg) | 2 |
| Light Heavy (75kg to 81kg) | 3 | ||
| Heavy (81kg to 91kg) | 2 | ||
| Super Heavy (+91kg) | 2 | ||
| TOTAL | 22 | 11 |
This will be the biggest international boxing event ever organised in Senegal, and a great opportunity for the host nation of the 2022 Youth Olympic Games, also to be staged in Dakar.
The spotlight is on the home team, Senegal, chasing glory on home turf. One of their strongest contenders will certainly be Morocco, the nation that topped the team standings at the 2019 All Africa Games in Rabat. Algeria, Botswana, Egypt, Mauritius, Nigeria and Tunisia also earned at least one boxing gold medal each at last year’s multisport event, and will try their best to stand out once again during this year’s African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Event.
Across the five women’s events, statistics show us that Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Morocco, Nigeria and Tunisia are the nations to watch when it’s down to the medals, but D.R. Congo, Mali, Mozambique and Uganda have been developing strong programmes over the last few years and are expected to show their best during the event.
Follow the action live
The event will be live on the Olympic Channel. In addition to live streaming with commentary in English and French, highlights and news, the Olympic Channel will present a live studio show prior to the quarter-final, semi-final and final matches of each event.
News, photos and results will be posted online on the Athlete365 Boxing Corner platform at boxing.athlete365.org, while fans can join the conversation online using the hashtag #Boxing.
Event schedule
The session schedules for each continental qualifier can be found here.