Forty-nine boxing places at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be up for grabs when the action gets underway at the 1st World Qualification Tournament in Busto Arsizio, Italy, from 3-11 March 2024.
Over 600 male and female boxers from more than 100 countries will take part in the tournament which will see competition across seven men’s weight categories and six for women.
It follows four Continental Qualifying events (covering Europe, Africa, Asia, The Americas and Oceania) which have seen 64 men and 75 women already secure a place at this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris.
The competition in Busto Arsizio, which is on the outskirts of Milan, is the first of two World Qualification Tournaments that will determine 100 of the final 109 places at Paris 2024, with the final nine being granted as Universality places. The second and final world qualifier will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from 26 May – 2 June 2024.
The Italian event is being organised by the Paris Boxing Unit (PBU) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). 632 athletes (399 men and 233 women) from 112 National Olympic Committee (NOC’s) and the Boxing Refugee Team, as well as Individual Neutral Athletes, are registered to take part.
Of the 49 Olympic places on offer, 28 will go to men and 21 to women.
The boxers will only compete until the quota places are distributed and there will be no medal matches and or medal ceremonies. It means the tournament will run up to the quarterfinals in all weight categories (4 quota places available in each event), except for the women’s 57kg category (2 quota places available), which will go on until the semifinal stage, and the women’s 60kg category (3 quota places available), where a box-off will decide the third available quota.
Details of the draw and all results from the 1st World Qualification Tournament will be posted at https://boxing.athlete365.org/boxing-road-to-paris-2024/1st-world-qualification-tournament/ once the action gets underway.
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