The athlete selection process for the Boxing competition at the Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games has been completed with 120 athlete quota places allocated to 79 National Olympic Committees (NOCs).
The final allocation of 60 male and 60 female athletes achieves full gender parity and will maintain the sporting integrity of the competition while also delivering strong global representation across all five continents.
The allocation reflects the IOC Participation Principles for Dakar 2026 which are based on the six key pillars of:
- Universality
- Continental Representation
- Athlete Performance
- Gender Equality
- NOC Representation
- Event Representation
To support the principle of Athlete Performance, in March 2026 World Boxing organised the World Boxing Futures Cup in Bangkok, Thailand, for boxers under the age of 19. The competition featured more than 450 boxers and demonstrated that the boxers who are eligible for selection for Dakar 2026 possessed the competitive standard required for participation at the Youth Olympic Games.
World Boxing also provided travel and accommodation support to 23 participating National Federations and NOC’s, through Olympic Solidarity funding, to reduce financial barriers to participation and facilitate athlete access to the qualification process.
A full breakdown of NOCs per weight category can be seen below.
Table of Women’s Weight Categories for Dakar 2026:
| W48 | W51 | W54 | W57 | W60 |
| ALG | BOT | EGY | ALG | ALG |
| NGR | KEN | MAR | SEN | EGY |
| MAR | ALG | BEN | TUN | SEN |
| AZE | BEL | ROU | HUN | NED |
| GBR | POL | GER | FRA | LTU |
| MGL | BHU | JPN | IRI | KGZ |
| IND | JOR | KAZ | KAZ | JPN |
| COL | VEN | VEN | ECU | UZB |
| MEX | PAN | COL | BRA | UKR |
| TUR | AUS | AUS | TPE | FIJ |
| THA | CAN | KOR | POL | CHN |
| ITA | NZL | UZB | UKR | SVK |
Table of Men’s Weight Categories for Dakar 2026
| M50 | M55 | M60 | M65 | M70 |
| SEN | TOG | SEY | ALG | EGY |
| NAM | MRI | MRI | EGY | GHA |
| SOM | LBA | GAM | TJK | LBA |
| IRL | GEO | TUR | ARM | LAT |
| ROU | SWE | SVK | ESP | CZE |
| IND | LBN | THA | JPN | BAN |
| TKM | KSA | CHN | JOR | UAE |
| MEX | DOM | HON | TTO | MEX |
| COL | CAN | GUA | MEX | ECU |
| NZL | AUS | FIJ | ISR | SAM |
| IRQ | FIN | GEQ | MDA | GBR |
| HKG | TKM | PUR | UZB | KAZ |
The YOG World Boxing Athlete Selection report is available HERE.
The YOG Dakar 2026 Participation Principles are HERE.
The YOG Dakar 2026 Boxing Quota Allocation Report is HERE.