Host city | Samokov |
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Country | Bulgaria |
Nations | 44 |
Dates | 8–15 August |
The Men's 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Samokov, Bulgaria from August 8 to August 15. It is the 41st edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the EUBC.
44 nations took part in the competition, including Great Britain, who entered a united team for the first time - previously the constituent nations of England, Scotland and Wales each entered separately. Russia topped the medal table with 4 golds from 4 finals, while the unified British team won the most medals, 6, and reached the most finals, 5, although winning only 1 gold medal.
Date | Round |
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8-11 August 2015 | Preliminaries |
12 August 2015 | Quarterfinals |
14 August 2015 | Semifinals |
15 August 2015 | Finals |
The medal winners are: [1]
Below is the final medal table from the championships. [2] The table is led by Russia, with four gold medals. Great Britain, with six medals, won the most medals in total.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (19 entries) | 10 | 10 | 21 | 41 |
The event doubled as the second European qualification event for the World Championships, and the top six in each division qualified a quota place for their nation - in effect, all four medalists, and the following quarter-finalists, who were listed 5th and 6th by virtue of having been beaten by the eventual finalists. [3]
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