2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships

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2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships
Host city Samokov
Country Bulgaria
Nations44
Dates8–15 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.

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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.

Schedule

DateRound
8-11 August 2015Preliminaries
12 August 2015Quarterfinals
14 August 2015Semifinals
15 August 2015Finals

Medal winners

The medal winners are: [1]

EventGoldSilverBronze
Light Flyweight
(49 kg)
Flag of Russia.svg  Vasilii Egorov  (RUS)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Harvey Horn  (GBR)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Tinko Banabakov  (BUL)

Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Rufat Huseynov  (AZE)

Flyweight
(52 kg)
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Daniel Asenov  (BUL)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Muhammad Ali  (GBR)Flag of Hungary.svg  Nandor Csoka  (HUN)

Flag of Spain.svg  Kelvin de la Nieve  (ESP)

Bantamweight
(56 kg)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Michael Conlan  (IRL)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Qais Ashfaq  (GBR)Flag of Italy.svg  Francesco Maietta  (ITA)

Flag of Armenia.svg  Aram Avagyan  (ARM)

Lightweight
(60 kg)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Joseph Cordina  (GBR)Flag of Georgia.svg  Otar Eranosyan  (GEO)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Enrico Lacruz  (NED)

Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Elian Demitrov  (BUL)

Light Welterweight
(64 kg)
Flag of Russia.svg  Vitaly Dunaytsev  (RUS)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Pat McCormack  (GBR)Flag of Ireland.svg  Dean Walsh  (IRL)

Flag of Lithuania.svg  Evaldas Petrauskas  (LTU)

Welterweight
(69 kg)
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Eimantas Stanionis  (LTU)Flag of Belarus.svg  Pavel Kastramin  (BLR)Flag of Sweden.svg  Clarence Goyeram Bojang  (SWE)

Flag of Spain.svg  Youba Sissokho Ndiaye  (ESP)

Middleweight
(75 kg)
Flag of Russia.svg  Petr Khamukov  (RUS)Flag of Poland.svg  Tomasz Jablonski  (POL)Flag of Georgia.svg  Kvachatadze Zaal  (GEO)

Flag of Italy.svg  Salvatore Cavallaro  (ITA)

Light Heavyweight
(81 kg)
Flag of Ireland.svg  Joe Ward  (IRL)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Peter Mullenberg  (NED)Flag of Croatia.svg  Hrvoje Sep  (CRO)

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Joshua Buatsi  (GBR)

Heavyweight
(91 kg)
Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeny Tishchenko  (RUS)Flag of Poland.svg  Igor Jakubowski  (POL)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Tervel Pulev  (BUL)

Flag of Latvia.svg  Nikolajs Grisunins  (LAT)

Super Heavyweight
(+91 kg)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Filip Hrgović  (CRO)Flag of Germany.svg Florian Schulz (GER)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihai Nistor  (ROU)

Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Petar Belberov  (BUL)

Medal table

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.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 4004
2Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2013
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1416
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1045
5Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1012
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1012
7Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 0202
8Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 0112
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0112
10Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0101
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0101
12Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 0022
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 0022
14Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0011
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 0011
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0011
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 0011
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0011
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0011
Totals (19 entries)10102040

Qualification for the World Championships

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]

49 kg

52 kg

56 kg

60 kg

64 kg

69 kg

75 kg

81 kg

91 kg

+91 kg

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