| 2023 IBA Men's World Amateur Boxing Championships | |
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| Venue | Humo Arena |
| Location | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| Dates | 30 April – 14 May |
| Total prize money | 5.2 million $ |
The 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 30 April to 14 May 2023. Athletes from all five continents took part in the championship and competed for medals in 13 weight categories, which were approved by the Board of Directors of the International Boxing Association (IBA) in July 2021. [1] [2]
Gold medallists received $200,000, with silver medallists receiving the previous champion's purse of $100,000 and bronze medallists taking home $50,000. [3] Prize money was introduced for the 2021 Men's World Championships and 2022 Women's World Championships as an incentive for boxers to be rewarded at the highest level of the amateur sport. [4]
In June 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripped IBA's rights to run and organize the tournament due to "continuing irregularity issues in the areas of finance, governance, ethics, refereeing, and judging". [5] Hence, the IOC executive board established and ratified a new qualification system for Paris 2024 that would witness the boxers obtain the quota spots through the continental multisport events, reducing the complexity of the process. The qualification period commences at five regional multisport events in the middle of the 2023 season (2023 African Games in Accra, Ghana; 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China; 2023 European Games in Poland; 2023 Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands; and the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile), set to be served as continental qualifying meets, where a total of 139 spots will be assigned to a specific number of highest-ranked boxers in each weight category. For these reasons, this tournament does not give a quota for the Olympic Games. [6] [7]
All times are local (UTC+5). [8] [9]
| Date | Mon 1 | Tue 2 | Wed 3 | Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | ||||||||||
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| Event | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minimumweight | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Flyweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bantamweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Featherweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lightweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Light welterweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Welterweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Light middleweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Middleweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Light heavyweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cruiserweight | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | |||||||||||||||||||
| Heavyweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
| Super heavyweight | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | ||||||||||||||||||
* Host nation (Uzbekistan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Uzbekistan * | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 |  Kazakhstan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 |  Russia | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 |  Cuba | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  France | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 |  Georgia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 |  Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Brazil | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 |  India | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 |  Armenia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 |  Jordan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (18 entries) | 13 | 13 | 26 | 52 | |
538 athletes from 107 countries participated in the championships.
Afghanistan (2)
Albania (6)
Algeria (7)
Angola (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (1) Armenia (11)
Australia (9)
Austria (4) Azerbaijan (13)
Bahamas (1)
Bahrain (2)
Barbados (1)
Belarus (8)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Botswana (4) Brazil (7)
Bulgaria (10)
Burundi (3)
Cameroon (4)
Cape Verde (1) China (10)
Chinese Taipei (8)
Colombia (5)
Comoros (3)
Cook Islands (1)
Croatia (3) Cuba (13)
Cyprus (1)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (7)
Dominican Republic (9)
Ecuador (6)
Egypt (2)
El Salvador (3)
Eswatini (4)
Ethiopia (3)
Fiji (2) France (11)
French Polynesia (1)
Gambia (3) Georgia (10)
Germany (2) [lower-alpha 1] 
Ghana (6)
Greece (3)
Guatemala (3)
Guinea (2)
Guyana (2)
Haiti (2)
Hong Kong (3)
Hungary (7) India (13)
Indonesia (4)
Iran (7)
Israel (5) Italy (6)
Jamaica (2)
Japan (9) Jordan (11) Kazakhstan (13)
Kenya (8) Kyrgyzstan (13)
Lesotho (3)
Luxembourg (1)
Mali (1)
Mauritius (2) Mexico (9)
Moldova (10) Mongolia (10)
Montenegro (1)
Morocco (7)
Mozambique (4)
Nepal (2)
Niger (1)
Nigeria (3)
North Macedonia (2)
Pakistan (1)
Palestine (3)
Panama (2)
Paraguay (3)
Poland (1) [lower-alpha 1] 
Puerto Rico (3)
Romania (3) Russia (13)
Saint Lucia (1)
Scotland (1) [lower-alpha 1] 
Senegal (4)
Serbia (9)
Sierra Leone (2)
Slovenia (2)
South Africa (4)
South Korea (11) Spain (11)
Sri Lanka (1)
Sweden (2) [lower-alpha 1] 
Syria (3) Tajikistan (12)
Tanzania (4)
Thailand (6)
Tonga (1)
Trinidad and Tobago (7)
Turkey (11)
Turkmenistan (10)
Uganda (1)
United Arab Emirates (3) Uzbekistan (13)
Venezuela (3)
Zambia (3)
Zimbabwe (4)Ignoring Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and subsequent recommendations of the International Olympic Committee to bar Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing under their national flags and for the anthems to be played, [11] the International Boxing Association under the leadership of Russian Umar Kremlev allowed them to compete with no restrictions. In the aftermath, 19 countries (21 national federations) decided to boycott the championship over IBA's decision. [12] [13]
The nations that boycotted the tournament were:
Kosovo did not attend in protest at the Uzbekistani authorities' request to issue a visa to enter the country and to ban the use of the flag and national anthem. [14]
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