| Men's bantamweight boxing at the 2019 European Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Uruchie Sports Palace | ||||||||||||
| Date | 21–30 June | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Boxing at the 2019 European Games | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Men | Women | |
| 49 kg | ||
| 52 kg | 51 kg | |
| 56 kg | 57 kg | |
| 60 kg | 60 kg | |
| 64 kg | ||
| 69 kg | 69 kg | |
| 75 kg | 75 kg | |
| 81 kg | ||
| 91 kg | ||
| +91 kg | ||
The men's bantamweight 56 kg boxing event at the 2019 European Games in Minsk was held from 21 to 30 June at the Uruchie Sports Palace. [1]
| Final 30 June | ||
 Kurt Walker (IRL) | 5 | |
 Mykola Butsenko (UKR) | 0 | |
| Round of 32 21 June | Round of 16 24 June | Quarterfinals 26 June | Semifinals 28 June | |||||||||||
 Peter McGrail (GBR) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Vasile Usturoi (BEL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Nándor Csóka (HUN) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Vasile Usturoi (BEL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Peter McGrail (GBR) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Krenar Zeneli (ALB) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Krenar Zeneli (ALB) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Tiago Pugno (SUI) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Peter McGrail (GBR) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Kurt Walker (IRL) | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Raffaele Di Serio (ITA) | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Samuel Kistohurry (FRA) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Veljko Gligorić (SRB) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Samuel Kistohurry (FRA) | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Samuel Kistohurry (FRA) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Kurt Walker (IRL) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Robert Jitaru (ROU) | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Zhirayr Sargsyan (ARM) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Zhirayr Sargsyan (ARM) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kurt Walker (IRL) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 32 21 June | Round of 16 24 June | Quarterfinals 26 June | Semifinals 28 June | |||||||||||
 José Quiles (ESP) | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Sharafa Raman (GER) | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sharafa Raman (GER) | RSC | |||||||||||||
 Viktor Vacula (MDA) | ||||||||||||||
| Sharafa Raman (GER) | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Artyush Gomtsyan (GEO) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Artyush Gomtsyan (GEO) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Jarosław Iwanow (POL) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Artyush Gomtsyan (GEO) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Bakhtovar Nazirov (RUS) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sharafa Raman (GER) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Mykola Butsenko (UKR) | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Nikalai Shakh (BLR) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Alen Rahimić (BIH) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Nikalai Shakh (BLR) | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mykola Butsenko (UKR) | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Tayfur Aliyev (AZE) | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Boyan Asenov (BUL) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tayfur Aliyev (AZE) | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Mykola Butsenko (UKR) | 4 | |||||||||||||
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