2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 7 – 12 April 2008 in Athens

Athens

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. During the tournament 193 boxers from 39 countries competed for 23 Olympic qualifiyng places in 11 different weight categories.

Qualifying

40 teams participated in this tournament:
(ENG - 4) (SCO - 1)
Number in is total boxer in each country

Competition System

The competition system of the 2nd AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament is the knockout round system. Each boxer fights one match per round.

The first two places in each weight provided direct qualification to the 2008 Olympics with and additional qualification place for 3rd place provided in the 54kg, 69kg and 75kg classes after a box off between the two losing semi finalists.

Vittorio Parrinello (ITA, 54 kg), Andrey Balanov (RUS, 69kg), and Georgios Gazis (GRE, 75kg) booked the last available tickets to the Beijing Olympics, by winning their bronze contests in the last day of the 2nd AIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Medal summary

Light flyweight	Pál Bedák Pál Bedák Pál Bedák is a boxer from Hungary best known to win the silver medal at the 2005 World Championships. His older brother Zsolt Bedák is a bantamweight boxer....	Jose Kelvin de la Nieve Linares	Ferhat Pehlivan Ferhat Pehlivan Ferhat Pehlivan is a Turkish amateur boxer competing in the light-flyweight division. He is a member of the Karnet S.K. in Akçaabat, Trabzon, where he is coached by Altar Kalkışım...     Mumin Veli
Flyweight	Memis Fulas	Jérôme Thomas Jérôme Thomas Jérôme Thomas is a boxer from France, competing in the flyweight division....	Derenik Chizlaryan    Bato-Munko Vankeyeu
Bantamweight	Ali Hallab Ali Hallab Ali Hallab is a boxer from France. He is best known for having won the bronze medal at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...	Khavazhy Khatsyhau	Vittorio Parrinello Vittorio Parrinello Jahyn Vittorio Parrinello is an Italian boxer who competed in the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight but lost his first fight to 2004 silver medalist Worapoj Petchkoom 1:12...     Rudolf Dydi
Featherweight	Alessio di Savino Alessio di Savino Alessio di Savino is an Italian boxer who competed at the 2008 Olympics and lost his debut to Raynell Williams in the men's featherweight division .-External links:**...	Nikoloz Izoria Nikoloz Izoria Nikoloz Izoria is a boxer from Georgia.He participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native country. There he was stopped in the second round of the Flyweight division by Azerbaijan's eventual bronze medalist Fuad Aslanov....	Stephen Smith Stephen Smith (boxer) Stephen Smith is a British professional boxer best known for being former British and Commonwealth Featherweight champion, and as an amateur won the featherweight division at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and a bronze medal at the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships...     Bashir Hassan
Lightweight	Daouda Sow Daouda Sow Daouda Sow is an amateur boxer from France. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division.-Boxing career:...	Georgian Popescu Georgian Popescu Georgian Popescu is an amateur boxer from Romania. He qualified to complete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the lightweight division.-References:...	Kobar Pkhakadze    Krzysztof Szot
Light Welterweight	John Joe Joyce John Joe Joyce John Joe Joyce, aka Johnny Joyce or JJJ, is an Irish amateur boxer who represented Ireland in the 2008 Olympic Games in the light welterweight division....	Egidijus Kavaliauskas Egidijus Kavaliauskas Egidijus Kavaliauskas is a Lithuianian boxer who competed in the 2008 Olympoics but lost his first bout at junior welterweight.-External links:**...	Harun Sipahi    Boris Katalinic
Welterweight	Jaoid Chiguer	Kakhaber Zhvania Kakhaber Zhvania Kakhaber Zhvania is an amateur boxer from Georgia best known to qualify for the Olympics at welterweight.At the Euro 2006 he won Bronze losing his semi to Spas Genov, at the 2007 World Championsahips he was defeated by eventual winner Demetrius Andrade....	Andrey Balanov Andrey Balanov Andrey Vladimirovich Balanov is a former Russian amateur boxer best known for winning the 2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships at welterweight and being part of the Russian 2005 team at the Boxing World Cup.-Career:...     Samuel Matevosyan
Middleweight	Darren Sutherland Darren Sutherland Darren John Sutherland was an Irish professional boxer from County Meath, Ireland. His amateur career was crowned by a bronze medal for Ireland in the middleweight division at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China....	Jean-Michel Raymond	Georgios Gazis Georgios Gazis Georgios Gazis is a Greek amateur boxer. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight division.Gazis lost his qualifier semi to Jean-Mickaël Raymond‎ but won the decisive third place bout against Victor Cotiujanschi....     Victor Cotiujanschii
Light Heavyweight	Kenneth Egan Kenneth Egan Kenneth "Kenny" Egan is an amateur boxer from Clondalkin, Dublin best known for winning a Silver Medal in the final of the 81 kg, Light-Heavyweight boxing final at the 2008 Olympics...	Kennedy Katende Kennedy Katende Kennedy Katende is a Swedish amateur boxer from Sundsvall who qualified for the 2008 Olympics in the light-heavyweight division....	Gottlieb Weiss    Anastasios Berdesis
Heavyweight	Milorad Gajovic Milorad Gajovic Milorad Gajović is a Montenegrin amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics as a heavyweight. He has also had some success as an amateur kickboxer.-Boxing career:...	Ilias Pavlidis	Elchin Alizada    Petrisor Gananau
Super Heavyweight	Jaroslav Jaksto	Daniel Price	Cristian Ciocan    Yosef Abed Elghani

Medal table

Based on AIBA weightings which takes into consideration the number of bouts fought and number of competitors per team.

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2	align=left	|3	0	0	3
3	align=left	|1	1	0	2
4	align=left	|1	0	1	2
5	align=left	|0	2	1	3
6	align=left	|0	1	2	3
7	align=left	|1	0	1	2
8	align=left	|1	0	0	1
9	align=left	|0	1	2	3
10	align=left	|0	0	2	2
	align=left	|0	1	1	2

Key to AIBA decisions

KO	DSQ	BDSQ	JURY	RSC	RSCH	RSCI	RSCOS	NC	WO	RET	R
Knockout	Disqualified	Both disqualified	Result determined by jury votes	Referee stop contest	Referee stop contest by head blow	Referee stop contest by injured	Referee stop contest outscored	No contest	Walkover	Retired	Round