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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Italy |
| Dates | 25 February – 1 March |
| Teams | 21 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 25 February to 1 March 2008 in Roseto degli Abruzzi-Pescara, Italy. During the tournament 250 boxers from 40 countries competed for 26 Olympic qualifying places in 11 different weight categories.
Qualifying
40 teams participated in this tournament:
Albania (9)
Armenia (7)
Austria (3)
Azerbaijan (10)
Belgium (1)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
Belarus (11)
Bulgaria (10)
Croatia (5)
Cyprus (3)
Czech Republic (6)
Spain (11)
Estonia (1)
Finland (5)
France (8)
Great Britain (0) (ENG - 7), (SCO - 4), (WAL - 2)
Georgia (8)
Germany (8)
Greece (8)
Hungary (10)
Ireland (10)
Israel (5)
Italy (7)
Latvia (9)
Lithuania (9)
Moldova (7)
Macedonia (3)
Montenegro (3)
Netherlands (2)
Norway (1)
Poland (9)
Romania (9)
Russia (2)
Serbia (7)
Slovakia (4)
Slovenia (6)
Sweden (3)
Turkey (8)
Ukraine (7)
Number in ( ) is total boxer in each country
Competition System
The competition system of the 1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament is the knockout round system. Each boxer fights one match per round.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight details |
 David Ayrapetyan
|
 Łukasz Maszczyk
|
 Ferhat Pehlivan  Anton Bekish
|
| Flyweight details |
 Norbert Kalucza
|
 Khalid Saeed Yafai
|
 Marcel Schneider  Igor Samoilenco
|
| Bantamweight details |
 John Joe Nevin
|
Vyacheslav Goyan
|
Rustamhodza Rahimov
|
| Featherweight details |
 Khedafi Djelkhir
|
 Shahin Imranov
|
Wilhelm Gratschow
|
| Lightweight details |
 Olexandr Klyuchko
|
Miklos Varga
|
Ramal Amanov  Georgian Popescu
|
| Light Welterweight details |
Gyula Káté
|
Ionut Gheorghe
|
John Joe Joyce  Egidijus Kavaliauskas
|
| Welterweight details |
Magomed Nurutdinov
|
Olexandr Stretskiy
|
Billy Joe Saunders
|
| Middleweight details |
 Naim Terbunja
|
James Degale
|
 Andranik Hakobyan
|
| Light Heavyweight details |
Ismail Syllakh
|
Ramazan Magomedov
|
Kenneth Egan Bahram Muzaffer
|
| Heavyweight details |
Viktor Zuyev
|
Oleksandr Usyk
|
Artur Szpilka Daniel Price
|
| Super Heavyweight details |
 Kubrat Pulev
|
 Marko Tomasović
|
Jaroslav Jaksto  Robert Helenius
|
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine (UKR) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Belarus (BLR) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Bulgaria (BUL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Russia (RUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Moldova (MDA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 18 | Armenia (ARM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 11 | 11 | 18 | 40 | |
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 |