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Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships
StatusActive
GenreSports event
Date(s)Midyear
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated1979 (U19) / 2001 (U17)
Organised byIBA

The IBA Youth World Boxing Championships and the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships are amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA), the sport's governing body, for "Youth" competitors—ages 17 or 18 years old (U19), and for "Junior" competitors—ages 15 or 16 years old (U17), respectively. The Youth world championship began in 1979 in Yokohama, Japan, and has been held biennially since 1990. The Junior world championship began in 2001 in Baku, Azerbaijan, and has been held biennially since 2007.

History

The competitions are under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing AIBA and are the younger versions of the World Amateur Boxing Championships. Starting from 2008, the Junior world championships, which ran from 1979 to 2006, was renamed the Youth World Boxing Championships. Starting from 2009, the Cadet world championships, which ran from 2001 to 2007, was renamed the Junior World Boxing Championships.

Youth (Junior) Championships (U19)

Main article: Youth World Boxing Championships

Men

Number Year Host Dates
Junior World Championship
1 1979 Japan Yokohama, Japan December 9 – 16
2 1983 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic September 17 – 24
3 1985 Romania Bucharest, Romania September 1–9
4 1987 Cuba Havana, Cuba June 25 – July 6
5 1989 Puerto Rico Bayamón, Puerto Rico August 9–17
6 1990 Peru Lima, Peru October 13–20
7 1992 Canada Montreal, Canada September 25 - October 4
8 1994 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey September 8–18
9 1996 Cuba Havana, Cuba November 4–10
10 1998 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina November 6–16
11 2000 Hungary Budapest, Hungary November 5–12
12 2002 Cuba Santiago de Cuba, Cuba September 15–22
13 2004 South Korea Jeju, South Korea June 12–18
14 2006 Morocco Agadir, Morocco September 8–18
Youth World Championship
15 2008 Mexico Guadalajara, Mexico October 31 – November 1
16 2010 Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan April 20 – May 2
17 2012 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia November 25 – December 8
19 2016 Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia November 17 – 26

Women

Number Year Host Dates
1 2011 Turkey Antalya, Turkey April 20 – 30
2 2013 Bulgaria Albena, Bulgaria September 22–28
3 2015 Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan May 16 – 23
4 2017 India Guwahati, India November 19 – 26

Combined (Men and Women)

Number Year Host Dates
18 2014 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria April 14 – 24
20 2018 Hungary Budapest, Hungary August 21 – 31
21 2021 Poland Kielce, Poland April 10 – 24
22 2022 Spain La Nucia, Spain November 14 – 26
23 2024 Montenegro Budva, Montenegro October 22 – November 3
24 2025 Japan Shizuoka, Japan January 2025

Junior (Cadet) Championships (U17)

Men

Number Year Host Dates
Cadet World Championship
1 2001 Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan October 11–21
2 2002 Hungary Kecskemét, Hungary May 3 – 13
3 2003 Romania Bucharest, Romania June 20–29
4 2005 England Liverpool, England October 10–18
5 2006 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey August 3–13
6 2007 Azerbaijan Baku, Azerbaijan August 31 – September 9
Junior World Championship
7 2009 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia May 23–30
8 2011 Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan July 23–30
9 2013 Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine September 8–15
10 2015 Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia September 4–12

Women

Number Year Host Dates
1 2011 Turkey Antalya, Turkey April 20 – 30
2 2015 Taiwan Taipei, Taiwan May 16 – 23
3 2017 India Guwahati, India November 19 – 26

Combined (Men and Women)

Number Year Host Dates
1 2023 Armenia Yerevan, Armenia November 23 – December 4

See also

Results

References

  1. "Deadline closes for 2008 Youth World Championships entries". AIBA. 2008-09-29. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
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