2023 IBA Men's World Boxing Championships
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]
| 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 $ |
Prize money
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]
Qualification System for Paris 2024
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]
Schedule
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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal summary
Medal table
* 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 | |
Medalists
Participating nations
538 athletes from 107 countries participated in the championships.
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Afghanistan (2)
Albania (6)
Algeria (7)
Angola (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (1)- Armenia (11)
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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)
Controversies
Boycott due to participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus
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:
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Kosovo's non-participation
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]
Notes
- Six boxers from four boycotting national federations (Germany, Poland, Scotland and Sweden) competed at the World Championships through the Financial Support Programme (FSP) aided by the International Boxing Association (IBA).[10]
References
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- "Prize money doubled for 2023 Men's World Boxing Championships in Tashkent". insidethegames.biz. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- "Tashkent to host the IBA Men's World Boxing Championships with record prize money fund". IBA. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- "IOC EB: IBA not in position to run qualifying events and boxing competitions for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 24 June 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "New boxing qualification system approved for Paris 2024". International Olympic Committee. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "Paris 2024 boxing qualification system to achieve a fair process for all NOCs". International Olympic Committee. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
- "Team Delegations' Handbook" (PDF). IBA. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- "Competitions schedule" (PDF). IBA. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1136592/iba-fsp-boycott
- https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1134797/matytsin-present-world-boxing-champs
- Britai prisijungė prie pasaulio bokso čempionato boikoto
- Statement from GB Boxing on the forthcoming 2023 IBA Men’s World Boxing Championships
- "Kosovo miss out on third consecutive IBA Men's World Boxing Championships due to visa issues". Inside the Games. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2023.