Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships

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The AIBA Youth World Boxing Championships and the AIBA Junior World Boxing Championships are amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA), the sport's governing body, for "Youth" competitors—between the age of 17-18 years old, and for "Junior" competitors—between the age of 15-16 years old, 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.[1]

Men's editions[]

Youth (Junior) Championships[]

Number Year Host Dates
Junior World Championship
1 Japan Yokohama, Japan December 9 – 16
2 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican September 17 – 24
3 Romania Bucharest, Romania September 1 - 9
4 Cuba Havana, Cuba June 25 – July 6
5 Puerto Rico Bayamon, Puerto Rico August 9 - 17
6 Peru Lima, Peru October 13 - 20
7 Canada Montreal, Canada September 25 - October 4
8 Turkey Istanbul, Turkey September 8 - 18
9 Cuba Havana, Cuba November 4 - 10
10 1998 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina November 6 - 16
11 Hungary Budapest, Hungary November 5 - 12
12 Cuba Santiago de Cuba, Cuba September 15 - 22
13 South Korea Jeju, South Korea June 12 - 18
14 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
18 2014 Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria April 14 – 24
19 2016 Russia Saint Petersburg, Russia November 17 – 26
20 2018 Hungary Budapest, Hungary August 21 – 31
21 2021 Poland Kielce, Poland April 10 – 24

Junior (Cadet) Championships[]

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

Women's editions[]

Youth and Junior Championships[]

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

See also[]

Results[]

Results Database[]

References[]

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