2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 2015 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Samokov, Bulgaria from August 8 to August 15. It is the 41st edition of this biennial competition organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, the EUBC.
44 nations took part in the competition, including Great Britain, who entered a united team for the first time - previously the constituent nations of England, Scotland and Wales each entered separately. Russia topped the medal table with 4 golds from 4 finals, while the unified British team won the most medals, 6, and reached the most finals, 5, although winning only 1 gold medal.
Schedule
| Date | Round |
|---|---|
| 8-11 August 2015 | Preliminaries |
| 12 August 2015 | Quarterfinals |
| 14 August 2015 | Semifinals |
| 15 August 2015 | Finals |
Medal winners
The medal winners are:[1]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light Flyweight (–49 kg) |
 Vasilii Egorov (RUS) |
 Harvey Horn (GBR) |
 Tinko Banabakov (BUL)
|
| Flyweight (–52 kg) |
Daniel Asenov (BUL) |
Muhammad Ali (GBR) |
 Nandor Csoka (HUN)
|
| Bantamweight (–56 kg) |
 Michael Conlon (IRL) |
Qais Ashfaq (GBR) |
 Francesco Maietta (ITA)
|
| Lightweight (–60 kg) |
Joseph Cordina (GBR) |
 Otar Eranosyan (GEO) |
 Enrico Lacruz (NED)
|
| Light Welterweight (–64 kg) |
Vitaly Dunaytsev (RUS) |
Pat McCormack (GBR) |
Dean Walsh (IRL)
|
| Welterweight (–69 kg) |
 Eimantas Stanionis (LTU) |
 Pavel Kastramin (BLR) |
 Clarence Goyeram Bojang (SWE)
|
| Middleweight (–75 kg) |
Petr Khamukov (RUS) |
 Tomasz Jablonski (POL) |
Kvachatadze Zaal (GEO)
|
| Light Heavyweight (–81 kg) |
Joe Ward (IRL) |
Peter Mullenberg (NED) |
 Hrvoje Sep (CRO)
|
| Heavyweight (–91 kg) |
Evgeny Tishchenko (RUS) |
Igor Jakubowski (POL) |
Tervel Pulev (BUL)
|
| Super Heavyweight (+91 kg) |
Filip Hrgović (CRO) |
 Florian Schulz (GER) |
 Mihai Nistor (ROU)
|
Medal table
Below is the final medal table from the championships.[2] The table is led by Russia, with four gold medals. Great Britain, with six medals, won the most medals in total.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Ireland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Great Britain | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 7 | Poland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 12 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 14 |  Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | |
Qualification for the World Championships
The event doubled as the second European qualification event for the World Championships, and the top six in each division qualified a quota place for their nation - in effect, all four medalists, and the following quarter-finalists, who were listed 5th and 6th by virtue of having been beaten by the eventual finalists.[3]
49 kg
- Samuel Carmona (ESP)
- Dawid Jagodzinski (POL)
52 kg
-
Ihor Sopinskyi (UKR) - Koryun Soghomonyan (ARM)
56 kg
-
Frederik Jensen (DEN) - Mykola Butsenko (UKR)
60 kg
- Domenico Valentino (ITA)
- Adlan Abdurashidov (RUS)
64 kg
-
Dimitri Galagot (MDA) - Johann Orozco Ojedo (ESP)
69 kg
- Simeon Chamov (BUL)
- Adam Nolan (IRL)
75 kg
- Max van der Pas (NED)
- Valerii Kharmalov (UKR)
81 kg
- Mikhail Dauhaliavets (BLR)
-
Cem Karlidag (TUR)
91 kg
- Siarhei Karneyeu (BLR)
- Roman Fress (GER)
+91 kg
- Mikheil Bakhtidze (GEO)
- Ali Eren Demirezen (TUR)