Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, President of AIBA, today hailed as historic the approved Olympic Qualification Guidelines for boxing for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
"The guidelines contain not one, but two historic elements," he said. "For the first time ever in the history of the Olympic Games, there will be women's boxing in the competition. Furthermore, each indvidual champion in the new World Series of Boxing, which starts in November this year, will also obtain a quota place for the London 2012 Olympic Games."
The World Series of Boxing (WSB) has five weight categories. The individual champion in each category will be determined when the top two boxers in each category at the end of the regular season face each other in the indvidiual championship final. Due to the difference in weight categories between the Olympic Games and WSB, the WSB boxers will have to inform AIBA which weight category they wish to compete in at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
In addition to the places available through the WSB, the Olympic Games places for the men's competition will be determined by the 2011 AIBA Men's World Championships and Continental Qualifying Events.
At the 2011 AIBA Men's World Championships the top ten boxers from different NOCs in each weight category (except the heavyweight and super heavyweight categories, where the total is six) will obtain a quota place for London 2012, within the quotas awarded to each continent.
There will be one Continental Olympic Qualifying Event per continent. The remaining number of quota places for each continent will be allocated to the best ranked boxers according to the same continental quotas.
The 2012 AIBA Women World Boxing Championships will be the only qualifying event for the women's competition. The top eight boxers from different NOCs in each weight category will obtain a quota place.
The remaining places will be filled by the Tripartite Commission (8 men, 11 women) and host country places (5 men, 1 woman).
See the Olympic Qualification Guidelines PDF for full details.
Voir les détails du système de qualification en version française.
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