A total of 19 nations have already confirmed their participation in the first AIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Cuba's Mr Jorge Guzmàn, President of the Americas Continental Bureau, confirmed April 12th-18th as the dates for the competition that will be held in the capital of Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto España and expressed his delight with the preparation of the event, which will take place at Jean Pierre Complex.
Mr Guzmàn added that Cuba and Ecuador will present full teams, followed by Colombia (10), then Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Canada all with nine boxers.
According to the information now available, Argentina (8), Guyana (7), USA (6), Dominican Republic (6) and Virgin Islands (6) will follow the aforementioned countries as the more numerous delegations.
Trinidad & Tobago will present not less than six athletes, five will come from Dominica, four from Jamaica and Barbados, three from Peru and one from El Salvador.
"Brazil and Costa Rica have confirmed their participation too," Mr Guzmàn added. "However, we don't have details about the number of athletes competing for these two countries yet".
Please find the event's program below.
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Activity |
Date |
Time |
Place |
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Arrivals of the ITO and participating delegations |
March 10th & 11th |
T/D |
Trinidad & Tobago |
|
Technical Meeting
Opening Ceremony |
March 11th |
13:00
16:30- 18: 30 |
Royal Palm Hotel
Jean Pierre Complex |
|
Medical Check and Weight-In
Official Draw
R&J Meeting
Preliminaries
Preliminaries
|
March 12th |
07:00 - 09:00
10:00 - 11:00
13:30 - 13:50
14:00 - 18:00
19:00 - 22:00 |
Royal Palm Hotel
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex |
|
Medical Check and Weight-In
R&J Meeting
Preliminaries
Preliminaries
|
March 13th |
08:00 - 09:00
13:30 - 13:50
14:00 - 18:00
19:00 - 22:00 |
Royal Palm Hotel
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex |
|
Medical Check and Weight-In
R&J Meeting
Preliminaries
Preliminaries
|
March 14th |
08:00 - 09:00
13:30 - 13:50
14:00 - 18:00
19:00 - 22:00 |
Royal Palm Hotel
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex |
|
Medical Check and Weight-In
R&J Meeting
Preliminaries
Preliminaries
|
March 15th |
08:00 - 09:00
13:30 - 13:50
14:00 - 17:00
19:00 - 22:00 |
Royal Palm Hotel
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex |
|
Rest Day |
March 16th |
- |
- |
|
Medical and Weight Check
R&J Meeting
Semi-Finals
Semi-Finals |
March 17th |
08:00 - 09:00
13:30 - 13:50
14:00 - 17:00
19:00 - 22:00 |
Royal Palm Hotel
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex |
|
Medical Check and Weight-In
R&J Meeting
Finals |
March 18th |
08:00 - 09:00
13:30 - 13:50
1400 - 18:00 |
Royal Palm Hotel
Jean Pierre Complex
Jean Pierre Complex |
|
Departure of the Delegations |
March 19th |
- |
- |