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.
| Host city | Samokov |
|---|---|
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Nations | 44 |
| Dates | 8–15 August |
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 Conlan (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 | |
| Totals (19 entries) | 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)