Youth and Junior World Boxing Championships

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
NumberYearHostDates
Junior World Championship
1 1979 Yokohama, Japan December 9 – 16
2 1983 Santo Domingo, Dominican September 17 – 24
3 1985 Bucharest, Romania September 1 - 9
4 1987 Havana, Cuba June 25 – July 6
5 1989 Bayamon, Puerto Rico August 9 - 17
6 1990 Lima, Peru October 13 - 20
7 1992 Montreal, Canada September 25 - October 4
8 1994 Istanbul, Turkey September 8 - 18
9 1996 Havana, Cuba November 4 - 10
10 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina November 6 - 16
11 2000 Budapest, Hungary November 5 - 12
12 2002 Santiago de Cuba, Cuba September 15 - 22
13 2004 Jeju, South Korea June 12 - 18
14 2006 Agadir, Morocco September 8 - 18
Youth World Championship
15 2008 Guadalajara, Mexico October 31 – November 1
16 2010 Baku, Azerbaijan April 20 – May 2
17 2012 Yerevan, Armenia November 25 – December 8
18 2014 Sofia, Bulgaria April 14 – 24
19 2016 Saint Petersburg, Russia November 17 – 26
20 2018 Budapest, Hungary August 21 – 31
21 2020 Kielce, Poland November 2 – 9

Junior (Cadet) Championships
NumberYearHostDates
Cadet World Championship
1 2001 Baku, Azerbaijan October 11-21
2 2002 Kecskemet, Hungary May 3 – 13
3 2003 Bucharest, Romania June 20-29
4 2005 Liverpool, England October 10-18
5 2006 Istanbul, Turkey August 3 - 13
6 2007 Baku, Azerbaijan August 31 - September 9
Junior World Championship
7 2009 Yerevan, Armenia May 23-30
8 2011 Astana, Kazakhstan July 23-30
9 2013 Kiev, Ukraine September 8-15
10 2015 Saint Petersburg, Russia September 4-12

Women's editions

Youth and Junior Championships
NumberYearHostDates
1 2011 Antalya, Turkey April 20 – 30
2 2013 Albena, Bulgaria September 22 - 28
3 2015 Taipei, Taiwan May 16 – 23
4 2017 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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