AIBA World Boxing Championships 2021 stamp of Serbia

The 2021

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were held in

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from 25 October to 6 November. Belgrade was picked to host the championships for the second time; the original 2021 contract with New Delhi was cancelled due to a disagreement between AIBA and the Boxing Federation of India over hosting fees. AIBA also demanded the BFI pay a cancellation penalty of US$500,000. For the first time in AIBA’s 75-year history, medal winners were awarded prize money; gold medallists earn $100,000, silver medallists $50,000, and bronze medallists $25,000. The overall prize fund was worth $2.6 million.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Controversies

The

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boxing team was prevented from competing at the tournament despite Serbia's hosting contract requiring Serbia to allow all teams to compete. (The contract further requires that all teams be allowed to compete under their own flags and explicitly includes Kosovo;

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recognizes the Kosovo Boxing Federation as a full member.) Two days prior to the tournament, the

boxing team was denied entry into Serbia at border control, effectively shutting them out of the tournament. During negotiations between AIBA and Serbia, Serbia stated to AIBA that Kosovo would not be allowed to compete except under the AIBA flag; this was rejected by Kosovo. One day prior to the tournament, AIBA suggested a compromise to Serbia where Kosovo would compete under "a neutral flag" (similar to Russia's situation); this was rejected by Serbia. In December 2021 after the tournament, the

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sent a letter to Serbia condemning the incident.

Participating nations

510 athletes from 86 countries and two AIBA Fair Chance Teams participated in the championships: # AIBA Fair Chance Team 1 (9) # AIBA Fair Chance Team 2 (1) # (3) # (11) # (1) # (9) # (2) # (2) # (6) # (3) # (3) # (10) # (8) # (3) # (10) # (8) # (10) # (8) # (4) # (1) # (5) # (2) # (9) # (9) # (2) # (3) # (6) # (1) # (7) # (13) # (4) # (3) # (2) # (1) # (1) # (10) # (13) # (10) # (1) # (7) # (4) # (11) # (3) # (10) # (4) # (13) # (13) # (12) # (1) # (8) # (1) # (1) # (3) # (9) # (8) # (8) # (2) # (4) # (1) # (2) # (3) # (1) # (1) # (3) # (8) # (4) # (2) # Russian Boxing Federation (13) # (1) # (6) # (12) # (3) # (6) # (5) # (7) # (2) # (7) # (8) # (1) # (8) # (3) # Thailand Boxing Federation (10) # (5) # (13) # (13) # (9) # (13) # (4)

References

External links

Team Delegation Handbook

AIBA Website

Results Book
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