Final Results from Asia-Oceania Olympic Qualifiers:
2 Silver & 6 Bronze Medals for India.
9 Olympic Quotas Secured.
Here is the schedule for the Final day of Asia-Oceania Boxing Qualifiers:
Olympic Quota Box-Off:
Men’s 63 kg – 🇮🇳 Manish Kaushik v Harrison (2) 🇦🇺 – 4:15 PM
Men’s 81 kg – 🇮🇳 Sachin Kumar v Shabbos 🇹🇯 – 5 PM
2 Indians have made it to the Finals today:
Women’s 60 kg – 🇮🇳 Simranjit Kaur v Yeonji 🇰🇷 – 9 PM
Men’s 69 kg – 🇮🇳 Vikas Krishnan v Eashash 🇯🇴 – 10:30 PM
Schedule for 10th March:
Box-off for Olympic Quota:
Men's 81 kg: 🇮🇳 Sachin Kumar v Cuong 🇻🇳 - 5:45 PM
Sachin needs to win 2 bouts to get a quota. If he wins today, he will fight for a quota tomorrow.
Semi-Finals:
Women's 69 kg - 🇮🇳 Lovlina (2) v Hong (3) 🇨🇳 - 3:15 PM
Men's 52 kg - 🇮🇳 Amit (1) v Jianguan 🇨🇳 - 3:30 PM
Men's 69 kg - 🇮🇳 Vikas v Ablaikhan (2) 🇰🇿 - 4:45 PM
Women's 51 kg - 🇮🇳 Mary Kom v Yuan 🇨🇳 - 8:45 PM
Women's 60 kg - 🇮🇳 Simranjit v Shih-Yi - 9:15 PM
Women's 75 kg - 🇮🇳 Pooja Rani (4) v Li Qian (1) 🇨🇳 - 9:30 PM
Men's 75 kg - 🇮🇳 Ashish v Eumir (1) 🇵🇭 - 10:30 PM
Men's 91+ kg - 🇮🇳 Satish (4) v Bakhodir (1) 🇺🇿 - 11:30 PM
Women's Boxing:
75 kg: Entries: 11 Quotas - 4
Pooja is into Quarter-Final. 1 win away from Olympic Quota. She faces Thailand's Pornippa Chutee on 8th March.
Status: Quota Achieved
69 kg: Entries: 12 Quotas - 4
Lovlina Borgohain got a bye in 1st Round. She faces Uzbekh boxer Melieva on 8th March for an Olympic Quota.
Status: Quota Achieved
60 kg: Entries: 13 Quotas - 4
Simranjit Kaur is into Quarters. She faces Mongolian boxer Monkhor on 9th March for an Olympic Quota.
Status: Quota Achieved
57 kg: Entries: 18 Quotas - 4
Sakshi is into Quarters. She faces Korean Aeji on 9th March for an Olympic Quota.
Status: Sakshi lost in QF and is out of the tournament.
51 kg: Entries: 16 Quotas - 6
Mary Kom is into Quarters. She will play Philippines boxer Irish on 9th March for an Olympic quota. Out of 8 Quarter-Finalists, 6 will get a quota. Losing quarter-finalists will get into a box-off to determine quota.
Status: Quota Achieved
Men's Boxing:
52 kg: Entries: 20 Quotas - 6
Amit Panghal is into Quarters. He faces Philippine's boxer Carlo for an Olympic Quota on 9th March. Out of 8 Quarter-Finalists, 6 will get a quota. Losing Quarter-Finalists will get into a Box-Off for quotas.
Status: Quota Achieved
57 kg: Entries: 20 Quotas - 6
Gaurav Solanki lost in the Pre-QF. He is out of the tournament.
63 kg: Entries: 20 Quotas - 6
Manish Kaushik is into Quarters. He faces Mongolian 2nd seed boxer Chinzoring in QF on 9th March. Similar to 52 kg, there will box-offs for losing quarter-finalists.
Status: Manish lost in QF. He will get into a Box-off for Olympic Quota.
69 kg: Entries: 23 Quotas - 5
Vikas is into Quarters. He faces Japanese 3rd seed boxer Okazawa on 8th March.
Status: Quota Achieved
75 kg: Entries: 24 Quotas - 5
Ashish is into Quarters. He faces Indonesia's Muskita in QF on 8th March. There will be box-offs for losing Quarter-Finalists in this category as well.
Status: Quota Achieved
81 kg: Entries: 19 Quotas - 5
Sachin is into Quarters. He faces Chinese boxer Chen in QF on 8th March. There will be box-offs for losing Quarter-Finalists in this category as well.
Status: Sachin lost his QF. He is into Box-Offs for 5th quota.
91 kg: Entries: 14 Quotas - 4
Naman Tanwar lost in the Pre-QF. He is out of the tournament.
91+kg: Entries: 11 Quotas - 4
Satish got a bye in the 1st round. He faces Mongolian boxer Daivii in the QF on 8th March for a chance at Olympic Quota.
Status: Quota Achieved
Asian Boxing qualifiers were originally scheduled to take place in February in China. However, due to Corona Virus outbreak, they were postponed to March and were shifted to Jordan. So, let us have a look at how the qualifiers will work...🥊
When does it take place: 3-11 March
How many quotas are available? 63 Olympic quotas will be given at Asian qualifiers - 41 in Men & 22 in Women.
Men's Quota Places: Women's Quota Places:
| Weight Categories | Quota places |
| Fly (48 kg to 52 kg) | 6 |
| Feather (52 kg to 57 kg) | 6 |
| Light (57 kg to 63 kg) | 6 |
| Welter (63 kg to 69 kg) | 5 |
| Middle (69 kg to 75 kg) | 5 |
| Light Heavy (75 kg to 81 kg) | 5 |
| Heavy (81 kg to 91 kg) | 4 |
| Super Heavy (+91kg) | 4 |
| Weight categories | Quota places |
| Fly (48 kg to 51 kg) | 6 |
| Feather (54 kg to 57 kg) | 4 |
| Light (57 kg to 60 kg) | 4 |
| Welter (64 kg to 69 kg) | 4 |
| Middle (69 kg to 75 kg) | 4 |
Who are the Indian boxers vying for Quotas?
Men’s: Amit Panghal (52 kg), Gaurav Solanki (57 kg) ,
Manish Kaushik (63 kg), Vikas Krishan (69 kg), Ashish Kumar (75 kg), Sachin Kumar (81 kg), Naman Tanwar (91 kg), Satish Kumar (91+kg)
Women’s: Mary Kom (51 kg), Sakshi (57 kg), Simranjit (60 kg),
Lovlina (69 kg), Pooja (75 kg)
Where can I watch it?
The qualifiers will be LIVE on Olympic Channel. Watch it here.
The bouts will take place everyday in 2 sessions: Session 1 - 2:30 PM Session 2 - 6:30 PM
Preliminary rounds will take place between 3-7 March & Quarter-Finals will start from 8th March.
How many quotas India has achieved in Boxing in previous Olympics?
2016 Rio: 3
2012 London: 8
2008 Beijing: 5
2004 Athens: 4
* Women's Boxing was introduced from 2012 Olympics.
Is this the last qualification event in Boxing?
No. After continental qualifiers are over, there will be world qualifiers in May in Paris.
Watch the following video to understand the qualification process in Boxing for Tokyo Olympics:
Have a look at all the Sports events in March here
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