The IBA Youth World Boxing Championships and the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships are amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association (IBA), the sport's governing body, for "Youth" competitors—ages 17 or 18 years old (U19), and for "Junior" competitors—ages 15 or 16 years old (U17), 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]

Youth (Junior) Championships (U19)

IBA Youth World Boxing Championships

Men 17–18 years in 10 weight classes http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldJuniorChamps.html http://www.aiba.org/aiba-youth-world-boxing-championships/ Number Year Host Dates Junior World Championship 1 1979 Yokohama, Japan December 9 – 16 2 1983 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic September 17 – 24 3 1985 Bucharest, Romania September 1–9 4 1987 Havana, Cuba June 25 – July 6 5 1989 Bayamón, 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 19 2016 Saint Petersburg, Russia November 17 – 26

Women Youth: 17–18 years in 10 weight classes http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/World_wom_Champs_J.html http://www.aiba.org/aiba-womens-youthjunior-world-boxing-championships/ Number Year Host Dates 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

Combined (Men and Women)

Number	Year	Host	Dates
18	2014	Sofia, Bulgaria	April 14 – 24
20	2018	Budapest, Hungary	August 21 – 31
21	2021	Kielce, Poland	April 10 – 24
22	2022	La Nucia, Spain	November 14 – 26

Junior (Cadet) Championships (U17)

Men 15–16 years in 13 weight classes http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/WorldCadetChampionships.html http://www.aiba.org/aiba-junior-world-boxing-championships/ Number Year Host Dates 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 Kyiv, Ukraine September 8–15 10 2015 Saint Petersburg, Russia September 4–12

Women Junior: 15–16 years in 13 weight classes http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/World_wom_Champs_J.html http://www.aiba.org/aiba-womens-youthjunior-world-boxing-championships/ Number Year Host Dates 1 2011 Antalya, Turkey April 20 – 30 2 2015 Taipei, Taiwan May 16 – 23 3 2017 Guwahati, India November 19 – 26

Combined (Men and Women)

Number	Year	Host	Dates
1	2023	Yerevan, Armenia	November 23 – December 4

See also

• European Amateur Boxing Championships
• World Amateur Boxing Championships
• Boxing World Cup

Results

• http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AAAChampionships.html
• http://www.aiba.org/

References