2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships

2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships
VenueHeydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan
Start dateSeptember 22, 2011 (2011-09-22)
End dateOctober 10, 2011 (2011-10-10)
Competitors685 from 127 nations

The 2011 AIBA World Boxing Championships was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from September 22 to October 10, 2011.[1]

The competition ran under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing, the AIBA, and followed on from the biggest World Championships in AIBA history which was held in Milan, Italy in 2009.[2][3]

This world championship served as a qualifier for the 2012 Summer Olympics. 685 boxers participated from 127 countries.[4]

The preliminary rounds started on September 26 with the finals being held on October 10.

  1. ^ "INVITATION for AIBA World Boxing Championships Baku 2011" (PDF). AIBA. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  2. ^ "AIBA World Championships Milan 2009 Signing Ceremony". AIBA. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
  3. ^ AIBA. "Italy to host 2009 World Championships". AIBA. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
  4. ^ "Announcement on Final Registrations for the AIBA World Championships Baku 2011". aiba.org. 2011-08-26. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2011-08-26.