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Irish Squad for the World Youth Championships selected

Ireland’s squad for next month’s AIBA World Men’s and Women’s Youth Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria has been confirmed.
Johnny Joyce beat Caomhin Hynes on a split decision in Friday’s 69kg box-off at Dublin’s National Stadium to complete the 12-strong team.
The AIBA World Youth Championships will act as the only qualifier for August’s Youth Olympic in China.
The top five – the semi-finalists and the quarter-finalist who was beaten by the eventual gold medallist – male boxers in each of the ten weight classes in Sofia will qualify for China.
The top four – the semi-finalists – female boxers in the three weight classes will qualify.
Theoretically, a nation can qualify 13 boxers for the Youth Olympics from the World Youths. However, each nation is restricted to five boxers (three-males, two females) for China.
In the event of a nation surpassing the qualification quota in Sofia, it is up to the country concerned to select their five-strong team.
A record 105 countries, including Ireland, have registered to compete in Sofia.
Please click here and here for further information. Click here for tournament schedule and Olympic Youth qualification guidelines.
Team Ireland are currently in training camp at the National Stadium and will fly out to Sofia on April 10th.

Ryan Burnett won gold for Ireland at the 2010 Olympic Youth Games in Singapore. Burnett qualified by virtue of winning silver at the 2010 AIBA World Youth Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Joe Ward claimed gold in Baku to qualify for Singapore, but he lost out in his first fight at the Youth Olympics to Australia’s Damien Hooper, who he beat in the World Youth final. Ward fractured his right hand in the first round of the Olympic Youth bout.

Burnett beat Azzeri light-fly Salman Alizida, who beat Burnett in the World Youth final, in the Olympic Youth final.

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Irish Squad 2014 AIBA World Youth C’Ships Sofia, Bulgaria April 10th/25th
Women
51kg Kristine O’Hara (Emerald)
60kg Ciara Ginty (Geesala)
75kg Christina Desmond (Macroom)
Men
49kg Brendan Irvine (St Paul’s)
52kg Willie Donoghue (St Michael’s Athy)
56kg Gary Cully (St David’s)
60kg Tiernan Bradley (Sacred Heart)
64kg Wayne Kelly (Ballinacargy)
69kg Johnny Joyce (St Michael’s Athy)
75kg Luke Thomas (Watergrasshill)
81kg Cormac Long (Rathkeale)
91kg Michael Gallagher (Finn Valley)

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