Durkacz guarantees Poland a medal. Russians dominate the European Championships

The 27th European Men's Youth Boxing Championships has produced 40 medalists. In Antalya, boxers from 14 countries will compete in Friday's semifinals. Russia has the most representatives in the medal positions (8). They are followed by Turkey and Ukraine (5 each), Azerbaijan and Georgia (4 each), Belarus (3), England, Ireland and Bulgaria (2 each), and Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Hungary (1 each).

Poland will return from the Bosphorus with one medal. It was won by Damian Durkacz (KS Spartan Knurów, 60 kg). The medal's color will be decided primarily by his bout against Ukraine's Taras Bondarchuk. For his opponent, this will be his first international appearance at lightweight. He previously boxed in the 56 kg division.

The other boxer coached by Jarosław Przygoda and Marcin Łęgowski, Dominik Harwankowski (56 kg), did not reach the medal positions. The Pole lost unanimously on points, 0-5, to the Czech Republic's Miroslav Gorol today.

QUARTERFINAL RESULTS [winners listed first]

49 KG
Shakhil Allakhverdiev (Georgia) – Cosmin Girleanu (Romania) 5-0
Hasan Ibrahimov (Azerbaijan) – Mikita Dineyev (Ukraine) 5-0
Attila Bernath (Hungary) – Erik Tokhyan (Armenia) 5-0
Daniil Lysenko (Russia) – Massimo Spada (Italy) 4-1

52 KG
Maksim Galinichev (Ukraine) – Maksim Zaytsev (Russia) 5-0
Azad Demirhan (Turkey) – Alessandro Adami (Italy) 5-0
Hope Price (England) – Davy Joyce (Ireland) 4-1
Boyan Asenov (Bulgaria) – Mateusz Wojtasiński (Poland) 5-0

56 KG
Miroslav Gorol (Czech Republic) – Dominik Harwankowski (Poland) 5-0
Alexey Kiselev (Russia) – Orkhan Hasanov (Azerbaijan) 5-0
Alexandr Radionov (Belarus) – David Kharmats (Israel) 5-0
Ahmet Otcu (Turkey) – Shiloh DeFreitas (England) 3-0

60 KG
Nikita Piskunov (Russia) – Deividas Bogdanavicius (Lithuania) RSC 1
Otari Naveriani (Georgia) – Asseme Nouali (Finland) 5-0
Taras Bondarchuk (Ukraine) – Charles Frankham (England) 5-0
Damian Durkacz (Poland) – Christian Gasparri (Italy) WO.

64 KG
Musa Maruyev (Russia) – Constantin Ursu (Moldova) 5-0
Badri Khutsishvili (Georgia) – Roberto Bengtsson (Sweden) 5-0
Tugrulhan Erdemir (Turkey) – Paddy Donovan (Ireland) 5-0
Ivan Atanasov (Bulgaria) – Victorien Monny (France) 5-0

69 KG
Gabriel Dossen (Ireland) – Nijat Hasanov (Azerbaijan) 5-0
Mark Dickinson (England) – Saif-Islam Madiyev (Georgia) 5-0
Osman Aliyev (Russia) – Milan Prat (France) 3-2
Pavel Mikhaylyuk (Belarus) – Toni Galstyan (Armenia) 3-2

75 KG
Daniil Teterev (Russia) – Robert Cservenka (Hungary) 5-0
Jordan Myers (Ireland) – Djordje Bujisic (Serbia) 3-2
Amin Kushkhov (Azerbaijan) – Moreno Fendero (France) 4-1
Ivan Papakin (Ukraine) – Ramtin Mushah (England) RSC 1

81 KG
Surat Garayev (Azerbaijan) – Konrad Kaczmarkiewicz (Poland) 5-0
Ruslan Kolesnikov (Russia) – Adrian Buhaniuc (Moldova) RSCI 2
Vadim Andreyev (Belarus) – Richard Egervari (Hungary) 5-0
Evgen Pavlovskiy (Ukraine) – Alberto Biro (Romania) 4-1

91 KG
Vladislav Ivanov (Russia) – Artiom Yordanyan (Georgia) 5-0
Arkadiy Kartsan (Ukraine) – Koppany Feher (Hungary) 5-0
Berat Acar (Turkey) – Stanislav Papkov (Belarus) 4-1
Cristian Filip (Romania) – Ismayil Yagubov (Azerbaijan) 3-2

+91 KG
Mucahit Ilyas (Turkey) – Ibragim Khidirov (Russia) 3-2
Vagkan Nanitzanian (Georgia) – Jan Pavel (Czech Republic) DQ 2
Josip Biletic (Croatia) – Dmitro Galagan (Ukraine) RSC 1
Magomed Abdullayev (Azerbaijan) – Emanuel Mican (Romania) RSC 1