AIBA: “Amendment system is a standard experience in the international sportâ€
The rule change extends the seeding practice which already exists at the Olympic Games boxing tournament and in several other Olympic sports. The host country of the Olympic Games is automatically entitled to have six of its boxers seeded at the Olympic Games boxing tournament. At the London 2012 Olympic Games boxing tournament, for example, six English boxers will be automatically seeded, while six Chinese boxers were seeded in Beijing.
Upon the recommendation of the AIBA Technical and Rules Committee, at the Executive Committee meeting held in Astana on 1 August 2011, the AIBA Executive Committee approved a change to the seeding system. Rule 1.1.3 was inserted into Appendix E of the AIBA Technical and Competition Rules and states: "The Host Country will receive the 8th ranking seed in each Weight Category if a Boxer from the Host Country is not qualified for any position among 8 allocated seeds by both AIBA and/or WSB World Rankings." The rule change was introduced as an incentive to encourage countries, which might not otherwise consider hosting the AIBA World Championships, to host this prestigious event.
The updated rules have been published on the AIBA website for several weeks. National Federations were informed of the rule change in an official communication from AIBA Headquarters on 19 August 2011. The rule change was explained again in detail at the AIBA World Congress for Coaches held prior to the AIBA World Championships on 24 September 2011 and at the Official Draw.
The practice of automatic seeding and qualification for host countries is widespread across international sport. Taekwondo operates a similar system to AIBA’s whereby eight of the host countries athletes are automatically seeded at the WTF World Taekwondo Championships. Automatic qualification is guaranteed to the host countries of the FIFA World Cup and the IRB Rugby World Cup, while Wimbledon operates the "wild card" system in order to enable British tennis players who have not qualified on merit to play there. At the recent IAAF World Championships held in Daegu, Korea, as host nation, was entitled to enter one athlete in each competition regardless of the entry standard. At UEFA Euro 2012, host nations Poland and Ukraine not only qualified automatically but have been seeded 1 and 2 despite their respective European rankings of 34 and 32.
In terms of the seeding at the current and future World Championships, additional seeding slots are also awarded to top ranked boxers in the World Series of Boxing (WSB) competition. WSB boxers are only obliged to participate in one AIBA event a year and therefore often forego the opportunity to gain AIBA World Ranking points. These top boxers would be seriously disadvantaged at the World Championships and the Olympic Games if their success in WSB was not reflected in the seeding system for those competitions.
Regarding the specific case of Mr. Majidov which has been cited in various media reports, the explanation is simple. Mr. Majidov was the runner-up in the super-heavy weight Individual Final of the 2010/2011 WSB competition and is thereby ranked number 2 in his WSB weight division. The winner of Mr. Majidov’s weight division in the 2010/2011 WSB competition, Clemente Russo, having already achieved Olympic qualification is not participating at the AIBA World Championships. Mr. Majiidov, as runner-up to Mr. Russo, is therefore entitled to the automatic seeding slot that would otherwise have gone to Mr. Russo. Mr. Majidov’s number 2 WSB ranking translates to a number two seeding at the AIBA World Championships.
AIBA takes a zero tolerance attitude to corruption and is absolutely committed to ensuring transparency in the sport of boxing.
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