The 2nd World Olympic Qualification Tournament is underway in Thailand, running from May 24 to June 2, 2024.

A total of 73 African boxers—54 men and 19 women—from 25 countries have converged in Bangkok to vie for spots in the final Olympic Games qualifiers. The opening event takes place on Friday, with 13 African nations participating in the preliminaries.

The African countries represented are Algeria, Burundi, Botswana, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Cape Verde, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Liberia, Morocco, Mali, Mozambique, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia.

In terms of continental representation, Europe leads with 206 boxers, followed by Asia with 163, and the Americas with 106. Oceania has the smallest contingent with 27 boxers.

Friday’s opening round of 64 features 13 African boxers, including Mozambique’s Mandela Cup featherweight champion Armando Sigauque, Uganda’s light-middleweight Muzamir Kakande against Cuba’s Jorge Cuellar, Zambia’s Mwengo Mwale versus Fiji’s Davule Jone, Mali’s Abdoul Bathily, Libya’s Ahmed Alkoum, Morocco’s light-middleweight Yassine El Ouarz, an all-African female clash between DR Congo’s Brigitte Mbabi and Morocco’s Saida Lahmidi, Namibia’s Tryagain Morning Ndevelo, Botswana’s George Molwantwa, Algeria’s Oussama Mordjane, Morocco’s Imad Azoui, and Ghana’s Mohammed Amadu.