First opponents of Armenian boxers confirmed at the U19 European Championships
- Author: Vahe Hakobyan
- Sportaran
The first opponents of the Armenian national team representatives at the European U19 Boxing Championships, held under the auspices of European Boxing, have been confirmed.
Armenia is represented by 15 boxers at the continental championships — ten male and five female athletes. The tournament draw took place in Lonice on August 12.
First opponents of the Armenian boxers
Men:
- 50 kg (Round of 16): Tigran Kirakosyan — Pavle Popovic (Serbia)
- 55 kg (Round of 16): Vahram Dovlatbekyan — Manuel Buendo (Spain) / Dominik Gombai (Hungary)
- 60 kg (Round of 32): Artur Avetisyan — Ali Bagishov (Azerbaijan)
- 65 kg (Round of 32): Suren Katvalyan — Romans Ilyins (Latvia)
- 70 kg (Round of 32): Samvel Aslanyan — Santiago Pardo (Spain)
- 75 kg (Round of 32): Alen Stepanyan — Kirill Shinkar (Russia)
- 80 kg (Round of 32): Samvel Siramargyan — Joseph Salelashvili (Israel)
- 85 kg (Round of 16): Tigran Sargsyan — Mathis Moser (Switzerland) / Gyula Bozai (Hungary)
- 90 kg (Round of 16): Vardan Avetisyan — Reke Markuss (Latvia)
- +90 kg: Aram Tumanyan — Ivan Baibakov (Russia)
Women:
- 48 kg (Round of 16): Suzanna Ishkhanyan — Azra Nur Cetin (Turkey)
- 51 kg (Round of 16): Amest Afrikyan — Ksenia Ovechkina (Russia)
- 54 kg (Round of 32): Eva Khlghatyan — Sofia Orlova (Belarus)
- 57 kg (Round of 16): Anahit Harutyunyan — Hayley Siobhan (England)
- 60 kg (Quarterfinal): Elen Papyan — Pinar Elcik (Turkey) / Karolina Korallova (Slovakia)
Armenia national team roster
Men:
50 kg — Tigran Kirakosyan
55 kg — Vahram Dovlatbekyan
60 kg — Artur Avetisyan
65 kg — Suren Katvalyan
70 kg — Samvel Aslanyan
75 kg — Alen Stepanyan
80 kg — Samvel Siramargyan
85 kg — Tigran Sargsyan
90 kg — Vardan Avetisyan
Over 90 kg — Aram Tumanyan
Karen Aghamalyan is the head coach of Armenia’s men’s youth team. Nver Vardanyan and Sergey Sargsyan are also part of the coaching staff.
Women:
48 kg — Suzanna Ishkhanyan
51 kg — Amest Afrikyan
54 kg — Eva Khlghatyan
57 kg — Anahit Harutyunyan
60 kg — Elen Papyan
Vazgen Badalyan is the head coach of the women’s team, with Artur Melkumyan serving as coach.
The U19 European Championships are taking place from August 13 to 22, 2026.
The competition will be available to watch live on the European Boxing YouTube channel.