Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 5 competitors, 3 males and 2 females with a maximum of 1 competitor in each weight category. 62 places were decided at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 14–24 April 2014.[1] The top 5 male and top 4 female boxers of each weight category qualified to the Youth Olympics.[2] As hosts, China was given two quotas, 1 per each gender to compete.[2] Initially 14 quotas, 9 males and 5 females were given to the Tripartite Commission, however the spots were not allocated due to lack of technical abilities and safety concerns thus the quotas were reallocated based on the results from the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships.[1]
To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997. Furthermore, all athletes must have participated at the 2014 AIBA Youth World Championships.[2]
The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[3] Three sessions will be held per day during the preliminary, semifinals and ranking rounds.
^Bozza, Gennaro (2014-08-27). "Olimpiadi giovanili: Arecchia oro nella boxe" [Youth Olympics: Arecchia gold in boxing]. La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Nanjing, China. Retrieved 2015-07-07.
