AIBA 2-star Referee & Judge Course was held after the Arab Youth Boxing Championships in Cairo

The first AIBA 2-star Referee & Judge Course in 2019 was held in the historical city of Cairo in Egypt after the Arab Youth Boxing Championships. Seventeen participants attended in this important educational course from several countries and among them five Referees & Judges arrived from our Asian continent.
The five Asian participants arrived from four different Western Asian countries: Basel Al-Mashtari of United Arab Emirates, Mohammad Neamah Al-Saedi of Iraq, Mohammad Abu Rmilah of Palestine, Bahgat Ibrahim Al-Sayed of Yemen and Mohamed Al-Khoori of United Arab Emirates raised the level of their experiences in Cairo.
Experienced officials such as Mr. Andrew Caulfield of Scotland and Mr. Mohamed Braham of Tunisia were the Instructors of the AIBA 2-star Referee & Judge Course in Cairo. The participants of the AIBA 2-star Referee & Judge Course had theoretical and practical lessons during the education.
There were AIBA 2-star Referee & Judge Courses in Ireland, in Indonesia, in Bulgaria and several other countries in 2018 and Cairo started the education courses in 2019. Asia will be hosting the several of the upcoming AIBA events and the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games therefore the education is one of the most important topics for the Asian Boxing Confederation (ASBC).
Current certified and active AIBA 1-star R&Js who certified for at least 12 months or current AIBA 2-star R&Js who are not active in the international level since 2012, were eligible to take part in the 2-star AIBA Refereeing & Judging Course in Egypt.
Before the AIBA 2-star Referee & Judge Course, the Arab Youth Boxing Championships was held in the Egyptian capital in Cairo which was a preparation event for the boxers before the main events such as the 2019 ASBC Asian Confederation Youth Boxing Championships. The Asian countries claimed one silver medal and twelve bronze medals in the new edition of the Arab Youth Boxing Championships.
Altogether 66 boxers from 12 countries competed in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships in Cairo. Egypt became the most successful country and topped the team rankings in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships ahead of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Kuwait and Iraq sent maximum number of 10 boxers in the Arab Youth Boxing Championships but Palestine, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Qatar attended also among the Asian countries.

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