The 21st edition of the Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth International Boxing Tournament will be starting in Vilnius, Lithuania tomorrow.
Lithuania hosts three top international events every year and their first, the prestigious Danas Pozniakas will take place for the U19 boxers this week.
Armenia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, host Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and Ukraine will be the participating nations in the event.
The President of the Lithuanian Boxing Federation Mr. Darius Saluga and the Secretary General of the NF, Mr. Donatas Macianskas will arrange a fantastic competition in Vilnius.
Vilnius is famous of its baroque architecture, its Medieval Old Town, cathedrals, churches, parks, peaceful environment and top quality restaurants.
Boxers who were born in 2008 or in 2009 will be eligible to participate in the next 21st Danas Pozniakas Youth Tournament.
The competition was named after Lithuania’s national boxing hero Mr. Danas Pozniakas who claimed gold medal at the Mexico 1968 Olympic Games representing the Soviet Union and also crowned three-times in the history of the European Boxing Championships. During his long and successful career Lithuanian boxing icon, Danas Pozniakas won 203 bouts out of his 217 total contests in the '1960s.
The men’s boxers will able to compete in the following 10 categories in Vilnius: 50kg, 55kg, 60kg, 65kg, 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 85kg, 90kg and +90kg.
The facts of the Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth Tournament
Name: Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth Tournament
Competition Period: March 18 – 21
Venue: Vilnius, Lithuania
Gender: Women & Men
Age Group: U19
Date of Birth of the boxers: 2008-2009 born boxers
The schedule of the Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth Tournament
March 17 – Arrivals of the delegations
March 17, 19:00 – Technical Meeting
March 18, 07:30-09:30 – Medical Examination & General weigh-in
March 18, 10:00 – Official Draw
March 18, 15:00 – Opening Ceremony
March 18, 15:15 – Day1 competition
March 19, 13:00 – Day2 competition
March 20, 13:00 – Day3 competition
March 20, 19:00 – Dinner for the officials
March 21, 13:00 – Day4 competition with the finals
March 22 – Departures of the delegations
The boxers who need to be watched in the Danas Pozniakas U19 Youth Tournament
- Mateusz Adamski, Poland, 55kg – Quarter-finalist in the 2024 European Junior Boxing Championships
- Jokubas Nedzinskas, Lithuania, 60kg – Quarter-finalist in the 2024 European Junior Boxing Championships
- Tomas Glovcik, Czechia, 65kg – Bronze medallist at the 2022 European Schoolboys Boxing Championships
- Matas Naumcev, Lithuania, 75kg – Quarter-finalist in the 2024 European Junior Boxing Championships
- Dietrich Hermann, Germany, 80kg – Quarter-finalist in the 2025 European U19 Boxing Championships
- Samvel Siramargyan, Armenia, 80kg – European Youth Champion
- Aleksander Sikora, Poland, 85kg – Quarter-finalist in the 2025 European U17 Boxing Championships