May 23, 2009 - 17:35 AMT
Eight countries do not participate in World Junior Boxing Championship
Today World Junior Boxing Championship started in Yerevan. As the Armenian Boxing Federation reports, national teams of 42 countries take part in the Championship.

8 national teams, previously applied for participated, have not come to the tournament, particularly from Venezuela, Tunis, Check Republic, Slovakia, Nigeria, Mongolia, Ghana and Botswana.

54 teams applied for participation, later teams of Mexico, Argentina, Wales, Turkmenistan refused from participation.

Thus, national teams from 42 countries have arrive in Yerevan, including Algeria, Australia, Belorussia, Bulgaria, China, Taiwan, Cyprus, Cuba, Dominican Republic, England, Ecuador, Finland, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Kirgizia, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldavia, Montenegro, Morocco, Poland, Puerto Rico, Croatia, Romania, Russia, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, U.S., Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Serbia and Armenia.