PIRKKA TOURNAMENT 10.-11.5.2025
| Saturday 10th of May. | at 7.30 – 9.00 | Medical examination and weigh in, enrollment of the R&Js. |
| at 10.30 | Draw | |
| at 12.30 | R&J Meeting | |
| at 13.00 | Competition | |
| at 18.00 | Competition | |
| Sunday 11th of May. | at 8.00 | Medical examination |
| at 9.30 | R&J Meeting | |
| at 10.00 | Final bouts | |
HISTORY
International Pirkka Tournament is held annually in May in Tampere, Finland. The legacy of Pirkka Tournament started in 1987 and Tampere Boxing Association took charge of the organizing in 1989.
The tournament has been held every year since that and in 2023 we celebrated 35th edition of Pirkka Tournament. In 2020 and 2021 we were forced to cancel the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore the 34th edition was held in May 2022 in special circumstances. In 2024 the tournament moved to a new location, closer to the city center and is now held at the legendary Pyynikki Sports Hall. The 37th Pirkka Tournament will be held on 10.-11.5. May 2025.
Pirkka Tournament is well known, good standard boxing tournament. During the past 40+ years Tampere Boxing Association has gained a worldwide reputation as high level tournament organizer with experience from small gym competitions and annually held Elite Tammer Tournament to European Boxing Championships in 1981 and 2000 as well as World Boxing Championships in 1993.
During the 36 years of Pirkka Tournament history we’ve had the pleasure to host teams from 22 different countries addition to Finnish clubs: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Russia, Italy, Portugal, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel and USA.