EUBC President Franco Falcinelli will chair the meeting in Turkey ©EUBC

Changes to the European Boxing Confederation (EUBC) constitution and plans to establish an academy in Italy are set to be among the main topics when the body's Executive Committee meets in Antalya tomorrow.

The continental organisation will also hear updates on its financial situation and the bidding process for the European Boxing Championships next year.

Olympic qualification for Europe will be discussed, following the decision to suspend the recognition of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) and strip the embattled body of any involvement in organising the boxing tournament at Tokyo 2020.

The European qualifier is set to be held in London from March 13 to 23.

Possible alterations to the EUBC constitution will be considered, as AIBA prepares to go through a similar process as part of its bid to regain its status as the Olympic governing body for the sport.

AIBA last month established a reform group tasked with overhauling its statutes, which are set to be voted on at an Extraordinary Congress in March.

The worldwide body hopes a revamp of statutes will count in its favour, as it bids to regain recognition in time for Paris 2024.

Governance issues were a factor in the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stripping AIBA of its status in June.

The European boxing qualifier for Tokyo 2020 will also be discussed at the meeting ©Getty Images
The European boxing qualifier for Tokyo 2020 will also be discussed at the meeting ©Getty Images

The EUBC Executive Committee will also discuss the planned European Boxing Academy, a project spearheaded by President Franco Falcinelli.

Falcinelli, an AIBA vice-president, has been pushing for the creation of the facility in the Italian hillside town of Assisi.

He has been met with opposition from sections of the EUBC Executive Committee in the past, but the project was given the unanimous support of the ruling body in March.

The status of the facility, as well as the recognition from the EUBC and partnerships for the Academy, is on the agenda for tomorrow's meeting.

The centre was a contentious topic at the EUBC General Assembly in Moscow in February, as some members claimed they were blindsided by the proposal.

Falcinelli stressed, however, that the training centre had been previously discussed and raised under former AIBA President C K Wu, whom the Italian eventually helped remove from his position in a coup against the leadership.

A document seen by insidethegames shows Wu writing to Falcinelli in 2012 to lend AIBA backing to the project.