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1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from January 23 to January 31, 2008 in Algiers, Algeria.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host nation | Algeria |
| Dates | January 23 – January 31 |
| Teams | 21 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Official website | |
| tournament website | |
Qualifying Edit
21 teams participated in this tournament:
- Algeria (11)
- Burkina Faso (2)
- Botswana (4)
- Egypt (6)
- Ethiopia (6)
- Ghana (9)
- Kenya (4)
- Lesotho (3)
- Morocco (10)
- Namibia (5)
- Nigeria (1)
- Central African Republic (3)
- Cameroon (7)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
- South Africa (5)
- Senegal (4)
- Seychelles (2)
- Swaziland (2)
- Tanzania (3)
- Tunisia (6)
- Zambia (2)
Number in ( ) is total boxer in each country
Competition System Edit
The competition system of the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament is the knockout round system. Each boxer fights one match per round.
Medal summary Edit
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light flyweight | Jafet Uutoni | Suleiman Bilali | Manyo Plange |
| Flyweight | Walid Cherif | Abdelillah Nhaila | Molla Getachew |
| Bantamweight | Abdelhalim Ouradi | Hicham Mesbahi | Khumiso Ikgopoleng |
| Featherweight | Mahdi Ouatine | Abdelkader Chadi | Alaa Shili |
| Lightweight | Saifeddine Nejmaoui | Hamza Kramou | Tahar Tamsamani |
| Light Welterweight | Driss Moussaid | Hamza Hassini | Hastings Bwalya |
| Welterweight | Hosam Bakr Abdin | Joseph Mulema | Choayeb Oussassi |
| Middleweight | Mohamed Hikal | Ahmed Saraku | Nabil Kassel |
| Light Heavyweight | Abdelhafid Benchebla | Mourad Sahraoui | Bastir Samir Unathi Jacobs |
| Heavyweight | Abdelaziz Touilbini | Mohamed Arjaoui | Boyomo David Assiene Tobias Mabuta Munihango |
| Super Heavyweight | Newfel Ouatah | Mohamed Amanissi | Stephane Gomis Haruna Osumanu |
Medal table Edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algeria (ALG) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Morocco (MAR) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Tunisia (TUN) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Egypt (EGY) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Namibia (NAM) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Ghana (GHA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Botswana (BOT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ethiopia (ETH) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Senegal (SEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| South Africa (RSA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (13 entries) | 11 | 11 | 13 | 35 | |
Symbol of AIBA Edit
| KO | DSQ | BDSQ | JURY | RSC | RSCH | RSCI | RSCOS | NC | WO | RET | R |
| Knockout | Disqualified | Both disqualified | Result determined by jury votes | Referee stop contest | Referee stop contest by head blow | Referee stop contest by injured | Referee stop contest outscored | No contest | Walkover | Retired | Round |