1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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Tournament details
Host nation Algeria
DatesJanuary 23 – January 31
Teams21
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
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1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from January 23 to January 31, 2008, in Algiers, Algeria. [1]

Contents

Qualifying

21 teams participated in this tournament:

Number in ( ) is total boxer in each country

Competition System

The competition system of the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament is the knockout round system. Each boxer fights one match per round.

Super heavyweight

The Super Heavyweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Super Heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing more than 91 kilograms.

List of boxers

Medalists

Gold Newfel Ouatah
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria

Results

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Amanissi  (MAR)RET R2Flag of Ghana.svg  Haruna Osumanu  (GHA)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Newfel Ouatah  (ALG)17 – 6Flag of Senegal.svg  Stephane Gomis  (SEN)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Amanissi  (MAR)6 – 21Flag of Algeria.svg  Newfel Ouatah  (ALG)

Qualification to Olympic games

Heavyweight

The Heavyweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing between 81 - 91 kilograms.

List of boxers

Medalists

Gold Abdelaziz Touilbini
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria
Silver Mohamed Arjaoui
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco
Bronze Boyomo david Assiene
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon
Bronze Tobias Mabuta Munihango
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia

Results

Quarterfinal Round

2nd day
Flag of Ghana.svg  Awusone Yekeni  (GHA)9 - 14Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Arjaoui  (MAR)

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelaziz Touilbini  (ALG)RSC R3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Boyomo david Assiene  (CMR)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Tobias Mabuta Munihango  (NAM)6 - 10Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Arjaoui  (MAR)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelaziz Touilbini  (ALG)18 - 2Flag of Morocco.svg  Mohamed Arjaoui  (MAR)

Qualification to Olympic games

Light heavyweight

The Light Heavyweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Light Heavyweights were limited to those boxers weighing between 75 – 81 kilograms.

list of boxers

Medalists

Gold Abdelhafid Benchebla
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria

Results

Quarterfinal round

2nd day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Zouhair Boustane  (MAR)9 – 27Flag of South Africa.svg  Unathi Jacobs  (RSA)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Assane Faye  (SEN)4 – 19Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mourad Sahraoui  (TUN)

Semifinal round

3rd day
Flag of Ghana.svg  Bastir Samir  (GHA)8 – 27Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhafid Benchebla  (ALG)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Unathi Jacobs  (RSA)3 – 14Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mourad Sahraoui  (TUN)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhafid Benchebla  (ALG)WOFlag of Tunisia.svg  Mourad Sahraoui  (TUN)

Qualification to Olympic games

Middleweight

The Middleweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Middleweights were limited to those boxers weighing between 69 – 75 kilograms.

List of boxers

Medalists

Gold Mohamed Hikal
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt

Results

Quarterfinal Round

2nd day
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Odilo Machichi Leonard  (TAN)11 – 16Flag of Algeria.svg  Nabil Kassel  (ALG)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Jean Baptiste Bekondji  (CMR)3 – 20Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hikal  (EGY)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Shisia  (KEN)15 – 5Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Biembe Marco Herry Saliku  (COD)
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Mosolesa Tsie  (LES)RET R3Flag of Ghana.svg  Ahmed Saraku  (GHA)

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Nabil Kassel  (ALG)7 – 17Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hikal  (EGY)
Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Shisia  (KEN)0 – 14Flag of Ghana.svg  Ahmed Saraku  (GHA)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Nabil Kassel  (ALG)17 – 8Flag of Kenya.svg  Daniel Shisia  (KEN)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Hikal  (EGY)11 – 4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ahmed Saraku  (GHA)

Qualification to Olympic games

Welterweight

The Welterweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing between 64 – 69 kilograms.

list of boxers

Medalists

Gold Hosam Bakr Abdin
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt

Results

Quarterfinal Round

2nd day
Flag of Namibia.svg  Mujandjae Kasuto  (NAM)2 – 19Flag of Cameroon.svg  Joseph Mulema  (CMR)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Rached Merdassi  (TUN)6 – 3Flag of Lesotho.svg  Moses Kopo  (LES)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Mehdi Khalsi  (MAR)13 – 25Flag of Algeria.svg  Choayeb Oussassi  (ALG)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Hosam Bakr Abdin  (EGY)RSCOS R2Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Bruno Bongongo  (CAF)

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Joseph Mulema  (CMR)DSQ R3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Rached Merdassi  (TUN)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Choayeb Oussassi  (ALG)6 – 16Flag of Egypt.svg  Hosam Bakr Abdin  (EGY)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Rached Merdassi  (TUN)WOFlag of Algeria.svg  Choayeb Oussassi  (ALG)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Joseph Mulema  (CMR)3 – 14Flag of Egypt.svg  Hosam Bakr Abdin  (EGY)

Qualification to Olympic games

Light Welterweight

The Light Welterweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Light Welterweights were limited to those boxers weighing between 60 - 64 kilograms.

List of boxers

Medalists

Gold Driss Moussaid
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco

Results

Preliminary round

1st day
Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby  (EGY)28 - 21Flag of Ghana.svg  Sanuel Kotey Neequaye  (GHA)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Bao Abdou Aziz M  (SEN)WOFlag of Burkina Faso.svg  Hassane Mabalouit  (BUR)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hamza Hassini  (TUN)RSCOS R3Flag of Botswana.svg  Herbert Goabaone Nkabiti  (BOT)
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Tewolde Desta  (ETH)RSCI R3Flag of Tanzania.svg  Hashim Simon Petro  (TAN)

Quarterfinal round

2nd day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Rachid Tariket  (ALG)2 - 16Flag of Zambia.svg  Hastings Bwalya  (ZAM)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Driss Moussaid  (MAR)30 - 13Flag of Kenya.svg  Rayton Okwiri  (KEN)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby  (EGY)RSCOS R3Flag of Senegal.svg  Bao Abdou Aziz M  (SEN)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hamza Hassini  (TUN)24 - 2Flag of Tanzania.svg  Hashim Simon Petro  (TAN)

Semifinal round

3rd day
Flag of Zambia.svg  Hastings Bwalya  (ZAM)21 - 22Flag of Morocco.svg  Driss Moussaid  (MAR)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby  (EGY)9 - 21Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hamza Hassini  (TUN)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of Zambia.svg  Hastings Bwalya  (ZAM)21 - 3Flag of Egypt.svg  Abdel Rahman Salah Oraby  (EGY)

Final round

5th day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Driss Moussaid  (MAR)17 - 8Flag of Tunisia.svg  Hamza Hassini  (TUN)

Qualification to Olympic games

Lightweight

List of boxers

Medalists

Gold Saifeddine Nejmaoui
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia

Results

Preliminary round

1st day
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Daniel Tadele  (ETH)RSCOS R3Flag of Morocco.svg  Tahar Tamsamani  (MAR)
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Achille Apie  (CMR)RSC R3Flag of Egypt.svg  Gaber Abdelhamid Yasin  (EGY)
Flag of South Africa.svg  Owethu Mbira  (RSA)12 - 14Flag of Algeria.svg  Hamza Kramou  (ALG)
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Jean Paul Melly  (SEY)3 - 26Flag of Namibia.svg  Julius Indongo  (NAM)

Quarterfinal Round

2nd day
Flag of Botswana.svg  Gaolatlhe Mpotsang  (BOT)5 - 18Flag of Tunisia.svg  Saifeddine Nejmaoui  (TUN)
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Brice Rotaric Bassole  (BUR)WOFlag of Ghana.svg  Frederik Lawson  (GHA)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Tahar Tamsamani  (MAR)RSCOS R3Flag of Cameroon.svg  Achille Apie  (CMR)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Hamza Kramou  (ALG)17 - 10Flag of Namibia.svg  Julius Indongo  (NAM)

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Saifeddine Nejmaoui  (TUN)19 - 7Flag of Ghana.svg  Frederik Lawson  (GHA)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Tahar Tamsamani  (MAR)10 - 25Flag of Algeria.svg  Hamza Kramou  (ALG)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of Ghana.svg  Frederik Lawson  (GHA)RET R3Flag of Morocco.svg  Tahar Tamsamani  (MAR)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Saifeddine Nejmaoui  (TUN)11 - 4Flag of Algeria.svg  Hamza Kramou  (ALG)

Qualification to Olympic games

Featherweight

The Featherweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Featherweights were limited to those boxers weighing between 54–57 kilograms (119–126 lb).

List of boxers

Medalists

Results

Preliminary round

1st day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelkader Chadi  (ALG)RSCOS R3Flag of Botswana.svg  Thato Batshegi  (BOT)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Prince Octopus Dzanie  (GHA)19 - 6Flag of Kenya.svg  David Munyasia  (KEN)
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Larme Mhlongo  (CAF)5 - 18Flag of Tunisia.svg  Alaa Shili  (TUN)
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Siraj Mulugeta  (ETH)RSCOS R2Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Eliwa Ramadan  (EGY)

Quarterfinal round

2nd day
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Abdon Hyacenthe Mewoli  (CMR)4 - 16Flag of Lesotho.svg  Emanuel Thabiso Nketu  (LES)
Flag of Morocco.svg  Mahdi Ouatine  (MAR)15 - 9Flag of Senegal.svg  Tibust Mendes  (SEN)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelkader Chadi  (ALG)19 - 3Flag of Ghana.svg  Prince Octopus Dzanie  (GHA)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Alaa Shili  (TUN)14 - 9Flag of Egypt.svg  Mohamed Eliwa Ramadan  (EGY)

Semifinal round

3rd day
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Emanuel Thabiso Nketu  (LES)4 - 12Flag of Morocco.svg  Mahdi Ouatine  (MAR)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelkader Chadi  (ALG)23 - 14Flag of Tunisia.svg  Alaa Shili  (TUN)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Emanuel Thabiso Nketu  (LES)RSCI R4Flag of Tunisia.svg  Alaa Shili  (TUN)

Final round

5th day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Mahdi Ouatine  (MAR)WOFlag of Algeria.svg  Abdelkader Chadi  (ALG)

Qualification to Olympic games

Bantamweight

List of boxers

Medalists

Gold Abdelhalim Ouradi
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria

Results

Preliminary round

1st day
Flag of Botswana.svg  Khumiso Ikgopoleng  (BOT)22 - 6Flag of Cameroon.svg  Justin Ketchemi  (CMR)
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Emilian Polino  (TAN)10 - 17Flag of Namibia.svg  Immanuel Naidjala  (NAM)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Dabore Aboubacar Issaka  (NGR)DSQFlag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhalim Ouradi  (ALG)

Quarterfinal Round

2nd day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham Mesbahi  (MAR)22 - 6Flag of Ghana.svg  Issah Samir  (GHA)
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Tewodros Tilahun  (ETH)1 - 22Flag of South Africa.svg  Joseph Mhlongo  (RSA)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Alla Mohamed Abdel Rehim Rezk  (EGY)12 - 13Flag of Botswana.svg  Khumiso Ikgopoleng  (BOT)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Immanuel Naidjala  (NAM)5 - 12Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhalim Ouradi  (ALG)

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham Mesbahi  (MAR)11 - 1Flag of South Africa.svg  Joseph Mhlongo  (RSA)
Flag of Botswana.svg  Khumiso Ikgopoleng  (BOT)RET R2Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhalim Ouradi  (ALG)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of South Africa.svg  Joseph Mhlongo  (RSA)4 - 13Flag of Botswana.svg  Khumiso Ikgopoleng  (BOT)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Hicham Mesbahi  (MAR)0 - 6Flag of Algeria.svg  Abdelhalim Ouradi  (ALG)

Qualification to Olympic games

Flyweight

List of boxers

Medalists

Gold Walid Cherif
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia

Results

Preliminary round

1st day
Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelillah Nhaila  (MAR)WOFlag of Swaziland.svg  Vusi Simelane  (SWZ)

Quarterfinal Round

2nd day
Flag of South Africa.svg  Jackson Chauke  (RSA)2 - 9Flag of Tunisia.svg  Walid Cherif  (TUN)
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Dave Cesar  (SEY)4 - 20Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Molla Getachew  (ETH)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Evance Chungu  (ZAM)8 - 6Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Makassi Berlin Arthur Mbenguia  (CAF)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Abderrahim Mechenouai  (ALG)6 - 17Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelillah Nhaila  (MAR)

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Walid Cherif  (TUN)13 - 1Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Molla Getachew  (ETH)
Flag of Zambia.svg  Evance Chungu  (ZAM)6 - 19Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelillah Nhaila  (MAR)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Molla Getachew  (ETH)16 - 1Flag of Zambia.svg  Evance Chungu  (ZAM)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Walid Cherif  (TUN)19 - 1Flag of Morocco.svg  Abdelillah Nhaila  (MAR)

Qualification to Olympic games

Light flyweight

The Light Flyweight class in the 1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament competition was the lightest class. Light flyweights were limited to those boxers weighing less than 48 kilograms.

List of boxers

Medalists

Gold Jafet Uutoni
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia
Silver Suleiman Bilali
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya
Bronze Manyo Plange
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana

Results

Preliminary round

1st day
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Thomas Essomba  (CMR)28 - 11Flag of South Africa.svg  Lebogang Pilane  (RSA)

Quarterfinal Round

2nd day
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Natnael Getenet  (ETH)15 - 32Flag of Algeria.svg  Redouane Boubraouat  (ALG)
Flag of Swaziland.svg  Simanga Shiba  (SWZ)RSCOS R3Flag of Kenya.svg  Suleiman Bilali  (KEN)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Jafet Uutoni  (NAM)18 - 9Flag of Morocco.svg  Redouane Bouchtouck  (MAR)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Manyo Plange  (GHA)24 - 10Flag of Cameroon.svg  Thomas Essomba  (CMR)

Semifinal Round

3rd day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Redouane Boubraouat  (ALG)8 - 32Flag of Kenya.svg  Suleiman Bilali  (KEN)
Flag of Namibia.svg  Jafet Uutoni  (NAM)22 - 7Flag of Ghana.svg  Manyo Plange  (GHA)

3rd place Round

4th day
Flag of Algeria.svg  Redouane Boubraouat  (ALG)10 - 27Flag of Ghana.svg  Manyo Plange  (GHA)

Final Round

5th day
Flag of Kenya.svg  Suleiman Bilali  (KEN)RET 4Flag of Namibia.svg  Jafet Uutoni  (NAM)

Qualification to Olympic games

Medal summary

EventGoldSilverBronze
Light flyweight
details
Flag of Namibia.svg Jafet Uutoni Flag of Kenya.svg Suleiman Bilali Flag of Ghana.svg Manyo Plange
Flyweight
details
Flag of Tunisia.svg Walid Cherif Flag of Morocco.svg Abdelillah Nhaila Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg Molla Getachew
Bantamweight
details
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelhalim Ouradi Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham Mesbahi Flag of Botswana.svg Khumiso Ikgopoleng
Featherweight
details
Flag of Morocco.svg Mahdi Ouatine Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelkader Chadi Flag of Tunisia.svg Alaa Shili
Lightweight
details
Flag of Tunisia.svg Saifeddine Nejmaoui Flag of Algeria.svg Hamza Kramou Flag of Morocco.svg Tahar Tamsamani
Light Welterweight
details
Flag of Morocco.svg Driss Moussaid Flag of Tunisia.svg Hamza Hassini Flag of Zambia.svg Hastings Bwalya
Welterweight
details
Flag of Egypt.svg Hosam Bakr Abdin Flag of Cameroon.svg Joseph Mulema Flag of Algeria.svg Choayeb Oussassi
Middleweight
details
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Hikal Flag of Ghana.svg Ahmed Saraku Flag of Algeria.svg Nabil Kassel
Light Heavyweight
details
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelhafid Benchebla Flag of Tunisia.svg Mourad Sahraoui Flag of Ghana.svg Bastir Samir
Flag of South Africa.svg Unathi Jacobs
Heavyweight
details
Flag of Algeria.svg Abdelaziz Touilbini Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Arjaoui Flag of Cameroon.svg Boyomo David Assiene
Flag of Namibia.svg Tobias Mabuta Munihango
Super Heavyweight
details
Flag of Algeria.svg Newfel Ouatah Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Amanissi Flag of Senegal.svg Stephane Gomis
Flag of Ghana.svg Haruna Osumanu

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria  (ALG)4228
2Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco  (MAR)2417
3Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)2215
4Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)2002
5Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia  (NAM)1012
6Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana  (GHA)0123
7Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon  (CMR)0112
8Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya  (KEN)0101
9Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana  (BOT)0011
Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia  (ETH)0011
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal  (SEN)0011
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)0011
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia  (ZAM)0011
Totals (13 entries)11111335

Symbol of AIBA

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See also

References

  1. "Two Africans Make It To Beijing 2008". November 5, 2007.