2008 African Amputee Football Cup of Nations

2008 African Amputee Football Cup of Nations

Tournament details
Host country	Liberia
City	Monrovia
Dates	30 Mar – 6 Apr
Teams	4
Venue	1
Final positions
Champions	Liberia (1st title)
Runners-up	Sierra Leone
Third place	Angola
Fourth place	Nigeria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	16 (1.6 per match)
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The 2008 African Amputee Football Cup of Nations was the 2nd edition of the international competition of amputee football national men's teams in Africa. It was organized by the Amputee Football Federation of Africa (AFFA), and was held in Monrovia, Liberia between 30 March and 6 April 2008.

Liberia won the title for the first time, defeating Sierra Leone in the final. Angola became bronze medalist. ^[1]

Participating nations

Four nations competed in the tournament. All of them qualified for the knockout stage.

•   Angola
•   Liberia
•   Nigeria
•   Sierra Leone

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	P
Nigeria	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Liberia	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6
Sierra Leone	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
Angola	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

30 March 2008
14:00 GMT	Liberia		2 - 0		Sierra Leone	Antoinette Tubman Stadium
31 March 2008
14:00 GMT	Angola		2 - 2		Sierra Leone	Antoinette Tubman Stadium
16:00 GMT	Liberia		0 - 1		Nigeria	Antoinette Tubman Stadium
1 April 2008
16:00 GMT	Sierra Leone		3 - 1		Nigeria	Antoinette Tubman Stadium
2 April 2008
16:00 GMT	Nigeria		2 - 0		Angola	Antoinette Tubman Stadium
3 April 2008
16:00 GMT	Liberia		2 - 0		Angola	Antoinette Tubman Stadium

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals					Gold medal
	1	Nigeria	0 (4)
	2	Liberia	0 (5)
						2	Liberia	1
						3	Sierra Leone	0
	3	Sierra Leone	0 (4)
	4	Angola	0 (3)			Bronze medal
						1	Nigeria	0 (4)
						4	Angola	0 (5)

Semi-finals

4 April 2008
14:00 GMT	Nigeria		0 – 0 (pen. 4 – 5)		Liberia	Antoinette Tubman Stadium
16:00 GMT	Sierra Leone		0 – 0 (pen. 4 – 3)		Angola	Antoinette Tubman Stadium

3rd place

6 April 2008
14:00 GMT	Nigeria		0 – 0 (pen. 4 – 5)		Angola	Antoinette Tubman Stadium

Final

6 April 2008
16:00 GMT	Liberia		1 – 0		Sierra Leone	Antoinette Tubman Stadium

Rankings

Rank	Team
1	Liberia
2	Sierra Leone
3	Angola
4	Nigeria

2008 African Amputee Football Cup of Nations
Liberia First title

References

1. "Liberia Defeats Sierra Leone to Win Second All-Africa Amputee Cup of Nations". Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved October 12, 2025.