2008 CEMAC Cup

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2008 CEMAC Cup
Tournament details
Host country Cameroon
Dates 14 - 24 June
Teams 6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Third placeFlag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 25 (2.5 per match)

The 2008 CEMAC Cup was the fifth edition of the CEMAC Cup, the football championship of Central African nations.

The CEMAC Cup was a non-commercialised football tournament that included only local league players from the Republic of Congo, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, Gabon and the Central African Republic. As the local leagues in these six countries are amateur leagues, it was a non-professional competition. However, it is a good competition for recruiters who want to sign new talent in European clubs.

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The tournament was held from 14 June to 26 June in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The tournament was played by 6 teams composed just by players based on local clubs. The first team players active in the 2010 World Cup qualification at the same time were not involved.

Yaoundé Place in Mfoundi, Centre

Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon and, with a population of more than 2.8 million, the second-largest city in the country after the port city Douala. It lies in the Centre Region of the nation at an elevation of about 750 metres (2,500 ft) above sea level.

Cameroon republic in West Africa

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Although Cameroon is not an ECOWAS member state, it geographically and historically is in West Africa with the Southern Cameroons which now form her Northwest and Southwest Regions having a strong West African history. The country is sometimes identified as West African and other times as Central African due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West and Central Africa.

First round

Group A

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 4211043
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3210122
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea 1201123
June 14, 2008 Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg12Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
June 16, 2008 Chad  Flag of Chad.svg22Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
June 18, 2008 Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg10Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea

Group B

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGA
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 4211053
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo 3210123
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 1201145
June 14, 2008 Congo  Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg21Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon
June 16, 2008 Gabon  Flag of Gabon.svg33Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
June 18, 2008 Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svg20Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo

Knockout round

Semi-finals

June 20, 2008 Chad  Flag of Chad.svg01Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
June 20, 2008 Central African Republic  Flag of the Central African Republic.svg01Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

3rd place playoff

June 23, 2008 Chad  Flag of Chad.svg02Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic

Final

Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg 3 - 0 Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo
Hervé Boumsong 29'
Eric Yopa 42'
Frédéric Nguimbous 77'


 2008 CEMAC Cup 
Flag of Cameroon.svg
Cameroon
Third title

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