1st AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from January 23 to January 31, 2008 in Algiers

Algiers

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Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

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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.

Medal summary

Light flyweight	Jafet Uutoni	Suleiman Bilali Suleiman Bilali Suleiman Wanjau Bilali is a Kenyan light flyweight boxer. He has represented Kenya numerous times at international competitions....	Manyo Plange Manyo Plange Manyo Plange is a Ghanaian boxer who won silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics....
Flyweight	Walid Cherif Walid Cherif Walid Cherif is a boxer from Tunisia, who won the gold medal in 2003 at the All-Africa Games in Abuja, Nigeria.He also participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native North African country. There he was beaten in the first round of the Flyweight division by Georgia's Nikoloz Izoria.Cherif...	Abdelillah Nhaila Abdelillah Nhaila Abdelillah Nhaila is a Moroccan amateur boxer who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics but lost his first bout to Samir Mammadov.-External links:*...	Molla Getachew
Bantamweight	Abdelhalim Ouradi Abdelhalim Ouradi Abdelhalim Ourradi is an Algerian boxer. He won the 2007 All-African title in the bantamweight division and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics for his native North African country.-Career:...	Hicham Mesbahi Hicham Mesbahi Hicham Mesbahi is a boxer from Morocco who, as of 2008, has participated in three Olympics. He was born in Casablanca.In 2000, when Sydney hosted the Summer Olympics, he fell in the second round...	Khumiso Ikgopoleng Khumiso Ikgopoleng Khumiso Stephen Ikgopoleng is a boxer from Botswana, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There he was eliminated in the second round of the men's featherweight division by Nigeria's Muideen Ganiyu.Ikgopoleng carried the flag of Botswana at the opening ceremony of the...
Featherweight	Mahdi Ouatine Mahdi Ouatine Mahdi/Mehdi Ouatine is a Moroccan amateur boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics by winning the 1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament‎ in the featherweight division. He lost his Olympic debut 1:10 to Mongolian Zorigtbaataryn Enkhzorig.-External links:*...	Abdelkader Chadi Abdelkader Chadi Abdelkader Chadi is an Algerian boxer who won the All-African title 2007 at featherweight. He also qualified for the Olympics.-Career:...	Alaa Shili Alaa Shili Alaa Shili is a Tunisian boxer who won the featherweight silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games and to qualified for the 2008 Olympics.-Career:...
Lightweight	Saifeddine Nejmaoui Saifeddine Nejmaoui Saifeddine Nejmaoui is a Tunisian boxer who won the lightweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games and twice competed at the Olympic Games: 2004 and 2008.In Athens 2004 he lost his first match to Frenchman Khedafi Djelkhir...	Hamza Kramou Hamza Kramou Hamza Kramou is an Algerian amateur boxer. He won bronze at the 2006 Junior World Championships and fought in the 2008 Olympics.-Career:...	Tahar Tamsamani Tahar Tamsamani Tahar Tamsamani is a Moroccan boxer who participated in three Olympic tournaments. He was born in Marrakech.-Olympic Games performances:...
Light Welterweight	Driss Moussaid Driss Moussaid Driss Moussaid is a boxer from Morocco who won Bronze at the World Junior Championships 2006 and qualified for the Olympics 2008 at junior welter.-Career:...	Hamza Hassini Hamza Hassini Hamza Hassini is a Tunisian amateur boxer. He qualified for the 2008 Olympics in the Light Welterweight division.Hassini defeated, among others, Herbert Nkabiti and Abdelrahman Salah. A final loss to fellow qualifier Driss Moussaid was meaningless.At the Olympics, he lost to Iranian Morteza...	Hastings Bwalya Hastings Bwalya Hastings Bwalya is a Zambian boxer who won the 2007 All-Africa Games at junior welter, and then competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
Welterweight	Hosam Bakr Abdin Hosam Bakr Abdin Hussein Bakr Abdin Hosam is an Egyptian boxer who won a welterweight bronze at the 2007 All-Africa Games and later qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics.-Career:...	Joseph Mulema Joseph Mulema Joseph Mulema is a welterweight boxer from Cameroon who fought at the 2008 Olympics.-External links:*...	Choayeb Oussassi
Middleweight	Mohamed Hikal Mohamed Hikal Mohamed Hikal is a male boxer from Egypt. He is best known for having won a bronze medal in the men's middleweight division at the 2005 World Amateur Boxing Championships.-Career:...	Ahmed Saraku Ahmed Saraku Ahmed Saraku is a Ghanaian amateur boxer who won silver at the 2007 All-Africa Games at middleweight and qualified for the Olympics.-Career:...	Nabil Kassel Nabil Kassel Nabil Kassel is an Algerian boxer best known to win the middleweight gold at the 2007 All-Africa Games. The family name is Kassel, Algerians generally write this first .-Career:...
Light Heavyweight	Abdelhafid Benchebla Abdelhafid Benchebla Abdelhafid Benchabla is an Algerian boxer. He represented Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and is the current World Series of Boxing Light heavyweight champion.-Career:...	Mourad Sahraoui Mourad Sahraoui Mourad Sahraoui is an amateur boxer from Tunisia best known to win Gold in the heavyweight division at the 2007 All-African Games.-Career:...	Bastir Samir Bastir Samir Bastir Samir is a Ghanaian boxer who won silver in the welterweight division at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He qualified for the Olympics 2008 in the light-heavyweight division.-Career:...     Unathi Jacobs
Heavyweight	Abdelaziz Touilbini	Mohamed Arjaoui Mohamed Arjaoui Mohamed Arjaoui is a Moroccan amateur boxer.Arjaoui qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics at Heavyweight. He beat Awusone Yekeni in the process, a final loss to Abdelaziz Toulbini was meaningless....	Boyomo David Assiene    Tobias Mabuta Munihango Tobias Mabuta Munihango Tobias Mabuta Munihango is a Namibian amateur boxer.Munihango finished in third place at the 1st AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in January 2008 in Algeria but did not qualify for Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics on a technicality...
Super Heavyweight	Newfel Ouatah Newfel Ouatah Newfel Ouatah, born November 8, 1985 at Lyon) is a French–[Kabyle.[Algeria]]n pro boxer best known to for his amateur success.He won a Gold medal of 2007 African Championship in Tananarive at super heavyweight, a silver medal at the All African Games in Algiers and fought at the 2008 Olympics...	Mohamed Amanissi Mohamed Amanissi Mohamed Amanissi is a Moroccan boxer who qualified for the 2008 Olympics at Super Heavyweight.At the 2005 World Championships he lost against Mike Wilson 20:27, in 2007 he lost to Czech Vladimir Prusa 16:22. At the first qualifier 2008 he lost to local Newfel Ouatah 8:21...	Stephane Gomis    Haruna Osumanu

Medal table

1	align=left	|4	2	2	8
2	align=left	|2	4	1	7
3	align=left	|2	2	1	5
4	align=left	|2	0	0	2
5	align=left	|1	0	1	2
6	align=left	|0	1	2	3
7	align=left	|0	1	1	2
8	align=left	|0	1	0	1
9	align=left	|0	0	1	1
	align=left	|0	0	1	3
	align=left	|0	0	1	3
	align=left	|0	0	1	3
	align=left	|0	0	1	3

Symbol of AIBA

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

See also

• 1st AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  1st AIBA European 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  1st AIBA European Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from February 25 – March 1, 2008 in Roseto degli Abruzzi-Pescara, Italy. During the tournament 250 boxers from 40 countries competed for 26 Olympic qualifiyng places in 11 different weight categories.-Qualifying:40 teams participated...
  
  
• 2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  2nd AIBA African 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
  The 2nd AIBA African Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held from 24 March to 29 March 2008 in Windhoek, Namibia. It was held at the Gymnasium Hall of the University of Namibia.- Competition System :...