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Pic: The victorious Kenya team with AIBA Technical Delegate Professor Aghajan Abiyev and AIBA African Confederation President Dr. Abdellah Bessalem (far right)
Prince Octopus Dzanie's 13:3 win over Ashley Dlamini in their 57kg bronze medal box-off and an incredible come-from-behind victory by Durodola Olanrewaju of Nigeria in the 91kg final on the final day of the Olympic qualifier in Windhoek, Namibia saw Ghana and Nigeria join Kenya as top qualifiers at the 2nd AIBA Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament on Saturday.
Each nation qualified four boxers in Windhoek (a total of 15 countries are represented in the final tally of 29 Olympic qualified boxers) while Kenya - named team of the tournament - and Ghana had qualified one and two boxers respectively at the 1st Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament in Algiers, Algeria.
After Friday's semifinals where 20 boxers (including four from Kenya), boxed their way to Beijing, nine vacancies remained unfilled with 48kg to 69kg and 81kg bronze medal bouts and the 91kg final offering the last Olympic tickets for African boxers.
Uganda, South Africa, Tanzania, Ghana, Namibia, Cameroon, Morocco and Nigeria all shared the bronze medal qualifying spots amongst the eight weight categories while Olanrewaju came from 4-0 down to tie his 91kg final bout against Abgonso Yao from Togo at 5-5. The bout, and the final Olympic qualifying spot of the evening, was awarded to Olanrewaju on accepted points 12:11 much to the delight of the jubilant Nigerian fans.
The 2nd AIBA Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament completes the qualifying process for Africa with Morocco topping the African qualifying table with 10 qualified boxers followed by Algeria, and Ghana with eight and six respectively.
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2nd AIBA Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament - Windhoek, Namibia
Boxers Qualified by Weight |
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Weight in kg |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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Light Flyweight
Up to 48kg |
Essomba Thomas (CMR) |
Bouchtouk Redouane (MAR) |
Ronald Sergo (UGA) |
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Flyweight
Over 48 to 51kg |
Cassius Chiyanikab (ZAM) |
Bernard Ngumba (KEN) |
Jackson Chauke (RSA) |
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Bantamweight
Over 51 to 54kg |
Issah Samir (GHA) |
Louis R. Bruno Julie (MRI) |
Emiliani P. Polino (TAN) |
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Featherweight
Over 54 to 57kg |
Nicholas Okongo Okoth (KEN) |
Ghato Batshegi (BOT) |
Prince Octopus Dzanie (GHA) |
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Lightweight
Over 57 to 60kg |
Jean de Dieu Solonianina (MAD) |
Rasheed Lawal (NGR) |
Juluis M. Indongo (NAM) |
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Light Welterweight
Over 60 to 64kg |
Louis Richardo Colin (MRI) |
Samuel Kotey (GHA) |
Smaila Mahaman (CMR) |
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Welterweight
Over 64 to 69kg |
Mejandjae Kasuto (NAM) |
Nickson Abaka (KEN) |
Khalisi Mandy (MAR) |
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Middleweight
Over 69 to 75kg |
Badou Jack (GAM) |
Herry Saliku Biembe (RDC) |
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Light Heavyweight
Over 75 to 81kg |
Bastie Samir (GHA) |
Aziz Ali (KEN) |
Izobo Dauda (NGR) |
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Heavyweight
Over 81 to 91kg |
Durodola Olanrewaju (NGR) |
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Super Heavyweight
+91kg |
Mohamed Amanissi (MAR) |
Ehwarieme Onorioge (NGR) |
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2nd AIBA Africa Olympic Qualification Tournament - Windhoek, Namibia
Boxers Qualified by Country |
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Country |
Qualified Boxers |
Total |
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Kenya |
Bernard Ngumba (51kg Silver)
Nicholas Okongo Okoth (57kg Gold)
Nickson Abaka (69kg Silver)
Aziz Ali (81kg Silver) |
4 |
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Ghana |
Issah Samir (54kg Gold)
Samuel Kotey (64kg Silver)
Bastie Samir (81kg Gold)
Prince Octopus Dzanie (57kg Bronze) |
4 |
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Nigeria |
Rasheed Lawal (60kg Silver)
Ehwarieme Onorioge (+91kg)
Izobo Dauda (81kg Bronze)
Durodola Olanrewaju (91kg Gold) |
4
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Morocco |
Bouchtouk Redouane (48kg Silver)
Mohamed Amanissi (+91kg)
Khalisi Mandy (69kg Bronze) |
3 |
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Cameroon |
Essomba Thomas (48kg Gold)
Smaila Mahaman (64kg Bronze) |
2 |
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Mauritius |
Louis R. Bruno Julie (54kg Silver)
Louis Richardo Colin (64kg Gold) |
2 |
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Namibia |
Mejandjae Kasuto (69kg Gold)
Juluis M. Indongo (60kg Bronze) |
2 |
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Botswana |
Ghato Batshegi (57kg Silver) |
1 |
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RD Congo |
Herry Saliku Biembe (75kg Silver) |
1 |
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Gambia |
Badou Jack (75kg Gold) |
1 |
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Madagascar |
Jean de Dieu Solonianina (60kg Gold) |
1 |
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Zambia |
Cassius Chiyanikab (51kg Gold) |
1 |
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South Africa |
Jackson Chauke (51kg Bronze) |
1 |
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Tanzania |
Emiliani P. Polino (54kg Bronze) |
1 |
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Uganda |
Ronald Sergo (48kg Bronze) |
1 |
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Total: 15 |
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29 |
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Qualification Summary for the African Continent |
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CONTINENT/ COUNTRY |
NUMBER OF QUALIFIED BOXERS |
AIBA World Championships Chicago 2007 |
1st AIBA Africa Qualifying Tournament |
2nd AIBA Africa Qualifying Tournament |
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AFRICA |
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Morocco |
10 |
1 Chicago |
6 Algiers |
3 Windhoek |
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Algeria |
8 |
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8 Algiers |
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Ghana |
6 |
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2 Algiers |
4 Windhoek |
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Kenya |
5 |
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1 Algiers |
4 Windhoek |
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Tunisia |
5 |
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5 Algiers |
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Nigeria |
4 |
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4 Windhoek |
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Cameroon |
3 |
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1 Algiers |
2 Windhoek |
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Egypt |
3 |
1 Chicago |
2 Algiers |
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Namibia |
3 |
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1 Algiers |
2 Windhoek |
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Botswana |
2 |
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1 Algiers |
1 Windhoek |
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Zambia |
2 |
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1 Algiers |
1 Windhoek |
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Mauritius |
2 |
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2 Windhoek |
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RD Congo |
1 |
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1 Windhoek |
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Ethiopia |
1 |
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1 Algiers |
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Gambia |
1 |
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1 Windhoek |
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Madagascar |
1 |
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1 Windhoek |
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South Africa |
1 |
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1 Windhoek |
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Tanzania |
1 |
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1 Windhoek |
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Uganda |
1 |
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1 Windhoek |
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Total: 19 |
60 |
2 |
29 |
29 |
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