Africa Olympic Qualifier

[donnellon]

Africa qualified 1 out of the 91 boxers at the World championships and yet now get another 48 from their qualifier which begins in Casablanca, Morocco, on 28 April! Ah well... we'll still have at go at picking them after the draw.

[mike222]

Only two African boxers have qualified thusfar one through the Worlds and one through the WSB.Both boxers come from Algeria and they have a good chance of qualifying their other eight boxers here.The Arabic nations should dominate with Morocco and Algeria to the fore and lesser so Egypt and Tunisia.Cameroon and Botswana also have strong teams.With 48 places available all semi-finalists and some quarter-finalists will go to London 2012 except at the two heaviest weights when only the finalists will qualify.Uganda do not appear to have sent a team
My top four in each weight are
108
Thomas Essomba CAMEROON
Abdelali Flissi MOROCCO
Peter Mungai KENYA
Bathuse Mogajane BOTSWANA
Namibian and Ethiopian boxers could surprise
114
Oteng Oteng BOTSANA
Ludovic Bactorat MAURITIUS
Abdel fatah Nafil MOROCCO
Samir Brahimi ALGERIA
123
Aboubaker Seddik Lbida MOROCCO
Bruno Julie MAURITIUS
Billel Mmandi TUNISIA
Ayabonga Sonjica SOUTH AFRICA
Botswana could surprise
132
Abdelkhader Chadi ALGERIA
Ahmed Tejiri TUNISIA
Mehdi Ouatine MOROCCO
Mmokoli Nogeng BOTSWANA
141
Richarno Colin MAURITIUS
Abdelhaka Atanari MOROCCO
Driss Moussaid ALGERIA
Abderraz Haouia TUNISIA
152
Ilyes Abbadi ALGERIA
Joseph Mulema CAMEROON
Kehinde Ademuyiwa NIGERIA
Rayton Nduku Okwiri KENYA
Moroccos entrant Aymen Mejiri is a danger
165
Mohamed Hikal GERMANY
James Joseph St Pierre MAURITIUS
Abdelmalek Rahou ALGERIA
Hassan Chagmeti TUNISIA or Babreddine Haddioui MOROCCO
178
Yahia Elmekachari TUNISIA
Lukmon Lawal NIGERIA
Amine Alafy EGYPT
Christian Adjoufack CAMEROON
201
Chouaib Boloudinet ALGERIA
Romarc Ngoula Tangoom CAMEROON
Assane Faye SENEGAL
Mohuto Tsenang BOTSWANA
+201
Blaize Mendoza CAMEROON
Mohamed Arjaoui MOROCCO
Aymen Trebalsi TUNISIA
Kamel Rahmani ALGERIA
This is the pick of the weights with all of the above are strong contenders

[mike222]

The prelims are now over and the first quarter-finals start on Tuesday.It is possible to qualify here without winning a bout.You can get a bye into the quarters and providing you face the eventual winner or the runner-up you will find yourself at London 2012.On the other hand you can be the second best in your weight class and go out in the prelims and fail to qualify.There has to be a better way to do this, when you realise the likes of Selimov and Ward will not be in London.I will post the qualifiers as they happen.

[donnellon]

It's daft to have qualifications based on losing to somebody who has no reason to go on and win or even reach a final, they may be injured, cut or exhausted or may even have a vested interest in keeping the guy they beat out of the Olympics eg if you beat Ward on a countback you would want him out of the games.

[mike222]

The first eight boxers to qualify for London are
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Mohammad Flissi ALG
Thomas Essombe CAM
Abdelali Darra MAR
Juliano Maquino MOZ
Two best losers also qualify
If Maqino reaches the final Antoine Koama of Burking Faso will qualify despite not winning one bout
132 LBS
Ahmed Mejiri CAM
Andrique Allsop SEY
Ahmed Mejiri TUN
Abdelkader Chadi ALG
Two best losers also qualify

[mike222]

More boxers who qualify for London 2012 are
114LBS
Micah Duke Ghana
Benson Gicharu Kenya
Oteng Oteng Botswana
Samir Brahimi Algeria
Two best losers will also qualify
178 LBS
Christian Adjoufack Cameroon
Yahia Elmekachari Tunisia
Lukman Lawal Nigeria
Ahmed Barki Morocco
Best loser will also qualify
At Superheavy the semi-finalists are
Charles Okoth Kenya
Mohamed Arjaoui Morocco
Blaise Mendoza Cameroon
Only two will qualify with one wild card

[mike222]

More qualifiers for London2012
123LBS
Ayabonga Sonjica South Africa
Isaac Dogboe Ghana
Abdoukadir Lbida Morocco
Romeo Lemboumba Gabon
152LBS
Mehdi Khalsi Morocco
Ilyas Abbadi Algeria
Sipihe Lusizi South Africa
Mohemad Diaby Malawi
Algeria have six qualifiers so far
More tonight

[mike222]

Tonights Olympic qualifiers
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Brice Romaric Bassole Burking Faso
Abdelhak Aatanari Morocco
Eslam Aly Egypt
Abderrazak Haouia Tunisia
165
Badreddine Haddioui Morocco
Muideen Akamji Nigeria
Mujandjae Kasuto Namibia
Abdelmalek Rahou Algeria
Semi-finals next up

[mike222]

Four more boxers who have qualified for London
108LBS
Ramy El-Awadi Egypt
Suleyman Tetteh Ghana
141LBS
Richarno Colin Mauritius
Gilbert Choombe Zambia
That completes the quota at these weights

[mike222]

Almost there just two more to qualify tomorrow
This evenings qualifiers
114 Olivier Lavigilante Mauritius
Hesham Mahmood Abdelaal Egypt
132 Shafick Chetou Benin
Mohamed Ramadan Alioua Egypt
152 Yannick Mitoumba Gabon
Selemani Kidunda Tanzania
201 Chouaib Bouludinats Algeria
Maxwell Amposah Ghana
+201 Blaize Mendoza Cameroon
Mohamed Arjaoui Algeria

[mike222]

The final two qualifiers are
123 Jonas Matheus Namibia
165 Mohamed Hikal Egypt
A host of countries qualified one or two boxers but the big winners were
Morocco (Hosts) 7
Algeria 6-bringing their qualifiers to 8
Egypt 5
Caameroon 4
Ghana 4
Tunisia 3