2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup explained

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2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
Season:	2008
Champions:	Primeiro de Agosto (4th title)
Runners Up:	ES Sahel
Third Place:	ASA
Fourth Place:	Stade Nabeulien
Teams:	12
Dates:	12–21 December 2009
Mvp N:	ANG
Ppg:	17.8
Ppg N:	LBA
Rebounds Leader:	Alamien Yagoub
Rpg:	12.6
Rpg N:	LBA
Apg:	3.4
Apg N:	LBA

The 2008 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (23rd edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Sousse and Hammam, Tunisia, from December 12 to 21, 2008. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa, and hosted by Étoile Sportive du Sahel, was contested by 12 teams split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semifinals and final. The tournament was won by Primeiro de Agosto from Angola, thus successfully retaining its title.

Qualification

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Draw

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B
APR AS Swallows ASA Étoile Sahel Kano Pillars Lupopo	Al Shabab BACK BC Onatra Primeiro de Agosto Stade Nabeulien Union Bank

Squads

See main article: 2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads. ^[2]

Preliminary round

Times given below are in UTC+1.

Group A

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the quarter-finals

width=15		width=220	Group A	width=20	M	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=30	Diff	width=20	P
1.	Étoile Sahel	5	5	0	479	301	+178	10
2.	APR	5	4	1	381	346	+35	8
3.	ASA	5	4	1	348	322	+26	8
4.	Kano Pillars	5	2	3	304	312	-8	4
5.	AS Swallows	5	1	4	303	354	−51	2
6.	Lupopo	5	1	4	303	354	−51	2

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Group B

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the quarter-finals

width=15	width=220	Group B	width=20	M	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	PF	width=20	PA	width=30	Diff	width=20	P
1.	5	5	0	402	349	+53	10
2.	5	3	2	411	338	+73	8
3.	5	3	2	321	304	+17	6
4.	5	2	3	302	348	-46	2
5.	5	1	4	345	368	-23	2
6.	5	1	4	311	385	-74	2

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Gold medal game

Final standings

Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
	Primeiro de Agosto	8–0
	Étoile Sahel	7–1
	ASA	6–2
4	Stade Nabeulien	4–4
5	Kano Pillars	4–4
6	Al Shabab	3–5
7	Union Bank	4–4
8	APR	4–4
9	AS Swallows	3–4
10	BC Onatra	2–5
11	BACK	2–5
12	Lupopo	1–6

Primeiro de Agosto roster
Mayzer Alexandre, Armando Costa, Adilson Baza, Olímpio Cipriano, Joaquim Gomes, Felizardo Ambrósio, Vladimir Ricardino, Francisco Jordão, Simão João, Carlos Almeida, Miguel Lutonda, Rodrigo Mascarenhas Coach: Luís Magalhães

All Tournament Team

	Omar Mouhli
	Mohamed Mrsal
	Atef Maoua
	Dennis Ebikoro
	Joaquim Gomes "Kikas"

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Qualifying Round . FIBA.com . 2013-08-01.
Web site: Teams . https://archive.today/20140818045147/http://www.fiba.com/pages/en/events/competition/p/competitioncode/AFMCC/lang//roundid/6257/season/2008/part_teams.html . dead . August 18, 2014 . FIBA.com . 2013-08-04.
Web site: ½ finales . FIBA.com . 2013-04-11. fr.