Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Angola at the
2008 Summer Olympics

IOC code

ANG

NOC

Angolan Olympic Committee

Website

(Portuguese)

in Beijing

Competitors

32 in 6 sports

Flag bearer

João N'Tyamba

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	0	0

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Angola competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. This is a list of all of the Angolan athletes who qualified for the Olympics.^[1]

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
João N'Tyamba	Marathon	DNF

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The men's team qualified by winning the FIBA Africa Championship 2007 tournament.

Men's team event – 1 team of 12 players

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Angola roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Angola men's national basketball team roster – 2008 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Age – Date of birth	Ht.	Club	Ctr.
3.0 !SF	4	Cipriano, Olimpio	7001260000000000000♠26 – (1982-04-09)April 9, 1982	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola !
1.5 !G	5	Costa, Armando	7001250000000000000♠25 – (1983-06-03)June 3, 1983	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Petro Atlético	Angola !
2.0 !SG	6	Morais, Carlos	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1985-10-16)October 16, 1985	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Petro Atlético	Angola !
1.0 !PG	7	Barros, Milton	7001240000000000000♠24 – (1984-06-21)June 21, 1984	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Petro Atlético	Angola !
1.5 !G	8	Costa, Luis	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1978-06-07)June 7, 1978	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Petro Atlético	Angola !
1.5 !G	9	Geronimo, Vladimir	7001300000000000000♠30 – (1977-12-12)December 12, 1977	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola !
4.5 !F/C	10	Gomes, Joaquim	7001270000000000000♠27 – (1980-12-23)December 23, 1980	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola !
3.5 !F	11	Ambrosio, Felizardo	7001200000000000000♠20 – (1987-12-25)December 25, 1987	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola !
5.0 !C	12	Moussa, Abdel Aziz	7001280000000000000♠28 – (1980-04-08)April 8, 1980	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola !
2.0 !SG	13	Almeida, Carlos (C)	7001310000000000000♠31 – (1976-09-24)September 24, 1976	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Primeiro de Agosto	Angola !
3.5 !F	14	Paulo, Leonel	7001220000000000000♠22 – (1986-04-30)April 30, 1986	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	Petro Atlético	Angola !
3.5 !F	15	Mingas, Eduardo	7001290000000000000♠29 – (1979-01-29)January 29, 1979	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Petro Atlético	Angola !

Head coach

Alberto de Carvalho

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on August 9, 2008

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals


Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United States	5	5	0	515	354	+161	10
Spain	5	4	1	418	369	+49	9
Greece	5	3	2	415	375	+40	8
China	5	2	3	366	400	−34	7
Germany	5	1	4	330	390	−60	6
Angola	5	0	5	321	477	−156	5

10 August 2008
11:15

Report

Germany	95–66	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 25–21, 29–13, 24–18, 17–14
Pts: Kaman 24 Rebs: Jagla 11 Asts: Hamann 4		Pts: Mingas 24 Rebs: Gomes 8 Asts: Cipriano 2

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)

12 August 2008
20:00

Report

Angola	76–97	United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–29, 19–26, 16–26, 23–16
Pts: Morais 24 Rebs: Gomes 8 Asts: Costa, Ambrosio 2		Pts: Wade 19 Rebs: Anthony 6 Asts: James 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Pablo Estévez (ARG)

14 August 2008
14:30

Report

Angola	68–85	China
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 27–16, 9–21, 17–20
Pts: Gomes 17 Rebs: Mingas 5 Asts: Gomes 3		Pts: Yao 30 Rebs: Yi 11 Asts: Zhu, Li 3

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Carl Jungebrand (FIN)

16 August 2008
09:00

Report

Greece	102–61	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 12–11, 31–17, 38–14, 21–19
Pts: Bourousis 22 Rebs: Glyniadakis, Fotsis 7 Asts: Fotsis 5		Pts: Mingas 25 Rebs: Geronimo 7 Asts: Costa 4

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: José Carrión (PUR)

18 August 2008
16:45

Report

Angola	50–98	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 7–25, 11–31, 9–27
Pts: Mingas 10 Rebs: Mingas, Ambrosio 5 Asts: Costa 5		Pts: P. Gasol 31 Rebs: P. Gasol 9 Asts: Rodríguez, Rubio 5

Wukesong Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 11,083
Referees: Eddie Rush (USA)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fortunato Luis Pacavira	Men's C-1 500 m	2:13.265	8	Did not advance
Fortunato Luis Pacavira	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:39.538	7 QS	4:40.697	9	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Angola has qualified a women's team.

Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Angola roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]^[4]

Head coach: Jerónimo Neto

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Tavares, Maria OdethMaria Odeth Tavares	(1976-08-18)18 August 1976 (aged 31)	1.70 m	100		1º de Agosto
2	RW	Eduardo, Maria TeresaMaria Teresa Eduardo	(1973-09-17)17 September 1973 (aged 34)	1.78 m	117	297	ASA Handball
3	RW	Bengue, Ilda MariaIlda Maria Bengue	(1974-10-30)30 October 1974 (aged 33)	1.78 m	143	308	Petro Atlético
4	RW	Carlos, AzenaideAzenaide Carlos	(1990-06-14)14 June 1990 (aged 18)	1.74 m	6	7	ASA Handball
5	RW	Trindade, FilomenaFilomena Trindade	(1971-09-26)26 September 1971 (aged 36)	1.65 m	152	503	Petro Atlético
6	P	Calandula, BomboBombo Calandula	(1983-02-23)23 February 1983 (aged 25)	1.78 m	26	57	Petro Atlético
8	RW	Almeida, NairNair Almeida	(1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 24)	1.80 m	79	151	1º de Agosto
9	LW	Dombaxe, WutaWuta Dombaxe	(1986-04-05)5 April 1986 (aged 22)	1.68 m	19	132	ASA Handball
10	RW	Fernandes, IsabelIsabel Fernandes	(1985-06-05)5 June 1985 (aged 23)	1.80 m	6	18	Petro Atlético
12	GK	Pedro, Maria RosaMaria Rosa Pedro	(1982-12-29)29 December 1982 (aged 25)	1.73 m	46		Petro Atlético
13	CB	Kiala, LuisaLuisa Kiala	(1982-01-25)25 January 1982 (aged 26)	1.79 m	66	158	Petro Atlético
14	LW	Bernardo, NataliaNatalia Bernardo	(1986-12-25)25 December 1986 (aged 21)	1.70 m	37	67	Petro Atlético
15	LW	Cailo, ElisabethElisabeth Cailo	(1987-07-02)2 July 1987 (aged 21)	1.75 m	29	30	1º de Agosto
17	P	Viegas, ElizabethElizabeth Viegas	(1985-01-20)20 January 1985 (aged 23)	1.78 m	13	10	ASA Handball

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10
Romania	5	4	0	1	150	112	+38	8
China	5	2	0	3	122	135	-13	4
France	5	2	0	3	121	128	-7	4
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109	137	-28	3
Angola	5	0	1	4	109	147	-38	1

9 August 2008 09:00	France	32 – 21	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Herbrecht 8	(13–14)	Bengue, Almeida 5
	4× 3×	Report	3× 3×

11 August 2008 14:00	Angola	17 – 31	Norway	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
	Almeida 5	(6–14)	Riegelhuth 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 3×

13 August 2008 15:45	China	32 – 24	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Liu Xiaomei 7	(14–12)	Almeida 8
	5× 3× 1×	Report	2× 4×

15 August 2008 15:45	Romania	28 – 23	Angola	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Maier 7	(16–7)	Almeida 8
	3× 2×	Report	2× 3×

17 August 2008 10:45	Angola	24 – 24	Kazakhstan	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Bengue 6	(16–14)	three players 5
	5× 3×	Report	5× 3×

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joao Luis Cardoso Matias	100 m butterfly	57.06	63	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ana Crysna da Silva Romero	50 m freestyle	29.06	65	Did not advance

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Morais Abreu Emanuel Fernandes	Men's	Pool C Emanuel – Ricardo (BRA) L 0 – 2 (8–21, 13–21) Schacht – Slack (AUS) L 0 – 2 (15–21, 9–21) Geor – Gia (GEO) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 13–21)	4	Did not advance

References

↑ "Athletes for Angola- 2008 Olympics". CNN Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
↑ "2008 Olympic Basketball Men (FIBA) – Angola roster". FIBA. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
↑ "Angola women's handball team roster". NBC Olympics. 1 February 2013.
↑ "Women's Handball Team Roster – Angola (ANG)" (PDF). 2008 Beijing. LA84 Foundation. 1 February 2013. p. 2226.

Nations at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo DR Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

America	Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Pakistan Palestine Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand East Timor Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

Oceania	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Federated States of Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

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Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Canoeing

Sprint

Handball

Women's tournament

Swimming

Volleyball

Beach

See also

References