Thomas Cup 2008 / Africa qualification

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The African qualification for the Thomas Cup 2008 took place from February 18th to 22nd, 2008 in Rose Hill in Mauritius . The tournament was moved there from Kenya for security reasons. Nigeria qualified as winners for the finals of the cup.

Group A

team Pts Pld W. L. MF MA MD
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 4th 2 2 0 9 1 +8
EgyptEgypt Egypt 4th 2 2 0 8th 2 +6
UgandaUganda Uganda 2 2 0 2 3 7th −4
KenyaKenya Kenya 2 2 0 2 0 10 −10
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 5–0 KenyaKenya Kenya
EgyptEgypt Egypt 3–2 UgandaUganda Uganda
South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 4–1 UgandaUganda Uganda
EgyptEgypt Egypt 5–0 KenyaKenya Kenya

Group B

team Pts Pld W. L. MF MA MD
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 4th 2 2 0 8th 2 +6
MauritiusMauritius Mauritius 3 2 1 1 4th 6th −2
ZambiaZambia Zambia 2 2 0 2 3 7th −4
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 4–1 ZambiaZambia Zambia
MauritiusMauritius Mauritius 3–2 ZambiaZambia Zambia
NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 4–1 MauritiusMauritius Mauritius

Knockout round

  Semifinals final
   
 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 3
 MauritiusMauritius Mauritius 0  
 
February 23
 South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 0
   NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 3
 NigeriaNigeria Nigeria 3
 EgyptEgypt Egypt 1  

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Coordinates: 20 ° 14 ′ 45.9 ″  S , 57 ° 28 ′ 35.4 ″  E