2008 Akita International Sumo Basho
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| 2008 Akita International Sumo Basho | |
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| Details | |
| Date | June 28 |
| Location | Akita Budokan |
| No. Men | 32 |
| Men's Championship | |
| Champion | Travis Emery |
| Runner-up | Seth Eason |
| No. of bouts | ? |
| ← 2007 | 2009 → |
The 4th annual Akita International Sumo Basho (第四回秋田県国際相撲場所) took place on Sunday, June 28th 2008 at the Akita Budokan in Akita City. This year 32 men took part in the competition.
Opening Round
| Pool A | Pool B | Pool C | Pool D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia David Ebdon | Hisashi Takaki | Republic of Ireland Owen Cunningham | Scotland David Thomson |
| United States of America Daniel Yenshaw | United States of America Michael Buonadonna | United States of America Nicholas Chomiak | United States of America Travis Emery |
| United States of America Seth Eason | Chris Lewis | United States of America Matt Hixson | Singapore John Ma |
| United States of America Bryan Barber | United States of America Douglas Perkins | United States of America Pat Costello | United States of America Tristen Dean |
| Pool E | Pool F | Pool G | Pool H |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Beattie | Mark Beese | United States of America Dan Dooher | United States of America Rob Evans |
| United States of America Brett Kaminski | United States of America Jeffrey Moore | Cory Cassel | Australia Mark Gatley |
| New Zealand Matt Bryson | United Kingdom Frank Webster | United States of America Andrew McCarthy | United States of America Jason Strait |
| United Kingdom Philip Cooke | United States of America David Engram | Makoto Morita | Canada Jon Hui |
Awards
- Men's Champion: Travis Emery
- Men's Runner-up: Seth Eason
Blogs
The following blogs were written about the event
Sale
Volunteers were asked to bring baked goods to sell. And there was a "STUFF SALE" on they of the tournament. All clothes were sold for ¥500 and all electronics for ¥1,000. All profits went to Room to Read. What was not sold at the tournament will be sold to Hard Off recycle shop, also to benefit Room to Read.
Gallery
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2008 Basho -
2008 wrestlers and judges -
Sakigake Report -
Eason vs Barber
See also
| Years of the Akita International Sumo Basho | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | |||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
