African Badminton Championships

The African Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) to crown the best badminton players in Africa. For the team event there is the African Badminton Cup of Nations. This is not to be confused with the All African Games, the multi sports event, held every four years where badminton is included since 2003.

This tournament started in 1979 where Kumasi, Ghana held the competition.^[1] Kenya emerged as the men's team champions while Tanzania clinched the women's team title at the first edition.^[2] The tournament was held biennially from 1980 to 2006. The 1986 edition of the championships, which was supposed to be held in Lusaka was postponed and later cancelled. Nigeria continued to host the tournament two years later.

Location of the African Badminton Championships

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the African Badminton Championships. The most recent games were held in Benoni in 2023. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

1979

1980

1982, 1988, 1996

1984

1992

1994, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2013

2000

2002

2006, 2018

2009

2010, 2021, 2022

2011

2012

2014

2017, 2023

2019

2020, 2024

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Host cities of the African Badminton Championships

Number	Year	Host City	Events
1	1979	Kumasi, Ghana (1)	3
2	1980	Beira, Mozambique (1)	4
3	1982	Lagos, Nigeria (1)	4
4	1984	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1)	9
5	1988	Lagos, Nigeria (2)	9
6	1992	Port Louis, Mauritius (1)	6
7	1994	Rose Hill, Mauritius (1)	6
8	1996	Lagos, Nigeria (3)	5
9	1998	Rose Hill, Mauritius (2)	6
10	2000	Bauchi, Nigeria (1)	6
11	2002	Casablanca, Morocco (1)	6
12	2004	Rose Hill, Mauritius (3)	6
13	2006	Algiers, Algeria (1)	6
14	2007	Rose Hill, Mauritius (4)	6

Number	Year	Host City	Events
15	2009	Nairobi, Kenya (1)	6
16	2010	Kampala, Uganda (1)	5
17	2011	Marrakesh, Morocco (1)	6
18	2012	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1)	5
19	2013	Rose Hill, Mauritius (5)	6
20	2014	Gaborone, Botswana (1)	6
21	2017	Benoni, South Africa (1)	6
22	2018	Algiers, Algeria (2)	5
23	2019	Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1)	6
24	2020	Cairo, Egypt (1)	5
25	2021	Kampala, Uganda (2)	6
26	2022	Kampala, Uganda (3)	5
27	2023	Benoni, South Africa (2)	6
28	2024	Cairo, Egypt (2)	5

All-time medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	54	37	47	138
2	Nigeria	43	48.5	63	154.5
3	Mauritius	17	19.5	56	92.5
4	Algeria	16	7	12.5	35.5
5	Egypt	8	13	34	55
6	Seychelles	8	5	16	29
7	Mozambique	6	0	7.5	13.5
8	Tanzania	3	13	13	29
9	Kenya	2	3	1	6
10	Zambia	1	8	13	22
11	Uganda	1	3	15	19
12	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
13	Ghana	0	2	6	8
14	Réunion	0	1	3	4
15	Namibia	0	0	5.5	5.5
16	Botswana	0	0	1	1
16	Madagascar	0	0	1	1
18	Morocco	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (18 entries)		160	160	295	615

In November 2019, Badminton World Federation released a statement regarding doping test failure of Kate Foo Kune in this championships and decided to disqualify her result in 2019 African Badminton Championships.

Previous winners

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1979	Not held
1980
1982
1984	Simon Gondwe	Indira Bhikha	Firoz Din Mukesh Shah	Indira Bhikha Eline Coelho	Sozinho Guerra Indira Bhikha
1988	Tamuno Gibson	Oby Edoga	Tamuno Gibson Fatai Tokosi	Oby Edoga Dayo Oyewusi	Tamuno Gibson Oby Edoga
1992	Eddy Clarisse	Lina Fourie	Anton Kriel Nico Meerholz	Augusta Phillips Tracey Thompson	Anton Kriel Lina Fourie
1994	Eddy Clarisse	Lina Fourie	Nico Meerholz Alan Phillips	Lina Fourie Tracey Thompson	Alan Phillips Augusta Phillips
1996	Agarawu Tunde	Obiageli Olorunsola	Danjuma Fatauchi Agarawu Tunde	Obiageli Olorunsola Olamide Toyin Adebayo	Kayode Akinsanya Obiageli Olorunsola
1998	Eddy Clarisse	Lina Fourie	Johan Kleingeld Anton Kriel	Lina Fourie Monique Ric-Hansen	Anton Kriel Michelle Edwards
2000	Denis Constantin	Amrita Sawaram	Denis Constantin Eddy Clarisse	Grace Daniel Miriam Sude	Abimbola Odejoke Bridget Ibenero
2002	Abimbola Odejoke	Juliette Ah-Wan	Denis Constantin Stéphane Beeharry	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Chris Dedman Antoinette Uys
2004	Dotun Akinsaya	Michelle Edwards	Johan Kleingeld Chris Dednam	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Greg Okuonghae Grace Daniel
2006	Nabil Lasmari	Juliette Ah-Wan	Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam	Michelle Edwards Stacey Doubell	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan
2007	Nabil Lasmari	Grace Daniel	Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan
2008	Cancelled
2009	Ola Fagbemi	Juliette Ah-Wan	Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	Grace Daniel Mary Gideon	Ola Fagbemi Grace Daniel
2010	Jinkan Ifraimu	Hadia Hosny	Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards
2011	Jinkan Ifraimu	Stacey Doubell	Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen		Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen
2012	Jacob Maliekal	Grace Gabriel	Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen		Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards
2013		Grace Gabriel	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler-Emmett
2014		Kate Foo Kune	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison	Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler-Emmett
2017	Adel Hamek	Kate Foo Kune	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Michelle Butler-Emmett Jennifer Fry	Andries Malan Jennifer Fry
2018	Julien Paul	Kate Foo Kune	M. Abderrahime Belarbi Adel Hamek	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri
2019	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Deborah Ukeh	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri
2020	Julien Paul	Kate Foo Kune		Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
2021	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Johanita Scholtz		Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri
2022	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Nour Ahmed Youssri		Lorna Bodha Kobita Dookhee
2023		Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	Jarred Elliott Robert Summers	Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens
2024		Kate Ludik	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens

Team event

Men's and women's team (1979–1989)

Men's team

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
Ed.	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Number of teams
1	1979	Kenya	Kenya	round-robin	Tanzania	Ghana	round-robin	–	3
2	1980	Mozambique	Nigeria	round-robin	Kenya	Tanzania	round-robin	Mozambique	5
3	1982	Nigeria	Nigeria	round-robin	Zambia	Ghana	round-robin	Mozambique	4
4	1984	Tanzania	Tanzania	round-robin	Zambia	Mozambique	round-robin	–	3
5	1988	Nigeria	Nigeria	round-robin	Tanzania	Mauritius	round-robin	–	3

Women's team

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
Ed.	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Number of teams
1	1979	Kenya	Tanzania	round-robin	Kenya	Ghana	round-robin	–	3
2	1980	Mozambique	Zimbabwe	round-robin	Nigeria	Tanzania	round-robin	Kenya	5
3	1982	Nigeria	Nigeria	round-robin	Ghana	Mozambique	round-robin	Zambia	4
4	1984	Tanzania	Mozambique	round-robin	Tanzania	Zambia	round-robin	–	3
5	1988	Nigeria	Nigeria	round-robin	Tanzania	Mauritius	round-robin	–	3

Junior mixed team (U19) (1979–1989)

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
Ed.	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Number of teams
1	1979	Kenya	Kenya	round-robin	Tanzania	Ghana	round-robin	–	3
2	1980	Mozambique	Nigeria	round-robin	Zambia	Mozambique	round-robin	Tanzania	4
3	1982	Nigeria	Nigeria	round-robin	Zambia	Mozambique	round-robin	Ghana	4
4	1984	Tanzania	Mozambique	round-robin	Tanzania	Zambia	round-robin	–	3
5	1988	Nigeria	Nigeria	round-robin	Tanzania	Mauritius	round-robin	–	3

Mixed team

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
Ed.	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists			Number of teams
1	1980	Mozambique	Nigeria	round-robin	Kenya	Tanzania	round-robin	Mozambique	5
2	1982	Nigeria	Nigeria	round-robin	Ghana	Mozambique	round-robin	–	3
3	1984	Tanzania	Mozambique	round-robin	Tanzania	Zambia	round-robin	–	3
4	1988	Nigeria	Nigeria	round-robin	Tanzania	Mauritius	round-robin	–	3
5	1992	Mauritius	South Africa	w/o	Nigeria	Mauritius and Tanzania			8
6	1994	South Africa	South Africa	3–2	Mauritius	Namibia and Nigeria			6
7	1998	Mauritius	South Africa	3–2	Mauritius	Madagascar	3–2	Kenya	6
8	2000	Nigeria	Mauritius	3–2	Nigeria	South Africa	3–0	Seychelles	6
9	2002	Morocco	South Africa	3–0	Nigeria	Mauritius	3–0	Seychelles	8
10	2004	Mauritius	South Africa	3–1	Nigeria	Mauritius and Seychelles			12
11	2006	Algeria	South Africa	3–0	Algeria	Mauritius and Seychelles			13
12	2007	Mauritius	Seychelles	3–2	South Africa	Mauritius and Zambia			8
13	2009	Kenya	South Africa	3–1	Seychelles	Egypt and Mauritius			9
14	2011	Morocco	South Africa	3–2	Nigeria	Egypt and Mauritius			9
15	2013	Mauritius	South Africa	3–0	Nigeria	Mauritius and Seychelles			10
16	2014	Botswana	South Africa	3–1	Nigeria	Mauritius and Seychelles			10
17	2017	South Africa	Egypt	3–1	South Africa	Nigeria and Zambia			9
18	2019	Nigeria	Nigeria	3–2	Mauritius	Egypt and Ghana			13
19	2021	Uganda	Egypt	3–1	Algeria	South Africa and Uganda			8
20	2023	South Africa	Egypt	3–2	Mauritius	Algeria and South Africa			13
21	2025	Cameroon

References

^ L.C. Noi-Lartey (18 April 1979). "Sports Boss Intervenes". Daily Graphic: Issue 8,861. p. 15. Retrieved 29 April 2019. ...when the first All African Badminton Championships scheduled to take place at the Kumasi Technical Institute should start.
^ Addo-Twum, J. K. (24 April 1979). "Award for the Champs". Daily Graphic: Issue 8,866. p. 15. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

External links

2011

[1] L.C. Noi-Lartey (18 April 1979). "Sports Boss Intervenes". Daily Graphic: Issue 8,861. p. 15. Retrieved 29 April 2019. ...when the first All African Badminton Championships scheduled to take place at the Kumasi Technical Institute should start.

[2] Addo-Twum, J. K. (24 April 1979). "Award for the Champs". Daily Graphic: Issue 8,866. p. 15. Retrieved 29 April 2019.

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