African Badminton Championships Explained

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.

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11979Kumasi, Ghana (1)3
21980Beira, Mozambique (1)4
31982Lagos, Nigeria (1)4
41984Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1)9
51988Lagos, Nigeria (2)9
61992Port Louis, Mauritius (1)6
71994Rose Hill, Mauritius (1)6
81996Lagos, Nigeria (3)5
91998Rose Hill, Mauritius (2)6
102000Bauchi, Nigeria (1)6
112002Casablanca, Morocco (1)6
122004Rose Hill, Mauritius (3)6
132006Algiers, Algeria (1)6
142007Rose Hill, Mauritius (4)6
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152009Nairobi, Kenya (1)6
162010Kampala, Uganda (1)5
172011Marrakesh, Morocco (1)6
182012Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1)5
192013Rose Hill, Mauritius (5)6
202014Gaborone, Botswana (1)6
212017Benoni, South Africa (1)6
222018Algiers, Algeria (2)5
232019Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1)6
242020Cairo, Egypt (1)5
252021Kampala, Uganda (2)6
262022Kampala, Uganda (3)5
272023Benoni, South Africa (2)6
282024Cairo, Egypt (2)5

All-time medal table

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

YearMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doubles
1979Not 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 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
Greg Okuonghae
Grace Daniel
2006 Nabil Lasmari Juliette Ah-Wan Roelof Dednam
Chris Dednam
Michelle Edwards
Stacey Doubell
Georgie Cupidon
Juliette Ah-Wan
2007 Grace Daniel Michelle Edwards
Chantal Botts
2008Cancelled
2009 Ola Fagbemi Juliette Ah-Wan Jinkan Ifraimu
Ola Fagbemi
Grace Daniel
Mary Gideon
Ola Fagbemi
Grace Daniel
2010 Jinkan Ifraimu Hadia Hosny Michelle Edwards
Annari Viljoen
Dorian Lance James
Michelle Edwards
2011 Stacey Doubell Dorian Lance James
Willem Viljoen
Willem Viljoen
Annari Viljoen
2012 Jacob Maliekal Grace Gabriel Dorian Lance James
Michelle Edwards
2013 Andries Malan
Willem Viljoen
Juliette Ah-Wan
Allisen Camille
Willem Viljoen
Michelle Butler-Emmett
2014 Kate Foo Kune Kate Foo Kune
Yeldy Louison
2017 Adel Hamek Kate Foo Kune Michelle Butler-Emmett
Jennifer Fry
Andries Malan
Jennifer Fry
2018 Julien Paul 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
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

Team events

Men's and women's team (1979–1989)

Men's teamWomen's team
YearWinnersYearWinners
19791979
19801980
19821982
19841984
19881988

Mixed team

YearWinners
1980
1982
1984
1988
1994
1998 South Africa
2000 Mauritius
2002 South Africa
2004 South Africa
2006 South Africa
2007 Seychelles
2009 South Africa
2011 South Africa
2013 South Africa
2014 South Africa
2017 Egypt
2019
2021 Egypt
2023 Egypt

Junior team (1979–1989)

YearWinners
1979
1980
1982
1984
1988

See also

External links

Notes and References

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