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African Badminton Championships
Badminton championships
Badminton championships
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | African Badminton Championships |
| current_season | 2025 African Badminton Championships |
| sport | Badminton |
| founded | |
| champion | |
| website | badmintonafrica.com |
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. Kenya emerged as the men's team champions while Tanzania clinched the women's team title at the first edition. 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.
| 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 |
| 15 | 2009 | Nairobi, Kenya (1) | 6 |
| Number | Year | Host City | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 29 | 2025 | Douala, Cameroon (1) | 6 |
| 30 | 2026 | Gaborone, Botswana (2) | 5 |
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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
| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Not held | ||||
| 1980 | |||||
| 1982 | |||||
| 1984 | ZAM Simon Gondwe | MOZ Indira Bhikha | TAN Firoz Din | ||
| TAN Mukesh Shah | MOZ Indira Bhikha | ||||
| MOZ Eline Coelho | MOZ Sozinho Guerra | ||||
| MOZ Indira Bhikha | |||||
| 1988 | NGA Tamuno Gibson | NGA Oby Edoga | NGA Tamuno Gibson | ||
| Nigeria Fatai Tokosi | NGA Oby Edoga | ||||
| Nigeria Dayo Oyewusi | NGA Tamuno Gibson | ||||
| Nigeria Oby Edoga | |||||
| 1992 | MRI Eddy Clarisse | RSA Lina Fourie | RSA Anton Kriel | ||
| RSA Nico Meerholz | RSA Augusta Phillips | ||||
| RSA Tracey Thompson | RSA Anton Kriel | ||||
| RSA Lina Fourie | |||||
| 1994 | RSA Lina Fourie | RSA Nico Meerholz | |||
| RSA Alan Phillips | RSA Lina Fourie | ||||
| RSA Tracey Thompson | RSA Alan Phillips | ||||
| South Africa Augusta Phillips | |||||
| 1996 | NGA Agarawu Tunde | NGA Obiageli Olorunsola | NGA Danjuma Fatauchi | ||
| Nigeria Agarawu Tunde | NGA Obiageli Olorunsola | ||||
| Nigeria Olamide Toyin Adebayo | NGA Kayode Akinsanya | ||||
| Nigeria Obiageli Olorunsola | |||||
| 1998 | MRI Eddy Clarisse | RSA Lina Fourie | RSA Johan Kleingeld | ||
| South Africa Anton Kriel | RSA Lina Fourie | ||||
| South Africa Monique Ric-Hansen | RSA Anton Kriel | ||||
| South Africa Michelle Edwards | |||||
| 2000 | MRI Denis Constantin | MRI Amrita Sawaram | MRI Denis Constantin | ||
| MRI Eddy Clarisse | NGA Grace Daniel | ||||
| Nigeria Miriam Sude | NGA Abimbola Odejoke | ||||
| Nigeria Bridget Ibenero | |||||
| 2002 | NGA Abimbola Odejoke | SEY Juliette Ah-Wan | MRI Denis Constantin | ||
| MRI Stéphane Beeharry | RSA Michelle Edwards | ||||
| South Africa Chantal Botts | RSA Chris Dedman | ||||
| RSA Antoinette Uys | |||||
| 2004 | NGA Dotun Akinsaya | RSA Michelle Edwards | RSA Johan Kleingeld | ||
| South Africa Chris Dednam | NGA Greg Okuonghae | ||||
| Nigeria Grace Daniel | |||||
| 2006 | Algeria Nabil Lasmari | SEY Juliette Ah-Wan | RSA Roelof Dednam | ||
| RSA Chris Dednam | RSA Michelle Edwards | ||||
| RSA Stacey Doubell | SEY Georgie Cupidon | ||||
| SEY Juliette Ah-Wan | |||||
| 2007 | NGA Grace Daniel | RSA Michelle Edwards | |||
| RSA Chantal Botts | |||||
| 2008 | Cancelled | ||||
| 2009 | NGA Ola Fagbemi | SEY Juliette Ah-Wan | NGA Jinkan Ifraimu | ||
| Nigeria Ola Fagbemi | NGA Grace Daniel | ||||
| Nigeria Mary Gideon | NGA Ola Fagbemi | ||||
| Nigeria Grace Daniel | |||||
| 2010 | NGA Jinkan Ifraimu | Egypt Hadia Hosny | RSA Michelle Edwards | ||
| RSA Annari Viljoen | RSA Dorian Lance James | ||||
| RSA Michelle Edwards | |||||
| 2011 | RSA Stacey Doubell | RSA Dorian Lance James | |||
| RSA Willem Viljoen | RSA Willem Viljoen | ||||
| RSA Annari Viljoen | |||||
| 2012 | RSA Jacob Maliekal | NGA Grace Gabriel | RSA Dorian Lance James | ||
| RSA Michelle Edwards | |||||
| 2013 | RSA Andries Malan | ||||
| RSA Willem Viljoen | Seychelles Juliette Ah-Wan | ||||
| Seychelles Allisen Camille | RSA Willem Viljoen | ||||
| RSA Michelle Butler-Emmett | |||||
| 2014 | MRI Kate Foo Kune | MRI Kate Foo Kune | |||
| MRI Yeldy Louison | |||||
| 2017 | ALG Adel Hamek | MRI Kate Foo Kune | ALG Koceila Mammeri | ||
| ALG Youcef Sabri Medel | RSA Michelle Butler-Emmett | ||||
| RSA Jennifer Fry | RSA Andries Malan | ||||
| RSA Jennifer Fry | |||||
| 2018 | MRI Julien Paul | ALG Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi | |||
| ALG Adel Hamek | SEY Juliette Ah-Wan | ||||
| SEY Allisen Camille | ALG Koceila Mammeri | ||||
| ALG Linda Mazri | |||||
| 2019 | NGR Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | NGR Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan | ALG Koceila Mammeri | ||
| ALG Youcef Sabri Medel | NGR Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan | ||||
| NGR Deborah Ukeh | |||||
| 2020 | MRI Julien Paul | MRI Kate Foo Kune | EGY Doha Hany | ||
| EGY Hadia Hosny | EGY Adham Hatem Elgamal | ||||
| EGY Doha Hany | |||||
| 2021 | EGY Adham Hatem Elgamal | RSA Johanita Scholtz | RSA Amy Ackerman | ||
| RSA Johanita Scholtz | ALG Koceila Mammeri | ||||
| ALG Tanina Mammeri | |||||
| 2022 | NGR Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | EGY Nour Ahmed Youssri | MRI Lorna Bodha | ||
| MRI Kobita Dookhee | |||||
| 2023 | UGA Fadilah Mohamed Rafi | RSA Jarred Elliott | |||
| RSA Robert Summers | RSA Amy Ackerman | ||||
| RSA Deidre Laurens | |||||
| 2024 | MRI Kate Ludik | ALG Koceila Mammeri | |||
| ALG Youcef Sabri Medel | |||||
| 2025 | EGY Nour Ahmed Youssri | RSA Amy Ackerman | |||
| RSA Johanita Scholtz |
Team event
Men's and women's team (1979–1989)
Men's team
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | **** | round-robin | round-robin | 5 | |||||
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | **** | round-robin | round-robin | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 |
Women's team
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | **** | round-robin | round-robin | 5 | |||||
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | **** | round-robin | round-robin | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 |
Mixed team
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1980 | Mozambique | **** | round-robin | round-robin | 5 | |||||
| 2 | 1982 | Nigeria | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 3 | 1984 | Tanzania | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 1988 | Nigeria | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 1992 | Mauritius | **** | and | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | 1994 | South Africa | **** | 3–2 | and | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 1998 | Mauritius | **** | 3–2 | 3–2 | 6 | |||||
| 8 | 2000 | Nigeria | **** | 3–2 | 3–0 | 6 | |||||
| 9 | 2002 | Morocco | **** | 3–0 | 3–0 | 8 | |||||
| 10 | 2004 | Mauritius | **** | 3–1 | and | 12 | |||||
| 11 | 2006 | Algeria | **** | 3–0 | and | 13 | |||||
| 12 | 2007 | Mauritius | **** | 3–2 | and | 8 | |||||
| 13 | 2009 | Kenya | **** | 3–1 | and | 9 | |||||
| 14 | 2011 | Morocco | **** | 3–2 | and | 9 | |||||
| 15 | 2013 | Mauritius | **** | 3–0 | and | 10 | |||||
| 16 | 2014 | Botswana | **** | 3–1 | and | 10 | |||||
| 17 | 2017 | South Africa | **** | 3–1 | and | 9 | |||||
| 18 | 2019 | Nigeria | **** | 3–2 | and | 13 | |||||
| 19 | 2021 | Uganda | **** | 3–1 | and | 8 | |||||
| 20 | 2023 | South Africa | **** | 3–2 | and | 13 | |||||
| 21 | 2025 | Cameroon | **** | 3–1 | and | 11 |
Junior mixed team (U19) (1979–1989)
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | **** | round-robin | round-robin | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | **** | round-robin | round-robin | 4 | |||||
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 | ||||
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | **** | round-robin | round-robin | – | 3 |
References
References
- L.C. Noi-Lartey. (18 April 1979). "Sports Boss Intervenes". Daily Graphic: Issue 8,861.
- (24 April 1979). "Award for the Champs". Daily Graphic: Issue 8,866.
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