2021 African Badminton Championships

2021 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	21–28 October 2021
Edition	24th
Venue	MTN Arena
Location	Kampala, Uganda
← Cairo 2020	Kampala 2022 →

The 2021 African Badminton Championships was the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the MTN Arena in Kampala, Uganda, from 21 to 28 October.^[1]

Tournament[]

The 2021 African Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2021, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa holding from 21 to 24 October. The individual event, officially All Africa Individual Championships 2021, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 26 to 28 October. A total of 11 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at this event.

Venue[]

This tournament was held at the MTN Arena, Kampala with three courts.

Point distribution[]

The individual event of this tournament was graded based on the BWF points system for the BWF International Challenge event. Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.^[2]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128
4,000	3,400	2,800	2,200	1,520	920	360	170

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Ahmed Salah
Men's singles	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Ahmed Salah
Women's singles	Johanita Scholtz	Doha Hany
Women's singles	Johanita Scholtz	Doha Hany
Men's doubles	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah
Men's doubles	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah
Women's doubles	Johanita Scholtz
Women's doubles	Johanita Scholtz
Mixed doubles	Koceila Mammeri	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
Mixed doubles	Koceila Mammeri	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
Teams	Egypt Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah Doha Hany	Algeria Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Adel Hamek Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel Halla Bouksani Linda Mazri	Uganda
Teams			South Africa Johanita Scholtz

Medal table[]

* Host nation (Uganda)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	2	4	1	7
2	Algeria	2	2	1	5
3	South Africa	2	0	4	6
4	Uganda*	0	0	5	5
5	Zambia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		6	6	12	24

Team event[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	2	2	0	10	0	+10	20	1	+19	438	246	+192	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Zambia	2	1	1	5	5	0	11	12	−1	374	410	−36	1	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Réunion	2	0	2	0	10	−10	2	20	−18	298	454	−156	0

Source: tournamentsoftware.com

Algeria vs Réunion[]

Algeria
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
21 October 2021, 11:00 UTC+3
^[3]

Réunion
0

		1	2
1	Koceila Mammeri / /	21 5	21 17
2	Halla Bouksani	21 12	21 4
3	Adel Hamek	21 14	21 19
4	/ Linda Mazri /	21 9	21 14
5	Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel /	21 5	21 17

Zambia vs Réunion[]

Zambia
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
21 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
^[4]

Réunion
0

		1	2	3
1		21 17	21 17
2	Chongo Ezra Mulenga / Ngandwe Miyambo /	21 16	15 21	21 8
3	Elizaberth Chipeleme	21 8	21 12
4	Chongo Ezra Mulenga / /	21 17	19 21	21 19
5	Elizaberth Chipeleme / Ngandwe Miyambo /	21 10	21 16

Algeria vs Zambia[]

Algeria
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
22 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
^[5]

Zambia
0

		1	2	3
1	Halla Bouksani Ngandwe Miyambo	21 8	21 7
2	Adel Hamek	21 17	18 21	21 12
3	/ Linda Mazri Elizaberth Chipeleme / Ngandwe Miyambo	21 12	21 12
4	Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel / Chongo Ezra Mulenga	21 8	21 10
5	Koceila Mammeri / / Elizaberth Chipeleme	21 9	21 14

Group B[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	2	2	0	8	2	+6	16	5	+11	411	282	+129	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Mauritius	2	1	1	7	3	+4	14	6	+8	371	302	+69	1	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Botswana	2	0	2	0	10	−10	1	20	−19	241	439	−198	0

Source: tournamentsoftware.com

Mauritius vs Botswana[]

Mauritius
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
21 October 2021, 11:00 UTC+3
^[6]

Botswana
0

		1	2
1	Aatish Lubah / /	21 13	21 9
2	Georges Julien Paul	21 11	21 13
3		21 15	21 12
4	/ Aatish Lubah /	21 12	21 11
5	/ /	21 9	21 15

South Africa vs Botswana[]

South Africa
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
22 October 2021, 09:00 UTC+3
^[7]

Botswana
0

		1	2	3
1	/ /	21 9	21 11
2		21 7	19 21	21 15
3	Johanita Scholtz	21 9	21 4
4	/ /	21 15	21 17
5	/ Johanita Scholtz /	21 8	21 5

Mauritius vs South Africa[]

Mauritius
2

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
22 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
^[8]

South Africa
3

		1	2
1	Aatish Lubah / /	19 21	22 24
2	Johanita Scholtz	10 21	8 21
3	Georges Julien Paul	21 8	21 16
4	/ / Johanita Scholtz	7 21	11 21
5	Aatish Lubah / Georges Julien Paul /	21 11	21 18

Group C[]

Pos	Team v	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	2	2	0	8	2	+6	17	6	+11	458	228	+230	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Uganda (H)	2	1	1	7	3	+4	16	7	+9	438	248	+190	1	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Ghana	2	0	2	0	10	−10	0	20	−20	0	420	−420	0	Withdrew

Source: tournamentsoftware.com
(H) Host

Egypt vs Ghana[]

Egypt
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
21 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
^[9]

Ghana
0

		1	2
1	Ahmed Salah –	21 0	21 0
2	Doha Hany –	21 0	21 0
3	Adham Hatem Elgamal / – / –	21 0	21 0
4	/ – / –	21 0	21 0
5	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany – / –	21 0	21 0

Uganda vs Ghana[]

Uganda
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
22 October 2021, 09:00 UTC+3
^[10]

Ghana
0

		1	2
1	–	21 0	21 0
2	–	21 0	21 0
3	/ – / –	21 0	21 0
4	/ – / –	21 0	21 0
5	/ – / –	21 0	21 0

Egypt vs Uganda[]

Egypt
3

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 3
22 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
^[11]

Uganda
2

		1	2	3
1	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany /	21 15	21 16
2		18 21	21 5	6 21
3		20 22	20 22
4	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Ahmed Salah /	21 16	19 21	21 19
5	/ Doha Hany /	18 21	21 11	21 18

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

The draw was conducted on 22 October 2021 after the last match of the group stage.

Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

			1	Egypt	3
3	Mauritius	1		Uganda	0
	Uganda	3				1	Egypt	3
	Zambia	1				2	Algeria	1
	South Africa	3		South Africa	2
			2	Algeria	3

Quarter-finals[]

Mauritius vs Uganda[]

Mauritius
1

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
23 October 2021 09:00 UTC+3
^[12]

Uganda
3

		1	2
1	Aatish Lubah / /	10 21	15 21
2		15 21	11 21
3	Georges Julien Paul	21 10	21 7
4	/ /	15 21	15 21
5	Aatish Lubah / Georges Julien Paul /			not played

Zambia vs South Africa[]

Zambia
1

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
23 October 2021 09:00 UTC+3
^[13]

South Africa
3

		1	2	3
1	Chongo Ezra Mulenga / Elizaberth Chipeleme /	11 21	18 21
2	Ngandwe Miyambo Johanita Scholtz	6 21	4 21
3		22 20	17 21	21 16
4	Elizaberth Chipeleme / Ngandwe Miyambo / Johanita Scholtz	6 21	14 21
5	Chongo Ezra Mulenga / /				not played

Semi-finals[]

Egypt vs Uganda[]

Egypt
3

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
23 October 2021 15:00 UTC+3
^[14]

Uganda
0

		1	2	3
1	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany /	21 18	21 10
2		21 14	16 21	21 18
3		17 21	21 15	21 16
4	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Ahmed Salah /				not played
5	/ Doha Hany /				not played

South Africa vs Algeria[]

South Africa
2

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
23 October 2021 15:00 UTC+3
^[15]

Algeria
3

		1	2
1	/ Koceila Mammeri /	21 23	13 21
2	Johanita Scholtz Halla Bouksani	21 15	21 10
3	Adel Hamek	18 21	15 21
4	/ Johanita Scholtz / Linda Mazri	21 17	15 6	retired
5	/ Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel	18 21	15 21

Final[]

Egypt vs Algeria[]

Egypt
3

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
24 October 2021 14:00 UTC+3
^[16]

Algeria
1

		1	2	3
1	Ahmed Salah / Koceila Mammeri /	15 21	9 21
2	Doha Hany Halla Bouksani	21 17	21 18
3	Adham Hatem Elgamal Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi	21 17	17 21	21 19
4	/ Doha Hany /	22 20	21 13
5	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim / Ahmed Salah Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel				not played

Final ranking[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	GD	PD	Final result
	Egypt	4	4	0	4	+11	+18	+257	Champions
	Algeria	4	3	1	3	+9	+18	+189	Runners-up

	South Africa	4	3	1	3	+7	+14	+195	Eliminated in semi-finals
	Uganda	4	2	2	2	+3	+9	+184	Eliminated in semi-finals

5	Mauritius	3	1	2	1	+2	+4	+49	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Zambia	3	1	2	1	−2	−6	−100	Eliminated in quarter-finals

7	Réunion	2	0	2	0	−10	−18	−156	Eliminated in group stage
8	Botswana	2	0	2	0	−10	−19	−198
9	Ghana	Withdrew

Individual event[]

Men's singles[]

Seeds[]

Georges Paul (Third Round)
Adham Hatem Elgamal (Champion)
Youcef Sabri Medel (Third Round)
Ahmed Salah (Final)
(Second Round)
(Quarter-finals)
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi (Third Round)
Aatish Lubah (Quarter-finals)

Finals[]

Semi-finals				Final

		5^r

4	Ahmed Salah	17
				4	Ahmed Salah	14	14

				2	Adham Hatem Elgamal	21	21
		5	14

2	Adham Hatem Elgamal	21	21

Top half[]

Section 1[]

First Round			Second Round				Third Round					Quarter-finals

			1	G Paul	21	21
					9	7
							1	G Paul	18^r
									17
					14	13
					21	21
													21	21
													11	18
			7	M A Belarbi	21	21
					12	11
							7	M A Belarbi	23	18	15
									21	21	21
					6	8
	15	18			21	21
	21	21

Section 2[]

First Round				Second Round					Third Round				Quarter-finals

				4	A Salah	21	21
						11	17
									4	A Salah	21	21
											14	6
					C Mulenga	14	11
	13	7				21	21
	21	21											4	A Salah	21	21
													6		13	13
				6		20	21	21
					A Hamek	22	10	13
									6		21	21
											17	9
						21	14	19
	19	21	21			15	21	21
	21	7	12

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

First Round				Second Round					Third Round					Quarter-finals

	13	15
	21	21				13	16
						21	21
											16	20
										A Abdelhakim	21	22
					A Abdelhakim	21	18	21
				5		19	21	19
															A Abdelhakim	13	14
	19	21	22													21	21
	21	11	20			21	21
						12	13
											21	17	21
									3	Y S Medel	16	21	18
						7	12
				3	Y S Medel	21	21

Section 4[]

First Round				Second Round				Third Round				Quarter-finals

	16	21	21
	21	16	18			21	21
						14	16
										15	12
								8	A Lubah	21	21
						13	13
				8	A Lubah	21	21
												8	A Lubah	14	10
	20	13										2	A H Elgamal	21	21
	22	21				21	21
						12	17
										8	16
								2	A H Elgamal	21	21
						7	14
				2	A H Elgamal	21	21

Women's singles[]

Seeds[]

Doha Hany (Final)
Johanita Scholtz (Champion)
(First Round)
Halla Bouksani (Second Round)

Finals[]

Semi-finals				Final

1	Doha Hany	21	23

		11	21
				1	Doha Hany	15	11

				2	Johanita Scholtz	21	21
		14	10

2	Johanita Scholtz	21	21

Top half[]

Section 1[]

First Round			Second Round					Quarter-finals

			1	D Hany	20	21	21

					22	8	18
	13	7

	21	21
								1	D Hany	21	23

										18	21
	15	15

	21	21
					15	10

					21	21
	22	21

	20	12

Section 2[]

First Round				Second Round					Quarter-finals

4	H Bouksani	21	21

		9	9
				4	H Bouksani	21	18	19

						16	21	21
		17	4

		21	21
										19	22

										21	24
		21	21

	N Miyambo	6	3
						21	21

						15	18
		21	21

		10	13

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

First Round				Second Round			Quarter-finals

	21	14	10

	14	21	21
					10	16

					21	21
	10	11

	21	21
								9	13

								21	21
	21	21

	5	8
					10	11

					21	21
	21	21

3	18	19

Section 4[]

First Round					Second Round				Quarter-finals

		21	21

		17	14
							21	21

							13	11
		21	16	21

	E Chipeleme	14	21	10
											14	21	14

									2	J Scholtz	21	13	21
		15	21	16

		21	8	21
							15	13

					2	J Scholtz	21	21
		16	15

2	J Scholtz	21	21

Men's doubles[]

Seeds[]

Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel (Champion)
Aatish Lubah / Georges Paul (Quarter-finals)
Adel Hamek / Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi (Quarter-finals)
/ (Quarter-finals)

Bracket[]

First Round					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals				Final

1	K Mammeri Y S Medel	21	21

		16	11
					1	K Mammeri Y S Medel	21	21

						A H Elgamal	12	8
	C Mulenga	21	18	12

	A H Elgamal	19	21	21
										1	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21	21

												16	14
4		19	21	21

		21	18	13
					4		19	21

							21	23
		13	16

		21	21
														1	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21	21

															Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah	16	13
	A Abdelhakim A Salah	21	22

		19	20
						A Abdelhakim A Salah	21	21	21

					3	M A Belarbi A Hamek	23	15	16
		12	14

3	M A Belarbi A Hamek	21	21
											Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah	21	21

												18	16
		19	29

		21	30
							w	/	o

					2	A Lubah G Paul
		5	14

2	A Lubah G Paul	21	21

Women's doubles[]

Seeds[]

/ (Semi-finals)
/ (Quarter-finals)

Bracket[]

First Round					Quarter-finals				Semi-finals					Final

					1		21	21

							5	11
		15	26	21

	E Chipeleme N Miyambo	21	24	15
									1		8	21	11

										Johanita Scholtz	21	18	21



							10	5

						J Scholtz	21	21
	J Scholtz	21	21

	D Hany	13	12
															Johanita Scholtz	23	21

																21	13
		10	16

		21	21
							21	21

							16	12
		13	10

		21	21
											19	17

											21	21
		21	21

		12	9
							21	21

					2		5	15

Mixed doubles[]

Seeds[]

Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany (Final)
/ (Second Round)
/ (Second Round)
/ (Second Round)

Finals[]

Semi-finals					Final

1	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	18	21	21

		21	13	12
					1	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	10	7

						Koceila Mammeri	21	21
		21	10	10

	Koceila Mammeri	18	21	21

Top half[]

Section 1[]

First Round					Second Round				Quarter-finals

					1	A H Elgamal D Hany	21	21

						H Bouksani	18	16
	H Bouksani	15	21	21

		21	6	9
									1	A H Elgamal D Hany	17	21	21

											21	14	14



							21	21

							16	15
		w	/	o

	N Miyambo

Section 2[]

First Round			Second Round				Quarter-finals

			4	15	18

				21	21
	18	12

	21	21
								14	21

								21	23



				21	17	16

				17	21	21
	21	21

	4	11

Bottom half[]

Section 3[]

First Round				Second Round					Quarter-finals

		17	14

	E Chipeleme	21	21
					E Chipeleme	12	21	18

						21	15	21
		15	13

		21	21
										21	9	17

										17	21	21
		21	21

		10	11
						21	21

				3		15	8

Section 4[]

First Round				Second Round				Quarter-finals

		13	11

	A Salah	21	21
					A Salah	21	21

						10	10



									A Salah	21	23	6

									K Mammeri	18	25	21
	K Mammeri	21	21

		8	9
					K Mammeri	21	21

				2		10	16

References[]

^ "All Africa Senior Championships – Uganda 2021 Draw". Badminton Africa. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^ "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
^ Algeria vs Réunion
^ Zambia vs Réunion
^ Algeria vs Zambia
^ Mauritius vs Botswana
^ South Africa vs Botswana
^ Mauritius vs South Africa
^ Egypt vs Ghana
^ Uganda vs Ghana
^ Egypt vs Uganda
^ Mauritius vs Uganda
^ Zambia vs South Africa
^ Egypt vs Uganda
^ South Africa vs Algeria
^ Egypt vs Algeria

External links[]

[1] "All Africa Senior Championships – Uganda 2021 Draw". Badminton Africa. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.

[2] "World Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[3] Algeria vs Réunion

[4] Zambia vs Réunion

[5] Algeria vs Zambia

[6] Mauritius vs Botswana

[7] South Africa vs Botswana

[8] Mauritius vs South Africa

[9] Egypt vs Ghana

[10] Uganda vs Ghana

[11] Egypt vs Uganda

[12] Mauritius vs Uganda

[13] Zambia vs South Africa

[14] Egypt vs Uganda

[15] South Africa vs Algeria

[16] Egypt vs Algeria

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