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 established since 1979 where Kumasi, Ghana held the competition.^[1] Kenyan men's and women's team emerged as the champion at the first edition.^[2]

Championships[]

Number	Host City	Host Country	Events
1	Kumasi	Ghana	6
2	Beira^[3]	Mozambique	6
3	Lagos	Nigeria	7
4	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	6
5	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill	Mauritius	5
6	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill	Mauritius	5
7	Lagos	Nigeria	5
8	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill	Mauritius	5
9	Bauchi	Nigeria	6
10	Casablanca	Morocco	6
11	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill	Mauritius	6
12	Algiers	Algeria	6

Number	Year	Host City	Host Country	Events
13		Beau Bassin-Rose Hill	Mauritius	6
14		Nairobi	Kenya	6
15		Kampala	Uganda	6
16	2011	Marrakesh	Morocco	6
17	2012	Addis Ababa	Ethiopia	5
18	2013	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill	Mauritius	6
19	2014	Gaborone	Botswana	6
20	2017	Benoni, Gauteng	South Africa	6
21	2018	Algiers	Algeria	5
22	2019	Port Harcourt	Nigeria	6
23	2020	Cairo	Egypt	5
24	2021	Kampala	Uganda	6
25	2022	Kampala	Uganda	5

Medal count (2011−2022)[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	21	10	15	46
2	Algeria	11	4	6	21
3	Nigeria	8	23	30	61
4	Mauritius	8	5	14	27
5	Egypt	6	11	28	45
6	Seychelles	2	1	4	7
7	Uganda	0	1	8	9
8	Ghana	0	0	2	2
	Réunion	0	0	2	2
	Zambia	0	0	2	2
11	Botswana	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		56	55	112	223

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	Venue	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Team
	Kumasi, Ghana						Kenya (Men's) Kenya (Women's)
	Beira, Mozambique
	Lagos, Nigeria						Nigeria (Men's) Nigeria (Women's) Nigeria (Mixed)
	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Eddy Clarisse		Anton Kriel Nico Meerholz		Anton Kriel
	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Eddy Clarisse
	Lagos, Nigeria		Obiageli Olorunsola		Obiageli Olorunsola Olamide Toyin Adebayo	Kayode Akinsanya Obiageli Olorunsola
	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Eddy Clarisse		Johan Kleingeld Anton Kriel		Anton Kriel Michelle Edwards
	Bauchi, Nigeria	Denis Constantin	Amrita Sawaram	Denis Constantin Eddy Clarisse	Grace Daniel	Abimbola Odejoke	Mauritius
	Casablanca, Morocco	Abimbola Odejoke	Juliette Ah-Wan	Denis Constantin Stéphane Beeharry	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Chris Dedman Antoinette Uys	South Africa
	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Dotun Akinsaya	Michelle Edwards	Johan Kleingeld Chris Dednam	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Grace Daniel	South Africa
	Algiers, Algeria	Nabil Lasmari	Juliette Ah-Wan	Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam	Michelle Edwards Stacey Doubell	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	South Africa
	Rose Hill, Mauritius	Nabil Lasmari	Grace Daniel	Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	Seychelles
2008	Abuja, Nigeria	Cancelled
	Nairobi, Kenya	Ola Fagbemi	Juliette Ah-Wan	Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	Grace Daniel	Ola Fagbemi Grace Daniel	South Africa
	Kampala, Uganda	Jinkan Ifraimu	Hadia Hosny	Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards	South Africa
2011	Marrakech, Morocco	Jinkan Ifraimu	Stacey Doubell	Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen		Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen	South Africa
2012	Addis Abeba, Ethiopia	Jacob Maliekal	Grace Gabriel	Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen		Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards
2013	Rose Hill, Mauritius		Grace Gabriel	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler-Emmett	South Africa
2014	Gaborone, Botswana		Kate Foo Kune	Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison	Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler-Emmett	South Africa
2015	The event was a part of 2015 African Games
2016	Not held
2017	Benoni, South Africa	Adel Hamek	Kate Foo Kune	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Michelle Butler-Emmett Jennifer Fry	Andries Malan Jennifer Fry	Egypt
2018	Algiers, Algeria	Georges Paul	Kate Foo Kune	M. Abderrahime Belarbi Adel Hamek	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri
2019	Port Harcourt, Nigeria	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Deborah Ukeh	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri	Nigeria
2020	Cairo, Egypt	Georges Paul	Kate Foo Kune		Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
2021	Kampala, Uganda	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Johanita Scholtz		Johanita Scholtz	Koceila Mammeri	Egypt
2022	Kampala, Uganda	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori				Koceila Mammeri

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.
^ Nigeria Year Book. 1981. p. 224.

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.

[3] Nigeria Year Book. 1981. p. 224.

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