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]

Previous winners

Year Venue Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles Team
1979 Kumasi, Ghana  Kenya (Men's)
 Kenya (Women's)
1980 Mozambique
1982 Lagos, Nigeria  Nigeria (Men's)
 Nigeria (Women's)
 Nigeria (Mixed)
1984 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Indira Bhikha
1992 Rose Hill, Mauritius Eddy Clarisse Lina Fourie Anton Kriel
Nico Meerholz
Augusta Phillips
Tracey Thompson
Anton Kriel
Lina Fourie
1994 Rose Hill, Mauritius
1996 Lagos, Nigeria Agarawu Tunde Obiageli Olorunsola Danjuma Fatauchi
Agarawu Tunde
Obiageli Olorunsola
Olamide Toyin Adebayo
Kayode Akinsanya
Obiageli Olorunsola
1998 Rose Hill, Mauritius Eddy Clarisse Lina Fourie Johan Kleingeld
Anton Kriel
Lina Fourie
Monique Ric-Hansen
Anton Kriel
Michelle Edwards
2000 Bauchi, Nigeria Denis Constantin Amrita Sawaram Denis Constantin
Eddy Clarisse
Grace Daniel
Miriam Sude
Abimbola Odejoke
Bridget Ibenero
Mauritius
2002 Casablanca, Morocco Abimbola Odejoke Juliette Ah-Wan Denis Constantin
Stéphane Beeharry
Michelle Edwards
Chantal Botts
Chris Dedman
Antoinette Uys
South Africa
2004 Rose Hill, Mauritius Dotun Akinsaya Michelle Edwards Johan Kleingeld
Chris Dednam
Greg Okuonghae
Grace Daniel
South Africa
2006 Algiers, Algeria Nabil Lasmari Juliette Ah-Wan Roelof Dednam
Chris Dednam
Michelle Edwards
Stacey Doubell
Georgie Cupidon
Juliette Ah-Wan
South Africa
2007 Rose Hill, Mauritius Grace Daniel Michelle Edwards
Chantal Botts
Seychelles
2008 Abuja, Nigeria Cancelled
2009 Nairobi, Kenya Ola Fagbemi Juliette Ah-Wan Jinkan Ifraimu
Ola Fagbemi
Grace Daniel
Mary Gideon
Ola Fagbemi
Grace Daniel
South Africa
2010 Kampala, Uganda Jinkan Ifraimu Hadia Hosny Michelle Edwards
Annari Viljoen
Dorian Lance James
Michelle Edwards
South Africa
2011 Marrakech, Morocco Stacey Doubell Dorian Lance James
Willem Viljoen
Willem Viljoen
Annari Viljoen
South Africa
2012 Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Jacob Maliekal Grace Gabriel Dorian Lance James
Michelle Edwards
2013 Rose Hill, Mauritius Andries Malan
Willem Viljoen
Juliette Ah-Wan
Allisen Camille
Willem Viljoen
Michelle Butler-Emmett
South Africa
2014 Gaborone, Botswana Kate Foo Kune Kate Foo Kune
Yeldy Louison
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 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
 Nigeria
2020 Cairo, Egypt Georges Paul Kate Foo Kune Doha Hany
Hadia Hosny
Adham Hatem Elgamal
Doha Hany

See also

References

  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. "Award for the Champs". Daily Graphic: Issue 8,866. 24 April 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
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