2006 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa

2006 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa
Tournament details
Dates	19–23 February 2006
Edition	2
Venue	National Badminton Centre
Location	Rose Hill, Mauritius
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Dates19–23 February 2006

Edition2

VenueNational Badminton Centre

LocationRose Hill, Mauritius

The 2006 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa were held in Rose Hill, Mauritius, between 19 and 23 February 2006, and were organised by Mauritius Badminton Association.^[1] South Africa was the defending champion in both the men's and women's team events.

This tournament served as the qualification stage for African countries vying for a spot in the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup.^[2]^[3] South Africa men's and women's teams successfully qualified to compete in the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cup held in Japan.^[4]^[5]

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Medal	Team	Players
	South Africa	Chris Dednam, Johan Kleingeld, Dorian James, Wiaan Viljoen
	Mauritius	Stephan Beeharry, Vishal Sawaram, Eddy Clarisse, Kiran Baboolall
	Zambia	Eli Mambwe, Juma Muwowo, Lucio Mambwe, Kaite Mubanga

Medal	Team	Players
	South Africa	Michelle Edwards, Chantal Botts, Kerry-Lee Harrington, Annari Viljoen
	Mauritius	Amrita Sawaram, Shama Aboobakar, Marlyse Marquer, Karen Foo Kune
	Seychelles	Juliette Ah-Wan, Cynthia Course, Shirley Etienne, Danielle Jupiter

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	5	5	0	21	4	+17	5	2006 Thomas Cup	—	3–2	4–1	4–1	5–0	5–0
2	Mauritius	5	4	1	21	4	+17	4			—	4–1	5–0	5–0	5–0
3	Zambia	5	3	2	15	10	+5	3				—	4–1	4–1	5–0
4	Seychelles	5	2	3	8	17	−9	2					—	3–2	3–2
5	Kenya	5	1	4	8	17	−9	1						—	5–0
6	Morocco	5	0	5	2	23	−21	0							—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	12	3	+9	3	2006 Uber Cup	—	3–2	5–0	4–1
2	Mauritius	3	2	1	9	6	+3	2			—	4–1	5–0
3	Seychelles	3	1	2	4	11	−7	1				—	3–2
4	Zambia	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0					—

2006 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa

Men's team

Round-robin

Women's team

Round-robin

References

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