2007 African Junior Badminton Championships
Badminton tournament
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The 2007 African Junior Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best youth players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the St Joseph's College Sports Hall in Gaborone, Botswana, from 19 to 26 August 2007.[1]
23–26 August (Individual event)
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 19–22 August (Team event) 23–26 August (Individual event) | ||
| Edition | 8th | ||
| Venue | St Joseph's College Sports Hall | ||
| Location | Gaborone, Botswana | ||
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Tournament
The 2007 African Junior Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa U-19 Mixed Team Championships 2007, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa. A total of 7 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at mixed team event.[2][3]
The individual event, officially All Africa U-19 Individual Championships 2007, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 23 to 26 August.[4][5]
Venue
This tournament was held at the St Joseph's College Sports Hall in Gaborone with two courts.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams |  South Africa |
 Egypt |
 Mauritius |
 Seychelles | |||
| Boys' singles | Jacob Maliekal |
Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb |
 Isaac Minaphee |
| Micheal Onwe | |||
| Girls' singles | Shareen Matthews |
Dina Nagy |
Cynthia Course |
| Noran Hassan Elbanna | |||
| Boys' doubles | Mahmoud El Sayad Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb |
Isaac Minaphee Andrew Stephen |
Dimitry Duval Daven Patchee |
 Charles Kalonde Nago Chongo | |||
| Girls' doubles | Jennifer Fry Candace Mann |
Noran Hassan Elbanna Dina Nagy |
Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison |
| Alisen Camille Cynthia Course | |||
| Mixed doubles | Reinard Louw Jennifer Fry |
Jacob Maliekal Candace Mann |
Mahmoud El Sayad Noran Hassan Elbanna |
| Daven Patchee Kate Foo Kune |
Medal table
* Host nation (Botswana)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Egypt | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
Team event
Group A
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Group B
Source: Africa Badminton
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Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| South Africa
| 3 | ||||||||
| Seychelles
| 0 | ||||||||
| South Africa
| 3 | ||||||||
| Egypt
| 1 | ||||||||
| Egypt
| 3 | ||||||||
| Mauritius
| 2 | ||||||||
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | MD | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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South Africa |
4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | +13 | Champions |
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Egypt |
4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +1 | Runners-up |
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Mauritius |
4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +12 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| Seychelles |
4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Zambia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 |  Botswana |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | −10 | |
| 7 |  Swaziland |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −15 | |