2019 African Badminton Championships

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Dates22–28 April 2019
VenueAlfred Diete-Spiff Centre
LocationPort Harcourt, Nigeria
2019 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates22–28 April 2019
VenueAlfred Diete-Spiff Centre
LocationPort Harcourt, Nigeria
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The 2019 African Badminton Championships was the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, from 22–28 April.[1]

Medal table

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Nigeria Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Nigeria Godwin Olofua Mauritius Georges Paul
Nigeria Clement Krobakpo
Women's singles Nigeria Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Mauritius Kate Foo Kune Egypt Doha Hany
Nigeria Zainab Damilola Alabi
Men's doubles Algeria Koceila Mammeri
Algeria Youcef Sabri Medel
Nigeria Enejoh Abah
Nigeria Isaac Minaphee
Nigeria Godwin Olofua
Nigeria Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
Egypt Abdelrahman Abdelhakim
Egypt Ahmed Salah
Women's doubles Nigeria Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan
Nigeria Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh
Nigeria Amin Yop Christopher
Nigeria Chineye Ibere
Nigeria Augustina Ebhomien Sunday
Nigeria Peace Orji
Ghana Eyram Yaa Migbodzi
Ghana Perpertual Mensah Quaye
Mixed doubles Algeria Koceila Mammeri
Algeria Linda Mazri
Nigeria Enejoh Abah
Nigeria Peace Orji
Egypt Ahmed Salah
Egypt Hadia Hosny
Egypt Adham Hatem Elgamal
Egypt Doha Hany
Teams  Nigeria
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori, Clement Krobakpo, Enejoh Abah, Godwin Olofua
Amin Yop Christopher, Chineye Ibere, Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan, Sofiat Arinola Obanishola, Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh
 Mauritius
Aatish Lubah, Christopher Paul, Georges Paul, Jean Bernard Bongout, Melvin Appiah, Tejraj Pultoo
Aurélie Allet, Ganesha Mungrah, Jemimah Leung For Sang, Kate Foo Kune, Kobita Dookhee, Lorna Bodha
 Egypt
Abdalla Abdelhakim Hussein, Abdelrahman Abdelhakim, Adham Hatem Elgamal, Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb, Ahmed Salah,
Doha Hany, Hadia Hosny, Jana Ashraf, Nour Ahmed Youssri
 Ghana
Daniel Doe, Daniel Sam, Ebenezer Andrews, Emmanuel Botwe, George Ayittey, Michael Opoku Baah
Diana Archer, Eyram Yaa Migbodzi, Grace Atipaka, Jennifer Abitty, Perpertual Mensah Quaye

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.[2]

  *   Host nation (Nigeria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Nigeria*44412
2 Algeria2002
3 Mauritius0112
4 Egypt0055
5 Ghana0022
Totals (5 entries)651223

Tournament

The 2019 African Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The team event, officially All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2019, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa holding from 22–25 April. The individual event, officially All Africa Individual Championships 2019, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 26–28 April. A total of 18 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at this event.[3][4] This year's edition served as the first qualifier for African player to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

The tournament was sponsored by the Rivers State Government and organized by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria; the federation prepared a mascot, Alabo The Shuttler, as a reflection of the culture of the people.[6]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre (Civic Centre), Moscow road, Port Harcourt with six courts.[5]

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.[7]

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

Team event

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Egypt 2 2 0 10 0 +10 20 1 +19 439 151 +288 2 Knockout stage
2  Uganda 2 1 1 5 5 0 11 10 +1 361 309 +52 1
3  DR Congo 2 0 2 0 10 10 0 20 20 80 420 340 0
Source: TS

Egypt vs DR Congo

Uganda vs DR Congo

Egypt vs Uganda

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Mauritius 2 2 0 10 0 +10 20 1 +19 439 143 +296 2 Knockout stage
2  Zambia 2 1 1 5 5 0 11 11 0 370 384 14 1
3  Benin 2 0 2 0 10 10 1 20 19 155 437 282 0
Source: TS

Mauritius vs Benin

Zambia vs Benin

Mauritius vs Zambia

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Ghana 3 3 0 13 2 +11 27 5 +22 626 348 +278 3 Knockout stage
2  Algeria 3 2 1 12 3 +9 25 6 +19 617 321 +296 2
3  Ivory Coast 3 1 2 4 11 7 8 22 14 416 571 155 1
4  Togo 3 0 3 1 14 13 2 28 26 199 619 420 0
Source: TS

Algeria vs Togo

Ghana vs Ivory Coast

Algeria vs Ivory Coast

Ghana vs Togo

Algeria vs Ghana

Ivory Coast vs Togo

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L MF MA MD GF GA GD PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 2 2 0 10 0 +10 20 0 +20 420 226 +194 2 Knockout stage
2  South Africa 2 1 1 5 5 0 10 10 0 353 283 +70 1
3  Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0 10 10 0 20 20 156 420 264 0
Source: TS

Nigeria vs South Africa

Zimbabwe vs South Africa

Nigeria vs Zimbabwe

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 Mauritius 3
 
 
 
 Algeria 1
 
 Mauritius 3
 
 
 
 Egypt 0
 
 Egypt 3
 
 
 
 Zambia 0
 
 Mauritius 2
 
 
 
 Nigeria 3
 
 South Africa 2
 
 
 
 Ghana 3
 
 Ghana 0
 
 
 
 Nigeria 3
 
 Uganda 0
 
 
 Nigeria 3
 

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Individual event

References

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