African Badminton Championships

Template:Short description 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 started in 1979 where Kumasi, Ghana held the competition. Kenya emerged as the men's team champions while Tanzania clinched the women's team title at the first edition. The tournament was held biennially from 1980 to 2006. The 1986 edition of the championships, which was supposed to be held in Lusaka was postponed and later cancelled. Nigeria continued to host the tournament two years later.

Location of the African Badminton Championships

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the African Badminton Championships. The most recent games were held in Benoni in 2023. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

Number Year Host City Events 1 1979 Kumasi, Ghana (1) 3 2 1980 Beira, Mozambique (1) 4 3 1982 Lagos, Nigeria (1) 4 4 1984 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1) 9 5 1988 Lagos, Nigeria (2) 9 6 1992 Port Louis, Mauritius (1) 6 7 1994 Rose Hill, Mauritius (1) 6 8 1996 Lagos, Nigeria (3) 5 9 1998 Rose Hill, Mauritius (2) 6 10 2000 Bauchi, Nigeria (1) 6 11 2002 Casablanca, Morocco (1) 6 12 2004 Rose Hill, Mauritius (3) 6 13 2006 Algiers, Algeria (1) 6 14 2007 Rose Hill, Mauritius (4) 6 15 2009 Nairobi, Kenya (1) 6

Number Year Host City Events 16 2010 Kampala, Uganda (1) 5 17 2011 Marrakesh, Morocco (1) 6 18 2012 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1) 5 19 2013 Rose Hill, Mauritius (5) 6 20 2014 Gaborone, Botswana (1) 6 21 2017 Benoni, South Africa (1) 6 22 2018 Algiers, Algeria (2) 5 23 2019 Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1) 6 24 2020 Cairo, Egypt (1) 5 25 2021 Kampala, Uganda (2) 6 26 2022 Kampala, Uganda (3) 5 27 2023 Benoni, South Africa (2) 6 28 2024 Cairo, Egypt (2) 5 29 2025 Douala, Cameroon (1) 6

All-time medal table

As of the 2025 edition

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	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1979	Not held
1980
1982
1984	Template:Flagicon Simon Gondwe	Template:Flagicon Indira Bhikha	Template:Flagicon Firoz Din Template:Flagicon Mukesh Shah	Template:Flagicon Indira Bhikha Template:Flagicon Eline Coelho	Template:Flagicon Sozinho Guerra Template:Flagicon Indira Bhikha
1988	Template:Flagicon Tamuno Gibson	Template:Flagicon Oby Edoga	Template:Flagicon Tamuno Gibson Template:Flagicon Fatai Tokosi	Template:Flagicon Oby Edoga Template:Flagicon Dayo Oyewusi	Template:Flagicon Tamuno Gibson Template:Flagicon Oby Edoga
1992	Template:Flagicon Eddy Clarisse	Template:Flagicon Lina Fourie	Template:Flagicon Anton Kriel Template:Flagicon Nico Meerholz	Template:Flagicon Augusta Phillips Template:Flagicon Tracey Thompson	Template:Flagicon Anton Kriel Template:Flagicon Lina Fourie
1994		Template:Flagicon Lina Fourie	Template:Flagicon Nico Meerholz Template:Flagicon Alan Phillips	Template:Flagicon Lina Fourie Template:Flagicon Tracey Thompson	Template:Flagicon Alan Phillips Template:Flagicon Augusta Phillips
1996	Template:Flagicon Agarawu Tunde	Template:Flagicon Obiageli Olorunsola	Template:Flagicon Danjuma Fatauchi Template:Flagicon Agarawu Tunde	Template:Flagicon Obiageli Olorunsola Template:Flagicon Olamide Toyin Adebayo	Template:Flagicon Kayode Akinsanya Template:Flagicon Obiageli Olorunsola
1998	Template:Flagicon Eddy Clarisse	Template:Flagicon Lina Fourie	Template:Flagicon Johan Kleingeld Template:Flagicon Anton Kriel	Template:Flagicon Lina Fourie Template:Flagicon Monique Ric-Hansen	Template:Flagicon Anton Kriel Template:Flagicon Michelle Edwards
2000	Template:Flagicon Denis Constantin	Template:Flagicon Amrita Sawaram	Template:Flagicon Denis Constantin Template:Flagicon Eddy Clarisse	Template:Flagicon Grace Daniel Template:Flagicon Miriam Sude	Template:Flagicon Abimbola Odejoke Template:Flagicon Bridget Ibenero
2002	Template:Flagicon Abimbola Odejoke	Template:Flagicon Juliette Ah-Wan	Template:Flagicon Denis Constantin Template:Flagicon Stéphane Beeharry	Template:Flagicon Michelle Edwards Template:Flagicon Chantal Botts	Template:Flagicon Chris Dedman Template:Flagicon Antoinette Uys
2004	Template:Flagicon Dotun Akinsaya	Template:Flagicon Michelle Edwards	Template:Flagicon Johan Kleingeld Template:Flagicon Chris Dednam		Template:Flagicon Greg Okuonghae Template:Flagicon Grace Daniel
2006	Template:Flagicon Nabil Lasmari	Template:Flagicon Juliette Ah-Wan	Template:Flagicon Roelof Dednam Template:Flagicon Chris Dednam	Template:Flagicon Michelle Edwards Template:Flagicon Stacey Doubell	Template:Flagicon Georgie Cupidon Template:Flagicon Juliette Ah-Wan
2007		Template:Flagicon Grace Daniel		Template:Flagicon Michelle Edwards Template:Flagicon Chantal Botts
2008	Cancelled
2009	Template:Flagicon Ola Fagbemi	Template:Flagicon Juliette Ah-Wan	Template:Flagicon Jinkan Ifraimu Template:Flagicon Ola Fagbemi	Template:Flagicon Grace Daniel Template:Flagicon Mary Gideon	Template:Flagicon Ola Fagbemi Template:Flagicon Grace Daniel
2010	Template:Flagicon Jinkan Ifraimu	Template:Flagicon Hadia Hosny		Template:Flagicon Michelle Edwards Template:Flagicon Annari Viljoen	Template:Flagicon Dorian Lance James Template:Flagicon Michelle Edwards
2011		Template:Flagicon Stacey Doubell	Template:Flagicon Dorian Lance James Template:Flagicon Willem Viljoen		Template:Flagicon Willem Viljoen Template:Flagicon Annari Viljoen
2012	Template:Flagicon Jacob Maliekal	Template:Flagicon Grace Gabriel			Template:Flagicon Dorian Lance James Template:Flagicon Michelle Edwards
2013			Template:Flagicon Andries Malan Template:Flagicon Willem Viljoen	Template:Flagicon Juliette Ah-Wan Template:Flagicon Allisen Camille	Template:Flagicon Willem Viljoen Template:Flagicon Michelle Butler-Emmett
2014		Template:Flagicon Kate Foo Kune		Template:Flagicon Kate Foo Kune Template:Flagicon Yeldy Louison
2017	Template:Flagicon Adel Hamek	Template:Flagicon Kate Foo Kune	Template:Flagicon Koceila Mammeri Template:Flagicon Youcef Sabri Medel	Template:Flagicon Michelle Butler-Emmett Template:Flagicon Jennifer Fry	Template:Flagicon Andries Malan Template:Flagicon Jennifer Fry
2018	Template:Flagicon Julien Paul		Template:Flagicon Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Template:Flagicon Adel Hamek	Template:Flagicon Juliette Ah-Wan Template:Flagicon Allisen Camille	Template:Flagicon Koceila Mammeri Template:Flagicon Linda Mazri
2019	Template:Flagicon Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Template:Flagicon Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Template:Flagicon Koceila Mammeri Template:Flagicon Youcef Sabri Medel	Template:Flagicon Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Template:Flagicon Deborah Ukeh
2020	Template:Flagicon Julien Paul	Template:Flagicon Kate Foo Kune		Template:Flagicon Doha Hany Template:Flagicon Hadia Hosny	Template:Flagicon Adham Hatem Elgamal Template:Flagicon Doha Hany
2021	Template:Flagicon Adham Hatem Elgamal	Template:Flagicon Johanita Scholtz		Template:Flagicon Amy Ackerman Template:Flagicon Johanita Scholtz	Template:Flagicon Koceila Mammeri Template:Flagicon Tanina Mammeri
2022	Template:Flagicon Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Template:Flagicon Nour Ahmed Youssri		Template:Flagicon Lorna Bodha Template:Flagicon Kobita Dookhee
2023		Template:Flagicon Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	Template:Flagicon Jarred Elliott Template:Flagicon Robert Summers	Template:Flagicon Amy Ackerman Template:Flagicon Deidre Laurens
2024		Template:Flagicon Kate Ludik	Template:Flagicon Koceila Mammeri Template:Flagicon Youcef Sabri Medel
2025		Template:Flagicon Nour Ahmed Youssri		Template:Flagicon Amy Ackerman Template:Flagicon Johanita Scholtz

Team event

Men's and women's team (1979–1989)

Men's team

Ed.	Year	Hosts		Final				Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists				Number of teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1979	Ghana		Kenya	round-robin	Tanzania		Ghana	round-robin	–		3
2	1980	Mozambique		Nigeria	round-robin	Kenya		Tanzania	round-robin	Mozambique		5
3	1982	Nigeria		Nigeria	round-robin	Zambia		Ghana	round-robin	Mozambique		4
4	1984	Tanzania		Tanzania	round-robin	Zambia		Mozambique	round-robin	–		3
5	1988	Nigeria		Nigeria	round-robin	Tanzania		Mauritius	round-robin	–		3

Women's team

Ed.	Year	Hosts		Final				Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists				Number of teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1979	Ghana		Tanzania	round-robin	Kenya		Ghana	round-robin	–		3
2	1980	Mozambique		Zimbabwe	round-robin	Nigeria		Tanzania	round-robin	Kenya		5
3	1982	Nigeria		Nigeria	round-robin	Ghana		Mozambique	round-robin	Zambia		4
4	1984	Tanzania		Mozambique	round-robin	Tanzania		Zambia	round-robin	–		3
5	1988	Nigeria		Nigeria	round-robin	Tanzania		Mauritius	round-robin	–		3

Mixed team

Ed.	Year	Hosts		Final				Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists				Number of teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1980	Mozambique		Nigeria	round-robin	Kenya		Tanzania	round-robin	Mozambique		5
2	1982	Nigeria		Nigeria	round-robin	Ghana		Mozambique	round-robin	–		3
3	1984	Tanzania		Mozambique	round-robin	Tanzania		Zambia	round-robin	–		3
4	1988	Nigeria		Nigeria	round-robin	Tanzania		Mauritius	round-robin	–		3
5	1992	Mauritius		South Africa	Template:Walkover	Nigeria		Mauritius and Tanzania				8
6	1994	South Africa		South Africa	3–2	Mauritius		Namibia and Nigeria				6
7	1998	Mauritius		South Africa	3–2	Mauritius		Madagascar	3–2	Kenya		6
8	2000	Nigeria		Mauritius	3–2	Nigeria		South Africa	3–0	Seychelles		6
9	2002	Morocco		South Africa	3–0	Nigeria		Mauritius	3–0	Seychelles		8
10	2004	Mauritius		South Africa	3–1	Nigeria		Mauritius and Seychelles				12
11	2006	Algeria		South Africa	3–0	Algeria		Mauritius and Seychelles				13
12	2007	Mauritius		Seychelles	3–2	South Africa		Mauritius and Zambia				8
13	2009	Kenya		South Africa	3–1	Seychelles		Egypt and Mauritius				9
14	2011	Morocco		South Africa	3–2	Nigeria		Egypt and Mauritius				9
15	2013	Mauritius		South Africa	3–0	Nigeria		Mauritius and Seychelles				10
16	2014	Botswana		South Africa	3–1	Nigeria		Mauritius and Seychelles				10
17	2017	South Africa		Egypt	3–1	South Africa		Nigeria and Zambia				9
18	2019	Nigeria		Nigeria	3–2	Mauritius		Egypt and Ghana				13
19	2021	Uganda		Egypt	3–1	Algeria		South Africa and Uganda				8
20	2023	South Africa		Egypt	3–2	Mauritius		Algeria and South Africa				13
21	2025	Cameroon		Algeria	3–1	Mauritius		Egypt and South Africa				11

Junior mixed team (U19) (1979–1989)

Ed.	Year	Hosts		Final				Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists				Number of teams
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1979	Ghana		Kenya	round-robin	Tanzania		Ghana	round-robin	–		3
2	1980	Mozambique		Nigeria	round-robin	Zambia		Mozambique	round-robin	Tanzania		4
3	1982	Nigeria		Nigeria	round-robin	Zambia		Mozambique	round-robin	Ghana		4
4	1984	Tanzania		Mozambique	round-robin	Tanzania		Zambia	round-robin	–		3
5	1988	Nigeria		Nigeria	round-robin	Tanzania		Mauritius	round-robin	–		3

See also

• All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, another continental tournament
• African Junior Badminton Championships

External links

• 2011