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]
Championships
|
|
Medal count (2011−2022)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Africa | 21 | 10 | 15 | 46 |
| 2 |  Algeria | 11 | 4 | 6 | 21 |
| 3 |  Nigeria | 8 | 23 | 30 | 61 |
| 4 |  Mauritius | 8 | 5 | 14 | 27 |
| 5 |  Egypt | 6 | 11 | 28 | 45 |
| 6 |  Seychelles | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 7 |  Uganda | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 |  Ghana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Réunion | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
 Zambia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 11 |  Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 nations) | 56 | 55 | 112 | 223 | |
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
.svg.png.webp){kind=small}
See also
- Africa Continental Team Badminton Championships, another continental tournament
- African Juniors Badminton Championships
- African Seniors Badminton Championships
References
- 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.
- Addo-Twum, J. K. (24 April 1979). "Award for the Champs". Daily Graphic: Issue 8,866. p. 15. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- Nigeria Year Book. 1981. p. 224.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.