2007 African Badminton Championships

The 2007 African Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the National Badminton Centre in Rose Hill, Mauritius, from 21 to 26 May 2007.^[1][2]

2007 African Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	21–26 May
Edition	14th
Venue	National Badminton Centre
Location	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
← 2006 2009 →

Seychelles created history by winning their first title in the mixed team event after they defeated South Africa 3–2 in the final.^[3][4][5]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Nabil Lasmari	Eli Mambwe	Chris Dednam
			Edwin Ekiring
Women's singles	Grace Daniel	Kerry-Lee Harrington	Stacey Doubell
			Karen Foo Kune
Men's doubles	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	Georgie Cupidon Steve Malcouzanne	Nabil Lasmari Ammar Zeradine
			Stephan Beeharry Vishal Sawaram
Women's doubles	Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards	Grace Daniel Karen Foo Kune	Juliette Ah-Wan Catherina Paulin
			Stacey Doubell Kerry-Lee Harrington
Mixed doubles	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	Chris Dednam Michelle Edwards	Eli Mambwe Ogar Siamupangila
			Stephan Beeharry Karen Foo Kune
Mixed team	Seychelles Georgie Cupidon Nicholas Jumaye Steve Malcouzanne Juliette Ah-Wan Cynthia Course Shirley Etienne Catherina Paulin	South Africa Robert Abrahams Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam Enrico James Willem Viljoen Chantal Botts Stacey Doubell Michelle Edwards Kerry-Lee Harrington	Mauritius Lloyd Alam Stephan Beeharry Sahir Edoo Yoni Louison Vishal Sawaram Neeresh Ramtohul Chis Umanee Deborah Baillache Karen Foo Kune Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison Marlyse Marquer
			Zambia Eli Mambwe Lucio Mambwe Juma Muwowo Jean Mabiza Delphine Nakanyika Ogar Siamupangila

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	2	3	3	8
2	Seychelles	2	1	1	4
3	Nigeria	1	0.5	0	1.5
4	Algeria	1	0	1	2
5	Zambia	0	1	2	3
6	Mauritius*	0	0.5	3	3.5
7	Uganda	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	11	23

Team event

Group stage

Group A Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts  South Africa 3 3 0 15 0 +15 3  Seychelles 3 2 1 10 5 +5 2  Botswana 3 1 2 4 11 −7 1  Madagascar 3 0 3 1 14 −13 0 South Africa  5–0  Seychelles South Africa  5–0  Botswana South Africa  5–0  Madagascar Seychelles  5–0  Botswana Seychelles  5–0  Madagascar Botswana  4–1  Madagascar

Group B Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts  Mauritius 3 3 0 13 2 +15 3  Zambia 3 2 1 9 6 +3 2  Algeria 3 1 2 8 7 +1 1  Kenya 3 0 3 0 15 −15 0 Mauritius  3–2  Algeria Mauritius  5–0  Zambia Mauritius  5–0  Kenya Algeria  1–4  Zambia Algeria  5–0  Kenya Zambia  5–0  Kenya

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals					Final
	South Africa		3
	Zambia		0
						South Africa		2
						Seychelles		3
	Seychelles		3
	Mauritius		0

Final

South Africa 2	National Badminton Centre, Court 1 23 May 2007 [6]		Seychelles 3
1 2 3 1 Chris Dednam / Michelle Edwards Georgie Cupidon / Catherina Paulin 15 21 13 21     2 Kerry-Lee Harrington Juliette Ah-Wan 11 21 16 21     3 Chris Dednam Steve Malcouzanne 21 13 21 16     4 Chantal Botts / Michelle Edwards Juliette Ah-Wan / Shirley Etienne 21 10 21 18     5 Roelof Dednam / Willem Viljoen Georgie Cupidon / Steve Malcouzanne 16 21 21 7 13 21