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 started in 1979 where Kumasi, Ghana held the competition.^[1] Kenya emerged as the men's team champions while Tanzania clinched the women's team title at the first edition.^[2] 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.

1979

1980

1982, 1988, 1996

1984

1992

1994, 1998, 2004, 2007, 2013

2000

2002

2006, 2018

2009

2010, 2021, 2022

2011

2012

2014

2017, 2023

2019

2020, 2024

2025

Host cities of the African Badminton 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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	55	37	49	141
2	Nigeria	44	48.5	65	157.5
3	Algeria	22	9	14.5	45.5
4	Mauritius	17	21.5	58	96.5
5	Egypt	9	16	35	60
6	Seychelles	8	5	16	29
7	Mozambique	6	0	7.5	13.5
8	Tanzania	3	13	13	29
9	Kenya	2	3	1	6
10	Zambia	1	8	13	22
11	Uganda	1	3	18	22
12	Zimbabwe	1	0	0	1
13	Ghana	0	2	6	8
14	Réunion	0	1	3	4
15	Namibia	0	0	5.5	5.5
16	Morocco	0	0	1.5	1.5
17	Botswana	0	0	1	1
	Madagascar	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		169	167	308	644

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	Simon Gondwe	Indira Bhikha	Firoz Din Mukesh Shah	Indira Bhikha Eline Coelho	Sozinho Guerra Indira Bhikha
1988	Tamuno Gibson	Oby Edoga	Tamuno Gibson Fatai Tokosi	Oby Edoga Dayo Oyewusi	Tamuno Gibson Oby Edoga
1992	Eddy Clarisse	Lina Fourie	Anton Kriel Nico Meerholz	Augusta Phillips Tracey Thompson	Anton Kriel Lina Fourie
1994		Lina Fourie	Nico Meerholz Alan Phillips	Lina Fourie Tracey Thompson	Alan Phillips Augusta Phillips
1996	Agarawu Tunde	Obiageli Olorunsola	Danjuma Fatauchi Agarawu Tunde	Obiageli Olorunsola Olamide Toyin Adebayo	Kayode Akinsanya Obiageli Olorunsola
1998	Eddy Clarisse	Lina Fourie	Johan Kleingeld Anton Kriel	Lina Fourie Monique Ric-Hansen	Anton Kriel Michelle Edwards
2000	Denis Constantin	Amrita Sawaram	Denis Constantin Eddy Clarisse	Grace Daniel Miriam Sude	Abimbola Odejoke Bridget Ibenero
2002	Abimbola Odejoke	Juliette Ah-Wan	Denis Constantin Stéphane Beeharry	Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts	Chris Dedman Antoinette Uys
2004	Dotun Akinsaya	Michelle Edwards	Johan Kleingeld Chris Dednam		Greg Okuonghae Grace Daniel
2006	Nabil Lasmari	Juliette Ah-Wan	Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam	Michelle Edwards Stacey Doubell	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan
2007		Grace Daniel		Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts
2008	Cancelled
2009	Ola Fagbemi	Juliette Ah-Wan	Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi	Grace Daniel Mary Gideon	Ola Fagbemi Grace Daniel
2010	Jinkan Ifraimu	Hadia Hosny		Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen	Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards
2011		Stacey Doubell	Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen		Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen
2012	Jacob Maliekal	Grace Gabriel			Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards
2013			Andries Malan Willem Viljoen	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler-Emmett
2014		Kate Foo Kune		Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison
2017	Adel Hamek	Kate Foo Kune	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Michelle Butler-Emmett Jennifer Fry	Andries Malan Jennifer Fry
2018	Julien Paul		Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Adel Hamek	Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri
2019	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Deborah Ukeh
2020	Julien Paul	Kate Foo Kune		Doha Hany Hadia Hosny	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
2021	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Johanita Scholtz		Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri
2022	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Nour Ahmed Youssri		Lorna Bodha Kobita Dookhee
2023		Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	Jarred Elliott Robert Summers	Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens
2024		Kate Ludik	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel
2025		Nour Ahmed Youssri		Amy Ackerman 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	w/o	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