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
editThe 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.
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All-time medal table
edit- As of the 2025 edition
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 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
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Team event
editMen's and women's team (1979–1989)
editMen's team
edit| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||
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| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Kenya
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round-robin | Tanzania
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Ghana
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round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Nigeria
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round-robin | Kenya
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Tanzania
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round-robin |  Mozambique
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5 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria
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round-robin |  Zambia
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Ghana
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round-robin | Mozambique
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4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Tanzania
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round-robin | Zambia
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Mozambique
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round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria
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round-robin | Tanzania
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Mauritius
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round-robin | – | 3 |
Women's team
edit| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||
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| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Tanzania
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round-robin | Kenya
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Ghana
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round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Zimbabwe
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round-robin | Nigeria
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Tanzania
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round-robin | Kenya
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5 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria
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round-robin | Ghana
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Mozambique
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round-robin | Zambia
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4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Mozambique
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round-robin | Tanzania
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Zambia
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round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria
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round-robin | Tanzania
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Mauritius
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round-robin | – | 3 |
Mixed team
editJunior mixed team (U19) (1979–1989)
edit| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||
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| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Kenya
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round-robin | Tanzania
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Ghana
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round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Nigeria
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round-robin | Zambia
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Mozambique
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round-robin | Tanzania
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4 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria
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round-robin | Zambia
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Mozambique
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round-robin | Ghana
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4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Mozambique
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round-robin | Tanzania
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Zambia
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round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria
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round-robin | Tanzania
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Mauritius
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round-robin | – | 3 |
See also
edit- All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, another continental tournament
- African Junior Badminton Championships
References
edit- ^ 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.