2019 African Badminton Championships

Tournament details

Dates

22–28 April 2019

Venue

Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre

Location

Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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The 2019 African Badminton Championships was the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, from 22–28 April.^[1]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Godwin Olofua	Georges Paul
Men's singles	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	Godwin Olofua	Clement Krobakpo
Women's singles	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	~~Kate Foo Kune~~	Doha Hany
Women's singles	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	~~Kate Foo Kune~~	Zainab Damilola Alabi
Men's doubles	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Enejoh Abah Isaac Minaphee	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
Men's doubles	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Enejoh Abah Isaac Minaphee	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah
Women's doubles	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	Amin Yop Christopher Chineye Ibere	Augustina Ebhomien Sunday Peace Orji
Women's doubles	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	Amin Yop Christopher Chineye Ibere	Eyram Yaa Migbodzi Perpertual Mensah Quaye
Mixed doubles	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri	Enejoh Abah Peace Orji	Ahmed Salah Hadia Hosny
Mixed doubles	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri	Enejoh Abah Peace Orji	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany
Teams	Nigeria Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori, Clement Krobakpo, Enejoh Abah, Godwin Olofua Amin Yop Christopher, Chineye Ibere, Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan, Sofiat Arinola Obanishola, Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	Mauritius Aatish Lubah, Christopher Paul, Georges Paul, Jean Bernard Bongout, Melvin Appiah, Tejraj Pultoo Aurélie Allet, Ganesha Mungrah, Jemimah Leung For Sang, Kate Foo Kune, Kobita Dookhee, Lorna Bodha	Egypt Abdalla Abdelhakim Hussein, Abdelrahman Abdelhakim, Adham Hatem Elgamal, Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb, Ahmed Salah, Doha Hany, Hadia Hosny, Jana Ashraf, Nour Ahmed Youssri
Teams			Ghana Daniel Doe, Daniel Sam, Ebenezer Andrews, Emmanuel Botwe, George Ayittey, Michael Opoku Baah Diana Archer, Eyram Yaa Migbodzi, Grace Atipaka, Jennifer Abitty, Perpertual Mensah Quaye

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.^[2]

Medal table

* Host nation (Nigeria)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Nigeria*	4	4	4	12
2	Algeria	2	0	0	2
3	Mauritius	0	1	1	2
4	Egypt	0	0	5	5
5	Ghana	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		6	5	12	23

Tournament

The 2019 African Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The team event, officially All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2019, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa holding from 22–25 April. The individual event, officially All Africa Individual Championships 2019, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 26–28 April. A total of 18 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at this event.^[3]^[4] This year's edition served as the first qualifier for African player to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5]

The tournament was sponsored by the Rivers State Government and organized by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria; the federation prepared a mascot, Alabo The Shuttler, as a reflection of the culture of the people.^[6]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre (Civic Centre), Moscow road, Port Harcourt with six courts.^[5]

Point distribution

The individual event of this tournament was graded based on the BWF points system for the BWF International Challenge event. Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.^[7]

Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128
4,000	3,400	2,800	2,200	1,520	920	360	170

Team event

Group A

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Egypt	Knockout stage
2	Uganda	Knockout stage
3	DR Congo

First match(es) will be played: 22 April 2019. Source: TS

Group B

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Mauritius	Knockout stage
2	Zambia	Knockout stage
3	Benin

First match(es) will be played: 22 April 2019. Source: TS

Group C

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Algeria	Knockout stage
2	Ghana	Knockout stage
3	Ivory Coast
4	Togo

First match(es) will be played: 22 April 2019. Source: TS

Group D

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Nigeria	Knockout stage
2	South Africa	Knockout stage
3	Zimbabwe

First match(es) will be played: 22 April 2019. Source: TS

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Mauritius	3

Algeria	0
		Mauritius	3

		Egypt	0
Egypt	3

Zambia	0
				Mauritius	2

				Nigeria	3
South Africa	2

Ghana	3
		Ghana	0

		Nigeria	3
Uganda	0

Nigeria	3

Individual event

Men's singles

Seeds

Georges Paul (semifinals)
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (champions)
Godwin Olofua (final)
Adham Hatem Elgamal (second round)
Ahmed Salah (quarterfinals)
Daniel Sam (third round)
Melvin Appiah (third round)
Habeeb Temitope Bello (third round)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	Georges Paul	21	14	19

3	Godwin Olofua	13	21	21
					3	Godwin Olofua	17	21	17

					2	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21	16	21
	Clement Krobakpo	10	8

2	Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round				Second Round					Third Round				Quarter-finals

				1	G Paul	21	21
	M A Belarbi	21	21		M A Belarbi	10	13
	P Kopolo	7	16						1	G Paul	21	21
										A A Shehu	15	16
					S Noone	13	8
	A A Shehu	21	21		A A Shehu	21	21
	F Ahi	9	8										1	G Paul	22	21
														G Babalola	20	12
				6	D Sam	21	17	24
	A Issa	11	11		I Wanagalya	10	21	22
	I Wanagalya	21	21						6	D Sam	21	13
	D J Okito	16	6							G Babalola	23	21
	J Renaud	21	21		J Renaud	7	13
	G Babalola	21	21		G Babalola	21	21
	A A Hussein	8	14

Section 2

First Round					Second Round				Third Round				Quarter-finals

					3	G Olofua	21	21
	J Luo	21	6	9		A Lubah	8	19
	A Lubah	19	21	21					3	G Olofua	21	21
	A J I Agnimel	14	12							A Abdelhakim	16	10
	A Abdelhakim	21	21			A Abdelhakim	21	21
	E Andrews	18	21	21		E Andrews	18	17
	T Oyewole	21	15	12									3	G Olofua	16	21	21
													5	A Salah	21	14	12
					5	A Salah	21	21
	E Botwe	6	6			B Von Bodenstein	7	12
	B Von Bodenstein	21	21						5	A Salah	21	21
	T Mathe	14	9							K Mammeri	10	19
	C Paul	21	21			C Paul	16	18
	F Kirabo	9	10			K Mammeri	21	21
	K Mammeri	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round					Second Round					Third Round				Quarter-finals

	J B Bongout	21	21
	R Alfonso	14	8			J B Bongout	21	21
	O Ouedraogo	15	15			A Babu	15	15
	A Babu	21	21								J B Bongout	21	21
	L Semere	8	10							8	H T Bello	18	16
	A Hamek	21	21			A Hamek	1^r
					8	H T Bello	3
															J B Bongout	15	14
	G S Degbe	22	8	21											C Krobakpo	21	21
	A Zolobe	20	21	14		G S Degbe	8	11
	D Mihigo	19	15			M O Baah	21	21
	M O Baah	21	21								M O Baah	14	12
	C Krobakpo	21	21								C Krobakpo	21	21
	J Elliott	10	10			C Krobakpo	21	15	21
					4	A H Elgamal	15	21	15

Section 4

First Round					Second Round				Third Round					Quarter-finals

	J Y Tokou	7	12
	Y S Medel	21	21			Y S Medel	21	21
	K V Amoussou	21	15	21		K V Amoussou	6	7
	A Dziva	15	21	18						Y S Medel	19	21	26
	D Senono	28	13	21					7	M Appiah	21	14	24
	K Ghislain	26	21	16		D Senono	10	20
					7	M Appiah	21	22
															Y S Medel	10	10
	R Snyman	13	21	21										2	A J Opeyori	21	21
	G Ayittey	21	16	15		R Snyman	21	21
						Z Wapi	4	6
										R Snyman	10	15
	C T R Assogba	11	12						2	A J Opeyori	21	21
	A A El-Khateeb	21	21			A A El-Khateeb	13	11
					2	A J Opeyori	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

Kate Foo Kune (final)
Hadia Hosny (second round)
Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (champions)
Doha Hany (semifinals)
Aisha Nakiyemba (third round)
Aïcha Laurene N'Dia (second round)
Chineye Ibere (quarterfinals)
Kobita Dookhee (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals				Final

1	Kate Foo Kune	21	21

4	Doha Hany	16	13
				1	Kate Foo Kune	12	13

				3	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	21	21
3	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	22	21

	Zainab Damilola Alabi	20	19

Top half

Section 1

First Round				Second Round				Third Round					Quarter-finals

				1	K Foo Kune	21	11
					B Awor	8	4^r
								1	K Foo Kune	22	21
									A Ebhomien Sunday	20	15
					A Ebhomien Sunday	21	21
	L Bodha	21	21		L Bodha	17	19
	M B Bokotsha	7	6										1	K Foo Kune	21	19	27
														J Scholtz	18	21	25
				5	A Nakiyemba	21	21
					X Arisa	8	12
								5	A Nakiyemba	13	23	16
									J Scholtz	21	21	21
					J Leung For Sang	7	6
	J Scholtz	21	21		J Scholtz	21	21
	G Mungrah	15	12

Section 2

First Round				Second Round					Third Round				Quarter-finals

				4	D Hany	21	21
					H Kobugabe	11	11
									4	D Hany	21	21
										A Camille	17	10
					A J Degbey	13	7
	A Camille	21	21		A Camille	21	21
	L Mazri	17	17										4	D Hany	21	21
													7	C Ibere	9	17
				7	C Ibere	17	21	21
	U D Ukeh	21	21		U D Ukeh	21	16	16
	G Atipaka	13	16						7	C Ibere	21	21
										P M Quaye	13	8
					P M Quaye	21	23
	K Heyelom	13	18		E O D Loess	18	21
	E O D Loess	21	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round				Second Round					Third Round					Quarter-finals

	L G T A Doulou	14	16
	H Bouksani	21	21		H Bouksani	22	21
					R Adjima	20	7
										H Bouksani
	M De Beer	21	21							M De Beer	w	/	o
	J Abitty	4	10		M De Beer	21	21	21
				8	K Dookhee	14	23	6
															M De Beer	10	18
	J Ashraf	21	21											3	D A Adesokan	21	21
	K Odia	9	8		J Ashraf	21	21
					P L Y Vitou	19	5
										J Ashraf	12	12
									3	D A Adesokan	21	21
					M Gaza	3	3
				3	D A Adesokan	21	21

Section 4

First Round				Second Round					Third Round				Quarter-finals

	K T Mudzamiri	5	4
	M Ouchefoun	21	21		M Ouchefoun	21	21
					M Namakoye	7	14
										M Ouchefoun	16	19
	G Mbabazi	22	21							G Mbabazi	21	21
	M Butler-Emmett	20	14		G Mbabazi	21	21
				6	A L N'Dia	12	6
														G Mbabazi	17	21	14
	N Ahmed Youssri	21	21											Z D Alabi	21	19	21
	E Y Migbodzi	7	5		N Ahmed Youssri	17	21	21
					E M De Villers	21	16	16
										N Ahmed Youssri	12	17
										Z D Alabi	21	21
					Z D Alabi	21	21
				2	H Hosny	15	14

Men's doubles

Seeds

Godwin Olofua / Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (semifinals)
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek (second round)
Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel (champions)
Abdelrahman Abdelhakim / Ahmed Salah (semifinals)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	Godwin Olofua Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori	21	16	16

3	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	18	21	21
					3	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	21	21

						Enejoh Abah Isaac Minaphee	18	17
4	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah	13	10

	Enejoh Abah Isaac Minaphee	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round			Second Round				Quarter-finals

			1	G Olofua A J Opeyori	21	21
				K V Amoussou A Issa	5	5
							1	G Olofua A J Opeyori	13	21	21
								M Appiah A Lubah	21	11	10
			F Ahi A Zolobe		7	8
G S Degbe T Oyewole	16	11	M Appiah A Lubah		21	21
M Appiah A Lubah	21	21

Section 2

First Round				Second Round					Quarter-finals

				3	K Mammeri Y S Medel	21	21
A Dziva T Mathe	13	14			J Elliott S Noone	13	13
J Elliott S Noone	21	21							3	K Mammeri Y S Medel	21	21
										A A El-Khateeb A H Elgamal	19	13
				D Doe D Sam		14	21	6
F Kirabo I Senfuka	15	21	6	A A El-Khateeb A H Elgamal		21	19	21
A A El-Khateeb A H Elgamal	21	18	21

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round				Second Round					Quarter-finals

J B Bongout T Pultoo	21	21
D J Okito Z Wapi	6	8		J B Bongout T Pultoo		21	15	21
				R Snyman B Von Bodenstein		16	21	16
										J B Bongout T Pultoo	21	14	18
K Ghislain J Luo	21	15	21						4	A Abdelhakim A Salah	11	21	21
E Andrews M O Baah	19	21	9		K Ghislain J Luo	15	21	16
				4	A Abdelhakim A Salah	21	19	21

Section 4

First Round			Second Round					Quarter-finals

A J I Agnimel O Ouedraogo	21	21
R Alfonso P Kopolo	13	17	A J I Agnimel O Ouedraogo		8	11
			G Babalola C Krobakpo		21	21
								G Babalola C Krobakpo	20	18
A Babu I Wanagalya	6	9						E Abah I Minaphee	22	21
E Abah I Minaphee	21	21		E Abah I Minaphee	w	/	o
			2	M A Belarbi A Hamek

Women's doubles

Seeds

Doha Hany / Hadia Hosny (quarterfinals)
Halla Bouksani / Linda Mazri (second round)
Aurélie Allet / Kobita Dookhee (quarterfinals)
Jemimah Leung For Sang / Ganesha Mungrah (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals				Final

	Augustina Ebhomien Sunday Peace Orji	16	14

	Amin Yop Christopher Chineye Ibere	21	21
					Amin Yop Christopher Chineye Ibere	14	22	17

					Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	21	20	21
	Eyram Yaa Migbodzi Perpertual Mensah Quaye	11	7

	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh	21	21

Top half

Section 1

First Round	Second Round				Quarter-finals

	1	D Hany H Hosny	21	21
		J Abitty G Atipaka	11	8
					1	D Hany H Hosny	16	16
						A Ebhomien Sunday P Orji	21	21
	A Ebhomien Sunday P Orji		21	21
	M Butler-Emmett E M De Villers		17	13

Section 2

First Round				Second Round				Quarter-finals

				3	A Allet K Dookhee	21	21
					X Arisa A J Degbey	8	8
								3	A Allet K Dookhee	18	13
									A Y Christopher C Ibere	21	21
				E O D Loess A L N'Dia		4	6
A Y Christopher C Ibere	w	/	o	A Y Christopher C Ibere		21	21
B Apio B Awor

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round

Second Round

Quarter-finals

R Ajima

M Dare

12

8

E Y Migbodzi
P M Quaye

21

E Y Migbodzi
P M Quaye

21

M B Bokotsha

K Odia

11

7

E Y Migbodzi
P M Quaye

w

/

o

M Gaza

K T Mudzamiri

M Gaza
K T Mudzamiri

w

/

o

4

J Leung For Sang

G Mungrah

Section 4

First Round			Second Round					Quarter-finals

M De Beer J Scholtz	21	21
G Mbabazi A Nakiyemba	15	8	M De Beer J Scholtz		21	21
			N Ahmed Youssri J Ashraf		13	13
								M De Beer J Scholtz	19	15
								D A Adesokan U D Ukeh	21	21
				' D A Adesokan U D Ukeh	w	/	o
			2	H Bouksani L Mazri

Mixed doubles

Seeds

Ahmed Salah / Hadia Hosny (semifinals)
Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany (semifinals)
Enejoh Abah / Peace Orji (final)
Tejraj Pultoo / Kobita Dookhee (quarterfinals)
Alex Zolobe / Lou Gohi Theophile Annick Doulou (second round)
Kayode Abubakar Mope / Amin Yop Christopher (third round)
Ebenezer Andrews / Grace Atipaka (third round)
Ousmane Ouedraogo / Esme Osseane Davila Loess (second round)

Finals

Semi-finals					Final

1	Ahmed Salah Hadia Hosny	23	17	13

	Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri	21	21	21
						Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri	15	21	21

					3	Enejoh Abah Peace Orji	21	16	18
3	Enejoh Abah Peace Orji	21	21

2	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	15	12

Top half

Section 1

First Round				Second Round					Third Round					Quarter-finals

				1	A Salah H Hosny	21	21
					K V Amoussou R Adjima	8	10
									1	A Salah H Hosny	21	21
										J Luo A Camille	19	17
					J Luo A Camille	21	21
					T Mathe K T Mudzamiri	6	9
														1	A Salah H Hosny	21	21
															J Elliott M De Beer	12	9
				5	A Zolobe L G Doulou	16	23	7
					T Oyewole X Arisa	21	21	21
										T Oyewole X Arisa	17	21	10
										J Elliott M De Beer	21	19	21
					D Mihigo M Namakoye	6	13
	Z Wapi M B Bokotsha	6	9		J Elliott M De Beer	21	21
	J Elliott M De Beer	21	21

Section 2

First Round				Second Round					Third Round					Quarter-finals

				4	T Pultoo K Dookhee	12	22	21
					D Doe E Y Migbodzi	21	20	12
									4	T Pultoo K Dookhee	22	8	21
										G Paul K Foo Kune	20	21	18
					S Noone E M De Villers	18	11
					G Paul K Foo Kune	21	21
														4	T Pultoo K Dookhee	21	19
															K Mammeri L Mazri	23	21
				6	K A Mope A Y Christopher	21	21
					A Abdelhakim J Ashraf	19	18
									6	K A Mope A Y Christopher	14	17
										K Mammeri L Mazri	21	21
					C T R Assogba A J Degbey	15	7
	K Mammeri L Mazri	21	21		K Mammeri L Mazri	21	21
	H T Bello R Yakubu	17	7

Bottom half

Section 3

First Round				Second Round					Third Round					Quarter-finals

	A A El-Khateeb N Ahmed Youssri	18	16
	D Sam J Abitty	21	21		D Sam J Abitty	16	21	22
					B Von Bodenstein J Scholtz	21	17	20
										D Sam J Abitty	10	21	21
										A Lubah A Allet	21	18	18
					A Lubah A Allet	21	21
				8	O Ouedraogo E O D Loess	11	3
															D Sam J Abitty	21	6	3^r
	R Snyman M Butler-Emmett	21	21											3	E Abah P Orji	17	21	13
	G S Degbe P L Y Vitou	7	13		R Snyman M Butler-Emmett	15	21	19
					C Paul L Bodha	21	19	21
										C Paul L Bodha	13	10
									3	E Abah P Orji	21	21
					M O Baah P M Quaye	17	8
				3	E Abah P Orji	21	21

Section 4

First Round				Second Round				Third Round				Quarter-finals

	I Wanagalya B Apio	21	21
	A J I Agnimel A L N'Dia	9	12		I Wanagalya B Apio	15	19
					I Minaphee Z D Alabi	21	21
									I Minaphee Z D Alabi	21	21
								7	E Andrews G A Atipaka	11	16
					D Senono H Kobugabe	12	20
				7	E Andrews G A Atipaka	21	22
													I Minaphee Z D Alabi	13	21	13
												2	A H Elgamal D Hany	21	19	21
					A Issa M Dare	15	13
					P Kopolo M Gaza	21	21
									P Kopolo M Gaza	10	8
								2	A H Elgamal D Hany	21	21
					D J Okito K Odia	10	5
				2	A H Elgamal D Hany	21	21

References

External links

African Badminton Championships