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]
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.
Host cities of the African Badminton Championships
Medal count (2011−2023)
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.
South Africa
Algeria
Nigeria
Mauritius
Egypt
Seychelles
Uganda
Réunion
Ghana
Zambia
Botswana
