# 2011 African Junior Badminton Championships

The 2011 African Junior Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best youth players and teams across Africa. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from 27 to 30 July in Maputo, Mozambique and acted as a prelude to the 2011 All-Africa Games.
The tournament was later postponed to start on 21 August when Mozambique announced that the country pulled out of hosting the event due to financial issues. Mauritius was later chosen as the new host of the championships. The number of participating countries also suffered a significant drop, from 12 to 6 due to the postponement of the championships.

## Tournament

The 2011 African Junior Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa U-19 Mixed Team Championships 2011, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa. A total of 4 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at mixed team event.
The individual event, officially All Africa U-19 Individual Championships 2011, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 25 to 26 August.

### Venue

This tournament was held at the National Badminton Centre in Rose Hill with three courts.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Teams | South Africa Cameron Coetzer Andries Malan Reneshan Naidoo Prakash Nath Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg | Mauritius Guillaume Lo Aatish Lubah Oshand Nobin Julien Paul Stephane Perne Sejilen Rungasamy Aurélie Allet Nawsheen Domah Rheea Dookhee Kate Foo Kune Deepti Ramchurn Raeesah Rassoolkhan | Egypt Youssef Ashraf Mahmoud El Sayad Omar Emad Moataz Hesham Nadine Ashraf Rana Osman Toka Elwasary Aya Tayssir |
| Boys' singles | Mahmoud El Sayad | Andries Malan | Prakash Nath |
| Boys' singles | Mahmoud El Sayad | Andries Malan | Aatish Lubah |
| Girls' singles | Kate Foo Kune | Elme de Villiers | Nesrine Baya |
| Girls' singles | Kate Foo Kune | Elme de Villiers | Nadine Ashraf |
| Boys' doubles | Andries Malan Prakash Nath | Cameron Coetzer Reneshan Naidoo | Youssef Ashraf Mahmoud El Sayad |
| Boys' doubles | Andries Malan Prakash Nath | Cameron Coetzer Reneshan Naidoo | Omar Emad Moataz Hesham |
| Girls' doubles | Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet | Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg | Nadine Ashraf Aya Tayssir |
| Girls' doubles | Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet | Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg | Aurélie Allet Kate Foo Kune |
| Mixed doubles | Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg | Mahmoud El Sayad Nadine Ashraf | Prakash Nath Elme de Villiers |
| Mixed doubles | Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg | Mahmoud El Sayad Nadine Ashraf | Aatish Lubah Kate Foo Kune |

### Medal table

* Host nation (Mauritius)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | South Africa | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | Egypt | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 3 | Mauritius* | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 4 | Algeria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |

## Team event
### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| South Africa | South Africa | 3 | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 1 | | | |
| Egypt | Egypt | 1 | South Africa | South Africa | 3 |
| | | | Mauritius | Mauritius | 1 |
| Algeria | Algeria | 0 | Mauritius | Mauritius | 1 |
| Mauritius | Mauritius | 3 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Egypt | Egypt | 4 |
| | | | Algeria | Algeria | 0 |

### Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | MD | Final result |
| | South Africa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +9 | Champions |
| | Mauritius | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | +2 | Runners-up |
| | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | Third place |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −12 | Fourth place |

## Individual event
### Boys' singles

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Mahmoud El Sayad | 21 | 23 | 21 | | | | | |
| 4 | Prakash Nath | 14 | 25 | 18 | | | | | |
| 4 | Prakash Nath | 14 | 25 | 18 | 1 | Mahmoud El Sayad | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| | | | | | 2 | Andries Malan | 17 | 21 | 7 |
| | Aatish Lubah | 18 | 13 | | 2 | Andries Malan | 17 | 21 | 7 |
| 2 | Andries Malan | 21 | 21 | | | | | | |

### Girls' singles

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Kate Foo Kune | 21 | 21 | | | | |
| 4 | Nesrine Baya | 16 | 9 | | | | |
| 4 | Nesrine Baya | 16 | 9 | Kate Foo Kune | Kate Foo Kune | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | Elme de Villiers | Elme de Villiers | 17 | 19 |
| 3 | Nadine Ashraf | 13 | 19 | Elme de Villiers | Elme de Villiers | 17 | 19 |
| 2 | Elme de Villiers | 21 | 21 | | | | |

### Boys' doubles

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Andries Malan Prakash Nath | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | Omar Emad Moataz Hesham | 17 | 18 | | | | | |
| | Omar Emad Moataz Hesham | 17 | 18 | 1 | Andries Malan Prakash Nath | 23 | 17 | 21 |
| | | | | | Cameron Coetzer Reneshan Naidoo | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| 3 | Youssef Ashraf Mahmoud El Sayad | 19 | 13 | | Cameron Coetzer Reneshan Naidoo | 21 | 21 | 16 |
| | Cameron Coetzer Reneshan Naidoo | 21 | 21 | | | | | |

### Girls' doubles

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Nadine Ashraf Aya Tayssir | 13 | 18 | | | | | |
| 4 | Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| 4 | Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet | 21 | 21 | | 4 | Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet | 21 | 21 |
| | | | | | 2 | Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg | 12 | 18 |
| 3 | Aurélie Allet Kate Foo Kune | 11 | 23 | 17 | 2 | Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg | 12 | 18 |
| 2 | Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg | 21 | 21 | 21 | | | | |

### Mixed doubles

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Mahmoud El Sayad Nadine Ashraf | 21 | 21 | | | | | |
| | Prakash Nath Elme de Villiers | 11 | 14 | | | | | |
| | Prakash Nath Elme de Villiers | 11 | 14 | | 1 | Mahmoud El Sayad Nadine Ashraf | 15 | 20 |
| | | | | | 2 | Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg | 21 | 22 |
| 4 | Aatish Lubah Kate Foo Kune | 21 | 11 | 16 | 2 | Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg | 21 | 22 |
| 2 | Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg | 13 | 21 | 21 | | | | |