# 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships

The 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships is a continental stage tournament of Thomas and Uber Cups, and also to crown the best men's and women's badminton team in Africa. This tournament will be held in Algiers, Algeria between 12 and 15 February 2018.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | Algeria Adel Hamek Adel Meddah Koceila Mammeri Majed Yacine Balahoune Mohamed Abdelaziz Ouchefoun Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Samy Khaldi Sifeddine Larbaoui Youcef Sabri Medel | Nigeria Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Clement Krobakpo Enejoh Abah Godwin Olofua Habeeb Bello Usman Ayo Isiaq | Mauritius Aatish Lubah Christopher Paul Julien Paul Jean Bernard Bongout Melvin Appiah Tejraj Pultoo |
| Ghana Abraham Ayittey Aaron Tamakloe Daniel Sam Emmanuel Botwe Emmanuel Donkor Michael Opoku Baah |
| Women's team | Mauritius Aurélie Allet Ganesha Mungrah Kate Foo Kune Kobita Dookhee Nicki Chan-Lam Sendila Mourat | Nigeria Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Peace Orji Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh Zainab Momoh | Egypt Doha Hany Hadia Hosny Hana Hesham Mohamed Hana Tarek Mohamed Jana Ashraf Salmeen Essam Elsaid Salem |
| Algeria Dounia Naama Ferd Houda Halla Bouksani Imane Chekkal Ines Ziani Linda Mazri Malak Ouchefoune Sirine Ibrahim Yasmina Chibah |

## Tournament

The All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships officially crowns the best male and female national badminton teams in Africa and at the same time works as the African qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 19 teams consisting of 12 men's team and 7 women's team have entered the tournament.

### Venue

Venue of this tournament is Salle OMS Hacène Harcha Arena, in Algiers, Algeria.

## Men's team

The host country, Algeria has been crowned the champion in the men's team event. The Algeria team beating Nigeria with the score 3–2, and Nigeria settle for the silver medal. It is the first time for Algeria to win the competition, and also will be the first time for the team to participate at the Thomas Cup final. The men's team bronze goes to Mauritius and Ghana. The team lose in the semifinal round to Algeria and Nigeria, both with the score 3–1 respectively.

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mauritius | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 210 | 78 | +132 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Cameroon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 288 | 251 | +37 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 41 | 210 | −169 | 0 | |
| Date | | Score | | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 |
| 12 Feb | Mauritius | w/o | Tunisia | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 Feb | Cameroon | 5–0 | Tunisia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Mauritius | 5–0 | Cameroon | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
* Mauritius vs Tunisia
* Cameroon vs Tunisia
* Mauritius vs Cameroon

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Algeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 378 | 241 | +137 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Zambia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 380 | 295 | +85 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ivory Coast | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 215 | 437 | −222 | 0 | |
| Date | | Score | | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 |
| 12 Feb | Algeria | 5–0 | Ivory Coast | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Zambia | 5–0 | Ivory Coast | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 13 Feb | Algeria | 4–1 | Zambia | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
* Algeria vs Ivory Coast
* Zambia vs Ivory Coast
* Algeria vs Zambia

#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 464 | 273 | +191 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Morocco | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 327 | 407 | −80 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Seychelles | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 330 | 441 | −111 | 0 | |
| Date | | Score | | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 |
| 12 Feb | Nigeria | 5–0 | Morocco | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Seychelles | 2–3 | Morocco | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| 13 Feb | Nigeria | 5–0 | Seychelles | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
* Nigeria vs Morocco
* Seychelles vs Morocco
* Nigeria vs Seychelles

#### Group D

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ghana | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 425 | 298 | +127 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Egypt | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 435 | 305 | +130 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 163 | 420 | −257 | 0 | |
| Date | | Score | | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 |
| 12 Feb | Egypt | 5–0 | Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Ghana | 5–0 | Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Egypt | 2–3 | Ghana | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
* Egypt vs Zimbabwe
* Ghana vs Zimbabwe
* Egypt vs Ghana

### Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 14 February | 14 February | | | |
| Mauritius | 3 | | | |
| Mauritius | 3 | 14 February | 14 February | | |
| Zambia | 0 | 14 February | 14 February | |
| Zambia | 0 | Mauritius | 1 | |
| 14 February | 14 February | | Mauritius | 1 | |
| 14 February | 14 February | Algeria | 3 | |
| Algeria | 3 | Algeria | 3 | |
| Algeria | 3 | | | | 15 February | 15 February |
| Cameroon | 0 | | | | 15 February | 15 February |
| Cameroon | 0 | | | | Algeria | 3 |
| 14 February | 14 February | | | | | Algeria | 3 |
| 14 February | 14 February | | | | Nigeria | 2 |
| Egypt | 2 | | | | Nigeria | 2 |
| Egypt | 2 | 14 February | 14 February | | | |
| Ghana | 3 | 14 February | 14 February | | | |
| Ghana | 3 | Ghana | 1 | | | |
| 14 February | 14 February | | Ghana | 1 | | | |
| 14 February | 14 February | Nigeria | 3 | |
| Morocco | 0 | Nigeria | 3 | |
| Nigeria | 3 | | | |

#### Quarter-finals

* Mauritius vs Zambia
* Algeria vs Cameroon
* Egypt vs Ghana
* Morocco vs Nigeria

#### Semi-finals

* Mauritius vs Algeria
* Ghana vs Nigeria

#### Final

* Algeria vs Nigeria

## Women's team

The Mauritian women's team clinched the title and won the gold medal after beating the flagship country of African badminton, Nigeria. Under the coach from Malaysia, Krishnan Yogendran, Mauritius defeating Nigeria with the score 3–0. The Egypt and Algeria women's team were placed third in the competition and won the bronze medal. Both teams defeated in the semifinal by Nigeria and Mauritius with the score 3–2 respectively.

### Group stage
#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Nigeria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 422 | 263 | +159 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Algeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 366 | 345 | +21 | 1 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Uganda | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 233 | 413 | −180 | 0 | |
| Date | | Score | | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 |
| 12 Feb | Nigeria | 4–1 | Algeria | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Uganda | 1–4 | Algeria | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Nigeria | 5–0 | Uganda | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |

#### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | GF | GA | GD | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mauritius | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 589 | 340 | +249 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Egypt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 23 | 9 | +14 | 620 | 400 | +220 | 2 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 495 | 516 | −21 | 1 | |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 182 | 630 | −448 | 0 | |
| Date | | Score | | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Match 4 | Match 5 |
| 12 Feb | Egypt | 4–1 | Ghana | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 |
| 12 Feb | Mauritius | 5–0 | Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Egypt | 5–0 | Zimbabwe | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Mauritius | 5–0 | Ghana | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 13 Feb | Egypt | 2–3 | Mauritius | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 |
| 13 Feb | Zimbabwe | 0–5 | Ghana | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 14 February | 14 February |
| Nigeria | 3 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 15 February | 15 February |
| Egypt | 2 | 15 February | 15 February |
| Egypt | 2 | Nigeria | 0 |
| 14 February | 14 February | | Nigeria | 0 |
| 14 February | 14 February | Mauritius | 3 |
| Algeria | 2 | Mauritius | 3 |
| Mauritius | 3 | | |