# African 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 started in 1979 where Kumasi, Ghana held the competition. Kenya emerged as the men's team champions while Tanzania clinched the women's team title at the first edition. 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

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.
| Number | Year | Host City | Events |
| 1 | 1979 | Kumasi, Ghana (1) | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Beira, Mozambique (1) | 4 |
| 3 | 1982 | Lagos, Nigeria (1) | 4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (1) | 9 |
| 5 | 1988 | Lagos, Nigeria (2) | 9 |
| 6 | 1992 | Port Louis, Mauritius (1) | 6 |
| 7 | 1994 | Rose Hill, Mauritius (1) | 6 |
| 8 | 1996 | Lagos, Nigeria (3) | 5 |
| 9 | 1998 | Rose Hill, Mauritius (2) | 6 |
| 10 | 2000 | Bauchi, Nigeria (1) | 6 |
| 11 | 2002 | Casablanca, Morocco (1) | 6 |
| 12 | 2004 | Rose Hill, Mauritius (3) | 6 |
| 13 | 2006 | Algiers, Algeria (1) | 6 |
| 14 | 2007 | Rose Hill, Mauritius (4) | 6 |
| 15 | 2009 | Nairobi, Kenya (1) | 6 |
| Number | Year | Host City | Events |
| 16 | 2010 | Kampala, Uganda (1) | 5 |
| 17 | 2011 | Marrakesh, Morocco (1) | 6 |
| 18 | 2012 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1) | 5 |
| 19 | 2013 | Rose Hill, Mauritius (5) | 6 |
| 20 | 2014 | Gaborone, Botswana (1) | 6 |
| 21 | 2017 | Benoni, South Africa (1) | 6 |
| 22 | 2018 | Algiers, Algeria (2) | 5 |
| 23 | 2019 | Port Harcourt, Nigeria (1) | 6 |
| 24 | 2020 | Cairo, Egypt (1) | 5 |
| 25 | 2021 | Kampala, Uganda (2) | 6 |
| 26 | 2022 | Kampala, Uganda (3) | 5 |
| 27 | 2023 | Benoni, South Africa (2) | 6 |
| 28 | 2024 | Cairo, Egypt (2) | 5 |
| 29 | 2025 | Douala, Cameroon (1) | 6 |

## All-time medal table

    As of the 2025 edition
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 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 |
| 17 | Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (18 entries) | 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

| Year | Men's singles | Women's singles | Men's doubles | Women's doubles | Mixed doubles |
| 1979 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1980 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1982 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 1984 | Simon Gondwe | Indira Bhikha | Firoz Din Mukesh Shah | Indira Bhikha Eline Coelho | Sozinho Guerra Indira Bhikha |
| 1988 | Tamuno Gibson | Oby Edoga | Tamuno Gibson Fatai Tokosi | Oby Edoga Dayo Oyewusi | Tamuno Gibson Oby Edoga |
| 1992 | Eddy Clarisse | Lina Fourie | Anton Kriel Nico Meerholz | Augusta Phillips Tracey Thompson | Anton Kriel Lina Fourie |
| 1994 | Eddy Clarisse | Lina Fourie | Nico Meerholz Alan Phillips | Lina Fourie Tracey Thompson | Alan Phillips Augusta Phillips |
| 1996 | Agarawu Tunde | Obiageli Olorunsola | Danjuma Fatauchi Agarawu Tunde | Obiageli Olorunsola Olamide Toyin Adebayo | Kayode Akinsanya Obiageli Olorunsola |
| 1998 | Eddy Clarisse | Lina Fourie | Johan Kleingeld Anton Kriel | Lina Fourie Monique Ric-Hansen | Anton Kriel Michelle Edwards |
| 2000 | Denis Constantin | Amrita Sawaram | Denis Constantin Eddy Clarisse | Grace Daniel Miriam Sude | Abimbola Odejoke Bridget Ibenero |
| 2002 | Abimbola Odejoke | Juliette Ah-Wan | Denis Constantin Stéphane Beeharry | Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts | Chris Dedman Antoinette Uys |
| 2004 | Dotun Akinsaya | Michelle Edwards | Johan Kleingeld Chris Dednam | Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts | Greg Okuonghae Grace Daniel |
| 2006 | Nabil Lasmari | Juliette Ah-Wan | Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam | Michelle Edwards Stacey Doubell | Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan |
| 2007 | Nabil Lasmari | Grace Daniel | Roelof Dednam Chris Dednam | Michelle Edwards Chantal Botts | Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan |
| 2008 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2009 | Ola Fagbemi | Juliette Ah-Wan | Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi | Grace Daniel Mary Gideon | Ola Fagbemi Grace Daniel |
| 2010 | Jinkan Ifraimu | Hadia Hosny | Jinkan Ifraimu Ola Fagbemi | Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen | Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards |
| 2011 | Jinkan Ifraimu | Stacey Doubell | Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen | Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen | Willem Viljoen Annari Viljoen |
| 2012 | Jacob Maliekal | Grace Gabriel | Dorian Lance James Willem Viljoen | Michelle Edwards Annari Viljoen | Dorian Lance James Michelle Edwards |
| 2013 | Jacob Maliekal | Grace Gabriel | Andries Malan Willem Viljoen | Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille | Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler-Emmett |
| 2014 | Jacob Maliekal | Kate Foo Kune | Andries Malan Willem Viljoen | Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison | Willem Viljoen Michelle Butler-Emmett |
| 2017 | Adel Hamek | Kate Foo Kune | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Michelle Butler-Emmett Jennifer Fry | Andries Malan Jennifer Fry |
| 2018 | Julien Paul | Kate Foo Kune | Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Adel Hamek | Juliette Ah-Wan Allisen Camille | Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri |
| 2019 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan Deborah Ukeh | Koceila Mammeri Linda Mazri |
| 2020 | Julien Paul | Kate Foo Kune | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Doha Hany Hadia Hosny | Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany |
| 2021 | Adham Hatem Elgamal | Johanita Scholtz | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz | Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri |
| 2022 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | Nour Ahmed Youssri | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Lorna Bodha Kobita Dookhee | Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri |
| 2023 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | Fadilah Mohamed Rafi | Jarred Elliott Robert Summers | Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens | Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri |
| 2024 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | Kate Ludik | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Amy Ackerman Deidre Laurens | Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri |
| 2025 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | Nour Ahmed Youssri | Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel | Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz | Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri |

## Team event
### Men's and women's team (1979–1989)
#### Men's team

| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Final | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams |
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Kenya | round-robin | Tanzania | Ghana | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Nigeria | round-robin | Kenya | Tanzania | round-robin | Mozambique | 5 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Zambia | Ghana | round-robin | Mozambique | 4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Tanzania | round-robin | Zambia | Mozambique | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Tanzania | Mauritius | round-robin | – | 3 |

#### Women's team

| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Final | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams |
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Tanzania | round-robin | Kenya | Ghana | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Zimbabwe | round-robin | Nigeria | Tanzania | round-robin | Kenya | 5 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Ghana | Mozambique | round-robin | Zambia | 4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Mozambique | round-robin | Tanzania | Zambia | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Tanzania | Mauritius | round-robin | – | 3 |

### Mixed team

| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Final | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams |
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 1980 | Mozambique | Nigeria | round-robin | Kenya | Tanzania | round-robin | Mozambique | 5 |
| 2 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Ghana | Mozambique | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 3 | 1984 | Tanzania | Mozambique | round-robin | Tanzania | Zambia | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 4 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Tanzania | Mauritius | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1992 | Mauritius | South Africa | w/o | Nigeria | Mauritius and Tanzania | Mauritius and Tanzania | Mauritius and Tanzania | 8 |
| 6 | 1994 | South Africa | South Africa | 3–2 | Mauritius | Namibia and Nigeria | Namibia and Nigeria | Namibia and Nigeria | 6 |
| 7 | 1998 | Mauritius | South Africa | 3–2 | Mauritius | Madagascar | 3–2 | Kenya | 6 |
| 8 | 2000 | Nigeria | Mauritius | 3–2 | Nigeria | South Africa | 3–0 | Seychelles | 6 |
| 9 | 2002 | Morocco | South Africa | 3–0 | Nigeria | Mauritius | 3–0 | Seychelles | 8 |
| 10 | 2004 | Mauritius | South Africa | 3–1 | Nigeria | Mauritius and Seychelles | Mauritius and Seychelles | Mauritius and Seychelles | 12 |
| 11 | 2006 | Algeria | South Africa | 3–0 | Algeria | Mauritius and Seychelles | Mauritius and Seychelles | Mauritius and Seychelles | 13 |
| 12 | 2007 | Mauritius | Seychelles | 3–2 | South Africa | Mauritius and Zambia | Mauritius and Zambia | Mauritius and Zambia | 8 |
| 13 | 2009 | Kenya | South Africa | 3–1 | Seychelles | Egypt and Mauritius | Egypt and Mauritius | Egypt and Mauritius | 9 |
| 14 | 2011 | Morocco | South Africa | 3–2 | Nigeria | Egypt and Mauritius | Egypt and Mauritius | Egypt and Mauritius | 9 |
| 15 | 2013 | Mauritius | South Africa | 3–0 | Nigeria | Mauritius and Seychelles | Mauritius and Seychelles | Mauritius and Seychelles | 10 |
| 16 | 2014 | Botswana | South Africa | 3–1 | Nigeria | Mauritius and Seychelles | Mauritius and Seychelles | Mauritius and Seychelles | 10 |
| 17 | 2017 | South Africa | Egypt | 3–1 | South Africa | Nigeria and Zambia | Nigeria and Zambia | Nigeria and Zambia | 9 |
| 18 | 2019 | Nigeria | Nigeria | 3–2 | Mauritius | Egypt and Ghana | Egypt and Ghana | Egypt and Ghana | 13 |
| 19 | 2021 | Uganda | Egypt | 3–1 | Algeria | South Africa and Uganda | South Africa and Uganda | South Africa and Uganda | 8 |
| 20 | 2023 | South Africa | Egypt | 3–2 | Mauritius | Algeria and South Africa | Algeria and South Africa | Algeria and South Africa | 13 |
| 21 | 2025 | Cameroon | Algeria | 3–1 | Mauritius | Egypt and South Africa | Egypt and South Africa | Egypt and South Africa | 11 |

### Junior mixed team (U19) (1979–1989)

| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Final | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams |
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Kenya | round-robin | Tanzania | Ghana | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Nigeria | round-robin | Zambia | Mozambique | round-robin | Tanzania | 4 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Zambia | Mozambique | round-robin | Ghana | 4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Mozambique | round-robin | Tanzania | Zambia | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Tanzania | Mauritius | round-robin | – | 3 |