2021 African Badminton Championships

2021 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	21–28 October 2021
Edition	24th
Venue	MTN Arena
Location	Kampala, Uganda
← Cairo 2020	Kampala 2022 →

The 2021 African Badminton Championships was the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the MTN Arena in Kampala, Uganda, from 21 to 28 October.^[1]

Tournament[edit]

The 2021 African Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2021, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa holding from 21 to 24 October. The individual event, officially All Africa Individual Championships 2021, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 26 to 28 October. A total of 11 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at this event.

Venue[edit]

This tournament was held at the MTN Arena, Kampala with three courts.

Point distribution[edit]

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.^[2]

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

Medalists[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Ahmed Salah	Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
Men's singles	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Ahmed Salah	Kalombo Mulenga
Women's singles	Johanita Scholtz	Doha Hany	Mounib Celia
Women's singles	Johanita Scholtz	Doha Hany	Fadilah Mohamed Rafi
Men's doubles	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah	Jarred Elliott Robert Summers
Men's doubles	Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Ahmed Salah	Kenneth Comfort Mwambu Israel Wanagalya
Women's doubles	Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz	Mounib Celia Tanina Mammeri	Fadilah Mohamed Rafi Tracy Naluwooza
Women's doubles	Amy Ackerman Johanita Scholtz	Mounib Celia Tanina Mammeri	Husina Kobugabe Gladys Mbabazi
Mixed doubles	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	Robert White Deidre Laurens Jordaan
Mixed doubles	Koceila Mammeri Tanina Mammeri	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	Jarred Elliott Amy Ackerman
Teams	Egypt Abdelrahman Abdelhakim Adham Hatem Elgamal Mohamed Mostafa Kamel Ahmed Salah Nour Ahmed Youssri Jana Ashraf Doha Hany Jana Abdelkader	Algeria Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Adel Hamek Sifeddine Larbaoui Koceila Mammeri Youcef Sabri Medel Mohamed Abdelaziz Ouchefoun Halla Bouksani Mounib Celia Yasmina Chibah Tanina Mammeri Linda Mazri	Uganda Friday Attama Expedito Emuddu Brian Kasirye Muzafar Lubega Kenneth Comfort Mwambu Israel Wanagalya Husina Kobugabe Gladys Mbabazi Fadilah Mohamed Rafi Tracy Naluwooza Mable Namakoye Rajab Shamsa Mbira
Teams			South Africa Jarred Elliott Ruan Snyman Robert Summers Bongani Von Bodenstein Robert White Amy Ackerman Demi Botha Deidre Laurens Jordaan Diane Olivier Johanita Scholtz

Medal table[edit]

* Host nation (Uganda)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Egypt	2	4	1	7
2	Algeria	2	2	1	5
3	South Africa	2	0	4	6
4	Uganda*	0	0	5	5
5	Zambia	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	12	24

Team event[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Algeria	2	2	0	20	1	+19	438	246	+192	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Zambia	2	1	1	11	12	−1	374	410	−36	1	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Réunion	2	0	2	2	20	−18	298	454	−156	0

Source: tournamentsoftware.com

Algeria vs Réunion[edit]

Algeria
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
21 October 2021, 11:00 UTC+3
^[3]

Réunion
0

		1	2
1	Koceila Mammeri / Tanina Mammeri Assing Aaron / Mansard Sylvie	21 5	21 17
2	Halla Bouksani Leperlier Estelle	21 12	21 4
3	Adel Hamek Loic Bertil	21 14	21 19
4	Tanina Mammeri / Linda Mazri Leperlier Estelle / Mansard Sylvie	21 9	21 14
5	Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel Assing Aaron / Loic Bertil	21 5	21 17

Zambia vs Réunion[edit]

Zambia
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
21 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
^[4]

Réunion
0

		1	2	3
1	Kalombo Mulenga Loic Bertil	21 17	21 17
2	Chongo Ezra Mulenga / Ngandwe Miyambo Assing Aaron / Mansard Sylvie	21 16	15 21	21 8
3	Elizaberth Chipeleme Leperlier Estelle	21 8	21 12
4	Chongo Ezra Mulenga / Kalombo Mulenga Assing Aaron / Loic Bertil	21 17	19 21	21 19
5	Elizaberth Chipeleme / Ngandwe Miyambo Leperlier Estelle / Mansard Sylvie	21 10	21 16

Algeria vs Zambia[edit]

Algeria
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
22 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
^[5]

Zambia
0

		1	2	3
1	Halla Bouksani Ngandwe Miyambo	21 8	21 7
2	Adel Hamek Kalombo Mulenga	21 17	18 21	21 12
3	Tanina Mammeri / Linda Mazri Elizaberth Chipeleme / Ngandwe Miyambo	21 12	21 12
4	Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel Mwanza Edward / Chongo Ezra Mulenga	21 8	21 10
5	Koceila Mammeri / Tanina Mammeri Kalombo Mulenga / Elizaberth Chipeleme	21 9	21 14

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	2	2	0	16	5	+11	411	282	+129	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Mauritius	2	1	1	14	6	+8	371	302	+69	1	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Botswana	2	0	2	1	20	−19	241	439	−198	0

Source: tournamentsoftware.com

Mauritius vs Botswana[edit]

Mauritius
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
21 October 2021, 11:00 UTC+3
^[6]

Botswana
0

		1	2
1	Aatish Lubah / Kobita Dookhee Perekisi Tshepo / Tessa Kabelo	21 13	21 9
2	Julien Paul Tumisang Olekantse	21 11	21 13
3	Lorna Bodha Tebogo Ndzinge	21 15	21 12
4	Jean Bernard Bongout / Aatish Lubah Tumisang Olekantse / Perekisi Tshepo	21 12	21 11
5	Lorna Bodha / Kobita Dookhee Tessa Kabelo / Tebogo Ndzinge	21 9	21 15

South Africa vs Botswana[edit]

South Africa
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
22 October 2021, 09:00 UTC+3
^[7]

Botswana
0

		1	2	3
1	Robert White / Deidre Laurens Jordaan Perekisi Tshepo / Tessa Kabelo	21 9	21 11
2	Ruan Snyman Tumisang Olekantse	21 7	19 21	21 15
3	Johanita Scholtz Tebogo Ndzinge	21 9	21 4
4	Bongani Von Bodenstein / Robert White Tumisang Olekantse / Perekisi Tshepo	21 15	21 17
5	Amy Ackerman / Johanita Scholtz Tessa Kabelo / Tebogo Ndzinge	21 8	21 5

Mauritius vs South Africa[edit]

Mauritius
2

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
22 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
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South Africa
3

		1	2
1	Aatish Lubah / Kobita Dookhee Jarred Elliott / Amy Ackerman	19 21	22 24
2	Ganesha Mungrah Johanita Scholtz	10 21	8 21
3	Julien Paul Ruan Snyman	21 8	21 16
4	Vilina Appiah / Kobita Dookhee Amy Ackerman / Johanita Scholtz	7 21	11 21
5	Aatish Lubah / Julien Paul Jarred Elliott / Robert Summers	21 11	21 18

Group C[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Egypt	2	2	0	17	6	+11	458	228	+230	2	Advance to quarter-finals
2	Uganda (H)	2	1	1	16	7	+9	438	248	+190	1	Advance to quarter-finals
3	Ghana	2	0	2	0	20	−20	0	420	−420	0	Withdrew

Source: tournamentsoftware.com
(H) Host

Egypt vs Ghana[edit]

Egypt
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
21 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
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Ghana
0

		1	2
1	Ahmed Salah –	21 0	21 0
2	Doha Hany –	21 0	21 0
3	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Mohamed Mostafa Kamel – / –	21 0	21 0
4	Jana Ashraf / Jana Abdelkader – / –	21 0	21 0
5	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany – / –	21 0	21 0

Uganda vs Ghana[edit]

Uganda
5

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
22 October 2021, 09:00 UTC+3
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Ghana
0

		1	2
1	Brian Kasirye –	21 0	21 0
2	Gladys Mbabazi –	21 0	21 0
3	Brian Kasirye / Israel Wanagalya – / –	21 0	21 0
4	Husina Kobugabe / Gladys Mbabazi – / –	21 0	21 0
5	Israel Wanagalya / Husina Kobugabe – / –	21 0	21 0

Egypt vs Uganda[edit]

Egypt
3

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 3
22 October 2021, 15:00 UTC+3
^[11]

Uganda
2

		1	2	3
1	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany Israel Wanagalya / Husina Kobugabe	21 15	21 16
2	Mohamed Mostafa Kamel Brian Kasirye	18 21	21 5	6 21
3	Nour Ahmed Youssri Gladys Mbabazi	20 22	20 22
4	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Ahmed Salah Brian Kasirye / Israel Wanagalya	21 16	19 21	21 19
5	Nour Ahmed Youssri / Doha Hany Husina Kobugabe / Gladys Mbabazi	18 21	21 11	21 18

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

The draw was conducted on 22 October 2021 after the last match of the group stage.

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

		Egypt	3
Mauritius	1	Uganda	0
Uganda	3			Egypt	3
Zambia	1			Algeria	1
South Africa	3	South Africa	2
		Algeria	3

Quarter-finals[edit]

Mauritius vs Uganda[edit]

Mauritius
1

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
23 October 2021 09:00 UTC+3
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Uganda
3

		1	2
1	Aatish Lubah / Kobita Dookhee Brian Kasirye / Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	10 21	15 21
2	Ganesha Mungrah Gladys Mbabazi	15 21	11 21
3	Julien Paul Israel Wanagalya	21 10	21 7
4	Vilina Appiah / Kobita Dookhee Husina Kobugabe / Gladys Mbabazi	15 21	15 21
5	Aatish Lubah / Julien Paul Brian Kasirye / Israel Wanagalya			not played

Zambia vs South Africa[edit]

Zambia
1

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
23 October 2021 09:00 UTC+3
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South Africa
3

		1	2	3
1	Chongo Ezra Mulenga / Elizaberth Chipeleme Jarred Elliott / Amy Ackerman	11 21	18 21
2	Ngandwe Miyambo Johanita Scholtz	6 21	4 21
3	Kalombo Mulenga Ruan Snyman	22 20	17 21	21 16
4	Elizaberth Chipeleme / Ngandwe Miyambo Amy Ackerman / Johanita Scholtz	6 21	14 21
5	Chongo Ezra Mulenga / Kalombo Mulenga Jarred Elliott / Robert Summers				not played

Semi-finals[edit]

Egypt vs Uganda[edit]

Egypt
3

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
23 October 2021 15:00 UTC+3
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Uganda
0

		1	2	3
1	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany Brian Kasirye / Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	21 18	21 10
2	Mohamed Mostafa Kamel Israel Wanagalya	21 14	16 21	21 18
3	Nour Ahmed Youssri Gladys Mbabazi	17 21	21 15	21 16
4	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Ahmed Salah Brian Kasirye / Israel Wanagalya				not played
5	Nour Ahmed Youssri / Doha Hany Husina Kobugabe / Gladys Mbabazi				not played

South Africa vs Algeria[edit]

South Africa
2

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 2
23 October 2021 15:00 UTC+3
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Algeria
3

		1	2
1	Jarred Elliott / Amy Ackerman Koceila Mammeri / Tanina Mammeri	21 23	13 21
2	Johanita Scholtz Halla Bouksani	21 15	21 10
3	Robert White Adel Hamek	18 21	15 21
4	Amy Ackerman / Johanita Scholtz Tanina Mammeri / Linda Mazri	21 17	15 6	retired
5	Jarred Elliott / Robert Summers Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel	18 21	15 21

Final[edit]

Egypt vs Algeria[edit]

Egypt
3

MTN Arena - Lugogo Court 1
24 October 2021 14:00 UTC+3
^[16]

Algeria
1

		1	2	3
1	Ahmed Salah / Jana Ashraf Koceila Mammeri / Tanina Mammeri	15 21	9 21
2	Doha Hany Halla Bouksani	21 17	21 18
3	Adham Hatem Elgamal Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi	21 17	17 21	21 19
4	Nour Ahmed Youssri / Doha Hany Mounib Celia / Tanina Mammeri	22 20	21 13
5	Abdelrahman Abdelhakim / Ahmed Salah Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel				not played

Final ranking[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	GD	PD	Final result
	Egypt	4	4	0	4	+11	+18	+257	Champions
	Algeria	4	3	1	3	+9	+18	+189	Runners-up

	South Africa	4	3	1	3	+7	+14	+195	Eliminated in semi-finals
	Uganda	4	2	2	2	+3	+9	+184	Eliminated in semi-finals

5	Mauritius	3	1	2	1	+2	+4	+49	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Zambia	3	1	2	1	−2	−6	−100	Eliminated in quarter-finals

7	Réunion	2	0	2	0	−10	−18	−156	Eliminated in group stage
8	Botswana	2	0	2	0	−10	−19	−198
9	Ghana	Withdrew

Individual event[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Julien Paul (third round)
Adham Hatem Elgamal (champion)
Youcef Sabri Medel (third round)
Ahmed Salah (final)
Ruan Snyman (second round)
Brian Kasirye (quarter-finals)
Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi (third round)
Aatish Lubah (quarter-finals)

Finals[edit]

Semi-finals				Final

	Mohamed Mostafa Kamel	5^r

4	Ahmed Salah	17
				4	Ahmed Salah	14	14

				2	Adham Hatem Elgamal	21	21
	Kalombo Mulenga	5	14

2	Adham Hatem Elgamal	21	21

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

First Round			Second Round				Third Round					Quarter-finals

			1	J Paul	21	21
				M Tshizanga	9	7
							1	J Paul	18^r
								M M Kamel	17
			K Alphous		14	13
			M M Kamel		21	21
												M M Kamel	21	21
												R White	11	18
			7	M A Belarbi	21	21
				M Edward	12	11
							7	M A Belarbi	23	18	15
								R White	21	21	21
			K C Mwambu		6	8
A Assing	15	18	R White		21	21
R White	21	21

Section 2[edit]

First Round				Second Round					Third Round				Quarter-finals

				4	A Salah	21	21
					P Tshepo	11	17
									4	A Salah	21	21
										J B Bongout	14	6
				C Mulenga		14	11
R Summers	13	7		J B Bongout		21	21
J B Bongout	21	21											4	A Salah	21	21
													6	B Kasirye	13	13
				6	B Kasirye	20	21	21
					A Hamek	22	10	13
									6	B Kasirye	21	21
										B A Botwe	17	9
				T Olekantse		21	14	19
B A Botwe	19	21	21	B A Botwe		15	21	21
M Donald	21	7	12

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

First Round				Second Round					Third Round					Quarter-finals

G Ilouwo	13	15
A Tamakloe	21	21		A Tamakloe		13	16
				M A Ouchefoun		21	21
									M A Ouchefoun		16	20
									A Abdelhakim		21	22
					A Abdelhakim	21	18	21
				5	R Snyman	19	21	19
														A Abdelhakim	13	14
K Mulenga	19	21	22											K Mulenga	21	21
I Wanagalya	21	11	20	K Mulenga		21	21
				B Von Bodenstein		12	13
										K Mulenga	21	17	21
									3	Y S Medel	16	21	18
					S M S Mouanda	7	12
				3	Y S Medel	21	21

Section 4[edit]

First Round				Second Round				Third Round				Quarter-finals

S Larbaoui	16	21	21
M Appiah	21	16	18	S Larbaoui		21	21
				A Abdul-Samad		14	16
									S Larbaoui	15	12
								8	A Lubah	21	21
					L Bertil	13	13
				8	A Lubah	21	21
												8	A Lubah	14	10
D N M Nzoussi	20	13										2	A H Elgamal	21	21
M Lubega	22	21		M Lubega		21	21
				T Pultoo		12	17
									M Lubega	8	16
								2	A H Elgamal	21	21
					E Emuddu	7	14
				2	A H Elgamal	21	21

Women's singles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Doha Hany (final)
Johanita Scholtz (champion)
Nour Ahmed Youssri (first round)
Halla Bouksani (second round)

Finals[edit]

Semi-finals				Final

1	Doha Hany	21	23

	Mounib Celia	11	21
				1	Doha Hany	15	11

				2	Johanita Scholtz	21	21
	Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	14	10

2	Johanita Scholtz	21	21

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

First Round			Second Round					Quarter-finals

			1	D Hany	20	21	21

				H Kobugabe	22	8	18
J Abdelkader	13	7

H Kobugabe	21	21
								1	D Hany	21	23

									G Mbabazi	18	21
T Kabelo	15	15

J Leung F S	21	21
			J Leung F S		15	10

			G Mbabazi		21	21
G Mbabazi	22	21

G Mungrah	20	12

Section 2[edit]

First Round				Second Round					Quarter-finals

4	H Bouksani	21	21

	E Leperlier	9	9
				4	H Bouksani	21	18	19

					D Laurens Jordaan	16	21	21
C Tornyenyor		17	4

D Laurens Jordaan		21	21
									D Laurens Jordaan	19	22

									M Celia	21	24
M Celia		21	21

N Miyambo		6	3
				M Celia		21	21

				D Olivier		15	18
D Olivier		21	21

P Nantuo		10	13

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

First Round					Second Round			Quarter-finals

S Mansard		21	14	10

T Ndzinge		14	21	21
					T Ndzinge	10	16

					K Dookhee	21	21
R Quarcoo		10	11

K Dookhee		21	21
								K Dookhee	9	13

								F Mohamed Rafi	21	21
M Namakoye		21	21

B Loubaki		5	8
					M Namakoye	10	11

					F Mohamed Rafi	21	21
	F Mohamed Rafi	21	21

3	N Ahmed Youssri	18	19

Section 4[edit]

First Round					Second Round				Quarter-finals

J Ashraf		21	21

R S Mbira		17	14
					J Ashraf		21	21

					V Appiah		13	11
V Appiah		21	16	21

E Chipeleme		14	21	10
										J Ashraf	14	21	14

									2	J Scholtz	21	13	21
Y Chibah		15	21	16

T Naluwooza		21	8	21
						T Naluwooza	15	13

					2	J Scholtz	21	21
	T Mammeri	16	15

2	J Scholtz	21	21

Men's doubles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel (champion)
Aatish Lubah / Julien Paul (quarter-finals)

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2021 African Badminton Championships

Tournament[edit]

Venue[edit]

Point distribution[edit]

Medalists[edit]

Medal table[edit]

Team event[edit]

Group A[edit]

Algeria vs Réunion[edit]

Zambia vs Réunion[edit]

Algeria vs Zambia[edit]

Group B[edit]

Mauritius vs Botswana[edit]

South Africa vs Botswana[edit]

Mauritius vs South Africa[edit]

Group C[edit]

Egypt vs Ghana[edit]

Uganda vs Ghana[edit]

Egypt vs Uganda[edit]

Knockout stage[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Quarter-finals[edit]

Mauritius vs Uganda[edit]

Zambia vs South Africa[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Egypt vs Uganda[edit]

South Africa vs Algeria[edit]

Final[edit]

Egypt vs Algeria[edit]

Final ranking[edit]

Individual event[edit]

Men's singles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Finals[edit]

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

Section 2[edit]

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

Section 4[edit]

Women's singles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

Finals[edit]

Top half[edit]

Section 1[edit]

Section 2[edit]

Bottom half[edit]

Section 3[edit]

Section 4[edit]

Men's doubles[edit]

Seeds[edit]

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