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.
Tournament
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
This tournament was held at the MTN Arena,
Kampala with three courts.
Point distribution
The individual event of this tournament was graded based on the
BWF points system for the
BWF International Challenge
The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.
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event. Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.
Medalists
Medal table
Team event
Group A
Algeria vs Réunion
Zambia vs Réunion
Algeria vs Zambia
Group B
Mauritius vs Botswana
South Africa vs Botswana
Mauritius vs South Africa
Group C
Egypt vs Ghana
Uganda vs Ghana
Egypt vs Uganda
Knockout stage
Bracket
The draw was conducted on 22 October 2021 after the last match of the group stage.
Quarter-finals
=Mauritius vs Uganda
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=Zambia vs South Africa
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Semi-finals
=Egypt vs Uganda
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=South Africa vs Algeria
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Final
=Egypt vs Algeria
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Final ranking
Individual event
Men's singles
Seeds
# Julien Paul ''(third round)''
# Adham Hatem Elgamal
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(champion)
# Youcef Sabri Medel ''(third round)''
# Ahmed Salah ''(final)''
# Ruan Snyman
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''(second round)''
# Brian Kasirye
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''(quarter-finals)''
# Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi ''(third round)''
# Aatish Lubah ''(quarter-finals)''
Finals
Top half
=Section 1
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=Section 2
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Bottom half
=Section 3
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=Section 4
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Women's singles
Seeds
# Doha Hany
Doha Hany Mostafa (born 10 September 1997) is an Egyptian badminton player. She started playing badminton at aged five, and joined the national team in 2013. She won the bronze medal at the Badminton at the 2014 African Youth Games, 2014 African ...
''(final)''
# Johanita Scholtz
Johanita Scholtz (born 25 January 2000) is a South African badminton player. Scholtz won her first senior international title at the 2017 Botswana International tournament. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. S ...
(champion)
# Nour Ahmed Youssri
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''(first round)''
# Halla Bouksani ''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
= Section 1
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= Section 2
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Bottom half
= Section 3
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= Section 4
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Men's doubles
Seeds
# Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel (champion)
# Aatish Lubah / Julien Paul ''(quarter-finals)''
# Adel Hamek / Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi ''(quarter-finals)''
# Jean Bernard Bongout
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/ Tejraj Pultoo ''(quarter-finals)''
Bracket
Women's doubles
Seeds
# Fadilah Mohamed Rafi
Fadilah Shamika Mohamed Rafi (born 6 April 2005) is a Ugandan badminton player. She started playing badminton when she was 10 year old. She had represented Uganda at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she played in the women's doubles with Husina ...
/ Tracy Naluwooza ''(semi-finals)''
# Demi Botha / Deidre Laurens Jordaan
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''(quarter-finals)''
Bracket
Mixed doubles
Seeds
# Adham Hatem Elgamal
Adham Hatem Elgamal (born 4 February 1998) is an Egyptian badminton player. He won the mixed doubles title at the 2020 African Championships together with his partner Doha Hany. Elgamal competed at the 2019 African Games, won a silver in the mi ...
/ Doha Hany
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''(final)''
# Tejraj Pultoo / Kobita Dookhee ''(second round)''
# Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
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/ Nour Ahmed Youssri
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* ''Noor'' (film), a 2017 Bollywood film
* ''Noor'' (play), a 2009 play by Akbar Ahmed
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''(second round)''
# Jean Bernard Bongout
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''(second round)''
Finals
Top half
= Section 1
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= Section 2
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Bottom half
= Section 3
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= Section 4
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References
External links
Individual result
Team result
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