2018_All_Africa_Men's_and_Women's_Team_Badminton_Championships
2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships
Badminton tournament
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.[1]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 12–15 February | ||
| Venue | Hacène Harcha Arena | ||
| Location | Algiers, Algeria | ||
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team |  AlgeriaAdel Hamek Adel Meddah Koceila Mammeri Majed Yacine Balahoune Mohamed Abdelaziz Ouchefoun Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi Samy Khaldi Sifeddine Larbaoui Youcef Sabri Medel |
 NigeriaAnuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori Clement Krobakpo Enejoh Abah Godwin Olofua Habeeb Bello Usman Ayo Isiaq |
 MauritiusAatish Lubah Christopher Paul Julien Paul Jean Bernard Bongout Melvin Appiah Tejraj Pultoo |
 GhanaAbraham 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 |
 EgyptDoha 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 |
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.[2]
Venue
Venue of this tournament is Salle OMS Hacène Harcha Arena, in Algiers, Algeria.[3]
The host country, Algeria has been crowned the champion in the men's team event.[4] The Algeria team beating Nigeria with the score 3–2, and Nigeria settle for the silver medal.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7][8]
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 3 |  Tunisia |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 41 | 210 | −169 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 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 |
Group C
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 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 |
Group D
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 3 |  Zimbabwe |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 163 | 420 | −257 | 0 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 14 February | ||||||||||
| Mauritius | 3 | |||||||||
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| Zambia | 0 | |||||||||
| Mauritius | 1 | |||||||||
| 14 February | ||||||||||
| Algeria | 3 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 February | ||||||||||
| Cameroon | 0 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 3 | |||||||||
| 14 February | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||||||
| 14 February | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 3 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
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| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||
| Morocco | 0 | |||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||
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.[9] 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.[7][10]
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 3 |  Uganda |
2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 233 | 413 | −180 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | 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 | |
| 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 | Final | |||||
| 14 February | ||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||
| 15 February | ||||||
| Egypt | 2 | |||||
| Nigeria | 0 | |||||
| 14 February | ||||||
| Mauritius | 3 | |||||
| Algeria | 2 | |||||
| Mauritius | 3 | |||||
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