African Junior Badminton Championships

The African Junior Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa, the governing body of badminton in Africa to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the continent.

The championships were established in 1993 and the first edition was held in Ndola, Zambia.^[1]

Championships (U–19)

Location of the African Junior Badminton Championships (U–19)

The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the African Junior Badminton Championships. The most recent games were held in Beau Bassin-Rose Hill in 2022. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.

Year	Number	Host city	Events
1993	1	Ndola, Zambia (1)	6
1995	2	Durban, South Africa (1)
1997	3	Gaborone, Botswana (1)
1999	4	Johannesburg, South Africa (1)
2001	5	Lusaka, Zambia (1)^[2]
2003	6	Cairo, Egypt (1)
2005	7	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1)^[3]
2007	8	Gaborone, Botswana (2)

Year	Number	Host city	Events
2009	9	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (2)	6
2011	10	Rose Hill, Mauritius (1)
2013	11	Algiers, Algeria (1)
2016	12	Casablanca, Morocco (1)
2021	13	Cotonou, Benin (1)
2022	14	Rose Hill, Mauritius (2)
2024	15	Thiès, Senegal (1)

Medal table (2007–2022)

African Junior Badminton Championships (U–19)
Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa (RSA)	21	13	10	44
2	Egypt (EGY)	6	9	21	36
3	Mauritius (MRI)	6	6	21	33
4	Algeria (ALG)	3	4	4	11
5	Uganda (UGA)	3	2	7	12
6	Nigeria (NGR)	2	4	3	9
7	Seychelles (SEY)	1	0	3	4
8	Ghana (GHA)	0	1	2	3
9	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	2	2
9	Réunion (REU)	0	0	2	2
11	Benin (BEN)	0	0	1	1
	Cameroon (CMR)	0	0	1	1
	Ethiopia (ETH)	0	0	1	1
	Ivory Coast (CIV)	0	0	1	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		42	39	80	161

Previous winners

Individual competition

Year	Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
1993	No data
1995	Segun Akinsanya	Charne du Preez	Patrice Anodin Li Ying	Anneska Davel Charne du Preez	Dean Potgieter Claire Anderson
1997	No data
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007	Jacob Maliekal	Shareen Matthews	Mohamed El-Sayad Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb	Candace Mann Jennifer Fry	Reinard Louw Jennifer Fry
2009	Jacob Maliekal	Allisen Camille	Jacob Maliekal Jason Coetzer	Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison	Jacob Maliekal Debbie Godfrey
2011	Mahmoud El Sayad	Kate Foo Kune	Andries Malan Prakash Nath	Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet	Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg
2013	Habeeb Bello	Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan	Aatish Lubah Julien Paul	Anri Schoonees Lee-Ann de Wet	Julien Paul Aurélie Allet
2016	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Halla Bouksani	Yacine Belhouane Samy Khaldi	Johanita Scholtz Zani van der Merwe	Yacine Belhouane Sirine Ibrahim
2021	Caden Kakora	Nour Ahmed Youssri	Caden Kakora Robert White	Amy Ackerman Diane Olivier	Robert White Amy Ackerman
2022	Khemtish Rai Nundah	Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	Mohamed Hegazy Youssif Mohamed	Fadilah Mohamed Rafi Tracy Naluwooza	Abed Bukenya Fadilah Mohamed Rafi
2024

Team competition

Mixed team

Year	Winners
1993	South Africa
1995	South Africa
1997	Mauritius
1999	Nigeria
2001	South Africa
2003	Egypt
2005	Nigeria
2007	South Africa
2009	South Africa
2011	South Africa
2013	South Africa
2016	Egypt
2021	South Africa
2022	Mauritius
2024

Notes

References

^ "ALL AFRICA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ Luhanga, Tamara (2001-08-23). "Zambia: Country Finishes 4th in Badminton Championship". AllAfrica. The Post. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ Bogosing, Tshepho (2005-07-13). "Botswana: Badminton Juniors Prepare for African Event". AllAfrica. Mmegi. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[1] "ALL AFRICA JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

[2] Luhanga, Tamara (2001-08-23). "Zambia: Country Finishes 4th in Badminton Championship". AllAfrica. The Post. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[3] Bogosing, Tshepho (2005-07-13). "Botswana: Badminton Juniors Prepare for African Event". AllAfrica. Mmegi. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

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