2006 African Badminton Championships

2006 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates3–10 December
Edition13th
VenueSalle OMS El Biar
LocationAlgiers, Algeria
2004 2007

The 2006 African Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the Salle OMS El Biar in Algiers, Algeria, from 3 to 10 December 2006.[1]

In the semi-final of the team event, South Africa and Algeria narrowly beat Mauritius and Seychelles to enter the final.[2][3] South Africa won the final by defeating Algeria 3–0.[4] Nigeria and Kenya withdrew from the tournament after encountering either flight connection or visa problems.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Algeria Nabil Lasmari Zambia Eli Mambwe South Africa Chris Dednam
South Africa Willem Viljoen
Women's singles Seychelles Juliette Ah-Wan South Africa Stacey Doubell Mauritius Karen Foo Kune
Egypt Hadia Hosny
Men's doubles South Africa Chris Dednam
South Africa Roelof Dednam
South Africa Dorian James
South Africa Willem Viljoen
Seychelles Georgie Cupidon
Seychelles Steve Malcouzanne
Algeria Zeradine Ammar
Algeria Karim Rezig
Women's doubles South Africa Michelle Edwards
South Africa Stacey Doubell
Seychelles Juliette Ah-Wan
Seychelles Catherina Paulin
Mauritius Karen Foo Kune
Mauritius Amrita Sawaram
Egypt Hadia Hosny
Egypt Alaa Youssef
Mixed doubles Seychelles Georgie Cupidon
Seychelles Juliette Ah-Wan
South Africa Dorian James
South Africa Michelle Edwards
Egypt Kareem Shedeed
Egypt Alaa Youssef
Algeria Nabil Lasmari
Morocco Rajae Rochdy
Mixed team  South Africa
Robert Abrahams
Chris Dednam
Roelof Dednam
Dorian James
Willem Viljoen
Chantal Botts
Stacey Doubell
Michelle Edwards
Kerry-Lee Harrington
Charné du Preez
 Algeria
Maamar Abdet
Zeradine Ammar
Salim Belmahi
Fateh Bettahar
Salaheddine Boumoussa
Mahlous Mohammed
Karim Rezig
Sid Ali Tabariten
Ryma Boudellaa
Fatma Brahimi
Hakima Cherifi
 Seychelles
Georgie Cupidon
Steve Malcouzanne
Juliette Ah-Wan
Danielle Jupiter
Catherina Paulin
Sherley Sedgwick
 Mauritius
Lloyd Alam
Sahir Edoo
Vishal Sawaram
Karen Foo Kune
Amrita Sawaram
Marlyse Marquer

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Algeria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa3328
2 Seychelles2125
3 Algeria*111.53.5
4 Zambia0101
5 Egypt0033
 Mauritius0033
7 Morocco000.50.5
Totals (7 entries)661224

Team event

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Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
 South Africa 3
 Mauritius 2
 South Africa 3
 Algeria 0
 Algeria 3
 Seychelles 2

Final

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References

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  1. ^ "African Championships 2006 | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  2. ^ "Maurice en bronze". lexpress.mu (in French). 2006-12-07. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ^ "African Badminton Championship in Algeria-Seychelles take team event bronze medal -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  4. ^ "Badminton - le DTN satisfait". La Tribune. 2006-12-13. Retrieved 2024-05-24 – via AllAfrica.
  5. ^ "Badminton : l'Algérie vice-championne d'Afrique par équipes". Djazairess (in French). 8 December 2006. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
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