2006 African Badminton Championships

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Nabil Lasmari	Eli Mambwe	Chris Dednam
			Willem Viljoen
Women's singles	Juliette Ah-Wan	Stacey Doubell	Karen Foo Kune
			Hadia Hosny
Men's doubles	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	Dorian James Willem Viljoen	Georgie Cupidon Steve Malcouzanne
			Zeradine Ammar Karim Rezig
Women's doubles	Michelle Edwards Stacey Doubell	Juliette Ah-Wan Catherina Paulin	Karen Foo Kune Amrita Sawaram
			Hadia Hosny Alaa Youssef
Mixed doubles	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	Dorian James Michelle Edwards	Kareem Shedeed Alaa Youssef
			Nabil Lasmari 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

  *   Host nation (Algeria)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	3	3	2	8
2	Seychelles	2	1	2	5
3	Algeria*	1	1	1.5	3.5
4	Zambia	0	1	0	1
5	Egypt	0	0	3	3
	Mauritius	0	0	3	3
7	Morocco	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	12	24

Team event

Group stage

Group A Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts  South Africa 6 6 0 29 1 +28 6  Algeria 6 5 1 24 6 +18 5  Egypt 6 4 2 22 8 +14 4  Ethiopia 6 3 3 13 17 −4 3  Botswana 6 2 4 12 18 −6 2  Cameroon 6 1 5 4 26 −22 1  Sudan 6 0 6 1 29 −28 0 South Africa  4–1  Algeria South Africa  5–0  Egypt South Africa  5–0  Botswana South Africa  5–0  Ethiopia South Africa  5–0  Cameroon South Africa  5–0  Sudan Algeria  3–2  Egypt Algeria  5–0  Botswana Algeria  5–0  Ethiopia Algeria  5–0  Cameroon Algeria  5–0  Sudan Egypt  5–0  Botswana Egypt  5–0  Ethiopia Egypt  5–0  Cameroon Egypt  5–0  Sudan Botswana  2–3  Ethiopia Botswana  5–0  Cameroon Botswana  5–0  Sudan Ethiopia  5–0  Cameroon Ethiopia  5–0  Sudan Cameroon  4–1  Sudan

Group B Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts  Seychelles 5 5 0 21 4 +15 5  Mauritius 5 4 1 19 6 +13 4  Zambia 5 3 2 14 11 +3 3  Uganda 5 2 3 9 16 −7 2  Ghana 5 1 3 3 22 −19 1  Morocco 5 0 3 2 23 −21 0 Seychelles  5–0  Mauritius Seychelles  4–1  Zambia Seychelles  4–1  Uganda Seychelles  4–1  Ghana Seychelles  4–1  Morocco Mauritius  4–1  Zambia Mauritius  5–0  Uganda Mauritius  5–0  Ghana Mauritius  5–0  Morocco Zambia  4–1  Uganda Zambia  5–0  Ghana Zambia  5–0  Morocco Uganda  4–1  Ghana Uganda  5–0  Morocco Ghana  3–2  Morocco

Knockout stage

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

Final

South Africa 3	Salle OMS El Biar, Court 1 6 December 2006 [5]		Algeria 0
1 2 3 1 Chris Dednam Karim Rezig 22 20 20 22 21 11   2 Kerry-Lee Harrington Hakima Cherifi 21 8 21 5     3 Chris Dednam / Roelof Dednam Nabil Lasmari / Ammar Zeradine 21 11 21 12     4 Stacey Doubell / Michelle Edwards Fatma Brahimi / Hakima Cherifi       not played 5 Dorian James / Michelle Edwards Ammar Zeradine / Ryma Boudellaa       not played

References

External links

• Results