2004 African Badminton Championships

2004 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	18–24 April
Edition	12th
Venue	National Badminton Centre
Location	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
← 2002	2006 →

The 2004 African Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the National Badminton Centre in Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius, from 18 to 24 April 2004.^[1]^[2] This tournament also served as the African qualifiers for the 2004 Summer Olympics badminton event.^[3]

A total of 12 teams competed in the team event.^[4] In the semi-final of the team event, South Africa and Nigeria beat Mauritius and Seychelles to enter the final.^[5]^[6] South Africa won the final by defeating Nigeria 3–1.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Dotun Akinsanya	Olivier Fossy	Chris Dednam
Men's singles	Dotun Akinsanya	Olivier Fossy	Ibrahim Adamu
Women's singles	Michelle Edwards	Chantal Botts	Amrita Sawaram
Women's singles	Michelle Edwards	Chantal Botts	Susan Ideh
Men's doubles	Chris Dednam Johan Kleingeld	Dotun Akinsanya Abimbola Odejoke	Stewart Carson Dorian James
Men's doubles	Chris Dednam Johan Kleingeld	Dotun Akinsanya Abimbola Odejoke	Stephan Beeharry Yogeshsingh Mahadnac
Women's doubles	Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards	Grace Daniel Miriam Sude	Juliette Ah-Wan Shirley Etienne
Women's doubles	Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards	Grace Daniel Miriam Sude	Karen Foo Kune Amrita Sawaram
Mixed doubles	Greg Okuonghae Grace Daniel	Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar	Johan Kleingeld Marika Daubern
Mixed doubles	Greg Okuonghae Grace Daniel	Stephan Beeharry Shama Aboobakar	Dorian James Michelle Edwards
Mixed team	South Africa	Nigeria	Seychelles
Mixed team	South Africa	Nigeria	Mauritius

Medal table

* Host nation (Mauritius)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	4	1	4	9
2	Nigeria	2	3	2	7
3	Mauritius*	0	1	4	5
4	Réunion	0	1	0	1
5	Seychelles	0	0	2	2
Totals (5 entries)		6	6	12	24

Team event

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts
South Africa	5	5	0	23	2	+21	5
Mauritius	5	4	1	22	3	+19	4
Egypt	5	3	2	13	12	+1	3
Uganda	5	2	3	12	13	−1	2
Kenya	5	1	4	5	20	−15	1
Eritrea	5	0	5	0	25	−25	0


South Africa	3–2	Mauritius

South Africa	5–0	Egypt

South Africa	5–0	Uganda

South Africa	5–0	Kenya

South Africa	5–0	Eritrea

Mauritius	5–0	Egypt

Mauritius	5–0	Uganda

Mauritius	5–0	Kenya

Mauritius	5–0	Eritrea

Egypt	3–2	Uganda

Egypt	5–0	Kenya

Egypt	5–0	Eritrea

Uganda	5–0	Kenya

Uganda	5–0	Eritrea

Kenya	5–0	Eritrea

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts
Nigeria	5	5	0	25	0	+25	5
Seychelles	5	4	1	18	7	+11	4
Réunion	5	3	2	11	14	−3	3
Algeria	5	2	3	12	13	−1	2
Botswana	5	1	4	5	20	−15	1
Swaziland	5	0	5	2	23	−21	0


Nigeria	5–0	Seychelles

Nigeria	5–0	Algeria

Nigeria	5–0	Réunion

Nigeria	5–0	Botswana

Nigeria	5–0	Swaziland

Seychelles	4–1	Algeria

Seychelles	4–1	Réunion

Seychelles	5–0	Botswana

Seychelles	5–0	Swaziland

Algeria	2–3	Réunion

Algeria	5–0	Botswana

Algeria	5–0	Swaziland

Réunion	4–1	Botswana

Réunion	4–1	Swaziland

Botswana	4–1	Swaziland

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

South Africa	3

Seychelles	0
		South Africa	3

		Nigeria	1
Mauritius	2

Nigeria	3

Final

South Africa
3

National Badminton Centre, Court 1
21 April 2004
^[7]

Nigeria
1

		1	2	3
1	Chris Dednam Dotun Akinsanya	15 2	3 15	15 10
2	Michelle Edwards Grace Daniel	11 3	13 12
3	Johan Kleingeld / Chris Dednam Ibrahim Adamu / Greg Okuonghae	10 15	10 15
4	Chantal Botts / Michelle Edwards Susan Ideh / Miriam Sude	15 4	15 2
5	Dorian James / Michelle Edwards Greg Okuonghae / Grace Daniel				not played

References

^ "Africa Championships 2004 | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
^ "Trois sur cinq pour l?Afrique du Sud". lexpress.mu (in French). 2004-04-25. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
^ Bugingo, Douglas D. (2004-04-11). "Shutters Off to Mauritius". The Monitor. Retrieved 2024-05-24 – via AllAfrica.
^ "Dans le vif du sujet". lexpress.mu (in French). 2004-04-20. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
^ "La finale programmée pour ce soir". lexpress.mu (in French). 2004-04-21. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
^ "African Badminton Championship in Algeria-Seychelles take team event bronze medal -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
^ "L'Afrique du Sud écrase le Nigeria". L'Express (in French). 22 April 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

External links

Results

[1] "Africa Championships 2004 | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-24.

[2] "Trois sur cinq pour l?Afrique du Sud". lexpress.mu (in French). 2004-04-25. Retrieved 2024-05-24.

[3] Bugingo, Douglas D. (2004-04-11). "Shutters Off to Mauritius". The Monitor. Retrieved 2024-05-24 – via AllAfrica.

[4] "Dans le vif du sujet". lexpress.mu (in French). 2004-04-20. Retrieved 2024-05-24.

[5] "La finale programmée pour ce soir". lexpress.mu (in French). 2004-04-21. Retrieved 2024-05-24.

[6] "African Badminton Championship in Algeria-Seychelles take team event bronze medal -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-05-24.

[7] "L'Afrique du Sud écrase le Nigeria". L'Express (in French). 22 April 2004. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]