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2004 African Badminton Championships

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2004 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates18–24 April
Edition12th
VenueNational Badminton Centre
LocationBeau 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

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

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa4149
2 Nigeria2327
3 Mauritius*0145
4 Réunion0101
5 Seychelles0022
Totals (5 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
 Seychelles 0
 South Africa 3
 Nigeria 1
 Mauritius 2
 Nigeria 3

Final

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References

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  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.
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