2007 African Badminton Championships

2007 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	21–26 May
Edition	14th
Venue	National Badminton Centre
Location	Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
← 2006	2009 →

The 2007 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 Rose Hill, Mauritius, from 21 to 26 May 2007.^[1]^[2]

Seychelles created history by winning their first title in the mixed team event after they defeated South Africa 3–2 in the final.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Medalists[edit]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Nabil Lasmari	Eli Mambwe	Chris Dednam
Men's singles	Nabil Lasmari	Eli Mambwe	Edwin Ekiring
Women's singles	Grace Daniel	Kerry-Lee Harrington	Stacey Doubell
Women's singles	Grace Daniel	Kerry-Lee Harrington	Karen Foo Kune
Men's doubles	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	Georgie Cupidon Steve Malcouzanne	Nabil Lasmari Ammar Zeradine
Men's doubles	Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam	Georgie Cupidon Steve Malcouzanne	Stephan Beeharry Vishal Sawaram
Women's doubles	Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards	Grace Daniel Karen Foo Kune	Juliette Ah-Wan Catherina Paulin
Women's doubles	Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards	Grace Daniel Karen Foo Kune	Stacey Doubell Kerry-Lee Harrington
Mixed doubles	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	Chris Dednam Michelle Edwards	Eli Mambwe Ogar Siamupangila
Mixed doubles	Georgie Cupidon Juliette Ah-Wan	Chris Dednam Michelle Edwards	Stephan Beeharry Karen Foo Kune
Mixed team	Seychelles Georgie Cupidon Nicholas Jumaye Steve Malcouzanne Juliette Ah-Wan Cynthia Course Shirley Etienne Catherina Paulin	South Africa Robert Abrahams Chris Dednam Roelof Dednam Enrico James Willem Viljoen Chantal Botts Stacey Doubell Michelle Edwards Kerry-Lee Harrington	Mauritius Lloyd Alam Stephan Beeharry Sahir Edoo Yoni Louison Vishal Sawaram Neeresh Ramtohul Chis Umanee Deborah Baillache Karen Foo Kune Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison Marlyse Marquer
Mixed team			Zambia Eli Mambwe Lucio Mambwe Juma Muwowo Jean Mabiza Delphine Nakanyika Ogar Siamupangila

Medal table[edit]

* Host nation (Mauritius)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	2	3	3	8
2	Seychelles	2	1	1	4
3	Nigeria	1	0.5	0	1.5
4	Algeria	1	0	1	2
5	Zambia	0	1	2	3
6	Mauritius*	0	0.5	3	3.5
7	Uganda	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	11	23

Team event[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts
South Africa	3	3	0	15	0	+15	3
Seychelles	3	2	1	10	5	+5	2
Botswana	3	1	2	4	11	−7	1
Madagascar	3	0	3	1	14	−13	0


South Africa	5–0	Seychelles

South Africa	5–0	Botswana

South Africa	5–0	Madagascar

Seychelles	5–0	Botswana

Seychelles	5–0	Madagascar

Botswana	4–1	Madagascar

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	Pts
Mauritius	3	3	0	13	2	+15	3
Zambia	3	2	1	9	6	+3	2
Algeria	3	1	2	8	7	+1	1
Kenya	3	0	3	0	15	−15	0


Mauritius	3–2	Algeria

Mauritius	5–0	Zambia

Mauritius	5–0	Kenya

Algeria	1–4	Zambia

Algeria	5–0	Kenya

Zambia	5–0	Kenya

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

South Africa	3

Zambia	0
		South Africa	2

		Seychelles	3
Seychelles	3

Mauritius	0

Final[edit]

South Africa
2

National Badminton Centre, Court 1
23 May 2007
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Seychelles
3

		1	2	3
1	Chris Dednam / Michelle Edwards Georgie Cupidon / Catherina Paulin	15 21	13 21
2	Kerry-Lee Harrington Juliette Ah-Wan	11 21	16 21
3	Chris Dednam Steve Malcouzanne	21 13	21 16
4	Chantal Botts / Michelle Edwards Juliette Ah-Wan / Shirley Etienne	21 10	21 18
5	Roelof Dednam / Willem Viljoen Georgie Cupidon / Steve Malcouzanne	16 21	21 7	13 21

References[edit]

^ "ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
^ "Maurice affronte la Zambie ce matin". lexpress.mu (in French). 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
^ "Badminton : Championnats d'Afrique-Les Seychelles champions d'Afrique -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
^ "Badminton : Championnats d'Afrique-Les Seychelles en demi-finales -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
^ "Maurice v/s Seychelles :ça passe ou ça casse !". lexpress.mu (in French). 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
^ "Seychelles sur le toit de l'Afrique". L'Express (in French). 24 May 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

External links[edit]

Results

[1] "ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[2] "Maurice affronte la Zambie ce matin". lexpress.mu (in French). 2007-05-21. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[3] "Badminton : Championnats d'Afrique-Les Seychelles champions d'Afrique -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[4] "Badminton : Championnats d'Afrique-Les Seychelles en demi-finales -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[5] "Maurice v/s Seychelles :ça passe ou ça casse !". lexpress.mu (in French). 2007-05-23. Retrieved 2024-05-23.

[6] "Seychelles sur le toit de l'Afrique". L'Express (in French). 24 May 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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