1980 African Badminton Championships

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1980 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates22–25 June
Edition2nd
VenueBeira Sports Pavilion
Location Beira, Mozambique
1979 1982

The 1980 African Badminton Championships (Portuguese : Campeonato Africano de Badminton de 1980) was a continental stage tournament to crown the best badminton squads and players in Africa. The tournament took place from 22 to 25 June 1980. The tournament was held at the Beira Sports Pavilion which stands next to the Mozambique Company Employees Club in Beira, Mozambique. [1]

Contents

The tournament consisted of four events, the men's team event and the women's team event which were named the Julius Nyerere Cup in honor of the late Julius Nyerere, who contributed in funding for the African championships in 1979. [2] The mixed team event was named the June 25 Cup to commemorate the date of Mozambique's independence from Portugal. [3] The junior mixed team event, the Dapo Tejuoso's Cup was named after the vice president of the Badminton Confederation of Africa. [2]

Nigeria dominated the championships by winning the men's team, mixed team and junior mixed team titles. [4] [5] [6] Zimbabwe made their debut in the championships and won the women's team event. [7] Zambia finished up as runners-up at the junior mixed team event. [8]

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's teamFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Babatunde Badiru
Monday Edo
Samson Egbeyemi
Ishola Iyiola
Clement Ogbo
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
John Mwangi
Narendra K. Shah
Amjid Rasul
Vijai Maini
Hitesh Patani
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Raju Chiplunkar
Mohamed Juma
Mukesh Shah
Shahnawaz Kayumali
Women's teamFlag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Trish Donaghy
Ann Folcarelli
Merle Palmer
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Bukola Bakreen
Oby Edoga
Grace Edwards
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
S. Chiplunkar
Esther Mosha
Nasra Juma
Mixed teamFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Babatunde Badiru
Monday Edo
Samson Egbeyemi
Ishola Iyiola
Clement Ogbo
Bukola Bakreen
Oby Edoga
Grace Edwards
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
John Mwangi
Narendra K. Shah
Amjid Rasul
Vijai Maini
Hitesh Patani
Shamin Noormohamed
Chris Maskell
Naila Valani
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Raju Chiplunkar
Mohamed Juma
Mukesh Shah
Shahnawaz Kayumali
S. Chiplunkar
Esther Mosha
Nasra Juma
Junior mixed teamFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mozambique)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3104
2Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 1001
3Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 0213
4Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia 0101
5Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 0033
6Flag of Mozambique (1975-1983).svg  Mozambique*0011
Totals (6 entries)44513

References

  1. Scheele, H. A. E. (1981). World Badminton (PDF) (3rd ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
  2. 1 2 Tejuoso, Dapo (1989). The Ultimate Honour. Nelson Publishers. p. 207. ISBN   9789781261657.
  3. AIM Information Bulletin. Mozambique Information Agency. 1980.
  4. Jakande, L. K. (1983). LKJ'S First Term Report: October 1979 to September 1983. Lagos State Government.
  5. State (Nigeria), Lagos (1981). Two Years of Civilian Administration in Lagos State, 1979-1981. Lagos State Printing Corporation.
  6. Nigeria Year Book. Daily Times of Nigeria. 1981.
  7. Maclaren, I.P. (1982). More Rhodesian Senior Schools. Books of Zimbabwe. pp. 29, 37. ISBN   9780869202609.
  8. Walubita, Moses Sayela (2011-08-04). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. ISBN   9781450279123.