1992 African Badminton Championships

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1992 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates10 – 26 April
Edition6th
VenueNational Badminton Centre
Location Port Louis, Mauritius
1988 1994

The 1992 African Badminton Championships was a continental badminton tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa to crown the best badminton players in Africa. This championships were held in Port Louis, Mauritius from 10 to 26 April. [1] [2] This tournament also served as the African qualifiers for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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The South Africa national badminton team topped the medal table, winning four golds, four silvers and two bronzes in the championships. [3] Nigeria withdrew from the individual events after their walkover from the team event final against South Africa.

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Mauritius.svg Eddy Clarisse Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Anton Kriel Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Nico Meerholz
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Alan Phillips
Women's singles Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Lina Fourie Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Augusta Phillips Flag of Mauritius.svg Martine de Souza
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Vanessa van der Walt
Men's doubles Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Anton Kriel
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Nico Meerholz
Flag of Mauritius.svg Gilles Allet
Flag of Mauritius.svg Eddy Clarisse
Flag of Tanzania.svg Mohamed Juma
Flag of Tanzania.svg Mselem Juma
Flag of Namibia.svg Roy Dempsey
Flag of Namibia.svg Eddie Ward
Women's doubles Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Augusta Phillips
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Tracey Thompson
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Lina Fourie
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Vanessa van der Walt
Flag of Mozambique.svg Gudrun Murray
Flag of Namibia.svg Ella Scholtz
Flag of Namibia.svg Bianca Kustner
Flag of Namibia.svg Heidi Spinas
Mixed doubles Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Anton Kriel
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Lina Fourie
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Alan Phillips
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Augusta Phillips
Flag of Tanzania.svg Mohamed Juma
Flag of Tanzania.svg Nasra Juma
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Nico Meerholz
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg Tracey Thompson
Mixed teamFlag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 54211
2Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius*1214
3Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0101
4Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 0033
5Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 002.52.5
6Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 000.50.5
Totals (6 entries)67922

Team event

Group stage

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 0
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa w/o
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 2
Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 3

In the final of the team event, South Africa won by default after the Nigerian team refused to play against the Republic. [4] The Nigerian team noted that South Africa was not properly qualified for the tournament. [5] [6]

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