1992 African Badminton Championships

1992 African Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	10 – 26 April
Edition	6th
Venue	National Badminton Centre
Location	Port Louis, Mauritius
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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.

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

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Eddy Clarisse	Anton Kriel	Nico Meerholz
			Alan Phillips
Women's singles	Lina Fourie	Augusta Phillips	Martine de Souza
			Vanessa van der Walt
Men's doubles	Anton Kriel Nico Meerholz	Gilles Allet Eddy Clarisse	Mohamed Juma Mselem Juma
			Roy Dempsey Eddie Ward
Women's doubles	Augusta Phillips Tracey Thompson	Lina Fourie Vanessa van der Walt	Gudrun Murray Ella Scholtz
			Bianca Kustner Heidi Spinas
Mixed doubles	Anton Kriel Lina Fourie	Alan Phillips Augusta Phillips	Mohamed Juma Nasra Juma
			Nico Meerholz Tracey Thompson
Mixed team	South Africa	Nigeria	Tanzania
			Mauritius

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	5	4	4	13
2	Mauritius*	1	1	2	4
3	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
4	Tanzania	0	0	3	3
5	Namibia	0	0	2.5	2.5
6	Mozambique	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (6 entries)		6	6	12	24

Team event

Group stage

Group A Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts   Nigeria 3 3 0 13 2 +11 3   Mauritius 3 2 1 12 3 +9 2   Ghana 3 1 2 3 12 −9 1   Madagascar 3 0 3 2 13 −11 0 Nigeria   3–2   Mauritius Nigeria   5–0   Ghana Nigeria   5–0   Madagascar Mauritius   5–0   Ghana Mauritius   5–0   Madagascar Ghana   3–2   Madagascar

Group B Team Pld W L MF MA MD Pts   South Africa 3 3 0 15 0 +15 3   Tanzania 3 2 1 8 7 +1 2   Namibia 3 1 2 6 9 −3 1   Seychelles 3 0 3 1 14 −13 0 South Africa   5–0   Tanzania South Africa   5–0   Namibia South Africa   5–0   Seychelles Tanzania   3–2   Namibia Tanzania   5–0   Seychelles Namibia   4–1   Seychelles

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals					Final
	Nigeria		5
	Tanzania		0
						Nigeria
						South Africa		w/o
	Mauritius		2
	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]}

References

1. "African Championships 1992 (T) | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
2. "ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS". Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
3. "BWF - African Championships 1992 (T) - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
4. South African Pressclips. Barry Streek. 1992.
5. South African Pressclips. Barry Streek. 1992.
6. "Champion by default". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 1992-04-18. p. 39. Retrieved 2024-05-18– via NewspaperSG.