Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 24–31 July | ||
Edition | 10th | ||
Venue | Bauchi Multi-Purpose Indoor Sports Hall | ||
Location | Bauchi, Nigeria | ||
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The 2000 African Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the Bauchi Multi-Purpose Indoor Sports Hall in Bauchi, Nigeria, from 24 to 31 July 2000. [1]
In the team event, South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles and Nigeria reached the semi-finals. [2] Mauritius won their first ever team title by defeating Nigeria in the final. [3] [4] South Africa defeated Seychelles in the third place play-off.
In May 2000, the Badminton Confederation of Africa awarded Nigeria the rights to host the next African championships at the Bauchi Multi-Purpose Indoor Sports Hall. [5] [6] Originally, 18 countries were supposed to compete in the championships. [7] The participating countries later dropped from 18 to 9 due to the funding issues. [8] [9] In the end, only six countries took part in the tournament.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's singles | Denis Constantin | Ola Fagbemi | Abimbola Odejoke |
Eddy Clarisse | |||
Women's singles | Amrita Sawaram | Chantal Botts | Grace Daniel |
Prisca Azuine | |||
Men's doubles | Eddy Clarisse Denis Constantin | Dotun Akinsanya Abimbola Odejoke | Dean Potgieter Eugene Uys |
Georgie Cupidon Nicholas Jumaye | |||
Women's doubles | Grace Daniel Miriam Sude | Anusha Dajee Selvon Marudamuthu | Bridget Ibenero Kuburat Mumini |
Chantal Botts Karen Coetzer | |||
Mixed doubles | Abimbola Odejoke Bridget Ibenero | Denis Constantin Selvon Marudamuthu | Ocholi Edicha Grace Daniel |
Eugene Uys Ronel Pieterse | |||
Mixed team | Mauritius | Nigeria | South Africa |
* Host nation (Nigeria)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Mauritius | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
2 | Nigeria* | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
3 | South Africa | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
4 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 6 | 6 | 11 | 23 |
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