2000 African Badminton Championships

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2000 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates24–31 July
Edition10th
VenueBauchi Multi-Purpose Indoor Sports Hall
Location Bauchi, Nigeria
1998 2002

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]

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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.

Background

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.

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles Flag of Mauritius.svg Denis Constantin Flag of Nigeria.svg Ola Fagbemi Flag of Nigeria.svg Abimbola Odejoke
Flag of Mauritius.svg Eddy Clarisse
Women's singles Flag of Mauritius.svg Amrita Sawaram Flag of South Africa.svg Chantal Botts Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Daniel
Flag of Nigeria.svg Prisca Azuine
Men's doubles Flag of Mauritius.svg Eddy Clarisse
Flag of Mauritius.svg Denis Constantin
Flag of Nigeria.svg Dotun Akinsanya
Flag of Nigeria.svg Abimbola Odejoke
Flag of South Africa.svg Dean Potgieter
Flag of South Africa.svg Eugene Uys
Flag of Seychelles.svg Georgie Cupidon
Flag of Seychelles.svg Nicholas Jumaye
Women's doubles Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Daniel
Flag of Nigeria.svg Miriam Sude
Flag of Mauritius.svg Anusha Dajee
Flag of Mauritius.svg Selvon Marudamuthu
Flag of Nigeria.svg Bridget Ibenero
Flag of Nigeria.svg Kuburat Mumini
Flag of South Africa.svg Chantal Botts
Flag of South Africa.svg Karen Coetzer
Mixed doubles Flag of Nigeria.svg Abimbola Odejoke
Flag of Nigeria.svg Bridget Ibenero
Flag of Mauritius.svg Denis Constantin
Flag of Mauritius.svg Selvon Marudamuthu
Flag of Nigeria.svg Ocholi Edicha
Flag of Nigeria.svg Grace Daniel
Flag of South Africa.svg Eugene Uys
Flag of South Africa.svg Ronel Pieterse
Mixed teamFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Nigeria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 4217
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria*23510
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0145
4Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 0011
Totals (4 entries)661123

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