2016 African Junior Badminton Championships

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2016 African Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates23–25 August (Team event)
26–28 August (Individual event)
Edition12th
VenueMohammed V Sports Complex
Location Casablanca, Morocco
Algiers 2013 Cotonou 2021

The 2016 African Junior Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best youth players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the Mohammed V Sports Complex inside the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco, from 23 to 28 August 2016. [1]

Contents

Tournament

The 2016 African Junior Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa U-19 Mixed Team Championships 2016, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa. A total of 9 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at mixed team event. [2] [3] [4]

The individual event, officially All Africa U-19 Individual Championships 2016, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 16 to 18 August. [5] [6]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca with four courts.

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
TeamsFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Youssof Essam Bahnasy
Adham Hatem Elgamal
Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
Rahma Eladawy
Farida Mostafa
Hana Tarek
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria
Yacine Belhouane
Samy Khaldi
Sifeddine Larbaoui
Halla Bouksani
Sirine Ibrahim
Linda Mazri
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius
Melvin Appiah
Jean Bernard Bongout
Tejraj Pultoo
Khabir Teeluck
Kobita Dookhee
Shania Leung
Sephora Martin
Ganesha Mungrah
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Pieter Brand
Dillan Schaap
Ruan Snyman
Tarryn Jacobs
Johanita Scholtz
Zani van der Merwe
Boys' singles Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal Flag of Zambia.svg Kalombo Mulenga Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Snyman
Girls' singles Flag of Algeria.svg Halla Bouksani Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz
Flag of Egypt.svg Hana Tarek
Boys' doubles Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Belhouane
Flag of Algeria.svg Samy Khaldi
Flag of Uganda.svg Brian Kasirye
Flag of Uganda.svg Davies Senono
Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Alex Patrick Zolobe
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Franck Emmanuel Zolobe
Girls' doubles Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg Zani van der Merwe
Flag of Algeria.svg Sirine Ibrahim
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
Flag of Mauritius.svg Kobita Dookhee
Flag of Mauritius.svg Shania Leung
Flag of Egypt.svg Farida Mostafa
Flag of Egypt.svg Hana Tarek
Mixed doubles Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Belhouane
Flag of Algeria.svg Sirine Ibrahim
Flag of Algeria.svg Samy Khaldi
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
Flag of Mauritius.svg Melvin Appiah
Flag of Mauritius.svg Kobita Dookhee
Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal
Flag of Egypt.svg Hana Tarek

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3407
2Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 2057
3Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1034
4Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0101
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 0101
6Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0033
7Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 0011
Totals (7 entries)661224

Team event

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 3
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3

Final

Final ranking

PosTeamPldWLPtsMDFinal result
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 5505+14Champions
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 6515+13Runners-up
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 5323+12Eliminated in semi-finals
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4222+6
5Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 4222+4Eliminated in group stage
6Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 3121−5
7Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 4131−12
8Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 3030−11
9Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco (H)4040−16

Individual event

Boys' singles

Semifinals Final
          
  Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Mostafa Kamel 18 16
Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal 2121
Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal 2121
3 Flag of Zambia.svg Kalombo Mulenga 13 13
3 Flag of Zambia.svg Kalombo Mulenga 2121
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Snyman 15 14

Girls' singles

Semifinals Final
          
  Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri 2121
Flag of Egypt.svg Hana Tarek 16 12
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri 10 9
3 Flag of Algeria.svg Halla Bouksani 2121
3 Flag of Algeria.svg Halla Bouksani 2118 21
2 Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz 13 2118

Boys' doubles

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Alex Patrick Zolobe
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Franck Emmanuel Zolobe
9 11
Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Belhouane
Flag of Algeria.svg Samy Khaldi
2121
  Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Belhouane
Flag of Algeria.svg Samy Khaldi
2121
Flag of Uganda.svg Brian Kasirye
Flag of Uganda.svg Davies Senono
14 13
Flag of Uganda.svg Brian Kasirye
Flag of Uganda.svg Davies Senono
2321
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal
Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
21 19

Girls' doubles

Semifinals Final
          
1 Flag of Mauritius.svg Kobita Dookhee
Flag of Mauritius.svg Shania Leung
12 2115
Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg Zani van der Merwe
2117 21
Flag of South Africa.svg Johanita Scholtz
Flag of South Africa.svg Zani van der Merwe
2318 21
2 Flag of Algeria.svg Sirine Ibrahim
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
21 2116
Flag of Algeria.svg Sirine Ibrahim
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
2115 21
2 Flag of Egypt.svg Farida Mostafa
Flag of Egypt.svg Hana Tarek
19 2114

Mixed doubles

Semifinals Final
          
  Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Belhouane
Flag of Algeria.svg Sirine Ibrahim
2121
Flag of Egypt.svg Adham Hatem Elgamal
Flag of Egypt.svg Hana Tarek
17 14
  Flag of Algeria.svg Yacine Belhouane
Flag of Algeria.svg Sirine Ibrahim
2121
Flag of Algeria.svg Samy Khaldi
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
14 15
4 Flag of Mauritius.svg Melvin Appiah
Flag of Mauritius.svg Kobita Dookhee
13 16
Flag of Algeria.svg Samy Khaldi
Flag of Algeria.svg Linda Mazri
2121

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