The African Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) to crown the best badminton players in Africa. For the team event there is the African Badminton Cup of Nations. This is not to be confused with the All African Games, the multi sports event, held every four years where badminton is included since 2003.
This tournament started in 1979 where Kumasi, Ghana held the competition. [1] Kenya emerged as the men's team champions while Tanzania clinched the women's team title at the first edition. [2] The tournament was held biennially from 1980 to 2006. The 1986 edition of the championships, which was supposed to be held in Lusaka was postponed and later cancelled. Nigeria continued to host the tournament two years later.
The table below gives an overview of all host cities and countries of the African Badminton Championships. The most recent games were held in Benoni in 2023. The number in parentheses following the city/country denotes how many times that city/country has hosted the championships.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  South Africa | 54 | 37 | 47 | 138 |
| 2 |  Nigeria | 43 | 48.5 | 63 | 154.5 |
| 3 |  Algeria | 19 | 8 | 13.5 | 40.5 |
| 4 |  Mauritius | 17 | 19.5 | 56 | 92.5 |
| 5 |  Egypt | 8 | 13 | 34 | 55 |
| 6 |  Seychelles | 8 | 5 | 16 | 29 |
| 7 |  Mozambique | 6 | 0 | 7.5 | 13.5 |
| 8 |  Tanzania | 3 | 13 | 13 | 29 |
| 9 |  Kenya | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 10 |  Zambia | 1 | 8 | 13 | 22 |
| 11 |  Uganda | 1 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| 12 |  Zimbabwe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 |  Ghana | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 14 |  Réunion | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 15 |  Namibia | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | 5.5 |
| 16 |  Botswana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Madagascar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18 |  Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Totals (18 entries) | 163 | 161 | 296 | 620 | |
In November 2019, Badminton World Federation released a statement regarding doping test failure of Kate Foo Kune in this championships and decided to disqualify her result in 2019 African Badminton Championships.
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Kenya | round-robin | Tanzania | Ghana | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Nigeria | round-robin | Kenya | Tanzania | round-robin |  Mozambique | 5 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin |  Zambia | Ghana | round-robin | Mozambique | 4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Tanzania | round-robin | Zambia | Mozambique | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Tanzania | Mauritius | round-robin | – | 3 |
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Tanzania | round-robin | Kenya | Ghana | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Zimbabwe | round-robin | Nigeria | Tanzania | round-robin | Kenya | 5 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Ghana | Mozambique | round-robin | Zambia | 4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Mozambique | round-robin | Tanzania | Zambia | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Tanzania | Mauritius | round-robin | – | 3 |
| Ed. | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place playoff or losing semi-finalists | Number of teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 1979 | Ghana | Kenya | round-robin | Tanzania | Ghana | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 2 | 1980 | Mozambique | Nigeria | round-robin | Zambia | Mozambique | round-robin | Tanzania | 4 |
| 3 | 1982 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Zambia | Mozambique | round-robin | Ghana | 4 |
| 4 | 1984 | Tanzania | Mozambique | round-robin | Tanzania | Zambia | round-robin | – | 3 |
| 5 | 1988 | Nigeria | Nigeria | round-robin | Tanzania | Mauritius | round-robin | – | 3 |
...when the first All African Badminton Championships scheduled to take place at the Kumasi Technical Institute should start.
