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Founder | Para Badminton World Federation (now part of the BWF) |
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Inaugural season | 2018 |
The African Para-Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Para Badminton World Federation (PBWF) which has now merged with the BWF. This tournament is hosted to crown the best para-badminton players in Africa.
The inaugural edition of the tournament was hosted in Kampala, Uganda in 2018.
The table below states all the host cities (and their countries) of the African Championships.
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Egypt (EGY) | 12.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 26 |
2 | Uganda (UGA) | 7 | 11 | 20.5 | 38.5 |
3 | Nigeria (NGR) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
4 | DR Congo (DRC) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
5 | Ivory Coast (CIV) | 2.5 | 1 | 5.5 | 9 |
6 | Ghana (GHA) | 0.5 | 0 | 9 | 9.5 |
7 | Kenya (KEN) | 0 | 2 | 4.5 | 6.5 |
8 | Cameroon (CMR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
9 | Burundi (BDI) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | Zambia (ZAM) | 0 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
11 | Central African Republic (CAR) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Totals (11 entries) | 31 | 31 | 53 | 115 |
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Kampala would host the games for a second time in 2022 after the 2020 edition was cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4] The Egyptian team won 8 golds, 2 silvers and 3 bronzes in this edition. [5]
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