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2000 African Badminton Championships

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2000 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates24–31 July
Edition10th
VenueBauchi Multi-Purpose Indoor Sports Hall
LocationBauchi, 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]

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

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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

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

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Nigeria)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Mauritius4217
2 Nigeria*23510
3 South Africa0145
4 Seychelles0011
Totals (4 entries)661123

References

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  1. ^ "All African Snr Champs 2000 I | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  2. ^ "Nigeria, South Africa in Semi-finals". Vanguard. 2000-07-28. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via AllAfrica.
  3. ^ "Mauritius Clinch Africa Team Title". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  4. ^ "NIGERIA CROWNED THE NEW AFRICAN CHAMPIONS". Badminton Confederation of Africa. 2024-05-10. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
  5. ^ West Africa. Afrimedia International. 2000.
  6. ^ Oyiwe, Lorine (2000-05-08). "Nigeria to Host Africa Badminton". This Day. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via AllAfrica.
  7. ^ Olaleye, Lanre (2000-07-06). "18 Countries For African Badminton Meet". P.M. News. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via AllAfrica.
  8. ^ Omorodion, Patrick (2000-08-05). "African Badminton: the Good And Bad Sides of Bauchi 2000". Vanguard. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via AllAfrica.
  9. ^ Adesina, Bimbo (2000-07-24). "African Badminton Begins in Bauchi". The Post Express. Retrieved 2024-05-25 – via AllAfrica.
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