1992 African Badminton Championships

The 1992 African Badminton Championships was a continental badminton tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa to crown the best badminton players in Africa. This championships were held in Port Louis, Mauritius from 10 to 26 April.[1][2] This tournament also served as the African qualifiers for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

1992 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates10 – 26 April
Edition6th
VenueNational Badminton Centre
LocationPort Louis, Mauritius
1988 1994

The South Africa national badminton team topped the medal table, winning four golds, four silvers and two bronzes in the championships.[3] Nigeria withdrew from the individual events after their walkover from the team event final against South Africa.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles   Eddy Clarisse   Anton Kriel   Nico Meerholz
  Alan Phillips
Women's singles   Lina Fourie   Augusta Phillips   Martine de Souza
  Vanessa van der Walt
Men's doubles   Anton Kriel
  Nico Meerholz
  Gilles Allet
  Eddy Clarisse
  Mohamed Juma
  Mselem Juma
  Roy Dempsey
  Eddie Ward
Women's doubles   Augusta Phillips
  Tracey Thompson
  Lina Fourie
  Vanessa van der Walt
  Gudrun Murray
  Ella Scholtz
  Bianca Kustner
  Heidi Spinas
Mixed doubles   Anton Kriel
  Lina Fourie
  Alan Phillips
  Augusta Phillips
  Mohamed Juma
  Nasra Juma
  Nico Meerholz
  Tracey Thompson
Mixed team   South Africa   Nigeria   Tanzania
  Mauritius

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Africa54211
2  Mauritius*1214
3  Nigeria0101
4  Tanzania0033
5  Namibia002.52.5
6  Mozambique000.50.5
Totals (6 entries)67922

Team event

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Group stage

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
  Nigeria 5
  Tanzania 0
  Nigeria
  South Africa w/o
  Mauritius 2
  South Africa 3

In the final of the team event, South Africa won by default after the Nigerian team refused to play against the Republic.[4] The Nigerian team noted that South Africa was not properly qualified for the tournament.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "African Championships 1992 (T) | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  2. ^ "ALL AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIPS". Badminton Confederation of Africa. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  3. ^ "BWF - African Championships 1992 (T) - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  4. ^ South African Pressclips. Barry Streek. 1992.
  5. ^ South African Pressclips. Barry Streek. 1992.
  6. ^ "Champion by default". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. The Straits Times. 1992-04-18. p. 39. Retrieved 2024-05-18 – via NewspaperSG.