The 2007 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 St Joseph's College Sports Hall in Gaborone, Botswana, from 19 to 26 August 2007.[1]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 19–22 August (Team event) 23–26 August (Individual event) | ||
| Edition | 8th | ||
| Venue | St Joseph's College Sports Hall | ||
| Location | Gaborone, Botswana | ||
| |||
Tournament
editThe 2007 African Junior Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa U-19 Mixed Team Championships 2007, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa. A total of 7 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at mixed team event.[2][3]
The individual event, officially All Africa U-19 Individual Championships 2007, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 23 to 26 August.[4][5]
Venue
editThis tournament was held at the St Joseph's College Sports Hall in Gaborone with two courts.
Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teams |  South Africa
|
 Egypt
|
 Mauritius
|
 Seychelles
| |||
| Boys' singles | Jacob Maliekal
|
Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb
|
 Isaac Minaphee
|
| Micheal Onwe
| |||
| Girls' singles | Shareen Matthews
|
Dina Nagy
|
Cynthia Course
|
| Noran Hassan Elbanna
| |||
| Boys' doubles | Mahmoud El Sayad Ali Ahmed El-Khateeb
|
Isaac Minaphee Andrew Stephen
|
Dimitry Duval Daven Patchee
|
 Charles Kalonde Nago Chongo
| |||
| Girls' doubles | Jennifer Fry Candace Mann
|
Noran Hassan Elbanna Dina Nagy
|
Kate Foo Kune Yeldy Louison
|
| Alisen Camille Cynthia Course
| |||
| Mixed doubles | Reinard Louw Jennifer Fry
|
Jacob Maliekal Candace Mann
|
Mahmoud El Sayad Noran Hassan Elbanna
|
| Daven Patchee Kate Foo Kune
|
Medal table
edit* Host nation (Botswana)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Egypt | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 3 | Nigeria | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Seychelles | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 | Zambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 6 | 6 | 12 | 24 | |
Team event
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Group Aedit
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Group Bedit
Source: Africa Badminton
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Knockout stage
edit| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| South Africa
| 3 | ||||||||
| Seychelles
| 0 | ||||||||
| South Africa
| 3 | ||||||||
| Egypt
| 1 | ||||||||
| Egypt
| 3 | ||||||||
| Mauritius
| 2 | ||||||||
Final ranking
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts | MD | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
South Africa
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | +13 | Champions |
|
Egypt
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +1 | Runners-up |
|
Mauritius
|
4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | +12 | Eliminated in semi-finals |
| Seychelles
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Zambia
|
3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | −1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 |  Botswana
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | −10 | |
| 7 |  Swaziland
|
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | −15 | |
References
edit- ^ Writer, BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff (2007-08-10). "BBA to host Africa badminton tourney". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2024-10-20. - ^ "Badminton: Eighth All-African Junior Championship-Three bronze medals for Seychelles -Archive -Seychelles Nation". www.nation.sc. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ "Quel gâchis !". lexpress.mu (in French). 2007-05-13. Retrieved 2024-10-20.
- ^ Writer, BOITUMELO KHUTSAFALO
Staff (2007-08-23). "Exposure cost Botswana". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2024-10-20. - ^ "The All Africa Junior Championships 2007". Africa Badminton. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2024-10-20.