2011 African Junior Badminton Championships

The 2011 African Junior Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best youth players and teams across Africa. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from 27 to 30 July in Maputo, Mozambique and acted as a prelude to the 2011 All-Africa Games.

2011 African Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates21–23 August (Team event)
25–26 August (Individual event)
Edition10th
VenueNational Badminton Centre
LocationBeau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
Addis Ababa 2009 Algiers 2013

The tournament was later postponed to start on 21 August when Mozambique announced that the country pulled out of hosting the event due to financial issues. Mauritius was later chosen as the new host of the championships.[1] The number of participating countries also suffered a significant drop, from 12 to 6 due to the postponement of the championships.

Tournament

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The 2011 African Junior Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa U-19 Mixed Team Championships 2011, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa. A total of 4 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at mixed team event.[2]

The individual event, officially All Africa U-19 Individual Championships 2011, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 25 to 26 August.[3][4]

Venue

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This tournament was held at the National Badminton Centre in Rose Hill with three courts.[5]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Teams   South Africa
Cameron Coetzer
Andries Malan
Reneshan Naidoo
Prakash Nath
Elme de Villiers
Lee-Ann de Wet
Sandra le Grange
Jennifer van der Berg
  Mauritius
Guillaume Lo
Aatish Lubah
Oshand Nobin
Julien Paul
Stephane Perne
Sejilen Rungasamy
Aurélie Allet
Nawsheen Domah
Rheea Dookhee
Kate Foo Kune
Deepti Ramchurn
Raeesah Rassoolkhan
  Egypt
Youssef Ashraf
Mahmoud El Sayad
Omar Emad
Moataz Hesham
Nadine Ashraf
Rana Osman
Toka Elwasary
Aya Tayssir
Boys' singles   Mahmoud El Sayad   Andries Malan   Prakash Nath
  Aatish Lubah
Girls' singles   Kate Foo Kune   Elme de Villiers   Nesrine Baya
  Nadine Ashraf
Boys' doubles   Andries Malan
  Prakash Nath
  Cameron Coetzer
  Reneshan Naidoo
  Youssef Ashraf
  Mahmoud El Sayad
  Omar Emad
  Moataz Hesham
Girls' doubles   Elme de Villiers
  Lee-Ann de Wet
  Sandra le Grange
  Jennifer van der Berg
  Nadine Ashraf
  Aya Tayssir
  Aurélie Allet
  Kate Foo Kune
Mixed doubles   Andries Malan
  Jennifer van der Berg
  Mahmoud El Sayad
  Nadine Ashraf
  Prakash Nath
  Elme de Villiers
  Aatish Lubah
  Kate Foo Kune

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  South Africa44210
2  Egypt1157
3  Mauritius*1135
4  Algeria0011
Totals (4 entries)661123

Team event

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Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
  South Africa 3
  Egypt 1
  South Africa 3
  Mauritius 1
  Algeria 0
  Mauritius 3 Third place
  Egypt 4
  Algeria 0

Final ranking

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Pos Team Pld W L Pts MD Final result
    South Africa 3 3 0 3 +9 Champions
    Mauritius 3 2 1 2 +2 Runners-up
    Egypt 3 1 2 1 +1 Third place
4   Algeria 3 0 3 0 −12 Fourth place

Individual event

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Boys' singles

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Mahmoud El Sayad 21 23 21
4   Prakash Nath 14 25 18
1   Mahmoud El Sayad 21 17 21
2   Andries Malan 17 21 7
    Aatish Lubah 18 13
2   Andries Malan 21 21

Girls' singles

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Kate Foo Kune 21 21
4   Nesrine Baya 16 9
  Kate Foo Kune 21 21
  Elme de Villiers 17 19
3   Nadine Ashraf 13 19
2   Elme de Villiers 21 21

Boys' doubles

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Andries Malan
  Prakash Nath
21 21
    Omar Emad
  Moataz Hesham
17 18
1   Andries Malan
  Prakash Nath
23 17 21
  Cameron Coetzer
  Reneshan Naidoo
21 21 16
3   Youssef Ashraf
  Mahmoud El Sayad
19 13
  Cameron Coetzer
  Reneshan Naidoo
21 21

Girls' doubles

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Nadine Ashraf
  Aya Tayssir
13 18
4   Elme de Villiers
  Lee-Ann de Wet
21 21
4   Elme de Villiers
  Lee-Ann de Wet
21 21
2   Sandra le Grange
  Jennifer van der Berg
12 18
3   Aurélie Allet
  Kate Foo Kune
11 23 17
2   Sandra le Grange
  Jennifer van der Berg
21 21 21

Mixed doubles

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Semifinals Final
          
1   Mahmoud El Sayad
  Nadine Ashraf
21 21
  Prakash Nath
  Elme de Villiers
11 14
1   Mahmoud El Sayad
  Nadine Ashraf
15 20
2   Andries Malan
  Jennifer van der Berg
21 22
4   Aatish Lubah
  Kate Foo Kune
21 11 16
2   Andries Malan
  Jennifer van der Berg
13 21 21

References

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  1. ^ "Badminton : Maurice débute face à l'Egypte". lexpress.mu (in French). 2011-08-22. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  2. ^ "BADMINTON: L'or en masculin et le bronze en féminin pour Maurice". Le Mauricien (in French). 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  3. ^ "Badminton : Maurice et l'Afrique du Sud se disputeront l'or". lexpress.mu (in French). 2011-08-24. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  4. ^ "Badminton : L'Afrique du Sud prive Maurice de l'or". lexpress.mu (in French). 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
  5. ^ "BWF - All Africa Junior championships 2011 - Winners". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
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