2016 African Junior Badminton Championships

2016 African Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates	23–25 August (Team event); 26–28 August (Individual event)
Edition	12th
Venue	Mohammed V Sports Complex
Location	Casablanca, Morocco
← Algiers 2013	Cotonou 2021 →

The 2016 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 Mohammed V Sports Complex inside the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco, from 23 to 28 August 2016.^[1]

Tournament

The 2016 African Junior Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa U-19 Mixed Team Championships 2016, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa. A total of 9 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at mixed team event.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The individual event, officially All Africa U-19 Individual Championships 2016, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 16 to 18 August.^[5]^[6]

Venue

This tournament was held at the Mohammed V Sports Complex in Casablanca with four courts.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Teams	Egypt Youssof Essam Bahnasy Adham Hatem Elgamal Mohamed Mostafa Kamel Rahma Eladawy Farida Mostafa Hana Tarek	Algeria Yacine Belhouane Samy Khaldi Sifeddine Larbaoui Halla Bouksani Sirine Ibrahim Linda Mazri	Mauritius Melvin Appiah Jean Bernard Bongout Tejraj Pultoo Khabir Teeluck Kobita Dookhee Shania Leung Sephora Martin Ganesha Mungrah
Teams			South Africa Pieter Brand Dillan Schaap Ruan Snyman Tarryn Jacobs Johanita Scholtz Zani van der Merwe
Boys' singles	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Kalombo Mulenga	Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
Boys' singles	Adham Hatem Elgamal	Kalombo Mulenga	Ruan Snyman
Girls' singles	Halla Bouksani	Linda Mazri	Johanita Scholtz
Girls' singles	Halla Bouksani	Linda Mazri	Hana Tarek
Boys' doubles	Yacine Belhouane Samy Khaldi	Brian Kasirye Davies Senono	Adham Hatem Elgamal Mohamed Mostafa Kamel
Boys' doubles	Yacine Belhouane Samy Khaldi	Brian Kasirye Davies Senono	Alex Patrick Zolobe Franck Emmanuel Zolobe
Girls' doubles	Johanita Scholtz Zani van der Merwe	Sirine Ibrahim Linda Mazri	Kobita Dookhee Shania Leung
Girls' doubles	Johanita Scholtz Zani van der Merwe	Sirine Ibrahim Linda Mazri	Farida Mostafa Hana Tarek
Mixed doubles	Yacine Belhouane Sirine Ibrahim	Samy Khaldi Linda Mazri	Melvin Appiah Kobita Dookhee
Mixed doubles	Yacine Belhouane Sirine Ibrahim	Samy Khaldi Linda Mazri	Adham Hatem Elgamal Hana Tarek

Medal table

* Host nation (Morocco)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Algeria	3	4	0	7
2	Egypt	2	0	5	7
3	South Africa	1	0	3	4
4	Uganda	0	1	0	1
4	Zambia	0	1	0	1
6	Mauritius	0	0	3	3
7	Ivory Coast	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		6	6	12	24

Team event

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Egypt	3	3
2	South Africa	3	2
3	Uganda	3	1
4	Seychelles	3	0

Source: BCA

23 August 2016
South Africa	4–1	Uganda
23 August 2016
Egypt	5–0	Seychelles
23 August 2016
South Africa	5–0	Seychelles
23 August 2016
Egypt	4–1	Uganda
24 August 2016
South Africa	2–3	Egypt
24 August 2016
Seychelles	2–3	Uganda

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Algeria	4	4
2	Mauritius	4	3
3	Zambia	4	2
4	Ivory Coast	4	1
5	Morocco (H)	4	0

Source: BCA
(H) Host

23 August 2016
Mauritius	5–0	Ivory Coast
23 August 2016
Algeria	5–0	Morocco
23 August 2016
Mauritius	5–0	Morocco
23 August 2016
Zambia	5–0	Ivory Coast
24 August 2016
Mauritius	3–2	Zambia
24 August 2016
Algeria	5–0	Ivory Coast
24 August 2016
Algeria	4–1	Zambia
24 August 2016
Morocco	1–4	Ivory Coast
24 August 2016
Mauritius	2–3	Algeria
24 August 2016
Zambia	4–1	Morocco

Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

Egypt	3

Mauritius	0
		Egypt	3

		Algeria	1
South Africa	2

Algeria	3

Final

Egypt
3

Mohammed V Sports Complex, Court 1
25 August 2016, 18:00 UTC+1

Algeria
1

		1	2	3
1	Youssef Essam / Moustafa Mohamed Yacine Belhouane / Samy Khaldi	22 20	23 21
2	Adham Hatem Elgamal Yacine Belhouane	21 16	15 21	21 14
3	Rahma Eladawy Halla Bouksani	14 21	17 21
4	Farida Mostafa / Hana Tarek Sirine Ibrahim / Linda Mazri	21 12	24 22
5	Adham Hatem Elgamal / Hana Tarek Samy Khaldi / Linda Mazri				not played

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	Egypt	5	5	0	5	+14	Champions
	Algeria	6	5	1	5	+13	Runners-up

	Mauritius	5	3	2	3	+12	Eliminated in semi-finals
	South Africa	4	2	2	2	+6	Eliminated in semi-finals

5	Zambia	4	2	2	2	+4	Eliminated in group stage
6	Uganda	3	1	2	1	−5
7	Ivory Coast	4	1	3	1	−12
8	Seychelles	3	0	3	0	−11
9	Morocco (H)	4	0	4	0	−16

Individual event

Boys' singles

Semifinals				Final

	Mohamed Mostafa Kamel	18	16

	Adham Hatem Elgamal	21	21
					Adham Hatem Elgamal	21	21

				3	Kalombo Mulenga	13	13
3	Kalombo Mulenga	21	21

2	Ruan Snyman	15	14

Girls' singles

Semifinals					Final

	Linda Mazri	21	21

	Hana Tarek	16	12
						Linda Mazri	10	9

					3	Halla Bouksani	21	21
3	Halla Bouksani	21	18	21

2	Johanita Scholtz	13	21	18

Boys' doubles

Semifinals				Final

1	Alex Patrick Zolobe Franck Emmanuel Zolobe	9	11

	Yacine Belhouane Samy Khaldi	21	21
					Yacine Belhouane Samy Khaldi	21	21

					Brian Kasirye Davies Senono	14	13
	Brian Kasirye Davies Senono	23	21

2	Adham Hatem Elgamal Mohamed Mostafa Kamel	21	19

Girls' doubles

Semifinals					Final

1	Kobita Dookhee Shania Leung	12	21	15

	Johanita Scholtz Zani van der Merwe	21	17	21
						Johanita Scholtz Zani van der Merwe	23	18	21

					2	Sirine Ibrahim Linda Mazri	21	21	16
	Sirine Ibrahim Linda Mazri	21	15	21

2	Farida Mostafa Hana Tarek	19	21	14

Mixed doubles

Semifinals				Final

	Yacine Belhouane Sirine Ibrahim	21	21

	Adham Hatem Elgamal Hana Tarek	17	14
					Yacine Belhouane Sirine Ibrahim	21	21

					Samy Khaldi Linda Mazri	14	15
4	Melvin Appiah Kobita Dookhee	13	16

	Samy Khaldi Linda Mazri	21	21

References

^ "Championnat d'Afrique de badminton U19: la 6e édition du 22 au 29 août à Casablanca (Fédération)". MAP Express (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
^ ALM (2016-08-20). "Badminton: Le Championnat d'Afrique junior du 22 au 29 août à Casablanca". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
^ MAP (2016-06-29). "Casablanca abritera le Championnat d'Afrique U19 en août". Le Matin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
^ "Uganda secures All Africa U19 badminton silver". New Vision. Retrieved 2024-10-16.
^ "Badminton: 7e championnat d'Afrique Junior du 22 au 29 août à Casablanca". Le 360 Sport Français (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.
^ "Badminton: Championnat d'Afrique Junior à Casablanca". Quid.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.

External links

Individual result

[1] "Championnat d'Afrique de badminton U19: la 6e édition du 22 au 29 août à Casablanca (Fédération)". MAP Express (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.

[2] ALM (2016-08-20). "Badminton: Le Championnat d'Afrique junior du 22 au 29 août à Casablanca". Aujourd'hui le Maroc (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.

[3] MAP (2016-06-29). "Casablanca abritera le Championnat d'Afrique U19 en août". Le Matin.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.

[4] "Uganda secures All Africa U19 badminton silver". New Vision. Retrieved 2024-10-16.

[5] "Badminton: 7e championnat d'Afrique Junior du 22 au 29 août à Casablanca". Le 360 Sport Français (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.

[6] "Badminton: Championnat d'Afrique Junior à Casablanca". Quid.ma (in French). Retrieved 2024-10-16.

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