The 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships is a continental stage tournament of Thomas and Uber Cups, and also to crown the best men's and women's badminton team in Africa. This tournament will be held in Algiers, Algeria between 12 and 15 February 2018.
Medalists
Men's team Adel HamekAdel MeddahKoceila MammeriMajed Yacine BalahouneMohamed Abdelaziz OuchefounMohamed Abderrahime BelarbiSamy KhaldiSifeddine LarbaouiYoucef Sabri Medel Anuoluwapo Juwon OpeyoriClement KrobakpoEnejoh AbahGodwin OlofuaHabeeb BelloUsman Ayo Isiaq Aatish LubahChristopher PaulJulien PaulJean Bernard BongoutMelvin AppiahTejraj Pultoo Abraham AyitteyAaron TamakloeDaniel SamEmmanuel BotweEmmanuel DonkorMichael Opoku Baah Women's team Aurélie AlletGanesha MungrahKate Foo KuneKobita DookheeNicki Chan-LamSendila Mourat Dorcas Ajoke AdesokanPeace OrjiUchechukwu Deborah UkehZainab Momoh Doha HanyHadia HosnyHana Hesham MohamedHana Tarek MohamedJana AshrafSalmeen Essam Elsaid Salem Dounia NaamaFerd HoudaHalla BouksaniImane ChekkalInes ZianiLinda MazriMalak OuchefouneSirine IbrahimYasmina Chibah
Tournament The All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships officially crowns the best male and female national badminton teams in Africa and at the same time works as the African qualification event towards the 2018 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 19 teams consisting of 12 men's team and 7 women's team have entered the tournament.
Venue Venue of this tournament is Salle OMS Hacène Harcha Arena, in Algiers, Algeria.
Men's team The host country, Algeria has been crowned the champion in the men's team event. The Algeria team beating Nigeria with the score 3–2, and Nigeria settle for the silver medal. It is the first time for Algeria to win the competition, and also will be the first time for the team to participate at the Thomas Cup final. The men's team bronze goes to Mauritius and Ghana. The team lose in the semifinal round to Algeria and Nigeria, both with the score 3–1 respectively.
Group stage Group A
DateScoreMatch 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 512 Febw/o —————13 Feb5–0 2–02–02–02–02–013 Feb5–0 2–02–02–02–02–0
Mauritius vs Tunisia
Cameroon vs Tunisia
Mauritius vs Cameroon
Group B
DateScoreMatch 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 512 Feb5–0 2–02–02–02–02–013 Feb5–0 2–02–02–02–02–113 Feb4–1 2–02–02–00–22–0
Algeria vs Ivory Coast
Zambia vs Ivory Coast
Algeria vs Zambia
Group C
DateScoreMatch 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 512 Feb5–0 1–22–02–02–02–013 Feb2–30–22–10–22–00–213 Feb5–0 2–12–02–02–12–0
Nigeria vs Morocco
Seychelles vs Morocco
Nigeria vs Seychelles
Group D
DateScoreMatch 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 512 Feb5–0 2–02–02–02–02–013 Feb5–0 2–02–02–02–02–013 Feb2–30–22–01–22–01–2
Egypt vs Zimbabwe
Ghana vs Zimbabwe
Egypt vs Ghana
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals Mauritius vs Zambia
Algeria vs Cameroon
Egypt vs Ghana
Morocco vs Nigeria
Semi-finals Mauritius vs Algeria
Ghana vs Nigeria
Final Algeria vs Nigeria
Women's team The Mauritian women's team clinched the title and won the gold medal after beating the flagship country of African badminton, Nigeria. Under the coach from Malaysia, Krishnan Yogendran, Mauritius defeating Nigeria with the score 3–0. The Egypt and Algeria women's team were placed third in the competition and won the bronze medal. Both teams defeated in the semifinal by Nigeria and Mauritius with the score 3–2 respectively.
Group stage Group A
DateScoreMatch 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 512 Feb4–1 2–01–22–02–02–013 Feb1–40–20–20–20–22–013 Feb5–02–02–02–02–02–0
Nigeria vs Algeria
Uganda vs Algeria
Nigeria vs Uganda
Group B
DateScoreMatch 1Match 2Match 3Match 4Match 512 Feb4–1 2–02–02–12–01–212 Feb5–02–02–02–02–02–013 Feb5–02–02–02–02–02–013 Feb5–0 2–02–02–02–02–013 Feb2–30–22–00–22–00–213 Feb0–50–20–20–20–20–2
Mauritius vs Zimbabwe
Egypt vs Ghana
Mauritius vs Ghana
Egypt vs Zimbabwe
Egypt vs Mauritius
Zimbabwe vs Ghana
Knockout stage
Semi-finals Nigeria vs Egypt
Algeria vs Mauritius
Final Nigeria vs Mauritius
References
External links Tournament draws