1992 African Badminton Championships

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

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

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

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa54413
2 Mauritius*1124
3 Nigeria0101
4 Tanzania0033
5 Namibia002.52.5
6 Mozambique000.50.5
Totals (6 entries)661224

Team event

Group stage

Knockout stage

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

  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.
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