1984 African Badminton Championships Explained

1984 African Badminton Championships
Dates:August 1984
Number Edition:4th
Location:Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Previous:1982
Next:1988

The 1984 African Badminton Championships was a continental stage tournament to crown the best badminton squads and players in Africa. The tournament took place in August 1984 at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This edition of the championships introduced five new events, which were the individual events. The tournament was initially scheduled to be held in May.[1]

Simon Gondwe of Zambia won the gold medal in the men's singles title after defeating Firoz of Tanzania.[2] In the women's singles event, Indira Bhikha became the first Mozambican to win gold in the African championships.[3]

Background

Originally, ten countries planned to participate in the tournament, these countries were Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Seychelles, and hosts Tanzania. The participating countries were later reduced. Malawi, Lesotho, Madagascar and Swaziland also planned to send players to the championships but later declined participation.[4] Nigeria withdrew from the tournament.[5]

Medalists

Individual events

Men's singles Simon Gondwe Firoz Din Mukesh Shah
Luis Antonio Timm
Women's singles Indira Bhikha Nasra Juma Josephine Chipepo
Mary Mukangwa
Men's doubles Firoz Din
Mukesh Shah
Raj Patel
Shailesh Patel
Simon Gondwe
Abraham Mutale
Sozinho Guerra
Luis Antonio Timm
Women's doubles Indira Bhikha
Eline Coelho
Josephine Chipepo
Mary Mukangwa
Nasra Juma
Sharifa Juma
Priscilla Mutambirwa
Madhavi Tijoriwala
Mixed doubles Sozinho Guerra
Indira Bhikha
Mukesh Shah
Nasra Juma
Abraham Mutale
Josephine Chipepo
Simon Gondwe
Mary Mukangwa

Team events

Men's team
Women's team
Mixed team
Junior mixed team

Medal table

Notes and References

  1. Book: Scheele, H. A. E. . World Badminton . . 1984 . 1st . 30 . 16 May 2024.
  2. Book: Walubita, Moses Sayela . Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses . 2011-08-04 . iUniverse . 9781450279123 . en.
  3. Book: Scheele, H. A. E. . World Badminton . . 1985 . 1st . 28 . 25 May 2024.
  4. Book: Talking Drums . 1984 . Talking Drums . en.
  5. Book: Tejuoso . Dapo . The Ultimate Honour . Tejuoso . Adedapo Adewale . 1989 . Nelson Publishers . 9789781261657 . 208 . en.