2011 African Junior Badminton Championships Explained

2011 African Junior Badminton Championships
Dates:21–23 August (Team event)
25–26 August (Individual event)
Number Edition:10th
Venue:National Badminton Centre
Location:Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Mauritius
Previous:Addis Ababa 2009
Next:Algiers 2013

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.

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

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

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

Medalists

Teams
Cameron Coetzer
Andries Malan
Reneshan Naidoo
Prakash Nath
Elme de Villiers
Lee-Ann de Wet
Sandra le Grange
Jennifer van der Berg

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

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

Team event

Final ranking

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3 3 0 3 +9 Champions
3 2 1 2 +2 Runners-up
3 1 2 1 +1 Third place
43 0 3 0 −12 Fourth place

Individual event

Mixed doubles

External links

Notes and References

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