1998 African Badminton Championships

1998 African Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates27 July–2 August
Edition9th
VenueNational Badminton Centre
LocationRose Hill, Mauritius
← 1996 2000 →

The 1998 African Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the National Badminton Centre in Rose-Hill, Mauritius, from 27 July to 2 August 1998.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in October 1998 at Casablanca, Morocco.[2][3]

In the team event, South Africa finished in first place while Mauritius placed second. Madagascar won their first medal at the African championships when their team reached the semi-finals.[4]

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles Mauritius Eddy Clarisse South Africa Johan Kleingeld Mauritius Denis Constantin
South Africa Neale Woodroffe
Women's singles South Africa Lina Fourie South Africa Michelle Edwards South Africa Beverley Meerholz
Mauritius Vandanah Seesurun
Men's doubles South Africa Johan Kleingeld
South Africa Anton Kriel 		South Africa Gavin Polmans
South Africa Neale Woodroffe 		Mauritius Gilles Allet
Mauritius Geenesh Dussain
Mauritius Stephan Beeharry
Mauritius Denis Constantin
Women's doubles South Africa Lina Fourie
South Africa Monique Ric-Hansen 		South Africa Meagen Burnett
South Africa Michelle Edwards 		Mauritius Marie-Hélène Pierre
Mauritius Vandanah Seesurun
Mauritius Selvon Marudamuthu
Mauritius Amrita Sawaram
Mixed doubles South Africa Anton Kriel
South Africa Michelle Edwards 		South Africa Johan Kleingeld
South Africa Lina Fourie 		South Africa Gavin Polmans
South Africa Monique Ric-Hansen
Mauritius Stephan Beeharry
Mauritius Marie-Hélène Pierre
Mixed team  South Africa  Mauritius  Madagascar

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Africa55313
2 Mauritius*1179
3 Madagascar0011
Totals (3 entries)661123

References

  1. ^ "All African Snr Champs 98 (I) | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-21.
  2. ^ Chifuwe, Sheikh (1998-07-21). "Badminton team may not travel to South Africa". The Post. Retrieved 2024-05-21 – via AllAfrica.
  3. ^ Scheele, H. A. E. (1998). World Badminton (PDF) (2nd ed.). International Badminton Federation. p. 26. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. ^ Rakotoarivelo, Julian (2017-12-29). "Badminton : « Peu pratiqué mais un vrai potentiel » dixit Eugénio Raniriharinosy -". Midi Madagasikara (in French). Retrieved 2024-05-21.
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