2002 African Badminton Championships

The 2002 African Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the Mohammed V Indoor Sport Complex in Casablanca, Morocco, from 15 to 21 July 2002.^[1]

2002 African Badminton Championships

Tournament details
Dates	15–21 July
Edition	11th
Venue	Mohammed V Indoor Sport Complex
Location	Casablanca, Morocco
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In the team event, South Africa defeated Nigeria in the final while Mauritius defeated Seychelles in the third place play-off.^[2] Seychelles also won their first ever gold medal at the championships with Juliette Ah-Wan winning the women's singles title.^[3]

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's singles	Abimbola Odejoke	Dotun Akinsanya	Denis Constantin
			Ola Fagbemi
Women's singles	Juliette Ah-Wan	Grace Daniel	Shama Aboobakar
			Michelle Edwards
Men's doubles	Stephan Beeharry Denis Constantin	Chris Dednam Johan Kleingeld	Dotun Akinsanya Abimbola Odejoke
			Ocholi Edicha Ola Fagbemi
Women's doubles	Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards	Grace Daniel Miriam Sude	Juliette Ah-Wan Catherina Paulin
			Anusha Dajee Karen Foo Kune
Mixed doubles	Chris Dednam Antoinette Uys	Johan Kleingeld Chantal Botts	Abimbola Odejoke Prisca Azuine
			Dorian James Michelle Edwards
Mixed team	South Africa Stewart Carson Chris Dednam Dorian James Johan Kleingeld Chantal Botts Michelle Edwards Antoinette Uys	Nigeria Dotun Akinsanya Ocholi Edicha Ola Fagbemi Abimbola Odejoke Prisca Azuine Grace Daniel Kuburat Mumini Miriam Sude	Mauritius Hyder Aboobakar Stephan Beeharry Denis Constantin Abhinesh Dussain Yogeshsingh Mahadnac Vishal Sawaram Shama Aboobakar Anusha Dajee Karen Foo Kune Amrita Sawaram

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Morocco)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	3	2	3	8
2	Nigeria	1	4	4	9
3	Mauritius	1	0	3	4
4	Seychelles	1	0	1	2
Totals (4 entries)		6	6	11	23