2019 African Badminton Championships
The 2019 African Badminton Championships was the continental badminton championships to crown the best players and teams across Africa. The tournament was held at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, from 22–28 April.
Medalists
In November 2019, Badminton World Federation released a statement regarding doping test failure of Kate Foo Kune in this championships and decided to disqualify her result.Tournament
The 2019 African Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The team event, officially All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2019, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa holding from 22–25 April. The individual event, officially All Africa Individual Championships 2019, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 26–28 April. A total of 18 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at this event. This year's edition served as the first qualifier for African player to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.The tournament was sponsored by the Rivers State Government and organized by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria; the federation prepared a mascot, Alabo The Shuttler, as a reflection of the culture of the people.
Venue
This tournament was held at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre, Moscow road, Port Harcourt with six courts.Point distribution
The individual event of this tournament was graded based on the BWF points system for the BWF International Challenge event. Below is the table with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament.| Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 | 65/128 |
| 4,000 | 3,400 | 2,800 | 2,200 | 1,520 | 920 | 360 | 170 |
Individual event
Men's singles
Seeds
- Georges Paul '
- Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori
- Godwin Olofua '
- Adham Hatem Elgamal '
- Ahmed Salah '
- Daniel Sam '
- Melvin Appiah '
- Habeeb Temitope Bello ''''
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's singles
Seeds
- Kate Foo Kune '
- Hadia Hosny '
- Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan
- Doha Hany '
- Aisha Nakiyemba '
- Aïcha Laurene N'Dia '
- Chineye Ibere '
- Kobita Dookhee ''''
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Men's doubles
Seeds
- Godwin Olofua / Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori '
- Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi / Adel Hamek '
- Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel
- Abdelrahman Abdelhakim / Ahmed Salah ''''
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Women's doubles
Seeds
- Doha Hany / Hadia Hosny '
- Halla Bouksani / Linda Mazri '
- Aurélie Allet / Kobita Dookhee
- Jemimah Leung For Sang / Ganesha Mungrah ''''
Top half
Section 1
Section 2
Bottom half
Section 3
Section 4
Mixed doubles
Seeds
- Ahmed Salah / Hadia Hosny '
- Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany '
- Enejoh Abah / Peace Orji '
- Tejraj Pultoo / Kobita Dookhee '
- Alex Zolobe / Lou Gohi Theophile Annick Doulou '
- Kayode Abubakar Mope / Amin Yop Christopher '
- Ebenezer Andrews / Grace Atipaka
- Ousmane Ouedraogo / Esme Osseane Davila Loess ''''