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| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 22–28 April 2019 | ||
| Venue | Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre | ||
| Location | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | ||
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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.[1]
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.[2]
Medal table
* Host nation (Nigeria)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nigeria* | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 |  Algeria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 |  Egypt | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 |  Ghana | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 6 | 5 | 12 | 23 | |
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.[3][4] This year's edition served as the first qualifier for African player to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
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.[6]
Venue
This tournament was held at the Alfred Diete-Spiff Centre (Civic Centre), Moscow road, Port Harcourt with six courts.[5]
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.[7]
| 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 |