The 2018 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships is a continental stage tournament of

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and

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s, and also to crown the best men's and women's badminton team in Africa. This tournament will be held in

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, Algeria between 12 and 15 February 2018.

Medalists

Tournament

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finals. 19 teams consisting of 12 men's team and 7 women's team have entered the tournament.

Venue

Venue of this tournament is Salle OMS Hacène Harcha Arena, in

, Algeria.

Men's team

The host country, Algeria has been crowned the champion in the men's team event. The Algeria team beating Nigeria with the score 3–2, and Nigeria settle for the silver medal. It is the first time for Algeria to win the competition, and also will be the first time for the team to participate at the

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final. The men's team bronze goes to Mauritius and Ghana. The team lose in the semifinal round to Algeria and Nigeria, both with the score 3–1 respectively.

Group stage

Group A

*''Mauritius vs Tunisia'' *''Cameroon vs Tunisia'' *''Mauritius vs Cameroon''

Group B

*''Algeria vs Ivory Coast'' *''Zambia vs Ivory Coast'' *''Algeria vs Zambia''

Group C

*''Nigeria vs Morocco'' *''Seychelles vs Morocco'' *''Nigeria vs Seychelles''

Group D

*''Egypt vs Zimbabwe'' *''Ghana vs Zimbabwe'' *''Egypt vs Ghana''

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

*''Mauritius vs Zambia'' *''Algeria vs Cameroon'' *''Egypt vs Ghana'' *''Morocco vs Nigeria''

Semi-finals

*''Mauritius vs Algeria'' *''Ghana vs Nigeria''

Final

*''Algeria vs Nigeria''

Women's team

The Mauritian women's team clinched the title and won the gold medal after beating the flagship country of African badminton, Nigeria. Under the coach from Malaysia, Krishnan Yogendran, Mauritius defeating Nigeria with the score 3–0. The Egypt and Algeria women's team were placed third in the competition and won the bronze medal. Both teams defeated in the semifinal by Nigeria and Mauritius with the score 3–2 respectively.

Group stage

Group A

*''Nigeria vs Algeria'' *''Uganda vs Algeria'' *''Nigeria vs Uganda''

Group B

*''Mauritius vs Zimbabwe'' *''Egypt vs Ghana'' *''Mauritius vs Ghana'' *''Egypt vs Zimbabwe'' *''Egypt vs Mauritius'' *''Zimbabwe vs Ghana''

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

*''Nigeria vs Egypt'' *''Algeria vs Mauritius''

Final

*''Nigeria vs Mauritius''

References

External links

Tournament draws
{{All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships Africa Continental Team Badminton Championships All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships 2018 in Algerian sport All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships 2010s in Algiers