2011 African Junior Badminton Championships

The 2011 African Junior Badminton Championships were the continental badminton championships to crown the best youth players and teams across Africa. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held from 27 to 30 July in Maputo, Mozambique and acted as a prelude to the 2011 All-Africa Games.

The tournament was later postponed to start on 21 August when Mozambique announced that the country pulled out of hosting the event due to financial issues. Mauritius was later chosen as the new host of the championships.^[1] The number of participating countries also suffered a significant drop, from 12 to 6 due to the postponement of the championships.

The 2011 African Junior Badminton Championships were held in two separate events. The mixed team event, officially All Africa U-19 Mixed Team Championships 2011, was a continental tournament to crown the best team in Africa. A total of 4 countries across Africa registered their players to compete at mixed team event.^[2]

The individual event, officially All Africa U-19 Individual Championships 2011, was a continental tournament to crown the best players in Africa holding from 25 to 26 August.^[3][4]

This tournament was held at the National Badminton Centre in Rose Hill with three courts.^[5]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Teams	South Africa Cameron Coetzer Andries Malan Reneshan Naidoo Prakash Nath Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg	Mauritius Guillaume Lo Aatish Lubah Oshand Nobin Julien Paul Stephane Perne Sejilen Rungasamy Aurélie Allet Nawsheen Domah Rheea Dookhee Kate Foo Kune Deepti Ramchurn Raeesah Rassoolkhan	Egypt Youssef Ashraf Mahmoud El Sayad Omar Emad Moataz Hesham Nadine Ashraf Rana Osman Toka Elwasary Aya Tayssir
Boys' singles	Mahmoud El Sayad	Andries Malan	Prakash Nath
			Aatish Lubah
Girls' singles	Kate Foo Kune	Elme de Villiers	Nesrine Baya
			Nadine Ashraf
Boys' doubles	Andries Malan Prakash Nath	Cameron Coetzer Reneshan Naidoo	Youssef Ashraf Mahmoud El Sayad
			Omar Emad Moataz Hesham
Girls' doubles	Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet	Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg	Nadine Ashraf Aya Tayssir
			Aurélie Allet Kate Foo Kune
Mixed doubles	Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg	Mahmoud El Sayad Nadine Ashraf	Prakash Nath Elme de Villiers
			Aatish Lubah Kate Foo Kune

  *   Host nation (Mauritius)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	South Africa	4	4	2	10
2	Egypt	1	1	5	7
3	Mauritius*	1	1	3	5
4	Algeria	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		6	6	11	23

	Semi-finals					Final
	South Africa		3
	Egypt		1
						South Africa		3
						Mauritius		1
	Algeria		0
	Mauritius		3			Third place
						Egypt		4
						Algeria		0

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	MD	Final result
	South Africa	3	3	0	3	+9	Champions
	Mauritius	3	2	1	2	+2	Runners-up
	Egypt	3	1	2	1	+1	Third place
4	Algeria	3	0	3	0	−12	Fourth place

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Mahmoud El Sayad	21	23	21
	4	Prakash Nath	14	25	18
								1	Mahmoud El Sayad	21	17	21
								2	Andries Malan	17	21	7
		Aatish Lubah	18	13
	2	Andries Malan	21	21

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Kate Foo Kune	21	21
	4	Nesrine Baya	16	9
								Kate Foo Kune		21	21
								Elme de Villiers		17	19
	3	Nadine Ashraf	13	19
	2	Elme de Villiers	21	21

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Andries Malan Prakash Nath	21	21
		Omar Emad Moataz Hesham	17	18
								1	Andries Malan Prakash Nath	23	17	21
									Cameron Coetzer Reneshan Naidoo	21	21	16
	3	Youssef Ashraf Mahmoud El Sayad	19	13
		Cameron Coetzer Reneshan Naidoo	21	21

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Nadine Ashraf Aya Tayssir	13	18
	4	Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet	21	21
								4	Elme de Villiers Lee-Ann de Wet	21	21
								2	Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg	12	18
	3	Aurélie Allet Kate Foo Kune	11	23	17
	2	Sandra le Grange Jennifer van der Berg	21	21	21

	Semifinals							Final
	1	Mahmoud El Sayad Nadine Ashraf	21	21
		Prakash Nath Elme de Villiers	11	14
								1	Mahmoud El Sayad Nadine Ashraf	15	20
								2	Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg	21	22
	4	Aatish Lubah Kate Foo Kune	21	11	16
	2	Andries Malan Jennifer van der Berg	13	21	21

• Individual result