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The BWF World Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation for badminton players who participate in tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. It is used to determine the qualification for the World Championships and Summer Olympic Games , [ 1 ] as well as BWF World Tour tournaments. [ 2 ]
Johanita Scholtz (born 25 January 2000) is a South African badminton player. [1] Scholtz won her first senior international title at the 2017 Botswana International tournament. [ 2 ] She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia. [ 3 ]
BCA (Africa) President: Kingsley Mulenga: BWF ranking; Current ranking: 61 (2 April 2024) Highest ranking: 49 (6 July 2017) African Mixed Team Championships; Appearances: 12 (first in 1980) Best result: Third place (1984, 2007, 2017) African Men's Team Championships; Appearances: 5 (first in 1980) Best result: Runners-up : African Women's Team ...
The African Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) to crown the best badminton players in Africa.For the team event there is the African Badminton Cup of Nations.
In 1980, Zimbabwe clinched the women's team title at the 1980 African Badminton Championships in Beira after defeating Tanzania, Mozambique, Nigeria and Kenya. [7] In 2016, the women's team competed in the 2016 Africa Continental Team Badminton Championships. The team lost 5–0 to Mauritius and Ghana in the group stages. [8]
Lavina Sabastian Martins (born 3 February 1993) is a Kenyan badminton player. [2] In 2015, she won the bronze medal at the African Games in women's doubles event. [ 3 ] She also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow , Scotland.
Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (born 5 July 1998) is a Nigerian badminton player. [3] She showed her talent at a young age, by winning two gold medals at the 2014 African Youth Games . In 2019, she won the women's singles and doubles titles at the African Championships .
The mixed doubles badminton tournament started in the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2] The Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings are used to determine the qualification of the players for the tournament. Nations can enter a maximum of two players each in the men's and women's singles if both are ranked in the world's top 16; otherwise, one quota ...