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Kenya were runners-up in the mixed team event at the 1980 African Badminton Championships. In 1982, Kenya competed in the 1982 Commonwealth Games mixed team event. [5] The team fell short and lost to all of their opponents in the Group A tie. [6] In 1998, the team competed in the 1998 African Badminton Championships and finished fourth. [7]
In 1965, badminton is already played by the Kenyan people, when the Kenya Gazette implied the change of the name of Nairobi Badminton Association to Kenya Badminton Association. [1] This tournament is one of the oldest badminton tournament in Africa, and established before the BCA was founded in 1977, which the former All England Open champion ...
This is not to be confused with the All African Games, the multi sports event, held every four years where badminton is included since 2003. This tournament started in 1979 where Kumasi, Ghana held the competition. [1] Kenya emerged as the men's team champions while Tanzania clinched the women's team title at the first edition. [2]
Badminton made its debut in the African Games in 2003. The first six nations to compete in badminton at the Games were Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius and Seychelles. Six main events were held, which were men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles and the mixed team event. [1]
The sport was flourishing in the 90s before slowing down in the 2000s. Kenya has previously participated in the All Africa Games, the Kenko games in Zambia, and the World children's Baseball fair in Japan (4 times). Kenya hosted the World Cup U18 Africa Qualifiers at the Meru university of Science and Technology (MUST) from Dec 15–20, 2014.
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Badminton Kenya is currently suspended as a consequence of internal election disputes. [9] Following an appeal by NOC-K, Kenya received special permission from the BWF to participate in the Commonwealth Games badminton competition. [10] Following the selection trials in June 2022, two players were selected to represent Kenya in the competition ...