The 2026 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was a continental stage tournament to crown the best men's and women's badminton team in Africa. The tournament also served as the African qualifiers for the 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup to be held in . This tournament was held in Gaborone, Botswana between 9 and 12 February 2026.

The title holders of the men's team were Algeria, who have been defending their title since 2018. South Africa are the women's team defending champion.

Medalists Men's team Mohamed Abderrahime BelarbiAdel HamekOussama KeddouKoceila MammeriYoucef Sabri MedelMohamed Abdelaziz Ouchefoun Jean Bernard BongoutLucas DouceKhemtish Rai NundahJulien PaulTejas Savoo Abdelrahman AbdelsattarAhmed ElbahnasawyAdham Hatem ElgamalKareem EzzatMohamed Mostafa KamelSeif Omar Mark BandaTimothy KafundaWesley KafundaChongo MulengaKalombo MulengaJonathan MumbaRodrick MwansaEdward Mwanza Women's team Amy AckermanElme de VilliersChloe LaiJohanita ScholtzAnri Schoonees Nour Ahmed YoussriGanna ElwazeryDoha HanyMalayka MohamedFatema RabieHana Tarek Zainab Damilola AlabiRuth Chinenye EbereOjo Favour IfeloluwaSofiat Arinola ObanisholaOlajumoke ObasanmiJonah Peace Tunze Halla BouksaniYasmina ChibahSirine IbrahimTanina MammeriLinda MazriMalak Ouchefoun

Medal table

Tournament The All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships officially crowns the best male and female national badminton teams in Africa and at the same time works as the African qualification event towards the 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup finals.

Venue The team event was held at the Royal Aria Indoor Hall, in Gaborone, Botswana.

Draw The draw was revealed on 9 February 2026. The men's team group stage consists of four groups while the women's team group stage consists of three groups. 23 teams consisting of 13 men's team and 10 women's team have entered the tournament.

Men's team

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Women's team

Group AGroup BGroup C

Men's team Group stage Group A

Nigeria vs Botswana

Ghana vs Botswana

Nigeria vs Ghana

Group B

Egypt vs Burundi

Zimbabwe vs Burundi

Egypt vs Zimbabwe

Group C

Algeria vs Madagascar

Zambia vs Madagascar

Algeria vs Zambia

Group D

Mauritius vs Lesotho

South Africa vs Seychelles

Mauritius vs Seychelles

South Africa vs Lesotho

Mauritius vs South Africa

Seychelles vs Lesotho

Knockout stage Bracket <onlyinclude>

Quarter-finals Algeria vs Ghana

Zambia vs Nigeria

Egypt vs South Africa

Zimbabwe vs Mauritius

Semi-finals Algeria vs Egypt

Zambia vs Mauritius

Final Algeria vs Mauritius

Final ranking Team Final result 5 5 0 5 +16 +32 +268 Champions 6 5 1 5 +18 +36 +469 Runners-up 4 3 1 3 +9 +15 +284 Eliminated in semi-finals 4 2 2 2 +1 +4 +2 5 3 2 1 2 +8 +16 +160 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 4 2 2 2 +4 +7 +163 7 3 1 2 1 −3 −5 −51 8 3 1 2 1 −7 −13 −154 9 3 1 2 1 −7 −15 −210 Eliminated in group stage 10 (H) 2 0 2 0 −6 −12 −97 11 2 0 2 0 −10 −20 −188 12 2 0 2 0 −10 −20 −319 13 3 0 3 0 −13 −25 −327

Women's team Group stage Group A

Mauritius vs Botswana

Algeria vs Lesotho

Mauritius vs Lesotho

Algeria vs Botswana

Botswana vs Lesotho

Algeria vs Mauritius

Group B

Egypt vs Zambia

Cameroon vs Zambia

Egypt vs Cameroon

Group C

South Africa vs Zimbabwe

Nigeria vs Zimbabwe

South Africa vs Nigeria

Knockout stage Bracket <onlyinclude>

Quarter-finals Mauritius vs Nigeria

Algeria vs Cameroon

Semi-finals Egypt vs Nigeria

Algeria vs South Africa

Final Egypt vs South Africa

Final ranking Team Final result 4 4 0 4 +11 +20 +248 Champions 4 3 1 3 +11 +19 +270 Runners-up 5 3 2 3 +8 +18 +294 Eliminated in semi-finals 4 2 2 2 +4 +8 +92 5 4 3 1 3 +8 +17 +272 Eliminated in quarter-finals 6 3 1 2 1 −2 −2 −13 7 (H) 2 1 2 1 −5 −10 −91Eliminated in group stage 8 2 0 2 0 −10 −20 −278 9 2 0 2 0 −10 −20 −321 10 3 0 3 0 −15 −30 −473

External links Tournament draws