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| Tournament details | |||
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| Dates | 23–25 February 2004 | ||
| Venue | Pretoria Showgrounds | ||
| Location | Pretoria, South Africa | ||
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The 2004 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa were the African qualifiers for the 2004 Thomas & Uber Cup in Jakarta, Indonesia. The tournament was held at the Pretoria Showgrounds in Pretoria, South Africa.[1] The tournament was held from 23 to 25 February 2004.[2]
This was the first time a sole African qualifying zone was established, which granted African teams a quota in the final tournament. A total of 7 men's teams and 7 women's teams took part in the event. Hosts South Africa finished in first place in both men's and women's team events and directly qualified for the 2004 Thomas & Uber Cup.[3]
Squads
[edit]Tournament
[edit]Draw
[edit]A total of 14 teams, that includes 7 men's teams and 7 women's teams competed in the qualification tournament. The tournament was played in a round robin format.[2][4]
| Men's team | Women's team |
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 Botswana Mauritius Nigeria South Africa Swaziland Uganda Zambia |
Botswana Mauritius Nigeria South Africa Swaziland Uganda Zambia |
Men's team
[edit]Round-robin
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | South Africa |
6 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | +28 | 6 | 2004 Thomas Cup | — | 4–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Nigeria |
6 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 5 | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |||
| 3 | Mauritius |
6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 4 | — | 3–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | ||||
| 4 | Uganda |
6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 3 | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |||||
| 5 | Zambia |
6 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 22 | −14 | 2 | — | 3–2 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 6 | Botswana |
6 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 1 | — | 5–0 | |||||||
| 7 | Swaziland |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 | — |
Women's team
[edit]Round-robin
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | South Africa |
6 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 6 | 2004 Uber Cup | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Mauritius |
6 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 | +20 | 5 | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |||
| 3 | Nigeria |
6 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 10 | +10 | 4 | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | ||||
| 4 | Uganda |
6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 3 | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–0 | |||||
| 5 | Zambia |
6 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 2 | — | 5–0 | 5–0 | ||||||
| 6 | Botswana |
6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 1 | — | 5–0 | |||||||
| 7 | Swaziland |
6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 | — |
References
[edit]- ↑ Bugingo, Douglas D. (2004-04-23). "Uganda Faces Mauritius". AllAfrica. Daily Monitor. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- 1 2 Bugingo, Douglas D. (2004-02-21). "Uganda in Tough Badminton Group". AllAfrica. Daily Monitor. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ↑ "L?Afrique du Sud qualifiée". lexpress.mu (in French). 2004-02-28. Retrieved 2026-05-01.
- ↑ "Badminton team fails to impress". Africa Badminton. BOPA Daily News Archive. 2004-02-26. Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 14 February 2024.