Spokane, Washington- October 3, 2023
Story by Jnanesh Salian/Thomas Boakye Agyemang/Badminton Photo
Ghana set the pace again as Badminton raises the nation's flag.
In the fantastic city of Spokane, Washington, where the 2023 BWF World Junior Badminton Championship is taking place, Ghana made history and a name for the country, with the teenagers fighting as if their very existence depended on not giving up the events.
The World Championships also serves as an Olympic qualifier for the Paris 2024 global event. Before this, the Ghana Badminton team participated in South Africa, Nigeria events and a National Open last summer.
A 16-man contingent of players and officials led by Ghana's Badminton President, Yeboah Evans, is all the motivation the players need to self-motivate themselves, chalking the historic most significant achievement in the Mixed team event by any African country in 23 years of the World Championships.
Over 54 countries are in the United States fighting for honours, with Ghana presenting a few players for the tournament but registering gains that can only inspire a more significant achievement sooner than later.
The young players, with some of them travelling outside the country for the first time, are impressing even officials of their opponents, drawing commendations for having a great future ahead towards the 2023 African Games, 2024 Paris Olympics, 2026 Youth Olympics, and other international open and invitational events.
Ghana became the first African Country to have reached the finals of its Mix Team Group, having lost to Norway in the final stage. Ghanaian Players Andy Amofa and Elvis Osei won the Mixed Team Event's 4th and 5th best players, whilst Moslena Adu placed 10th in the overall player rankings.
Ghana had to settle for second place in the group match, which nonetheless marked a historic achievement. Amofa committed a rare service error but quickly recovered, delivering a cross-court smash to regain the lead at 11-09. In a crucial moment, Amofa surprised the Norway Aldrin NELSON by returning a shuttle that appeared to be heading wide, but the Norway player managed to keep it close to the net. Amofa returned the shuttle and secured the point with a well-executed backflip to the other side of the court, taking an 11-09 lead. Despite Nelson saving two match points, he failed to return a body smash by Amofa near the net. With a final score of 3-0, Ghana lost the last game and handed Norway a winning match, concluding the Ghanaian players one of their career's most riveting badminton games.
Ghana performed far better than the earlier 2017 World Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and pole position for the 2024 France Olympics Qualification ranking with four other international matches until the deadline of April 28, 2028. The Ministry of Youth & Sport, The accra2023 secretariat, the Ghana Olympic Committee, the Ghana Textile Manufacturing Company, the Sports Writers Association of Ghana, Super Sports Blitz, parents and some individual donors have supported us on this journey of future hope for our young lads.
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About Ghana Badminton
We are Ghana Badminton, the Governing Body of Badminton in Ghana, formed in 1962, representing all members of the sport of Badminton. We are the national sports governing body with regulatory functions for the Olympic Sport of Badminton.
With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans and corporate community in line with the global vision of giving every child a chance to play for life by leading and inspire all stakeholders; to deliver entertainment through exciting events to drive fan experience; and to create innovative, impactful and sustainable development initiatives.
With thousands of Ghanaians playing yearly, Badminton looks forward to being the nation's favourite racket sport by 2024. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love badminton, from this generation to the next, as the world's fastest racket sport.
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2023 Badminton Open National Championships: Hear from the National Winners and see Podium photos from the event
This year's 2023 Ghana Open championships ended over the weekend with puzzling and thrilling participation from across the country, with 169 players and 314 matches on display at the Trust Sports Emporium, Accra event. The individual and club's open championship events saw age categories for the corporate teams, Juniors, Seniors, and Masters, are U15, U19, U30, 30-39,40-49, 50-59,60-69, and 70-79.
A total of 34 athletes have been identified to achieve the results for the national team selection to the World Championships, Individual events, African Championships, and the African Games to be held here in Ghana. In the U-15 category, Agona Nyakrom Stars dominated the entire results in the Boy's and Girl's Singles events, with sensational Adu Mintah Obapomba, Takyi Melchizedek and Nunoo Sarpei Gabriel claiming podium results whilst Ama Koramaa Moslena, Amiokor Sarpei Margaret and Koramaa Adu Hannah claimed the podium results in the Girls U-15 category.
In the U-19 category, undisputed Quarcoo Racheal, Ertornam Tornyenyor Cindy, and Afriyie Eliana won podium medals in the Girls category, whilst Nii Addo Obeng Shang Francis, Addo Leslie Adote Addo, Amofa Andy won podium medals in the Boys category.
In the U-19 BD Category, Korampong Ebenezer/Osei Elvis, Nii Addo Obeng Shang Francis/Ankrah Jonathan, and Amofa Andy/Adu Enoch achieved podium medals.
Newly sensation Alphous Kelvin Evans, Abdul-Samad Ahmad and Tamakloe Aaron achieved podium results in the Men Singles Seniors category.
The undisputed fifteen-year-old, Quarcoo Racheal, defeated all the females in the Women's Singles event, beating Nantuo Prospera in the finals to the delight of all national dignitaries.
In the keenly contested Mix Double Event, Nantuo Prospera/Alphous Kelvin, Regina Awontemi Asiabeka/Abdul-Samad Ahmad, and Ertornam Tornyenyor Cindy/Addo Leslie Adote Addo won podium medals to the amazement and dazzling performances of everyone and national media.
The event brought the discovery pair of Ofoli Rabiatu/Quarcoo Racheal, defeating the reigning champions Ertornam Tornyenyor Cindy/Nantuo Prospera and Yengnone Hilda Hectorina Napour/Botchway Lilian in the finals to all all-women doubles final event.
Accra2023 LOC Chairman, Dr Kweku Ofosu Asare, shared, "I have been highly appraised of the talent exhibited by the various team and very promising to win medals for Team Ghana next year, as Ghana hosts the African Games. Badminton is an Olympic qualifier for the African Games event, and Ghana Badminton will have the necessary infrastructure to host mega international and domestic events after the 2023 Africa Games."
In the Veterans Men's Double Category, Noah Ayim/Delawoe Nyanyo, Rahul Das Mohan/Karumli Jayan and Douglas Coleman/Ibrahim Ishaq from Adenta Badminton Club also won podium medals.
The winners of each category are awarded a national gold medal and crowned National Champion in their age category. The runner-up gets a silver medal, while the third-place winner receives a bronze medal. Participants also earned the glory of participating and selection for educational scholarships and prize money of GHc 20,000 and national certificates. The event also saw the assessment of technical officials during the tournament, all in preparation for the African Games.
"I am thrilled with my performance" I've made many people proud, and it's nice to know all of the hard work I've put in during the past few months has come to fruition." Racheal Quarcoo, the most decorated player at the national championship, said after her final win.
Moslena Ama Korama, the National U-15 Girls Champion, commented, "Since the start of the tournament, my touch, feel, and movement has been on form," she said.
"I've been focusing on increasing my physical effort and going that extra mile to improve my overall fitness, and I'm glad I have achieved podium results. " Eliana Afriyie, Bronze medalist in the Women's category.
"More than anything, the Men's Singles title has given me plenty of confidence for the future. I am now looking to play more tournaments to get more international experience," Kelvin Alphous said.
The National Event was sponsored by Lucozade Energy Drinks, Yoomi Yoghurt, Blue Skies Fruit Juice and 21 media houses including Super Sport Africa. The frequency with which the audience was exposed to public media sponsorships on Social, TV and radio is another vital component of our campaign strategy. Ghana Badminton extended the reach of our sponsors public media sponsorship by including several station's multiple media platforms, such as digital, streaming, podcasts, newsletters in the media value campaign allowing companies to have saved almost 2.3 million Ghana Cedis in marketing spend during the period of the competition
On the climax day, the Chief Patron of the Sport, His Majesty King Nii Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, the Ga Mantse and President of the Ga Traditional Council of Accra, Ghana in a speech read on his behalf was very elated and promise to assist in the growth of the sport, which had seen exponential development across the country.
About Ghana Badminton
Founded in 1962, Ghana Badminton is the governing body of Badminton in Ghana, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing, and developing the sport in close cooperation with our authorized and regulated Government Authority and Development partners.
As the national sports governing body for the Olympic Sport of Badminton, we do this by representing every member of the Badminton Community at the government level by providing a well-governed, compliant, and inclusive global sport and implementing a strategic plan for the national sport with our implementation partners at the national and international levels.
With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans and corporate community in line with the global vision of giving every child a chance to play for life.
We do this by leading and inspiring all stakeholders; delivering entertainment through exciting events to drive fan experience; and creating innovative, impactful, sustainable development initiatives.
With millions of Ghanaians playing yearly, Badminton looks forward to being the nation's favorite racket sport by 2024. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love Badminton, from this generation to the next, worthy of the world's fastest sport.
Get Involved!
BADMINTON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: TEAM GHANA BEGINS QUEST IN GROUP F AGAINST BELGIUM
BADMINTON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: TEAM GHANA BEGINS QUEST IN GROUP F AGAINST BELGIUM
The 23rd World Badminton Championships begins the burst of life as Ghana and Mauritius will represent Africa for the BWF World Championships in Spokane, USA. Ghana begins its quest to conquer the world in the championship.
The World Juniors Championships organisers are bracing for the largest-ever World Championships this September, with eighteen badminton courts assembled inside the venue to accommodate more than 600 athletes, 900 coaches, officials, and VIPs and more than 187 media personnel, all from more than 60 countries for the almost three-week-long championship on U.S. Soil.
At today's Mixed Team Event draw ceremony in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia, Team Ghana is thrilled to be placed in Group F with France, Spain, Hong Kong, China, and Belgium.
Team Ghana begins its first match on September 25, 2023. In the previous edition, Ghana achieved the best result by an African finish at the World Juniors Championships. "We have grown the sports in every nook and cranny of the country and are thrilled with the amount of national support the world championships are receiving; it is a demonstration of our thematic targets within our Mission 2027 Strategic Plan, and we will make the African continent proud again!" said Ghana Badminton President Evans Yeboah.
The World Championships provides Badminton's billion fans and global media a first glimpse of the future stars, and it is the first opportunity for talented young badminton players to represent their country in a world event.
Participation in the World Junior Championships is essential for Ghana Badminton for the following reasons-It provides a benchmark to compare the level of development in Ghana with the rest of the world, enabling an excellent development experience for athletes, coaches, and officials.
The most important is to bring key ranking points opportunities for BWF rankings towards the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
It is also an opportunity to experience top-level competition and perhaps put them on the pathway towards becoming one of the future stars. Ghanaian officials will also participate in Training Camps and Coaching Clinics to enrich the global experience as the national Association spurs its development and strategic growth of the sport.
Ghana is fielding the best contingent in line with its National High-Performance programme and asking for a national team shirt sponsorship for the federal delegation from private and public firms benefiting from a large media local and international media attention and markets.
Below are the links to view the BWF World Junior Championships for the Suhandinata Cup 2023 recorded live draw ceremony.
The Suhandinata Cup draw:
Date: August 9, 2023
Time: 11.00 AM BWF headquarters time Kuala Lumpur
The YouTube and Instagram- the link is as below,
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPvXTjaW6aI
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bwf.official/?hl=en
About Ghana Badminton
Founded in 1962, Ghana Badminton is the governing body of Badminton in Ghana, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing, and developing the sport in close cooperation with our authorised and regulated Government Authority and Development partners.
As the national sports governing body for the Olympic Sport of Badminton, we do this by representing every member of the Badminton Community at the government level by providing a well-governed, compliant, and inclusive global sport and implementing a strategic plan for the national sport with our implementation partners at the national and international levels.
With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans and corporate community in line with the global vision of giving every child a chance to play for life.
We do this by leading and inspiring all stakeholders; delivering entertainment through exciting events to drive fan experience; and creating innovative, impactful, sustainable development initiatives.
With millions of Ghanaians playing yearly, Badminton looks forward to being the nation's favourite racket sport by 2024. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love Badminton, from this generation to the next, worthy of the world's fastest sport.
Get Involved!
www.ghanabadminton.org
Entries Open For 2023 All Ghana Open National Championships
July 18, 2023, Accra-Ghana
Entries Open For 2023 All Ghana Open National Championships
Admissions for the 2023 All Ghana Open Championship have been officially opened for interested participants to register and compete in the tournament scheduled at the Trust Sports Emporium from August 04-06, 2023.
With over 200 mammoth entries expected, this is an individual and club's open championship event with men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles events.
The age categories for the corporate teams, Juniors, Seniors, and Masters, are U15, U19, U30, 30-39,40-49, 50-59,60-69, and 70-79.
The Ghana Badminton Tournament Director, Delawoe Nyanyo, shared, "We have recently revamped our High-performance Programme with increasing global results and participation, enabling us to prioritize selected players capable of achieving national glory experience and challenge world-level opposition as part of their development in line with our Performance Programmes aiming to win Africa, Commonwealth, World, Paralympic and Olympic glory.
"The 2023 National Championship is the most essential selection event organized this year. Amateur and professional athletes from the various Badminton Clubs and shared interest groups in Ghana will perform at a top level and make an unforgettable show which will contribute to the growing popularization of the sport in our country."
According to the Tournament Director, entries will be closing in 14-days, and they would be looking forward to registrations from every member of the badminton community in Ghana saying, "We cannot wait to be 'unstoppable,' to release and burn out some stress, network and engage in the Olympic sport of Badminton."
There will be a direct qualification and elimination draw process, so everyone can get enough to play–for this year's event.
During this 2023 All Ghana Open National Championships, our plan towards the National Team is to allow for further networking, competition, and opportunity to be selected into the national squad and gain educational scholarships. Corporate Masters' players, both local and international residents' players from across the nook and cranny, will attend the 2023 All Ghana Open National Championships to make staff play Badminton together, promote staff friendship, build business verticals, and strengthen company cohesion and support communication and interactive platform, whilst learning from each other and improving their badminton skills.
The winner of each category is awarded a national gold medal and crowned National Veterans Champion in their age category. The runner-up gets a silver medal, while the third-place winner receives a bronze medal. We invite clubs and affiliate Associations to enter a maximum of six male players and six female players and three pairs in each of the five events in each age category.
The 2023 All Ghana Open National Championships is a Grade 1 National Tournament with the highest-ranking points under the National Ranking System. To know more about this, Click here.
That said, we would want to cordially invite all individuals living in Ghana with a passion for competing for the glory of business, fun and networking to register for the upcoming Event; click here for Masters Registration and Juniors & Seniors Registration for the Application Information Package and details.
The Event also attracts sponsors, government, corporate and media personalities in a non-scoring open day trial on Saturday, August 5, and finals on Sunday, 6, 2023.
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Ghana Badminton to represent Africa at the 2023 World Championships, USA.
Ghana Badminton to represent Africa at the 2023 World Championships, USA.
June 26, 2023, Accra, Ghana- The United States of America (USA) will host a total of 44 countries for the 23rd Edition of the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) World Junior Championships scheduled for September 24- October 8, 2023, in Spokane, Washington, USA.
Due to the vast development performance of the sport in Africa, Ghana and Mauritius are the only selected African Countries representing Africa at the 2023 African Championships. Ghana enters this Championship with an enviable performance by being the Best African performer at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Participation in the World Championships is vital for Ghana as it brings critical ranking points opportunities for World Rankings towards the Paris 2024 qualifications and the Youth Olympics; in line with qualifying standards, the athletes will also participate in subsequent events to increase their overall ranking at the global level; and an excellent development experience for athletes and coaches.
The BWF World Junior Championships consists of two separate competitions: a mixed team championship for the Suhandinata Cup and individual titles for the Eye Level Cups – all hosted over 16 days, attracting up to 50 teams and 560 players worldwide.
The World Championships provides Badminton's 709 million fans and global media with a first glimpse of the future stars. The World Junior Championship is the first opportunity for talented young badminton players to represent their country in a world event. It is also an opportunity to experience top-level competition and perhaps put them on the pathway towards becoming one of the future stars.
Commenting on this, Dr Benjamin Konadu, Ghana Badminton's Event Director, shared, "This is welcoming news for the Sport of Badminton's growth in the country and Africa. The World Championships offers these young athletes the global pedestal to achieve better in their careers and sports.
"At the Championships, there will be a Player Education & Dual Career activation for players taking part in the championships better to understand the educational scholarships and opportunities available for them so that it can benefit them during and after their Badminton Career.
"In line with our Development Strategic Plan Mission 2027, Ghanaian officials will also participate in Training Camps and Coaching Clinics to enrich the global experience as the national Association spurs its development and strategic growth of the sport."
Ghana is fielding a strong contingent in line with its National High-Performance programme and Selection Criteria. Please click here to view the Selection Criteria.
Media Accreditation Open
Media Accreditation
BWF World Junior Championships 2023 is open for media accreditation to the Championships. International media interested in attending should contact pressoffice@bwf.sport. For first-round allocation, and might be added to a waitlist. The process is open to Daily or weekly newspapers, National news or sports magazines, Web-based organizations with staff members providing original content, and Photographic media organizations with established magazines, newspapers and web-based clientele. All requesting organizations must be based in Ghana and meet the guideline standards.
About Ghana Badminton
Founded in 1962, Ghana Badminton is the governing body of Badminton in Ghana, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing, and developing the sport in close cooperation with our authorized and regulated Government Authority and Development partners.
As the national sports governing body for the Olympic Sport of Badminton, we do this by representing every member of the Badminton Community at the government level by providing a well-governed, compliant, and inclusive global sport and implementing a strategic plan for the national sport with our implementation partners at the national and international levels.
With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans and corporate community in line with the global vision of giving every child a chance to play for life.
We do this by leading and inspiring all stakeholders; delivering entertainment through exciting events to drive fan experience; and creating innovative, impactful, sustainable development initiatives.
With millions of Ghanaians playing yearly, Badminton looks forward to being the nation's favourite racket sport by 2024. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love Badminton, from this generation to the next, worthy of the world's fastest sport.
Get Involved!
GHANA BADMINTON FIRST IN AFRICA TO LAUNCH THE BEST-REDESIGNED NATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATION WEBSITE
April 16, 2023, Accra, Ghana-Ghana Badminton Association, the governing body of the Olympic sports of Badminton in Ghana, representing circa 4.2 million nationwide members of the sport, after many days of hard work and dedication from our local and international technology development team, is pleased to announce the launch of our updated website!
The national federation aimed to create a more valuable, user-centric, responsive playing and partnership resource across all platforms and devices during the redesign process. Specifically, we focused on making it easier for our users to learn and locate helpful information about our sport as a daily solution for their particular sports lifestyle and industry available at their desks and on mobile devices.
The redesigned website provides instrumental case studies with athletes and membership focus and highlights completed projects and themes by athletes (beginners, recreational and elite) across the country, created with a view of our partners and paid-up members within our knowledge centre along with other pages on processes and governance to expand your industry knowledge, all integrated into an online payment system.
Dr Benjamin Baah-Konadu, Ghana Badminton's Event Officer, shared, "Our cardinal objective during this redesigned website process was to create a debt of information on our sport, governance, structures, the historical performance of our national teams, our athlete's national ranking, events, 63 sporting policies and guidelines. In line with our forward-looking development strategy, we have also commissioned and introduced the first safeguarding guidelines and procedures for our general membership- the first in Africa by any Badminton national federation."
Dr Baah Konadu added, "This redesigned website, an upgrade from the first website, will provide our growing members with several membership plans and categories with more tools to share their ideas and solutions to some of the most challenging development, events and governance issues, all in an open, visibly transparent manner. In addition, they can achieve their sports goals by combining their talent, innovation and initiatives."
The redesigned website has 143 pages of information. It has attracted 756,114 views in the last 36 hours of its launch, attracting viewers to feel and review information on events, development, competitions, safeguarding and membership, to mention but a few.
Evans Yeboah, President of Ghana Badminton, added: "In line with our Mission 2027 Strategic Plan, we are excited about this redesigned platform because it is an integral part of our strategy to hone the popularity of our members and shared interest groups, raise the profile of our partner's networks and increase their membership. We are excited that, once again, we are providing the lead and leadership for many African sporting national federations to emulate whilst being aware of this fantastic resource, access, and the opportunities enhancement within our integrated marketing communication in this digital age has to offer."
The National Federation has been promoting the sport with its inclusivity and diversity; reminiscing this, in 2021, Ghana Badminton signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Education's (UoE) Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Sports (HPERS) Department, Winneba, thus becoming the first in Africa to Implement Shuttle Time University Course. The Mou has helped to establish and undertake cooperative programmes in badminton research, university courses, training, scholarships, technical and physical education for athletes and technological development in sport management and administration, including implementing Badminton World Federation's Shuttle Time University Course.
Again, In technical officiating and coaching, in May 2022, one of its graduated 273 technical officials, Gabriel Atseku, became the first Ghanaian to be appointed as Badminton Africa accredited umpire in 60 years. In line with the 2027 Strategic Mission Plan, Ghana Badminton trains and develops local referees to the highest national level, allowing the general public more development and Event information through its website and other social media handles.
Nothing compared to last year's Commonwealth Games success bringing memories of how the national team performed at the multisport event in Birmingham- producing the best individual results since Ghana Badminton made its appearance at the Commonwealth Games after their debut in the 1998 Games held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Visit the new website for the Ghana Badminton Link here and learn more about our work. There is also information about joining or working with us. We hope you enjoy our new look!
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About Ghana Badminton
Founded in 1962, Ghana Badminton is the governing body of Badminton in Ghana, responsible for representing, coordinating, administering, marketing and developing the sport in close cooperation with our authorized and regulated Government Authority and Development partners.
As the national sports governing body for the Olympic Sport of Badminton, we do this by representing every member of the Badminton Community at the government level by providing a well-governed, compliant, and inclusive global sport and implementing a strategic plan for the national sport with our implementation partners at the national and international levels.
With Olympic success at the heart of our ambitions, we are investing our knowledge and expertise in rebuilding a quality future for our sport by strengthening and developing the domestic game and developing talent to achieve success on the international stage, inspiring the next generation of players and local fans and corporate community in line with the global vision of giving every child a chance to play for life.
We do this by leading and inspiring all stakeholders; delivering entertainment through exciting events to drive fan experience; and creating innovative, impactful, sustainable development initiatives.
With millions of Ghanaians playing yearly, Badminton looks forward to being the nation's favourite racket sport by 2024. We want to inspire everyone to play more, support louder and love Badminton, from this generation to the next, worthy of the world's fastest sport.
Get Involved!
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