Namibia national badminton team

National badminton team representing Namibia
Namibia
AssociationBadminton Federation of Namibia (BFN)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentLynn du Preez
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking98 (5 July 2012)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 1992)
Best resultSemi-finals (1994)

The Namibia national badminton team (Afrikaans: Namibië nasionale pluimbalspan; Khoekhoe: Namibiab Republiki dib pluimbal khoen) represents Namibia in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Badminton Federation of Namibia. The team is part of the Badminton Confederation of Africa. The Namibian team competed once in the Commonwealth Games in 1994.

The Namibian team reached its highest ranking of 98 on the BWF World Team Ranking in 2012.

History

The Namibian national team first competed in badminton at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. The team competed in both individual and team events. A total of 7 Namibian badminton players were called in for the team event.[2]

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

Year Round Pos
1949
to
1990 		Part of  South Africa
1992
to
2024 		Did not enter
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Uber Cup

Year Round Pos
1957
to
1990 		Part of  South Africa
1992
to
2024 		Did not enter
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Sudirman Cup

Year Round Pos
1989 Part of  South Africa
1991
to
2023 		Did not enter
2025 To be determined
2027
2029

Commonwealth Games

Men's team

Year Round Pos
1998 Did not enter

Women's team

Year Round Pos
1998 Did not enter

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1978
to
1990 		Part of  South Africa
1994
to
2022 		Did not enter
2026 To be determined
2030
2034

African Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2003
to
2019 		Did not enter
2023 To be determined

African Team Championships

Men's team

Year Round Pos
1979
to
1988 		Part of  South Africa
2016 Did not enter
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Women's team

Year Round Pos
1979
to
1988 		Part of  South Africa
2016 Did not enter
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1980
to
1988 		Part of  South Africa
1992 Group stage -
1994 Semi-finals 4th
1998 Did not enter
2000
2002
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013
2014
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025 To be determined
2027
2029

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Round Pos
2000
to
2024 		Did not enter
2025 To be determined

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

Men's team

Year Round Pos
2018 Did not enter

Women's team

Year Round Pos
2018 Did not enter

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2014 Did not enter

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1979
to
1988 		Part of  South Africa
1993
to
2022 		Did not enter
2024 To be determined
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Nino Leicher (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 23) - - -
Ronald Smith Neville (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 (age 29) - - -
Colbin du Plessis (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 27) - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Liza Hanekom (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) - - -
Gesa Jeske (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28) - - -
Liezl Maritz (1985-10-26) 26 October 1985 (age 38) - - -

References

  1. ^ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. ^ "BWF - 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games - Players". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
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