Namibia national badminton team

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Namibia
AssociationBadminton Federation of Namibia (BFN)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentLynn du Preez
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking98 (5 July 2012)

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

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Nigeria 2003 Did not enter
Algeria 2007 Group stage
Mozambique 2011 Did not enter
Republic of the Congo 2015
Morocco 2019
Ghana 2023 TBD

African Team Championships

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Result
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013
Malaysia 2014
Peru 2015
Spain 2016
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Ghana 1979 Did not enter
Mozambique 1980
Nigeria 1982
Tanzania 1984
Botswana 2007
Ethiopia 2009
Algeria 2013
Mauritius 2022
**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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