Sri Lanka national badminton team

Sri Lanka

Association	Sri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA)
Confederation	BA (Asia)
President	Rohan de Silva
BWF ranking
Current ranking	66 5 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	24 (5 October 2017)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	12 (first in 1989)
Best result	Group stage
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	2 (first in 2017)
Best result	Group stage
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances	15 (first in 1962)
Best result	Quarter-finals (1965)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances	6 (first in 2004)
Best result	Group stage

The Sri Lanka national badminton team (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික බැඩ්මින්ටන් කණ්ඩායම Shri Lanka Jathika Bædmintan Kandayama; Tamil: இலங்கை தேசிய பூப்பந்து அணி) represents Sri Lanka in international badminton team competitions.^[1] The team has had many appearances in the Sudirman Cup with its latest in the 2019 edition, but has never been qualified to the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

In the South Asian Games, the Sri Lanka team has made many final appearances in both men and women's team and have achieved runners-up after losing to India.

Competitive record

WBF World Championships

Commonwealth Games

GANEFO

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

South Asian Games

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2007	Did not enter
2011	Group stage
2013	Group stage
2015	Group stage
2017	Group stage
2021	Did not enter
2025	TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2008	Did not enter
2010
2012	Group stage
2014	Did not enter
2016	Group stage
2018	Group stage

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year	Round	Pos
2000	Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008	Group stage	18th
2009	Group stage	20th
2010	Did not enter
2011
2012	Group stage	24th
2013	Group stage	21st
2014	Group stage	25th
2015	Did not enter
2016	Group stage	36th
2017	Group stage	37th
2018	Group stage	16th
2019	Group stage	26th
2022	Group stage	20th
2023	Did not enter
2024	TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2004	Did not enter

Asian Junior Team Championships

South Asian Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2019	Runners-up	2nd

**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
Viren Nettasinghe	(1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 (age 25)	82	189	-
Dumindu Abeywickrama	(2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 (age 21)	186	-	-
Rasindu Hendahewa	(2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 22)	270	-	-
Aashinsa Herath	(2005-12-12) 12 December 2005 (age 18)	279	-	-
Chamath Dias	(2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 23)	1561	-	265
Buwaneka Goonethilleka	(1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 (age 27)	313	189	-
Oshamika Karunarathne	(2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 20)	-	352	-
Thulith Palliyaguru	(2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 (age 21)	-	352	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Suhasni Vidanage	(2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 (age 20)	-	-	-
Ranithma Liyanage	(2007-03-22) 22 March 2007 (age 17)	267	-	-
Rashmi Mudalige	(2006-07-05) 5 July 2006 (age 17)	333	-	-
Dasithma Jayathilaka	(2007-01-18) 18 January 2007 (age 17)	990	-	-
Thilini Hendahewa	(1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 (age 27)	470	-	-
Kavidi Sirimannage	(1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 (age 28)	-	-	-
Natasha Gunasekera	(2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 (age 18)	-	-	265
Hasara Wijayarathne	(1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 (age 24)	1243	-	-

Previous squads

Sudirman Cup

• 2019

References