Zambia national badminton team

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Zambia
Flag of Zambia.svg
Association Zambia Badminton Association (ZBA)
Confederation BCA (Africa)
PresidentKingsley Mulenga
BWF ranking
Current ranking61 Steady2.svg (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking49 (6 July 2017)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances9 (first in 1980 )
Best resultThird place (1984, 2007, 2017)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances5 (first in 1980 )
Best resultRunners-up (1982)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 1980 )
Best resultThird place (1984)

The Zambia national badminton team represents Zambia in international badminton team competitions. [1] The team is controlled by the Zambia Badminton Association.

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The Zambian team won two runner-up places in the 1982 African Badminton Championships. Their most recent achievement was in 2017 African Badminton Championships where the mixed team got into the semifinals for bronze. The team participated in the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Zambia made its badminton debut in the Olympics when Eli Mambwe participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics men singles event in Beijing, China.

History

British soldiers introduced badminton to Zambia in the 1940s, when the nation was still a British protectorate. In 1947, the Northern Rhodesia Badminton Association was formed and became part of the International Badminton Federation in 1948. [2]

After Zambia's independence in 1964, the national team became part of the Badminton Confederation of Africa in the 1970s. At the time, the national team hosted its first national championships. [2]

Men's team

The Zambian men's team first competed internationally in the 1982 African Badminton Championships men's team event and finished as runners-up. In 1984, the men's team took part in qualifying for the 1984 Thomas Cup but failed as the team lost 5–0 to Denmark and Ireland in the group stages. In the qualifiers for the 1986 Thomas Cup, Zambia lost all their matches against Sweden, Austria, Iceland and France. [3]

The Zambian team had better results in the 1998 Thomas Cup qualifiers. Although the team lost all their matches to Portugal and Italy, they were able to win a match against Kazakhstan and prevailed against the Georgian team after winning 4–1 in the final match. [3]

The men's team then competed in the 2006 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa which serves as qualification for the Thomas Cup. The men's team reached the semi-finals but lost to South Africa. [4]

In 2022, the men's team competed in the 2022 All Africa Men's and Team Badminton Championships. The team beat Zimbabwe to finish second in Group A and advanced to the quarter-finals. [5] They then lost 3–1 against South Africa at the quarter-final stage. [6]

Women's team

The Zambian women's team finished in fourth place at the 1982 African Badminton Championships women's team event. The team tried to qualify for the 1986 Uber Cup but lost all their matches in their group. [7]

Mixed team

The Zambian mixed team first competed in the 1982 African Badminton Championships. The team finished as runners-up after losing to Nigeria in the final.

Zambia then competed in the 2017 African Badminton Championships. The Zambian team finished as group runner-up and advanced to the semi-finals for a guaranteed bronze medal. [8] The team lost 3–0 to rivals South Africa in the semi-finals. [9] In 2018, the Zambian team debuted in the Commonwealth Games mixed team event. [10] The team finished on the bottom of their group after losing to Mauritius, Jamaica and Singapore.

In 2022, the team made their second appearance at the Commonwealth Games. [11] The team lost 5–0 to Malaysia. [12] The Mulenga brothers have been saviors for the Zambian team as they were able to win a match against Jarred Elliott and Robert Summers of South Africa. [13] Zambia ended their 2022 Commonwealth Games campaign after losing 4–1 against Jamaica.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2003 Did not enter
2007
2011
2015
2019 Quarter-finals6th
2027 To be determined

African Team Championships

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2007 Group stage20th
2011 Did not enter
2013
2015
2017
2021
2025 To be determined

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2008 Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

YearRoundPos
2000 Did not enter
2002 Group stage20th
2004 Did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 Withdrew
2015
2016
2017 Did not enter
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 To be determined

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
1979 Withdrew [lower-alpha 1]
1980 Runners-up2nd
1982 Runners-up2nd
1984 Third place3rd
1988 Did not enter
1993 Third place3rd
1995 Fourth place4th
1997 Fourth place4th
1999 Fourth place4th
2001 Fourth place4th
Group stage (Team B)6th
2003 Group stage5th
2005 Fourth place4th
2007 Group stage5th
2009 Did not enter
2011
2013
2016 Group stage
2021 Did not enter
2022 Group stage7th
2024 To be determined
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Staff

The following list shows the coaching staff for the national badminton team of Zambia.

NameRole
Flag of Zambia.svg Mulenga KingstinCoach

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
MSMDXD
Chongo Mulenga 19 August 1998 (age 25)614230729
Kalombo Mulenga 29 December 2001 (age 22)289230319
Timothy Kafunda 4 January 1996 (age 28)574259740
Mwanza Edward 10 February 2004 (age 20)448259-
Mark Banda 10 July 1994 (age 29)---
Mwansa Rodrick 7 July 1999 (age 24)---

Women's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
WSWDXD
Elizaberth Chipeleme 4 August 1992 (age 31)429349319
Evelyn Siamupangila 26 January 1997 (age 27)399349729
Matildah Kalandanya 12 October 2003 (age 20)726502740
Victoria Mulengula 19 August 1996 (age 27)726502-
Martha Mkandawire 10 January 2004 (age 20)---
Tukuza Mbewe 22 August 2001 (age 22)---

Previous squads

Commonwealth Games

African Games

African Team Championships

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 The Zambian senior and junior teams were late to compete in the championships after they reached the wrong venue and therefore withdrew from the competition.

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