Botswana national badminton team

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Botswana
Flag of Botswana.svg
Association Botswana Badminton Association (BBA)
Confederation BCA (Africa)
Chairman Marumo Morule
BWF ranking
Current ranking95 Increase2.svg 2 (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking63 (16 October 2014)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances14 (first in 1994 )
Best resultGroup stage

The Botswana national badminton team (Tswana : La lesizwe laseBotswana lebhedminton) represents Botswana in international team competitions and is controlled by the Botswana Badminton Association in Gaborone, Botswana. [1] The national team was formed after badminton was starting to be played in Motswana cities, Orapa, Selebi-Phikwe and Jwaneng.

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The Motswana team have competed in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event. The team have also participated once at the Summer Universiade in 2017.

History

It is not exactly known when badminton was first played in Botswana. In the 1980s, the sport began to spread locally and was played around the Central District in Francistown, Orapa and Selebi-Phikwe. This led to the formation of the Botswana Badminton Association and the Motswana badminton team in 1990. The Botswana Badminton Association soon joined the Badminton World Federation and the Badminton Confederation of Africa under the chairmanship of Ishmael Bhamjee. [2]

Mixed team

The Motswana team first debuted internationally at the African Mixed Team Championships in 2011. [3] In that same year, the Motswana team qualified and competed in the 10th African Games. The team were drawn into Group 4 with South Africa, Congo-Brazzaville and Ethiopia. The team finished 2nd in the group, beating both Ethiopia and Congo-Brazzaville with a score of 5-0 but lost to South Africa. [4]

The national team continued to compete in the next few editions of the African Mixed Team Championships and later African Games in 2015. The Motswana team placed 3rd in Group 2 and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals. [5]

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2003 Did not enter
2007
2011 Group stage
2015 Group stage
2019 Did not enter
2027 To be determined

African Team Championships

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2007 Did not enter
2011
2013
2015
2017 Group stage26th
2021 Did not enter
2025 TBD

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
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Group stage28th
2014 Group stage24th
2015 Did not enter
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 TBD

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
1979
to
1995
Did not enter
1997 Group stage5th
1999 Did not enter
2001
2003 Group stage7th
2005 Did not enter
2007 Group stage6th
2009 Group stage7th
2011 Withdrew
2013 Group stage
2016 Did not enter
2021 Group stage7th
2022 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Staff

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

NameRole
Flag of Botswana.svg Ookeditse ThelaHead coach [6]
Flag of Botswana.svg Harold NdabaCoach [7]
Flag of Botswana.svg Muniovandu KandjouJunior coach

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
MSMDXD
Tshimologo Rasta 1 January 1995 (age 29)852941740
Tsamorena Kgosidialwa 1 February 1998 (age 26)155110911160
Tumelo Moilwa 12 September 2001 (age 22)16239411123
Modiri Motshegwe 22 October 2002 (age 21)8629411160

Women's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
WSWDXD
Tebogo Ndzinge 28 February 1993 (age 31)6757661160
Keletso Ntebela 5 January 2001 (age 23)-8601123
Naledi Setlalekgosi 26 March 2004 (age 20)701-1160
Tessa Kabelo 10 September 1996 (age 27)514766740

Previous squads

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