Kenya national badminton team

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Kenya
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Association Badminton Kenya (BK)
Confederation BCA (Africa)
PresidentDanny Solanki
BWF ranking
Current ranking107 Increase2.svg 16 (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking65 (3 October 2013)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 1980 )
Best resultRunners-up (1980)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 1979 )
Best resultChampions (1979)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 1979 )
Best resultRunners-up (1979)

The Kenya national badminton team (Swahili : Timu ya taifa ya Kenya ya badminton) is a badminton team that plays for Kenya in international competitions. [1] It is controlled by Kenya's governing body for the sport, Badminton Kenya. Kenya is one of the first three countries to compete in the inaugural African Badminton Championships in 1979.

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History

Men's team

In 1979, Kenya emerged as champions of the men's team event at the 1979 African Badminton Championships after defeating Tanzania and Ghana. [2] [3] In that same year, Kenya also competed in the men's team event at the 1979 WBF World Championships and were eliminated in the group stages. The team were also runners-up at the 1980 African Badminton Championships in Beira.

From 2008 to 2012, the team took part in qualifying for the Thomas Cup in the African Zone qualifiers but failed to advance beyond the group stages.

Women's team

Kenya's were runners-up at the 1979 African Badminton Championships women's team event. In 2010, the team reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa but lost 3–0 to Nigeria. [4]

Mixed team

Kenya were runners-up in the mixed team event at the 1980 African Badminton Championships. In 1982, Kenya competed in the 1982 Commonwealth Games mixed team event. [5] The team fell short and lost to all of their opponents in the Group A tie. [6] In 1998, the team competed in the 1998 African Badminton Championships and finished fourth. [7] In 2003, the team competed in the 2003 African Games team event. The team started their campaign with a 5–0 loss to hosts Nigeria. The team then lost to Seychelles by the same margin. [8]

At the Commonwealth Games of 2006, Kenya's national team participated in the mixed team competition but did not advance further from the group stage. [9] Four years later, the team made their third appearance at the Commonwealth Games mixed team event. The team finished on the bottom of their group. [10] In participating in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Kenya's national team was ranked the 18th seed for their competition. They finished last place within Pool B. [11]

At the 2019 Sudirman Cup, while Kenya was scheduled to participate, the team unexpectedly withdrew. [12] As part of an effort to improve the country's performance, Kenya sent 290 athletes to the 2019 African Games. As part of this effort, the Kenya national badminton team participated in the badminton events. [13]

Competitive record

WBF World Championships

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2003 Group stage6th
2007 Did not enter
2011 Group stage
2015 Group stage
2019 Quarter-finals
2027 To be determined

African Team Championships

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

YearRoundPos
2000 Did not enter
2002 Group stage23rd
2004 Did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025 To be determined

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
1979 Champions1st
1980 Fifth place5th
1982 Did not enter
1984
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2016
2021
2022
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

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
MSMDXD
Sammy Mdogo Sikoyo 22 July 1995 (age 28)1684717-
Edwin Akwanyi 4 August 1995 (age 28)1245717-
Fred Nyaribo Momanyi 24 April 2002 (age 22)894--

Women's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
WSWDXD
Saumya Gupta 20 October 2000 (age 23)417--
Maryann Makon'go 25 February 1988 (age 36)726--
Kivisi Andia 29 September 1994 (age 29)---

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