Maldives at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Maldives at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Maldives at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Maldives
CGF code	MDV
CGA	Maldives Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, England; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	24 (11 men and 13 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers	Zayan Zaki ; Fathimath Nimal
Medals	Gold0Silver0Bronze0Total0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1986 ; 1990 ; 1994 ; 1998 ; 2002 ; 2006 ; 2010 ; 2014 ; 2018; 2022 ;

Last updated September 28, 2023

The Maldives competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.^[1] It was the team's ninth attendance at the Games, and the first since the country was re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations.^[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	5	6
Badminton	4	2	6
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Swimming	3	2	5
Table tennis	1	4	5
Total	11	13	24

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hassan Saaid	100 m	10.75	49	did not advance
Hassan Saaid	200 m	22.32	45	did not advance

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mariyam Ali	100 m	12.80	45	did not advance
Aishath Hassan		12.17	40	did not advance
Mariyam Hussain		12.86	46	did not advance
Aminath Mohamed	200 m	26.79	35	did not advance
Rifa Mohamed	200 m	26.87	36	did not advance
Aishath Hassan	400 m	58.70	28	did not advance
Aminath Mohamed	400 m	1:01.49	30	did not advance
Mariyam Hussain Rifa Mohamed Aishath Hassan Aminath Mohamed	4 × 100 m relay	49.19	12	—		did not advance

Badminton

As of 1 June 2022, Maldives qualified for the mixed team event via the BWF World Rankings.^[4]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ahmed Nibal	Men's singles	Clark (FLK) W (21–10, 21–11)	Conteh (SLE) W (21-4, 21-3)	Ricketts (JAM) L (9-21, 6-21)	did not advance
Ajfan Rasheed		Bye	Abdul-Samad (GHA) W (21-16, 21-14)	Ng (MAS) L (7-21, 9-21)	did not advance
Zayan Zaki		Mulenga (ZAM) L (16–21, 8–21)	did not advance
Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	Women's singles	Bye	Sindhu (IND) L (4-21, 11-21)	did not advance
Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	Women's singles	Bye	Khan (SGP) L (10-21, 12-21)	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ahmed Nibal Ajfan Rasheed	Men's doubles	—	Chater & Joshua (FLK) W (21-14, 21-11)	Dias & Goonethilleka (SRI) L (12-21, 8-21)	did not advance
Zayan Zaki Rishwan Shiyam	Men's doubles	—	C Grimley & M Grimley (SCO) L (5-21, 7-21)	did not advance
Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	Women's doubles	—	Ea & Yu (AUS) L (13–21, 15–21)	did not advance
Ajfan Rasheed Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	Mixed doubles	Kwek & Jin (SGP) L (3–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Zayan Zaki Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	Mixed doubles	C Grimley & O'Donnell (SCO) L (8–21, 9–21)	did not advance

Mixed team

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maldives	Mixed team	Scotland L 0–5	Canada L 0–5	Uganda L 1–4	4	did not advance

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	13	2	+11	26	4	+22	610	319	+291	3	Knockout stage
2	Scotland	3	2	1	11	4	+7	22	8	+14	562	365	+197	2	Knockout stage
3	Uganda	3	1	2	5	10	−5	11	21	−10	416	597	−181	1
4	Maldives	3	0	3	1	14	−13	3	29	−26	344	651	−307	0

Source: BWF

Scotland
5

National Exhibition Centre, Court 1
29 July 2022, 14:00 UTC+1
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Maldives
0

		1	2
1	Kirsty Gilmour Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	21 4	21 10
2	Callum Smith Zayan Zaki	21 6	21 10
3	Eleanor O'Donnell / Ciara Torrance Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	21 12	21 5
4	Alexander Dunn / Matthew Grimley Ahmed Nibal / Ajfan Rasheed	21 12	21 5
5	Adam Hall / Julie MacPherson Zayan Zaki / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	21 7	21 6

Canada
5

National Exhibition Centre, Court 2
30 July 2022, 09:00 UTC+1
^[6]

Maldives
0

		1	2
1	Ty Alexander Lindeman / Josephine Wu Ajfan Rasheed / Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	21 8	21 16
2	Brian Yang Ahmed Nibal	21 6	21 8
3	Michelle Li Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	21 4	21 5
4	Adam Dong / Nyl Yakura Ajfan Rasheed / Zayan Zaki	21 9	21 12
5	Kristen Tsai / Rachel Honderich Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq / Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	21 7	21 3

Maldives
1

National Exhibition Centre, Court 4
30 July 2022, 19:00 UTC+1
^[7]

Uganda
4

		1	2	3
1	Zayan Zaki Brian Kasirye	4 21	4 21
2	Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	20 22	17 21
3	Ahmed Nibal / Ajfan Rasheed Brian Kasirye / Daniel Wanagaliya	14 21	21 14	15 21
4	Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq Husina Kobugabe / Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	17 21	17 21
5	Zayan Zaki / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq Daniel Wanagaliya / Husina Kobugabe	18 21	21 14	21 14

Beach volleyball

Maldives was awarded a Bipartite Invitation for the men's tournament.^[8]^[9]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary Round				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sajid Ismail Adam Naseem	Men's	Burnett / McHugh (AUS) L 0 - 2	Ntagengwa / Gatsinze (RWA) L 1 - 2	Williams / Goldschmidt (RSA) L 1 - 2	4	did not advance

Men's tournament

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Burnett – McHugh (AUS)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	88	1.432	Quarterfinals
2	Ntagengwa – Gatsinze (RWA)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	127	128	0.992	Quarterfinals
3	Williams – Goldschmidt (RSA)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	109	132	0.826	Ranking of third-placed teams
4	Ismail – Naseem (MDV)	3	0	3	3	2	6	0.333	129	143	0.902

Source: birmingham2022.com

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

30 July 2022 19:00	Burnett – McHugh (AUS)	2–0	Ismail – Naseem (MDV)	Smithfield
	(21–13, 21–17) Report

1 August 2022 19:00	Ntagengwa – Gatsinze (RWA)	2–1	Ismail – Naseem (MDV)	Smithfield
	(21–16, 14–21, 16–14) Report

3 August 2022 19:00	Williams – Goldschmidt (RSA)	2–1	Ismail – Naseem (MDV)	Smithfield
	(21–16, 14–21, 15–11) Report

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mubal Azzam Ibrahim	50 m breaststroke	34.62	38	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:17.19	35	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:23.69	22	—		did not advance
Aan Hussain	50 m freestyle	24.82	46	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.49	58	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.08	41	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:07.07	36	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:03.35	45	did not advance
Rihan Shiham	50 m backstroke	32.41	44	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:11.87	37	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:37.33	20	—		did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	3:03.94	20	—		did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:05.12	47	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:37.81	20	—		did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:35.70	10	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hamna Ahmed	50 m freestyle	30.88	64	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	34.51	35	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:22.02	30	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	34.16	50	did not advance
Aishath Sausan	50 m freestyle	30.81	63	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	34.76	36	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:20.49	29	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:58.24	15	—		did not advance
	50 m butterfly	32.94	49	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hamna Ahmed Mubal Azzam Ibrahim Aishath Sausan Aan Hussain	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:14.91	17	did not advance
Aishath Sausan Aan Hussain Mubal Azzam Ibrahim Hamna Ahmed	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:57.22	17	did not advance

Table tennis

Maldives qualified a women's team for the table tennis competitions.^[10]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Moosa Ahmed	Men's singles	Abrefa (GHA) L 0 - 4	Sabbir (BAN) L 3 - 4	—	3	did not advance
Fathimath Ali	Women's singles	Maphanga (RSA) W 4 - 0	Thomas (WAL) L 0 - 4	—	2	did not advance
Aishath Nazim		Sinon (SEY) W 4 - 0	Nakhumitsa (UGA) W 4 - 0	—	1 Q	Jee (AUS) L 0 - 4	did not advance
Fathimath Nimal		Fu (CAN) L 2 - 4	Li (FIJ) L 2 - 4	Qwea (VAN) W 4 - 1	3	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fathimath Ali Aishath Nazim	Women's doubles	Bye	Cumberbatch / Velox (SVG) L WO	did not advance
Fathimath Nimal Muizzu Malaak	Women's doubles	Bye	Hosenally / Jalim (MRI) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Aishath Nazim Moosa Ahmed	Mixed doubles	Chan / Hosenally (MRI) L 2 - 3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Muizza Malaak Aishath Nazim Fathimath Nimal Fathimath Ali	Women's team	Mauritius (MRI) L2 - 3	Malaysia (MAS) L0 - 3	Australia (AUS) L0 - 3	4	did not advance

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References

↑ "Commonwealth Games 2022 Queen's Baton tours Maldives atolls". OCA. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
↑ "Maldives re-joins as member of Commonwealth Games Federation". TOI . The Times Group. ANI. 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
↑ "Maldives Minister of Sport congratulates flag bearers for CWG Opening Ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
↑ Brennan, Eliott (1 June 2022). "Champions India discover group for Commonwealth Games badminton mixed team event". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
↑ "Group C – Scotland vs. Maldives" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
↑ "Group C – Canada vs. Maldives" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
↑ "Group C – Maldives vs. Uganda" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
↑ "Beach Volleyball Line-Up Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
↑ "ރާއްޖޭގެ ބީޗްވޮލީބޯޅަ ޓީމަށް ކޮމަންވެލްތު ގޭމްސް އިން ފުރުސަތު ދީފި". Adhadhu (in Divehi). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
↑ Mohamed, Sarah (6 March 2022). "Maldivian women's TT team qualifies for commonwealth games". The Times of Addu. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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[1] "Commonwealth Games 2022 Queen's Baton tours Maldives atolls". OCA. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

[2] "Maldives re-joins as member of Commonwealth Games Federation". TOI . The Times Group. ANI. 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

[3] "Maldives Minister of Sport congratulates flag bearers for CWG Opening Ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[4] Brennan, Eliott (1 June 2022). "Champions India discover group for Commonwealth Games badminton mixed team event". Inside the Games . Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[5] "Group C – Scotland vs. Maldives" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[6] "Group C – Canada vs. Maldives" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[7] "Group C – Maldives vs. Uganda" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[8] "Beach Volleyball Line-Up Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[9] "ރާއްޖޭގެ ބީޗްވޮލީބޯޅަ ޓީމަށް ކޮމަންވެލްތު ގޭމްސް އިން ފުރުސަތު ދީފި". Adhadhu (in Divehi). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[10] Mohamed, Sarah (6 March 2022). "Maldivian women's TT team qualifies for commonwealth games". The Times of Addu. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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v t e Associations at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Eswatini Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Maldives Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu