Samoa national badminton team

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Samoa
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Association Samoa Badminton Federation (SBF)
Confederation BO (Oceania)
PresidentNynette Sass
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking117 (2 July 2019)
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2019 )
Best resultFifth place (1999, 2002, 2006)
Oceania Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2006 )
Best resultFourth place (2006)
Oceania Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2006 )
Best resultFourth place (2006)

The Samoa national badminton team (Samoan : Au badminton a Samoa) represents Samoa in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Samoa Badminton Association located in Apia. [1] It is associated with Badminton Oceania. The Samoan team once won bronze in the 2007 South Pacific Games mixed team event. [2]

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History

Badminton was first played in Samoa in the 1950s when expatriates from the London Missionary Society serving at the Apia Protestant Church started playing the sport. The country began organizing badminton competitions in 1987 to spread the popularity of the sport around the country. [3]

Mixed team

The Samoan mixed team competed in the mixed team event at the 2003 South Pacific Games. [4] The team lost to New Caledonia, Fiji and Wallis and Futuna but beat Nauru 5−0 to finish in 4th place. [5] In 2007, the team won their first international team medal when the team finished in 3rd place for bronze in the 2007 South Pacific Games mixed team event. [6] In 2019, the team competed in the 2019 Oceania Mixed Team Championships and finished in 7th place. [7] [8] In that same year, the team competed in the 2019 Pacific Games as the home team and finished in 6th place. [9] [10]

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

Oceania Team Championships

Pacific Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2003 Fourth place4th
2007 Third place3rd
2011 Did not enter
2019 Sixth place6th
2027 TBD

Pacific Mini Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2022 Did not enter
**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
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2004 Did not enter

Oceania Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2011 Did not enter
2013
2015
2017
2019 Eighth place8th
2023 Did not enter
**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
Charles Iamanu Faalogoifo 22 February 2001 (age 22)---
Chris Peti 25 December 2004 (age 19)---

Women's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
WSWDXD
Faafofoga Reti 25 May 2003 (age 20)---
Jasmine Reti 18 March 2004 (age 19)---

Previous squads

Pacific Games

Oceania Team Championships

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