Tanzania national badminton team

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Tanzania
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Association Tanzania Badminton Association (TBA)
Confederation BCA (Africa)
PresidentAbdulmalik Sumar
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking106 (3 October 2013)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances5 (first in 1979 )
Best resultRunners-up (1984)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 1979 )
Best resultChampions (1984)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 1979 )
Best resultChampions (1979)

The Tanzania national badminton team (Swahili : Timu ya taifa ya Tanzania ya mchezo wa badminton) represents Tanzania in international badminton team competitions. [1] Tanzania is one of the first seven founding nations of the Badminton Confederation of Africa. [2] In the 1990s Tanzanian players have made numerous achievements in the African stage, winning two bronze medals at the 1992 African Badminton Championships.

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Since the 2000s, the team became inactive from international team tournaments due to insufficient funds which impacted Tanzanian badminton's decrease in popularity. Many regional badminton tournaments, such as the Nyerere Badminton Championships and the Dar Cup have been hosted to revive badminton in Tanzania. [3] [4] As of 2022, the national team along with its association is still inactive. [5]

History

Badminton in Tanzania began in the mid-20th century when the country was still under British rule. After the country gained independence from the British in 1961, the Tanganyika national badminton team was formed and soon competed in tournaments hosted around the country, such as the Tanganyika International. [6] Players were later allowed to compete internationally after the establishment of the Tanzania Badminton Association in 1977.

In the 70s and the 80s, the Tanzanian national team was composed mostly of players of Indian descent like Raju Chiplunkar and Mukesh Shah, who have represented Tanzania in badminton at the Commonwealth Games. In the late 80s, players from Zanzibar who achieved decent results in the sport started to represent the national team. The most notable players from Zanzibar were Mohamed Juma, Nasra Juma and Mselem Juma who have medaled at African championships.

Men's team

In early 1979, Tanzania sent its men's team to compete in the men's team event at the inaugural African Badminton Championships. The team finished in second place. [7] In June 1979, the team competed in the men's team event at the 1979 WBF World Championships. The team were placed in Group 4 with Thailand, Burma and Mauritius. [8] The team lost 5–0 to Thailand and Burma. In their third playoff, the team lost 3–2 to Mauritius and were eliminated in the group stages. [9]

The team also achieved gold on home soil at the 1984 African Badminton Championships. In 1988, the team finished as runners-up at the 1988 African Badminton Championships after losing 5–0 to Nigeria. In 1992, the team took part in qualifying for the 1992 Thomas & Uber Cup in Hong Kong. The team were drawn to Group C with Hong Kong, Australia and Sri Lanka. [10] The team failed to qualify after losing 5–0 to all three teams in their group.

Women's team

The Tanzanian women's team competed in the 1979 African Badminton Championships and won the women's team title. [11] In 1984, the team won silver at the 1984 African Badminton Championships. In 1992, the team competed in the 1992 Thomas & Uber Cup regional qualifiers in Hong Kong alongside the men's team. The team lost all their matches to Hong Kong, New Zealand and the Philippines in their group tie. [12]

Mixed team

The Tanzanian mixed team competed in the 1984 African Badminton Championships and finished in second place.

Competitive record

WBF World Championships

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2003 Did not enter
2007
2011
2015
2019
2027 TBD

African Team Championships

**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

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearRoundPos
1979 Runners-up2nd
1980 Fourth place4th
1982 Did not enter
1984 Runners-up2nd
1988 Runners-up2nd
1993 Fourth place4th
1995 Did not enter
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2016
2021
2022
2024 TBD
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 April 2024

Men's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
MSMDXD
Haji Hassanali Mawoko 15 May 1987 (age 37)
Atish Shah 6 December 1992 (age 31)
Sammer Champsi

Women's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
WSWDXD
Abida Hassanali
Nazneen Rahim
Nazneen Abbas

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