Namibia national badminton team

The Namibia national badminton team (Afrikaans: Namibië nasionale pluimbalspan; Khoekhoe: Namibiab Republiki dib pluimbal khoen) represents Namibia in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Badminton Federation of Namibia. Namibian badminton players first competed internationally at the 1992 African Badminton Championships.[2]

Namibia
AssociationBadminton Federation of Namibia (BFN)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentLynn du Preez
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking98 (5 July 2012)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 1992)
Best resultSemi-finals (1994)

History

Mixed team

Namibia competed in the team event at the 1992 African Badminton Championships. The team placed third in their group and failed to advance to the semi-finals. Two years later, the team achieved bronze at the African Championships after losing to Mauritius.[3] The same team that won bronze at the 1994 African Championships later participated in the Commonwealth Games but did not take part in the team events.[4]

In 1998, Namibia achieved second place at the Southern Africa Invitational Badminton Championships in Harare, Zimbabwe.[5]

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games
See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

Mixed team
Year Round Pos
2003
to
2019		 Did not enter
2023 To be determined

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup
See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Pos
2000
to
2024		 Did not enter
2025 To be determined

Mixed team
Year Round Pos
2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

Mixed team
Year Round Pos
1979
to
1988		 Part of  South Africa
1993
to
2022		 Did not enter
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
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Nino Leicher (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 - - -
Ronald Smith Neville (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 - - -
Colbin du Plessis (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Liza Hanekom (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 - - -
Gesa Jeske (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 - - -
Liezl Maritz (1985-10-26) 26 October 1985 - - -

References
  1. "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. "Players - African Championships 1992 (T) | BWF". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
  3. Scheele, H. A. E. (1994). World Badminton (PDF) (3rd ed.). International Badminton Federation. pp. 24, 25. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  4. "BWF - 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games - Players". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  5. New Era: Newspaper for a New Namibia. Published under the authority of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 1998-03-21. pp. 44, 45.
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