Togo national badminton team

The Togo national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Togo; Ewe: Ẹgbẹ badminton orilẹ-ede Togo) represents Togo in international team competitions.[1] The Togolese Badminton Federation (French: Federation Togolaise de Badminton) controls everything in the national team.

Togo
AssociationFédération Togolaise de Badminton (FETOBAD)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentTakassi Kikpa Tikoyabe
BWF ranking
Current ranking115 3 (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking95 (5 July 2018)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage

History

Badminton first reached Togo in the late 1990s. Togo was one of the first nations in West Africa to adopt the sport and the first French-speaking African nation to do so. Badminton failed to gain popularity in Togo in the 1990s due to the lack of activities and funding.[2]

In 2012, the Togolese Badminton Federation partnered with the Badminton World Federation and initiated Shuttle Time project to increase the number of badminton players and revitalize the practice of badminton in Togo.[3] The project gave the national team slight success as they were able to send their players to compete internationally at the 2019 African Mixed Team Championships after a long hiatus.[4]

Mixed team

The Togolese mixed team competed in the 2019 African Mixed Team Championships. The team were drawn to Group C with Algeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast. The Togolese team were eliminated in the group stages after losing all their matches in the group stage.[5]

Competitive record

Mixed team
Year Round Pos
2003 Did not enter
2007
2011
2015
2019
2027 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

African Youth Games

Mixed team
Year Round Pos
1979
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
Azim Issa (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 1134 1110 973
Edouard Ankou (2001-08-15) 15 August 2001 1735 1110 973
Mihiradji Tchagafou (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 1383 717 -
Koudousse Souleymann (2008-02-06) 6 February 2008 1623 717 1160
Koami Vivien Amoussou (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Rolande Adjima (2004-04-18) 18 April 2004 889 - 973
Ahliba Kuassi-Kpede (2006-06-03) 3 June 2006 1085 871 973
Akouèvi Odile Djoyagbo (2006-05-23) 23 May 2006 889 871 1160
Magnim Kpatarou (2007-03-28) 28 March 2007 - - -
Malika Dare (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 - - -

African Team Championships

References
  1. "African Games 2019 – Mixed Team Event". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Le badminton togolais connait d'énormes difficultés (INTERVIEW)". People's Daily Online - FR. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. "Les Ressources Humaines du Shuttle Time: Eliassou Lamidi – Togo". Badminton Confederation of Africa (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. "Shuttle Time et le AirBadminton se développent au Togo". Badminton Confederation of Africa (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. "Africa Badminton Championships: Algeria beats Togo 5-0". Algeria Press Service. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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