Kenya national badminton team explained

Kenya
Association:Badminton Kenya (BK)
Confederation:BCA (Africa)
President:Danny Solanki
Rank:107 16
Date:2 April 2024
Max Rank:65
Max Date:3 October 2013
Regional Name:African Mixed Team Championships
Regional Cup Apps:8
Regional Cup First:1980
Regional Cup Best:Runners-up (1980)
Regional2 Name:African Men's Team Championships
Regional2 Cup Apps:2
Regional2 Cup First:1979
Regional2 Cup Best:Champions (1979)
Regional3 Name:African Women's Team Championships
Regional3 Cup Apps:2
Regional3 Cup First:1979
Regional3 Cup Best:Runners-up (1979)

The Kenya national badminton team (sw|Timu ya taifa ya Kenya ya badminton) is a badminton team that plays for Kenya in international competitions.[1] It is controlled by Kenya's governing body for the sport, Badminton Kenya. Kenya is one of the first three countries to compete in the inaugural African Badminton Championships in 1979.

History

Men's team

In 1979, Kenya emerged as champions of the men's team event at the 1979 African Badminton Championships after defeating Tanzania and Ghana.[2] [3] In that same year, Kenya also competed in the men's team event at the 1979 WBF World Championships and were eliminated in the group stages. The team were also runners-up at the 1980 African Badminton Championships in Beira.

From 2008 to 2012, the team took part in qualifying for the Thomas Cup in the African Zone qualifiers but failed to advance beyond the group stages.

Women's team

Kenya's were runners-up at the 1979 African Badminton Championships women's team event. In 2010, the team reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa but lost 3–0 to Nigeria.[4]

Mixed team

Kenya were runners-up in the mixed team event at the 1980 African Badminton Championships. In 1982, Kenya competed in the 1982 Commonwealth Games mixed team event.[5] The team fell short and lost to all of their opponents in the Group A tie.[6] In 1998, the team competed in the 1998 African Badminton Championships and finished fourth.[7] In 2003, the team competed in the 2003 African Games team event. The team started their campaign with a 5–0 loss to hosts Nigeria. The team then lost to Seychelles by the same margin.[8]

At the Commonwealth Games of 2006, Kenya's national team participated in the mixed team competition but did not advance further from the group stage.[9] Four years later, the team made their third appearance at the Commonwealth Games mixed team event. The team finished on the bottom of their group.[10] In participating in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Kenya's national team was ranked the 18th seed for their competition. They finished last place within Pool B.[11]

At the 2019 Sudirman Cup, while Kenya was scheduled to participate, the team unexpectedly withdrew.[12] As part of an effort to improve the country's performance, Kenya sent 290 athletes to the 2019 African Games. As part of this effort, the Kenya national badminton team participated in the badminton events.[13]

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

YearRound
1949
to
1961		Part of the
1964
to
2006		Did not enter
2008Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014Did not enter
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026To be determined
2028
2030

Uber Cup

YearRound
1957
to
1963		Part of the
1966
to
2008		Did not enter
2010Did not qualify
2012Did not enter
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026To be determined
2028
2030

Sudirman Cup

YearRound
1989
to
2017		Did not enter
2019Withdrew
2021Did not enter
2023
2025To be determined
2027
2029

WBF World Championships

Women's team

Commonwealth Games

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games.

Mixed team

YearRound
1978Did not enter
1982Group stage
1986Did not enter
1990
1994
2002
2006Group stage
2010Group stage
2014Group stage
2018Did not enter
2022
2026To be determined

African Games

Mixed team

YearRound
2003Group stage6th
2007Did not enter
2011Group stage
2015Group stage
2019Quarter-finals
2027To be determined

African Team Championships

Men's team

YearRound
1979bgcolor=GoldChampionsbgcolor=Gold1st
1980bgcolor=SilverRunners-upbgcolor=Silver2nd
1982Did not enter
1984
1988
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026To be determined
2028
2030

Women's team

YearRound
1979bgcolor=SilverRunners-upbgcolor=Silver2nd
1980Fourth place4th
1982Did not enter
1984
1988
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026To be determined
2028
2030

Mixed team

YearRound
1980bgcolor=SilverRunners-upbgcolor=Silver2nd
1982Did not enter
1984
1988
1992
1994
1998Fourth place4th
2000Did not enter
2002Group stage
2004Group stage
2006Did not enter
2007Group stage
2009Group stage
2011Did not enter
2013Group stage
2014Group stage
2017Did not enter
2019
2021
2023
2025To be determined
2027
2029

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships.

YearRound
2000Did not enter
2002Group stage23rd
2004Did not enter
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024
2025To be determined

African Youth Games

Mixed team

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearRound
1979bgcolor=GoldChampionsbgcolor=Gold1st
1980Fifth place5th
1982Did not enter
1984
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2016
2021
2022
2024To be determined

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

Players

Current squad

Men's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
MSMDXD
Sammy Mdogo Sikoyo22 July 19951684717-
Edwin Akwanyi4 August 19951245717-
Fred Nyaribo Momanyi24 April 2002894--

Women's team

NameDoB/AgeRanking of event
WSWDXD
Saumya Gupta20 October 2000302--
Maryann Makon'go25 February 1988726--
Kivisi Andia29 September 1994---

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Populorum . Mike . Archiv SudirmanCup . sbg.ac.at . 8 May 2019.
  2. Book: Tejuoso, Dapo . The Ultimate Honour . . 1989 . 9789781261657 . 207 . en.
  3. News: 1979-04-21 . Kenya are tops . 16 May 2024 . . 16.
  4. Web site: BWF - Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa - Quarter-finals - Nigeria vs Kenya . 2024-05-27 . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
  5. Web site: Badminton Team Event – Mixed Brisbane 1982 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190825210653/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3040/event/1647 . 25 August 2019 . 25 August 2019 . thecgf.com . Commonwealth Games Federation . en.
  6. News: 1982-10-03 . Commonwealth Games results - Badminton - Team preliminaries . 2024-05-27 . . 7.
  7. Web site: Rakotoarivelo . Julian . 2017-12-29 . Badminton : « Peu pratiqué mais un vrai potentiel » dixit Eugénio Raniriharinosy - . 2024-05-21 . Midi Madagasikara . fr-FR.
  8. News: 2003-10-07 . Badminton - Nigeria, S/Africa in Bright Start . 2024-05-27 . This Day.
  9. Web site: Badminton Team Event – Mixed Melbourne 2006 . 25 August 2019 . thecgf.com . Commonwealth Games Federation . en.
  10. News: 23 September 2010 . CWG: India drawn in Group D in badminton event . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20100927235307/http://www.ndtv.com/article/commonwealth%20games/cwg-india-drawn-in-group-d-in-badminton-event-54342 . 27 September 2010 . 2010-10-09 . NDTV.
  11. News: Glasgow 2014 Mixed Team Championships . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200529/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=575932&dl=1 . 4 March 2016 . 22 July 2014 . BWF.
  12. News: Damohe . Shivam . 18 May 2019 . Sudirman Cup 2019: Everything you need to know about BWF's Mixed Team event as hosts China eye 11th title . 25 August 2019 . Firstpost . en.
  13. Web site: 6 August 2019 . Kenya sending large squad to 2019 Africa Games, eyeing improved performance . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190806121739/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-08/06/c_138288221.htm . 6 August 2019 . 6 August 2019 . Xinhuanews.

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