Namibia national badminton team explained

Namibia
Association:	Badminton Federation of Namibia (BFN)
Confederation:	BCA (Africa)
President:	Lynn du Preez
Rank:	Unranked
Date:	2 April 2024
Max Rank:	98
Max Date:	5 July 2012
Regional Cup Apps:	2
Regional Cup Best:	Semi-finals (1994)

The Namibia national badminton team (Afrikaans: Namibië nasionale pluimbalspan; 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]

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

Thomas Cup

Year	Round
1949 to 1990	Part of
1992 to 2024	Did not enter
2026	To be determined
2028
2030

Uber Cup

Year	Round
1957 to 1990	Part of
1992 to 2024	Did not enter
2026	To be determined
2028
2030

Sudirman Cup

Year	Round
1989	Part of
1991 to 2023	Did not enter
2025	To be determined
2027
2029

Commonwealth Games

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games.

Mixed team

Year	Round
1978 to 1990	Part of
1994 to 2022	Did not enter
2026	To be determined
2030
2034

African Games

Mixed team

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

African Team Championships

Men's team

Year	Round
1979 to 1988	Part of
2016	Did not enter
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026	To be determined
2028
2030

Women's team

Year	Round
1979 to 1988	Part of
2016	Did not enter
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026	To be determined
2028
2030

Mixed team

Year	Round
1980 to 1988	Part of
1992	Group stage	-
1994	Semi-finals	4th
1998	Did not enter
2000
2002
2004
2006
2007
2009
2011
2013
2014
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025	To 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.

Year	Round
2000 to 2024	Did not enter
2025	To be determined

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

African Youth Games

Mixed team

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round
1979 to 1988	Part of
1993 to 2022	Did not enter
2024	To be determined

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

Players

Current squad

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Nino Leicher	4 October 2000	-	-	-
Ronald Smith Neville	10 April 1995	-	-	-
Colbin du Plessis	17 December 1996	-	-	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Liza Hanekom	1 January 2001	-	-	-
Gesa Jeske	15 July 1995	-	-	-
Liezl Maritz	26 October 1985	-	-	-

Notes and References

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