Namibia national badminton team

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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)

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. The team is part of the Badminton Confederation of Africa. The Namibian team competed once in the Commonwealth Games in 1994.

The Namibian team reached its highest ranking of 98 on the BWF World Team Ranking in 2012.

History[edit]

The Namibian national team first competed in badminton at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada. The team competed in both individual and team events. A total of 7 Namibian badminton players were called in for the team event.[2]

Competitive record[edit]

Commonwealth Games[edit]

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

African Games[edit]

Mixed team[edit]

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

African Team Championships[edit]

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

Junior competitive record[edit]

Suhandinata Cup[edit]

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

Commonwealth Youth Games[edit]

Mixed team[edit]

Year Round Pos
2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games[edit]

African Junior Team Championships[edit]

Mixed team[edit]

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[edit]

Current squad[edit]

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team[edit]

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Nino Leicher (2000-10-04) 4 October 2000 (age 23) - - -
Ronald Smith Neville (1995-04-10) 10 April 1995 (age 29) - - -
Colbin du Plessis (1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 27) - - -

Women's team[edit]

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Liza Hanekom (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 (age 23) - - -
Gesa Jeske (1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 28) - - -
Liezl Maritz (1985-10-26) 26 October 1985 (age 38) - - -

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. ^ "BWF - 1994 Victoria Commonwealth Games - Players". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
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