Malaysia national badminton team

The Malaysia national badminton team (Malay: Pasukan badminton kebangsaan Malaysia) is a badminton team that plays for Malaysia in international competitions. The men's team has enjoyed immense success, having won the Thomas Cup five times, most recently in 1992 and became runner-up nine times. In the Uber Cup competition, the women's team with the best results in 1975, 2004, 2008 and 2010 edition making it to the quarter-finals. Malaysia competed in the Sudirman Cup since 1989 with the best result in 2009, 2021 and 2023, placed third.[1]

Malaysia
AssociationBadminton Association of Malaysia
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentMohamad Norza Zakaria
BWF ranking
Current ranking5 Increase 2 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking5 (3 January 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances17 (first in 1989)
Best resultSemi-finals (2009, 2021, 2023)
Thomas Cup
Appearances32 (first in 1949)
Best resultChampions (1949, 1952, 1955, 1967, 1992)
Uber Cup
Appearances19 (first in 1957)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2004, 2008, 2010)
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 2017)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2017, 2019)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances13 (first in 1962)
Best resultChampions (1962, 1965, 2022)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2016)
Best resultSemi-finals (2020, 2022)

Competitive record edit

International edit

Thomas & Uber Cup edit

Thomas Cup Record Uber Cup Record
Year Round Year Round
2024 Qualified 2024 Group Stage − 12th
2022 Quarterfinal 2022 Group Stage − 9th
2020 Quarterfinal 2020 Group Stage − 15th
2018 Quarterfinal 2018 Group Stage − 9th
2016 Semifinal 2016 Group Stage − 10th
2014 Runner-up 2014 Group Stage − 9th
2012 Quarterfinal 2012 DNP
2010 Semifinal 2010 Quarterfinal
2008 Semifinal 2008 Quarterfinal
2006 Semifinal 2006 DNP
2004 Quarterfinal 2004 Quarterfinal
2002 Runner-up 2002 DNP
2000 Group Stage − 5th 2000 Group Stage − 7th
1998 Runner-up 1998 DNQ
1996 Group Stage − 5th 1996
1994 Runner-up 1994
1992 Champion 1992 Group Stage − 5th / 6th
1990 Runner-up 1990 DNQ
1988 Runner-up 1988 Group Stage − 8th
1986 Third place 1986 DNQ
1984 Group Stage − 6th 1984 Group Stage − 8th
1982 Quarterfinal 1981 First Round
1979 Intra-zone 1978 Intra-zone
1976 Runner-up 1975 First Round
1973 Intra-zone 1972 Intra-zone
1970 Runner-up 1969 DNP
1967 Champion 1966
1964 Semifinal 1963
1961 Intra-zone 1960 Intra-zone
1958 Runner-up 1957
1955 Champion
1952 Champion
1949 Champion

Asia edit

Asia Championships edit

Asia Championships Record
Year Men Women Mixed
2024   Silver Quarterfinals Not Held
2023 Not Held Quarterfinals
2022   Gold   Bronze Not Held
2020   Silver   Bronze Not Held
2019 Not Held Quarterfinals
2018   Bronze Quarterfinals Not Held
2017 Not Held Quarterfinals
2016 Quarterfinals Quarterfinals Not Held

Junior competitive record edit

World Junior Team Championships edit

Suhandinata Cup edit

Year Result
  2000 Did not enter
  2002 Group stage - 7th of 23
  2004 Group stage - 5th of 20
  2006   Third place
  2007 Fourth place
  2008   Third place
  2009   Runner-up
  2010   Third place
  2011   Winner
  2012 Quarter-finalist
  2013 Quarter-finalist
  2014 Quarter-finalist
  2015 Group stage - 5th of 39
  2016   Runner-up
  2017   Runner-up
  2018 Group stage - 5th of 39
  2019 Group stage - 9th of 43
  2020 Cancelled
  2021 Cancelled
  2022 Group stage - 9th of 37
  2023   Third place

Asian Junior Team Championships edit

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 19 December 2022 :

Previous squad edit

References edit

  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.