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Afghanistan national badminton team

The Afghanistan national badminton team (Pashto: د افغانستان د بیډمنټن ملي لوبډله) represents Afghanistan in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Badminton Federation of Afghanistan and competes under the South Asian region. Afghanistan competed in the Asian Games individual event. The Afghan junior team has competed in the BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event, also known as the Suhandinata Cup. The team finished in 34th place.

Afghanistan
AssociationAfghanistan Badminton Federation (ABF)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentMastora Arezo
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking100 (6 April 2017)

History

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The Afghanistan badminton team was formed in 1974. The team, along with the Badminton Federation of Afghanistan were dissolved for a brief period of time during the Afghan War but were later revived in 2002. The national team have had trouble in competing international tournaments as the team lacked equipment and funding from the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.[2]

Men's team

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Afghanistan first competed in the 2016 South Asian Games. The team were drawn into Group A with India, Bangladesh and Maldives. The team lost all of their matches and were eliminated in the group stage.[3][4]

Women's team

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The Afghani women's team competed in the 2016 South Asian Games. They were drawn into Group A with India and Nepal. The team failed to qualify for the knockout stage after losing 3–0 to India and Nepal in the group stage.[5]

Competitive record

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Asian Games

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Asian Team Championships

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South Asian Games

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Islamic Solidarity Games

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Women's Islamic Games

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Women's team

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Year Round Pos
1993 Did not enter
1997 Group stage 9th
2001 Sixth place 6th
2005 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

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Suhandinata Cup

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See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Pos
2000
to
2013 		Did not enter
2014 Withdrew
2015 Did not enter
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 To be determined

Asian Junior Team Championships

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See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships

South Asian Junior Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
2019 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

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Current squad

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As of 2 April 2024

Men's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Hasibullha Nazari (1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 26) - - -
Nematullah Habibi (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 24) - - -
Najibullah Yousufi (1999-11-29) 29 November 1999 (age 24) - - -
Elyas Gharman (2001-05-05) 5 May 2001 (age 23) - - -
Sabawoon Gulzad (2001-12-28) 28 December 2001 (age 22) - - -

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Shabana Afshar (1996-05-19) 19 May 1996 (age 28) - - -
Lidaa Saraj (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 (age 26) - - -
Zainab Yari (2001-08-22) 22 August 2001 (age 22) - - -

References

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  1. ^ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  2. ^ "Getting to know the Afghanistan Badminton Federation | AVA". Afghan Voice Agency (AVA). 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  3. ^ "South Asian Games 2016" (PDF). 2016-03-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. ^ "South Asian Games 2016 - Men Team Championship - Group A". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  5. ^ "South Asian Games: Indian men and women's team enter badminton semis". The Times of India. 2016-02-07. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
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