Bangladesh national badminton team

The Bangladesh national badminton team (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ব্যাডমিন্টন দল) represents Bangladesh in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Bangladesh Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Bangladesh.[1] The Bangladeshi junior mixed team competed in the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships.

Bangladesh
AssociationBangladesh Badminton Federation (BBF)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentAbdul Malek
BWF ranking
Current ranking130 Decrease 18 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking70 (5 January 2017)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 1976)
Best resultRound of 16 (1976, 1983)

Bangladesh has also participated in the South Asian Games. The men's team and women's team both achieved a semifinal bronze position in 2010 and 2016.

History edit

Badminton was introduced to Bangladesh in the 1900s by the British. At the time, the sport was only played throughout urban areas.[2] In 1972, the Bangladesh Badminton Federation was formed and the sport started to gain popularity. The national team competed in one of their first international team events at the 2004 South Asian Games.

Men's team edit

The Bangladeshi men's team first competed in the 2004 South Asian Games but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 2010, the team competed at the 2010 South Asian Games as host team and finished in third place.[3][4] The team were eliminated semi-finals at the next edition of the South Asian Games in 2016 after losing 3–0 to Sri Lanka.[5]

Women's team edit

The women's team competed alongside the men's team at the 2004 South Asian Games. The team won bronze consecutively at the 2010 South Asian Games and the 2016 South Asian Games.

Competitive record edit

WBF World Championships edit

Commonwealth Games edit

Asian Games edit

Asian Team Championships edit

South Asian Games edit

Junior competitive record edit

Suhandinata Cup edit

Year Round Pos
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 TBD

Asian Junior Team Championships edit

South Asian Junior Team Championships edit

Mixed team edit

Year Round Pos
2019 Group stage

Staff edit

The following list shows the coaching staff for the national badminton team of Bangladesh.[6]

Name Role
  Enayetullah Khan Coach
  Ohiduzzaman Raju Coach

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Gourab Singha (2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 20) - 665 -
Mohammad Salman Khan (1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 28) - - -
Shuva Khandakar (1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 29) - - -
Md. Abdul Hamid Lukman (2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 21) - 665 -
Al Amin Zumar (1999-08-25) 25 August 1999 (age 24) - - -
Syed Saker Mohammad (2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 20) - - -

Women's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Bristy Khatun (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28) - - -
Urmi Akter (2003-02-01) 1 February 2003 (age 21) - - -
Rasma Akter (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 23) - - -
Alina Sultana (1984-12-03) 3 December 1984 (age 39) - - -
Lika Podder (2002-11-27) 27 November 2002 (age 21) - - -
Mst. Nasima Khatun (2005-12-23) 23 December 2005 (age 18) - - -

References edit

  1. ^ "Badminton Asia". www.badmintonasia.org. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  2. ^ "Badminton - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  3. ^ "11th South Asian Games Dhaka 2010". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  4. ^ "11th South Asian Games Dhaka 2010". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  5. ^ "12th SAG Medal Tally" (PDF). nocban.org. Bangladesh Olympic Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2019. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. ^ "ব্যাডমিন্টনের বিশৃঙ্খলা দূর করতে বিদেশি কোচ আনছে ফেডারেশন". jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2023-03-28.