The Mozambique national badminton team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de badminton de Moçambique) represents Mozambique in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Mozambican national team is controlled by the Mozambique Badminton Federation (Mozambican Portuguese: Federacao Moçambicana de Badminton) located in Maputo.[2]
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| Association | Federação Moçambicana de Badminton (FMB) |
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| Confederation | BCA (Africa) |
| President | Luis Santos |
| BWF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 91  5 (2 January 2024) |
| Highest ranking | 85 (4 July 2023) |
| African Mixed Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1980) |
| Best result | Third place (1980) |
| African Men's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 1980) |
| Best result | Third place (1980) |
| African Women's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1980) |
| Best result | Third place (1980, 1982, 1984) |
The Mozambican team participated in the 1982 Africa Badminton Championships. Both men's and mixed team reached the semifinals and finished in fourth place while the women's team achieved a bronze medal finish in 3rd place.
Indira Bhikha was the first Mozambican badminton player to win gold at the African Badminton Championships. She won gold in women's singles at the 1984 African Badminton Championships in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
History edit
Badminton has been played in Mozambique since the 1970s. Mozambique was one of the seven African countries that formed the Badminton Confederation of Africa on 31 August 1977.[3] The country first competed in the African Badminton Championships in 1982.
Men's team edit
The Mozambican men's team finished in fourth place at the 1982 African Badminton Championships men's team event.[4][5]
Women's team edit
The Mozambican women's team gave the country their first ever podium appearance in international badminton when the women's team finished in third place for bronze.[4][5]
Mixed team edit
Mozambique competed in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event in 1982. The team finished in fourth place.[4][5]
In 2011, the Mozambican team competed in the 2011 All-African Games mixed team event.[6] The team were grouped with Seychelles and Uganda but lost 5−0 to both teams and finished last in the group.[7][8] Mozambique made their second appearance in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event after four decades. The team finished last in their group after losing 5−0 to South Africa and Uganda.[9][10][11]
Competitive record edit
Thomas Cup edit
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Uber Cup edit
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Sudirman Cup edit
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African Games edit
Mixed team edit
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 2003
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Did not enter |
 2007
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 2011
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Group stage |
 2015
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Did not enter |
 2019
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 2023
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TBD |
African Team Championships edit
Men's team edit
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Women's team edit
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Mixed team edit
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- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Junior competitive record edit
Suhandinata Cup edit
| Year | Result |
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 2000
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Did not enter |
 2002
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 2004
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 2006
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 2007
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 2008
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 2009
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 2010
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 2011
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 2012
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 2013
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| 2014
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 2015
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 2016
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 2017
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| 2018
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 2019
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| 2022
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 2023
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 2024
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TBD |
African Youth Games edit
Men's team edit
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Women's team edit
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Mixed team edit
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African Junior Team Championships edit
Mixed team edit
| Year | Result |
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| 1979
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Did not enter |
 1980
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 Third place
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| 1982
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Third place
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 2007
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Did not enter |
 2009
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| 2013
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 2022
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- **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 | ||
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| MS | MD | XD | ||
| Idrisse Issofo Mossagy | 14 November 1984 | 598 | 711 | 740 |
| Edmilson Paulo Mutondo | 19 April 1998 | 1057 | 711 | 458 |
Women's team edit
| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| WS | WD | XD | ||
| Jessica de Almeida | 25 November 2000 | 580 | 448 | 458 |
| Afrika Matsinhe | 12 July 1998 | 580 | 448 | 740 |
Previous squads edit
African Team Championships edit
References edit
- ^ "BWF - TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 (Postponed) - Organization".
- ^ Davis, Pat, ed. (1987). The encyclopaedia of badminton. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 978-0-7090-2796-6.
- ^ "The Transformation and Development of Badminton as a Global Sport Dominated by Asian Players, Teams, Sponsors and Brands, 1893-2012: Multidisciplinary Perspectives" (PDF). worldbadminton.com.
- ^ a b c Walubita, Moses Sayela (4 August 2011). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. p. 148. ISBN 9781450279123.
- ^ a b c West Africa. West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 1982.
- ^ "A caminho dos jogos africanos: Badminton sem competição e com poucas hipóteses de vitória – Verdade" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Moçambique desqualificado para as finais do Badminton". cedid.blogs.sapo.mz. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "Team Competition Badminton X All Africa Games 2011 Maputo (MOZ) - Thursday 08.09". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
- ^ "Results | All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023". bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "BWF - All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023 - South Africa - Mozambique: 5-0". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
- ^ "BWF - All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023 - Uganda - Mozambique: 5-0". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.