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
AssociationBadminton Federation of Afghanistan
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentMastora Arezo
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (4 July 2023)
Highest ranking100 (6 April 2017)

History

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

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

The Afghani women's team first 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

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup
See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Result
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013
Malaysia 2014 Withdrew
Peru 2015 Did not enter
Spain 2016
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

Asian Junior Team Championships
See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships

Mixed team
Year Result
Maldives 2019 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Hasibullha Nazari (1998-04-22)22 April 1998 (aged 25) - - -
Nematullah Habibi (2000-06-24)24 June 2000 (aged 23) - - -
Najibullah Yousufi (1999-11-29)29 November 1999 (aged 23) - - -
Elyas Gharman (2001-05-05)5 May 2001 (aged 22) - - -
Sabawoon Gulzad (2001-12-28)28 December 2001 (aged 21) - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Shabana Afshar (1996-05-19)19 May 1996 (aged 27) - - -
Lidaa Saraj (1998-03-06)6 March 1998 (aged 25) - - -
Zainab Yari (2001-08-22)22 August 2001 (aged 22) - - -

References
  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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