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
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentAbdul Malek
BWF ranking
Current ranking95 Decrease 19 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking70 (5 January 2017)

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

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

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

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

Men's team
YearResult
1979Group stage

South Asian Games

Junior competitive record

Asian Junior Team Championships
See also: Badminton Asia Junior Championships

Mixed team
Year Result
2019 Group stage

Staff

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

Name Role
Bangladesh Enayetullah Khan Coach
Bangladesh Ohiduzzaman Raju Coach

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Gourab Singha (2003-10-13)13 October 2003 (aged 20) - 492 -
Mohammad Salman Khan (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 27) - 656 648
Shuva Khandakar (1994-09-10)10 September 1994 (aged 29) - - 648
Md. Abdul Hamid Lukman (2002-07-15)15 July 2002 (aged 21) - 492 -
Tushar Krishna Roy (1997-02-10)10 February 1997 (aged 26) - - -
Syed Saker Mohammad (2004-02-16)16 February 2004 (aged 19) 1150 492 -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Bristy Khatun (1995-10-17)17 October 1995 (aged 28) 953 550 648
Urmi Akter (2003-02-01)1 February 2003 (aged 20) 953 550 648
Rasma Akter (2000-06-24)24 June 2000 (aged 23) 953 550 -
Alina Sultana (1984-12-03)3 December 1984 (aged 38) - - -
Lika Podder (2002-11-27)27 November 2002 (aged 20) 953 - -
Mst. Nasima Khatun (2005-12-23)23 December 2005 (aged 17) 953 550 648

References
  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.
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