Timor-Leste national badminton team

The Timor-Leste national badminton team (Portuguese: Equipa nacional de badminton de Timor-Leste; Tetum: Ekipa badminton nasionál Timor-Leste) represents East Timor in international badminton competitions.[1][2]

Timor-Leste
AssociationFederação de Badminton de Timor Leste (FBTL)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentFrancisco Yong
BWF ranking
Current ranking111 Decrease 5 (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking106 (4 July 2023)

While badminton is not a popular sport in East Timor, the nation has competed in tournaments such as the Asian Games and the BWF World Junior Championships. East Timor has also made its presence in para-badminton. National para-badminton player, Anibal Gusmao Pereira was the first Timorese para-badminton player to play in the Asian Games.

According to Pereira, badminton is highly unrecognized in East Timor and locals enjoy football more than badminton.[3]

History

Although East Timor used to be part of Indonesia which is one of the countries with a prestigious history in badminton, the sport was unrecognized in the region until 2002.[4] The Timor Leste Badminton Federation was then established in 2002 and sent its first two athletes to compete at the 2002 Asian Games, the two being Francisco Yong and Tes Fac Sing.[5][6] The Timor Leste Badminton Federation took part in partnering with Badminton Asia and the Badminton World Federation and organized the Badminton for Peace campaign (Tetum: Badminton ba Dame) to teach peace culture to young people in Timor-Leste by facilitating dialogue and social cohesion as well as to promote the sport in the country.[7] In 2017, East Timor sent its junior players to the PB Djarum training camp as preparation for the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships in Yogyakarta.[8][9]

Mixed team

The Timorese mixed team competed in the mixed team event at the 2023 SEA Games.[10][11] In the quarter-final stage, the team lost 3–0 to hosts Cambodia.[12][13]

Competitive record

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

SEA Games

ASEAN University 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 Part of  Indonesia
South Africa 2002 Did not enter
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013
Malaysia 2014
Peru 2015
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

ASEAN School Games
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Mourinho Zefi (2004-05-17) 17 May 2004 - - -
Zidane Evaldo Zefi (2008-06-19) 19 June 2008 - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Zoraida Dela Torre (2005-06-08) 8 June 2005 - - -
Hulda Meredith (2002-02-23) 23 February 2002 - - -

Southeast Asian Games

References
  1. "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  2. "Badminton Asia". badmintonasia.org. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  3. Bolasport.com (2018-10-07). "Asian Para Games 2018 - Meski Kalah, Bulu Tangkis Timor Leste Tetap Ingin Maju - Bolasport.com". www.bolasport.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  4. "Asal Usul Permainan Bulu Tangkis, Ini Sejarah Singkatnya". kumparan (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  5. "Busan 2002 - Badminton Results - 1st Preliminaries". Busan Asian Games. Archived from the original on 18 December 2002.
  6. "Busan 2002 - Badminton Results - 2nd Preliminaries". Busan Asian Games. Archived from the original on 9 June 2003.
  7. "Badminton peace project launched in Timor-Les". sportanddev. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  8. "Foto - Ananias Sarmento Manuel, peserta asal Timor Leste". pbdjarum.org. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  9. "Foto - Manuel Ananias Sarmento / Celestino Maria Dos Anjos (Timor Leste)". pbdjarum.org. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  10. "กัมพูชา สั่งห้ามไทยเข้าแข่งแบดมินตันทีมผสม เป็นครั้งแรกในประวัติศาสตร์ซีเกมส์ ที่จำกัดชาติเข้าร่วมในกีฬาแบดมินตัน". Mainstand (in Thai). Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  11. "BWF - SEA Games 2023 ( Team Event) - Team: Timor Leste Badminton Federation - Players". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  12. "BWF - SEA Games 2023 ( Team Event) - Cambodia - Timor Leste: 3-0". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  13. "BWF - SEA Games 2023 ( Team Event) - Mixed team - Draw". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
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