Mozambique national badminton team

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]

Mozambique
AssociationMozambique Badminton Federation
ConfederationBadminton Confederation of Africa
PresidentLuis Santos
BWF ranking
Current ranking118 Increase 18 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking118 (3 January 2023)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 1982)
Best resultFourth place (1982)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 1982)
Best resultFourth place (1982)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 1982)
Best resultThird place (1982)

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

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

The Mozambican men's team finished in fourth place at the 1982 African Badminton Championships men's team event.[4][5]

Women's team

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

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

Mixed team
Year Result
2011 Group stage

African Team Championships

Junior competitive record

Mixed team
Year Result
1982 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Idrisse Issofo Mossagy (1984-11-14)14 November 1984 (aged 38) 532 641 643
Edmilson Paulo Mutondo (1998-04-19)19 April 1998 (aged 25) 891 641 401

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Jessica de Almeida (2000-11-25)25 November 2000 (aged 22) 527 404 401
Afrika Matsinhe (1998-07-12)12 July 1998 (aged 25) 527 404 643

African Team Championships

References
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  2. Davis, Pat, ed. (1987). The encyclopaedia of badminton. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 978-0-7090-2796-6.
  3. "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.
  4. Walubita, Moses Sayela (4 August 2011). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. p. 148. ISBN 9781450279123.
  5. West Africa. West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 1982.
  6. "A caminho dos jogos africanos: Badminton sem competição e com poucas hipóteses de vitória – Verdade" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  7. "Moçambique desqualificado para as finais do Badminton". cedid.blogs.sapo.mz. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  8. "Team Competition Badminton X All Africa Games 2011 Maputo (MOZ) - Thursday 08.09". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  9. "Results | All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023". bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  10. "BWF - All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023 - South Africa - Mozambique: 5-0". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  11. "BWF - All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023 - Uganda - Mozambique: 5-0". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
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