Seychelles national badminton team

The Seychelles national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale des Seychelles de badminton; Seychellois Creole: Ekip nasyonal badminton Sesel) represents Seychelles in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Seychellois team is controlled by the Seychelles Badminton Association. While badminton is not popular in Seychelles, the island nation has competed in the African Badminton Championships and have decent results over the years.

Seychelles
AssociationSeychelles Badminton Association (SEYBAD)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentMichel Bau
BWF ranking
Current ranking113 Decrease 5 (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking44 (5 April 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup stage
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances12 (first in 2000)
Best resultChampions (2007)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2004)
Best resultFourth place (2006)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2004)
Best resultThird place (2006)

The national team won the African Badminton Championships mixed team event in 2007 and were runners-up two years later. The team were semifinalists in the 2013 and 2014 African Badminton Championships. The team also participated in the Sudirman Cup two times in 2011 and 2015 but were eliminated in the group stage.

The Seychelles team also participated in the Commonwealth Games.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Nigeria 2003 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
Algeria 2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
Mozambique 2011 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
Republic of the Congo 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
Morocco 2019 Did not enter
Ghana 2023 TBD

African Team Championships

Indian Ocean Island Games

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

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
Peru 2015
Spain 2016
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

Mixed team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Ghana 1979 Did not enter
Mozambique 1980
Nigeria 1982
Tanzania 1984
Botswana 2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Ethiopia 2009 Did not enter
Algeria 2013 Group stage
Mauritius 2022 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
Aaron Malcouzane (2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 959 - -
Jie Luo (2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 - 671 656
Jakim Renaud (2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 959 - -
Ryan Boniface (2003-04-30) 30 April 2003 959 671 -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Allisen Camille (1992-06-26) 26 June 1992 - - 656
Xiang Luo (2002-06-09) 9 June 2002 - - -
Sejaljayesh Shah (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 - - -
Chlorie Cadeau (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 - - -

References

  1. Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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