Sri Lanka national badminton team

The Sri Lanka national badminton team (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා ජාතික බැඩ්මින්ටන් කණ්ඩායම Shri Lanka Jathika Bædmintan Kandayama; Tamil: இலங்கை தேசிய பூப்பந்து அணி) represents Sri Lanka in international badminton team competitions.[1] The team has had many appearances in the Sudirman Cup with its latest in the 2019 edition, but has never been qualified to the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Sri Lanka
AssociationSri Lanka Badminton Association (SLBA)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentRohan De Silva
BWF ranking
Current ranking71 Increase 8 (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking24 (5 October 2017)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances12 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 2017)
Best resultGroup stage
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances15 (first in 1962)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1965)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage

In the South Asian Games, the Sri Lanka team has made many final appearances in both men and women's team and have achieved runners-up after losing to India.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

South Asian Games

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Thailand 2007 Did not enter
China 2011 Group stage
Russia 2013 Group stage
South Korea 2015 Group stage
Chinese Taipei 2017 Group stage
China 2021 Did not enter
Germany 2025 TBD

Mixed team

Year Result
Portugal 2008 Did not enter
Chinese Taipei 2010
South Korea 2012 Group stage
Spain 2014 Did not enter
Russia 2016 Group stage
Malaysia 2018 Group stage
**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 Group Y − 18th of 21
Malaysia 2009 Group X2 − 20th of 21
Mexico 2010 Did not enter
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012 Group Z1 − 24th of 30
Thailand 2013 Group X1 − 21st of 30
Malaysia 2014 Group X1 − 25th of 33
Peru 2015 Did not enter
Spain 2016 Group F2 − 36th of 52
Indonesia 2017 Group A1 − 37th of 44
Canada 2018 Group E − 16th of 39
Russia 2019 Group F − 26th of 43
Spain 2022 Group G − 20th of 37
United States 2023 Did not enter
N/A 2024 TBD

Mixed team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Did not enter

Asian Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Maldives 2019 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Viren Nettasinghe (1998-11-08) 8 November 1998 83 281 -
Dumindu Abeywickrama (2003-03-05) 5 March 2003 192 - -
Rasindu Hendahewa (2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 276 1139 -
Aashinsa Herath (2005-12-12) 12 December 2005 370 - -
Sachin Dias (1996-07-18) 18 July 1996 - 420 -
Buwaneka Goonethilleka (1996-05-08) 8 May 1996 321 281 -
Lochana de Silva (2002-08-01) 1 August 2002 - - -
Chamath Dias (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 1462 - 253

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Suhasni Vidanage (2003-06-06) 6 June 2003 - - -
Rashmi Mudalige (2006-07-05) 5 July 2006 303 - -
Panchali Adhikari (2004-10-19) 19 October 2004 - - -
Dilmi Dias (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 - - -
Thilini Hendahewa (1996-09-18) 18 September 1996 - - -
Kavidi Sirimannage (1995-09-27) 27 September 1995 - - -
Natasha Gunasekera (2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 - - 253
Hasara Wijayarathne (1999-06-09) 9 June 1999 1202 - -

Sudirman Cup

References

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