Togo national badminton team

The Togo national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Togo; Ewe: Ẹgbẹ badminton orilẹ-ede Togo) represents Togo in international team competitions.[1] The Togolese Badminton Federation (French: Federation Togolaise de Badminton) controls everything in the national team.

Togo
AssociationFédération Togolaise de Badminton (FETOBAD)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentTakassi Kikpa Tikoyabe
BWF ranking
Current ranking119 Steady (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking95 (5 July 2018)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 2000)
Best resultGroup stage

History

Badminton first reached Togo in the late 1990s. Togo was one of the first nations in West Africa to adopt the sport and the first French-speaking African nation to do so. Badminton failed to gain popularity in Togo in the 1990s due to the lack of activities and funding.[2]

In 2012, the Togolese Badminton Federation partnered with the Badminton World Federation and initiated Shuttle Time project to increase the number of badminton players and revitalize the practice of badminton in Togo.[3] The project gave the national team slight success as they were able to send their players to compete internationally at the 2019 African Mixed Team Championships after a long hiatus.[4]

Mixed team

The Togolese mixed team competed in the 2019 African Mixed Team Championships. The team were drawn to Group C with Algeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast. The Togolese team were eliminated in the group stages after losing all their matches in the group stage.[5]

Competitive record

Mixed team
Year Result
Nigeria 2003 Did not enter
Algeria 2007
Mozambique 2011
Republic of the Congo 2015
Morocco 2019
Ghana 2023 TBD

African Team Championships
**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 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

African Youth Games

Mixed team
Year Result
Ghana 1979 Did not enter
Mozambique 1980
Nigeria 1982
Tanzania 1984
Botswana 2007
Ethiopia 2009
Algeria 2013
Mauritius 2022
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Azim Issa (1998-11-28) 28 November 1998 - - -
Koami Vivien Amoussou (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Rolande Adjima (2004-04-18) 18 April 2004 - - -
Malika Dare (2001-12-08) 8 December 2001 - - -

African Team Championships

References
  1. "African Games 2019 – Mixed Team Event". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Le badminton togolais connait d'énormes difficultés (INTERVIEW)". People's Daily Online - FR. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. "Les Ressources Humaines du Shuttle Time: Eliassou Lamidi – Togo". Badminton Confederation of Africa (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. "Shuttle Time et le AirBadminton se développent au Togo". Badminton Confederation of Africa (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. "Africa Badminton Championships: Algeria beats Togo 5-0". Algeria Press Service. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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