Uganda national badminton team

The Uganda national badminton team (Luganda: Ttiimu y'eggwanga eya Uganda eya badminton) represents Uganda in international badminton team competitions.[1][2] It is controlled by the Uganda Badminton Association, the governing body for Ugandan badminton located in Kampala.

Uganda
AssociationUganda Badminton Association (UBA)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentAnnet Nakamya
BWF ranking
Current ranking42 Increase 8 (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking42 (3 October 2023)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2004)
Best resultSemi-finals (2011)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best resultThird place (2004)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2004)
Best resultRunners-up (2022)

Uganda has never competed in the Thomas Cup, the Uber Cup and the Sudirman Cup. Uganda made its Olympic badminton debut in the 2008 Summer Olympics when Edwin Ekiring received a wildcard entry to participate.

The Ugandan women's team were runners-up once in the All Africa Women's Team Badminton Championships. The mixed team were semifinalists in the 2021 African Badminton Championships mixed team event. The men's team's best result was achieving a quarterfinal position 2010 All Africa Men's Team Badminton Championships.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Nigeria 2003 Quarter-finals
Algeria 2007 Quarter-finals
Mozambique 2011 Quarter-finals
Republic of the Congo 2015 Quarter-finals
Morocco 2019 Quarter-finals
Ghana 2023 TBD

African Team Championships

Islamic Solidarity Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Thailand 2007 Group stage
China 2011 Did not enter
Russia 2013
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
Spain 2014
Russia 2016
Malaysia 2018
**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 Group D − 36th of 39
Russia 2019 Did not enter
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
Ethiopia 2009 Group stage
Algeria 2013 Did not enter
Mauritius 2022 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Brian Kasirye (2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 224 342 431
Amos Muyanja (2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 528 664 -
Expedito Emuddu (2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 1444 614 460
Muzafaru Lubega (2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 649 342 674
Kenneth Mwambu (2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 577 664 368
Augustus Owinyi (1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 649 664 -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Fadilah Mohamed Rafi (2005-06-04) 4 June 2005 210 158 431
Husina Kobugabe (2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 169 164 674
Tracy Naluwooza (2006-09-06) 6 September 2006 346 158 368
Gladys Mbabazi (1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 268 164 -
Kruthum Nalumansi (2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 494 533 460
Assumpta Owomugisha (2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 1037 533 674

African Team Championships

References

  1. "BWF - Africa Continental Team Championships 2016 - Team matches". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com.
  2. Yusuf, Ridwan (28 March 2019). "2019 All Africa Badminton Championships: 18 Countries Coming To Rivers – BFN". Concise News. Retrieved 12 April 2019.


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