National badminton team representing Namibia
Namibia Association Badminton Federation of Namibia (BFN)Confederation BCA (Africa)President Lynn du Preez Current ranking Unranked (2 April 2024) Highest ranking 98 (5 July 2012) Appearances 2 (first in 1992 ) Best result Semi-finals (1994 )
The Namibia national badminton team (Afrikaans : Namibië nasionale pluimbalspan ; Khoekhoe : Namibiab Republiki dib pluimbal khoen ) represents Namibia in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Badminton Federation of Namibia . Namibian badminton players first competed internationally at the 1992 African Badminton Championships .[2]
History [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] Namibia competed in the team event at the 1992 African Badminton Championships . The team placed third in their group and failed to advance to the semi-finals. Two years later, the team achieved bronze at the African Championships after losing to Mauritius .[3] The same team that won bronze at the 1994 African Championships later participated in the Commonwealth Games but did not take part in the team events.[4]
In 1998, Namibia achieved second place at the Southern Africa Invitational Badminton Championships in Harare , Zimbabwe .[5]
Competitive record [ edit ] Commonwealth Games [ edit ] Men's team [ edit ] Year Round 1998 Did not enter
Women's team [ edit ] Year Round 1998 Did not enter
Mixed team [ edit ]
African Games [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] African Team Championships [ edit ] **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Junior competitive record [ edit ] Suhandinata Cup [ edit ] Commonwealth Youth Games [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] Year Round 2004 Did not enter
African Youth Games [ edit ] Men's team [ edit ] Year Round 2018 Did not enter
Women's team [ edit ] Year Round 2018 Did not enter
Mixed team [ edit ] Year Round 2014 Did not enter
African Junior Team Championships [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Players [ edit ] Current squad [ edit ] As of 2 January 2024 Men's team [ edit ] Women's team [ edit ] Name DoB/Age Ranking of event WS WD XD Liza Hanekom (2001-01-01 ) 1 January 2001 (age 23) - - - Gesa Jeske (1995-07-15 ) 15 July 1995 (age 28) - - - Liezl Maritz (1985-10-26 ) 26 October 1985 (age 38) - - -
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