National badminton team representing South Africa
South Africa Association Badminton South Africa (BSA)Confederation BCA (Africa)President Gretha Prinsloo Current ranking 34 3 (2 January 2024) Highest ranking 23 (5 April 2012) Appearances 9 (first in 1997 ) Best result Group stage Appearances 4 (first in 2004 ) Best result Group stage Appearances 5 (first in 2004 ) Best result Group stage Appearances 15 (first in 1998 ) Best result Champions (1998 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2009 , 2011 , 2013 , 2014 )Appearances 8 (first in 2004 ) Best result Champions (2004 , 2006 , 2012 , 2016 )Appearances 7 (first in 2004 ) Best result Champions (2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 )
The South African national badminton team (Afrikaans : Suid-Afrika nasionale pluimbalspan ; Sotho : Sehlopha sa naha sa badminton sa Afrika Borwa ; Xhosa : Iqela lesizwe le-badminton loMzantsi Afrika ; Zulu : Iqembu lesizwe laseNingizimu Afrika i-badminton ) represents South Africa in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by Badminton South Africa , the governing body for badminton in South Africa. South Africa has participated in the Thomas Cup , Uber Cup and the Sudirman Cup but have never been to the quarterfinals.
South Africa is one of the leading badminton nations in Africa , winning all three team events at the African Badminton Championships for more than four times.
Competitive record [ edit ] Commonwealth Games [ edit ] Men's team [ edit ] Year Round 1998 Quarter-finals
Women's team [ edit ] Year Round 1998 Quarter-finals
Mixed team [ edit ]
African Games [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] African Team Championships [ edit ] FISU World University Games [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] World University Team Championships [ edit ] Mixed team [ 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 Group stage 8th
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 Runners-up 2nd
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 ] Name DoB/Age Ranking of event MS MD XD Caden Kakora (2003-07-10 ) 10 July 2003 (age 20) 225 176 99 Robert White (2004-07-27 ) 27 July 2004 (age 19) 260 176 109 Cameron Coetzer (1995-11-07 ) 7 November 1995 (age 28) 1623 708 426 Ruan Snyman (1998-11-02 ) 2 November 1998 (age 25) 565 403 - Jarred Elliott (2000-01-26 ) 26 January 2000 (age 24) - 131 129 Robert Summers (2002-05-13 ) 13 May 2002 (age 21) 315 131 426
Women's team [ edit ] Name DoB/Age Ranking of event WS WD XD Johanita Scholtz (2000-01-25 ) 25 January 2000 (age 24) 117 457 99 Anri Schoonees (1996-03-28 ) 28 March 1996 (age 28) - 457 426 Amy Ackerman (2005-03-16 ) 16 March 2005 (age 19) - 68 129 Deidré Laurens (1995-03-29 ) 29 March 1995 (age 29) 957 68 109 Demi Botha (1995-07-27 ) 27 July 1995 (age 28) - 457 426 Diane Olivier (2004-04-06 ) 6 April 2004 (age 20) 370 457 1160
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