National badminton team representing Samoa
Samoa Association Samoa Badminton Federation (SBF)Confederation BO (Oceania)President Nynette Sass Current ranking Unranked (2 January 2024) Highest ranking 117 (2 July 2019) Appearances 4 (first in 2019 ) Best result Fifth place (1999 , 2002 , 2006 ) Appearances 1 (first in 2006 ) Best result Fourth place (2006 ) Appearances 1 (first in 2006 ) Best result Fourth place (2006 )
The Samoa national badminton team (Samoan : Au badminton a Samoa ) represents Samoa in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Samoa Badminton Association located in Apia .[1] It is associated with Badminton Oceania . The Samoan team once won bronze in the 2007 South Pacific Games mixed team event.[2]
History [ edit ] Badminton was first played in Samoa in the 1950s when expatriates from the London Missionary Society serving at the Apia Protestant Church started playing the sport. The country began organizing badminton competitions in 1987 to spread the popularity of the sport around the country.[3]
Mixed team [ edit ] The Samoan mixed team competed in the mixed team event at the 2003 South Pacific Games .[4] The team lost to New Caledonia , Fiji and Wallis and Futuna but beat Nauru 5−0 to finish in 4th place.[5] In 2007, the team won their first international team medal when the team finished in 3rd place for bronze in the 2007 South Pacific Games mixed team event.[6] In 2019, the team competed in the 2019 Oceania Mixed Team Championships and finished in 7th place.[7] [8] In that same year, the team competed in the 2019 Pacific Games as the home team and finished in 6th place.[9] [10]
Competitive record [ edit ] Commonwealth Games [ edit ] Men's team [ edit ] Year Round 1998 Did not enter
Women's team [ edit ] Year Round 1998 Group stage
Mixed team [ edit ]
Oceania Team Championships [ edit ] Pacific Games [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] Year Round 2003 Fourth place 4th 2007 Third place 3rd 2011 Did not enter 2019 Sixth place 6th 2027 TBD
Pacific Mini Games [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] Year Round 2022 Did not enter
**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
Oceania 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 Faafofoga Reti (2003-05-25 ) 25 May 2003 (age 21) - - - Jasmine Reti (2004-03-18 ) 18 March 2004 (age 20) - - -
Previous squads [ edit ] Pacific Games [ edit ] Oceania Team Championships [ edit ] References [ edit ]