National badminton team representing Botswana
Botswana Association Botswana Badminton Association (BBA)Confederation BCA (Africa)Chairman Marumo Morule Current ranking 97 2 (2 January 2024) Highest ranking 63 (16 October 2014) Appearances 13 (first in 1998 ) Best result Group stage Appearances 1 (first in 2004 ) Best result Sixth place (2004 ) Appearances 1 (first in 2004 ) Best result Sixth place (2004 )
The Botswana national badminton team (Tswana : La lesizwe laseBotswana lebhedminton ) represents Botswana in international team competitions and is controlled by the Botswana Badminton Association in Gaborone , Botswana.[1] The national team was formed after badminton was starting to be played in Motswana cities, Orapa , Selebi-Phikwe and Jwaneng .
The Motswana team have competed in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event. The team have also participated once at the Summer Universiade in 2017.
History [ edit ] It is not exactly known when badminton was first played in Botswana . In the 1980s, the sport began to spread locally and was played around the Central District in Francistown , Orapa and Selebi-Phikwe . This led to the formation of the Botswana Badminton Association and the Motswana badminton team in 1990. The Botswana Badminton Association soon joined the Badminton World Federation and the Badminton Confederation of Africa under the chairmanship of Ishmael Bhamjee.[2]
Mixed team [ edit ] The Motswana team first debuted internationally at the African Mixed Team Championships in 2011.[3] In that same year, the Motswana team qualified and competed in the 10th African Games . The team were drawn into Group 4 with South Africa , Congo-Brazzaville and Ethiopia . The team finished 2nd in the group, beating both Ethiopia and Congo-Brazzaville with a score of 5-0 but lost to South Africa .[4]
The national team continued to compete in the next few editions of the African Mixed Team Championships and later African Games in 2015. The Motswana team placed 3rd in Group 2 and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.[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 ] 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 ] 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 Group stage 8th
African Junior Team Championships [ edit ] Mixed team [ edit ] **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. The following list shows the coaching staff for the Botswana national badminton team.
Name Role Ookeditse Thela Head coach[6] Harold Ndaba Coach[7] Muniovandu Kandjou Junior coach
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 Tebogo Ndzinge (1993-02-28 ) 28 February 1993 (age 31) 675 766 1160 Keletso Ntebela (2001-01-05 ) 5 January 2001 (age 23) - 860 1123 Naledi Setlalekgosi (2004-03-26 ) 26 March 2004 (age 20) 701 - 1160 Tessa Kabelo (1996-09-10 ) 10 September 1996 (age 27) 514 766 740
Previous squads [ edit ] References [ edit ]