The Bhutan national badminton team (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་པའི་བྱ་སྒྲོ་སྤོ་ལོ་ཨམ་ཚན་གྱིས) represents Bhutan in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Bhutan Badminton Federation (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་སྒྲོ་རྩེད་ཚོགས་པ་གིས་), the national governing body for Bhutanese badminton.[2]
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| Association | Bhutan Badminton Federation (BBF) |
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| Confederation | BA (Asia) |
| President | Sonam Karma Tshering |
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| Current ranking | 116  (2 January 2024) |
| Highest ranking | 106 (4 January 2018) |
Bhutan made their first team tournament appearance when the men's team competed in the 2016 South Asian Games in Shillong, India. The Bhutanese men's team lost to Nepal and was eliminated in the group stage.[3] The Bhutanese mixed team also competed in the Summer Universiade.
History
editBadminton was introduced to Bhutan in the 1990s as part of the nation's economic development and as the nation opened its doors to the outside world. The national team was formed in 1994.[4] Bhutan has been part of the Shuttle Time program organized by the Badminton World Federation since 2012.[5]
Men's team
editThe Bhutanese men's team debuted in the 2016 South Asian Games. The team were eliminated in the group stages after losing 3–0 to Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[6][7] The team were eliminated in the group stages again at the 2019 South Asian Games.[8]
Women's team
editThe women's team have yet to compete in any international team event.
Mixed team
editThe Bhutanese mixed team made their debut at the 2017 Summer Universiade mixed team event. Four players were selected to debut in the event.[9] The team were drawn into Group B with Japan and Poland. The team finished at the bottom of the group after losing 0–5 to Japan and Poland.[10] The team withdrew from the 17th to 23rd place tie against Uganda and finished in 21st place.[11][12]
Competitive record
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Thomas Cupedit
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Uber Cupedit
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Sudirman Cupedit
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Asian Games
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Asian Team Championships
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Men's teamedit
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Women's teamedit
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South Asian Games
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South Asian Team Championships
editMixed team
edit| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2017 | Fifth place | 5th |
FISU World University Games
editMixed team
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| 2007 | Did not enter | |
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| 2017 | Group stage | 21st |
| 2021 | Did not enter | |
| 2025 | TBD | |
World University Team Championships
editMixed team
edit| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2008 | Did not enter | |
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- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Junior competitive record
editSuhandinata Cup
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| 2000 | Did not enter | |
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| 2024 | TBD | |
Asian Junior Team Championships
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South Asian Junior Team Championships
editMixed team
edit| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2019 | Group stage |
- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Staff
editThe following list shows the coaching staff for the national badminton team of Bhutan.
| Name | Role |
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 Norbu Dradhul
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Head coach |
| Nidup Dorji
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Assistant coach |
| Sherab Gyaltshen
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Assistant coach |
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of 2 January 2024
Men's team
edit| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| MS | MD | XD | ||
| Anish Gurung | 27 January 2000 | 622 | 328 | – |
| Jimba Sangay Lhendup | 21 July 2002 | 622 | 328 | – |
| Ugyen Choeda | 25 September 1992 | – | – | – |
| Karma Chendru | 28 July 1997 | – | – | – |
| Gazin Wangchuk | 10 June 1999 | – | – | – |
| Jamyang Tenzin | 27 February 2002 | – | – | – |
Women's team
edit| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| WS | WD | XD | ||
| Samjana Gurung | 29 June 2001 | – | – | – |
| Kinley Wangmo | 11 December 2002 | – | – | – |
| Thinley Dema | 13 January 1998 | – | – | – |
| Lhachen Dema | 16 May 1995 | – | – | – |
| Phuntsho Dema | 29 May 2003 | – | – | – |
| Phuntsho Choden Thingh | 12 June 1996 | – | – | – |
References
edit- ^ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Bhutan Badminton Federation – Bhutan Badminton Association". Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON" (PDF). 17 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "Bhutan Badminton Federation – Bhutan Olympic Committee". bhutanolympiccommittee.org. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Shuttle Time Reaches New Bhutanese Region – BWF Shuttle Time". Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON RESULT" (PDF). 17 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ "South Asian Games 2016 – Men Team Championship – Group B". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2019 RESULTS- BADMINTON". SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2019.
- ^ "Taipei Summer Universiade 2017 (Badminton) Athlete Profile : Bhutan". FISU Taipei 2017. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "FISU Taipei 2017 – Badminton Mixed Team – Group B Results" (PDF). FISU Taipei 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "FISU Taipei 2017 – Badminton Mixed Team – 17th – 23rd Place – Bhutan vs Uganda" (PDF).
- ^ "29th Summer Universiade". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 14 August 2022.