Botswana national badminton team

Botswana
AssociationBotswana Badminton Association (BBA)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
ChairmanMarumo Morule
BWF ranking
Current ranking95 Increase 2 (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking63 (16 October 2014)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances14 (first in 1994)
Best resultGroup stage

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

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

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

Commonwealth Games

See also: Badminton at the Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2003 Did not enter
2007
2011 Group stage
2015 Group stage
2019 Did not enter
2027 To be determined

African Team Championships

FISU World University Games

See also: Badminton at the FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2007 Did not enter
2011
2013
2015
2017 Group stage 26th
2021 Did not enter
2025 TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2008 Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Pos
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Group stage 28th
2014 Group stage 24th
2015 Did not enter
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 TBD

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1979
to
1995 		Did not enter
1997 Group stage 5th
1999 Did not enter
2001
2003 Group stage 7th
2005 Did not enter
2007 Group stage 6th
2009 Group stage 7th
2011 Withdrew
2013 Group stage
2016 Did not enter
2021 Group stage 7th
2022 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Staff

The following list shows the coaching staff for the Botswana national badminton team.

Name Role
Botswana Ookeditse Thela Head coach[6]
Botswana Harold Ndaba Coach[7]
Botswana Muniovandu Kandjou Junior coach

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Tshimologo Rasta (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29) 852 941 740
Tsamorena Kgosidialwa (1998-02-01) 1 February 1998 (age 26) 1551 1091 1160
Tumelo Moilwa (2001-09-12) 12 September 2001 (age 23) 1623 941 1123
Modiri Motshegwe (2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 (age 22) 862 941 1160

Women's team

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 28) 514 766 740

Previous squads

References

  1. ^ "African Mixed Team Championships 2011". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Botswana Badminton Association | Botswana National Sport Commission". www.bnsc.co.bw. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  3. ^ "African Mixed Team Championships 2011 - Group A". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  4. ^ "Team Competition Badminton X All Africa Games 2011 Maputo (MOZ) - Thursday 08.09". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  5. ^ Kyazze, Clive (2015-09-02). "Badminton team edges Botswana | All Africa Games". Kawowo Sports. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  6. ^ Boranabi, Kabelo (2023-02-13). "Broke, depleted badminton team promises bronze". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  7. ^ https://www.pressreader.com/botswana/mmegi/20220708/281930251687928. Retrieved 2023-03-30 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)