Bhutan national badminton team

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]

Bhutan
AssociationBhutan Badminton Federation (BBF)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentSonam Karma Tshering
BWF ranking
Current ranking116 Steady (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking106 (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

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Badminton 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

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The 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

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The women's team have yet to compete in any international team event.

Mixed team

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The 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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Asian Games

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Asian Team Championships

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South Asian Games

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South Asian Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
2017 Fifth place 5th

FISU World University Games

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Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
2007 Did not enter
2011
2013
2015
2017 Group stage 21st
2021 Did not enter
2025 TBD

World University Team Championships

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Mixed team

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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

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Suhandinata Cup

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Year Round Pos
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 TBD

Asian Junior Team Championships

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South Asian Junior Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Round Pos
2019 Group stage
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Staff

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

Name Role
  Norbu Dradhul Head coach
  Nidup Dorji Assistant coach
  Sherab Gyaltshen Assistant coach

Players

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Current squad

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As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Anish Gurung (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24) 622 328
Jimba Sangay Lhendup (2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 22) 622 328
Ugyen Choeda (1992-09-25) 25 September 1992 (age 32)
Karma Chendru (1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 27)
Gazin Wangchuk (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25)
Jamyang Tenzin (2002-02-27) 27 February 2002 (age 22)

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Samjana Gurung (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 23)
Kinley Wangmo (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 (age 21)
Thinley Dema (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26)
Lhachen Dema (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 29)
Phuntsho Dema (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21)
Phuntsho Choden Thingh (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 28)

References

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  1. ^ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Bhutan Badminton Federation – Bhutan Badminton Association". Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON" (PDF). 17 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Bhutan Badminton Federation – Bhutan Olympic Committee". bhutanolympiccommittee.org. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Shuttle Time Reaches New Bhutanese Region – BWF Shuttle Time". Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  6. ^ "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON RESULT" (PDF). 17 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  7. ^ "South Asian Games 2016 – Men Team Championship – Group B". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  8. ^ "SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2019 RESULTS- BADMINTON". SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2019.
  9. ^ "Taipei Summer Universiade 2017 (Badminton) Athlete Profile : Bhutan". FISU Taipei 2017. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  10. ^ "FISU Taipei 2017 – Badminton Mixed Team – Group B Results" (PDF). FISU Taipei 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  11. ^ "FISU Taipei 2017 – Badminton Mixed Team – 17th – 23rd Place – Bhutan vs Uganda" (PDF).
  12. ^ "29th Summer Universiade". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 14 August 2022.