Bhutan
AssociationBhutan Badminton Federation (BBF)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentSonam Karma Tshering
BWF ranking
Current ranking116 Steady (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking106 (4 January 2018)

The Bhutan national badminton team (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་བྱ་སྒྲོ་སྤོ་ལོ།ཚན།) 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 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

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

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

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

Mixed team

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

South Asian Games

Summer Universiade

Mixed team

Year Result
Taiwan 2017 Group stage − 21st

Junior competitive record

South Asian Regional Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
2019 Group stage

Staff

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

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

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
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

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
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

  1. ↑ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Bhutan Badminton Federation - Bhutan Badminton Association". Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  3. ↑ "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON" (PDF). 2016-03-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Bhutan Badminton Federation - Bhutan Olympic Committee". bhutanolympiccommittee.org. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  5. ↑ "Shuttle Time Reaches New Bhutanese Region – BWF Shuttle Time". Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  6. ↑ "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON RESULT" (PDF). 2016-03-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  7. ↑ "South Asian Games 2016 - Men Team Championship - Group B". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  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 2022-08-14.
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