Mozambique
AssociationFederação Moçambicana de Badminton (FMB)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentLuis Santos
BWF ranking
Current ranking91 Decrease 5 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking85 (4 July 2023)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances5 (first in 1980)
Best resultThird place (1980)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 1980)
Best resultThird place (1980)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 1980)
Best resultThird place (1980, 1982, 1984)

The Mozambique national badminton team (Portuguese: Seleção nacional de badminton de Moçambique) represents Mozambique in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Mozambican national team is controlled by the Mozambique Badminton Federation (Mozambican Portuguese: Federacao Moçambicana de Badminton) located in Maputo.[2]

The Mozambican team participated in the 1982 Africa Badminton Championships. Both men's and mixed team reached the semifinals and finished in fourth place while the women's team achieved a bronze medal finish in 3rd place.

Indira Bhikha was the first Mozambican badminton player to win gold at the African Badminton Championships. She won gold in women's singles at the 1984 African Badminton Championships in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

History

Badminton has been played in Mozambique since the 1970s. Mozambique was one of the seven African countries that formed the Badminton Confederation of Africa on 31 August 1977.[3] The country first competed in the African Badminton Championships in 1982.

Men's team

The Mozambican men's team finished in fourth place at the 1982 African Badminton Championships men's team event.[4][5]

Women's team

The Mozambican women's team gave the country their first ever podium appearance in international badminton when the women's team finished in third place for bronze.[4][5]

Mixed team

Mozambique competed in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event in 1982. The team finished in fourth place.[4][5]

In 2011, the Mozambican team competed in the 2011 All-African Games mixed team event.[6] The team were grouped with Seychelles and Uganda but lost 5−0 to both teams and finished last in the group.[7][8] Mozambique made their second appearance in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event after four decades. The team finished last in their group after losing 5−0 to South Africa and Uganda.[9][10][11]

Competitive record

African Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Nigeria 2003 Did not enter
Algeria 2007
Mozambique 2011 Group stage
Republic of the Congo 2015 Did not enter
Morocco 2019
Ghana 2023 TBD

African Team Championships

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013
Malaysia 2014
Peru 2015
Spain 2016
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Ghana 1979 Did not enter
Mozambique 1980 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Nigeria 1982 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Botswana 2007 Did not enter
Ethiopia 2009
Algeria 2013
Mauritius 2022
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Idrisse Issofo Mossagy 14 November 1984 598 711 740
Edmilson Paulo Mutondo 19 April 1998 1057 711 458

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Jessica de Almeida 25 November 2000 580 448 458
Afrika Matsinhe 12 July 1998 580 448 740

Previous squads

African Team Championships

References

  1. ↑ "BWF - TOTAL BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020 (Postponed) - Organization".
  2. ↑ Davis, Pat, ed. (1987). The encyclopaedia of badminton. London: Robert Hale. ISBN 978-0-7090-2796-6.
  3. ↑ "The Transformation and Development of Badminton as a Global Sport Dominated by Asian Players, Teams, Sponsors and Brands, 1893-2012: Multidisciplinary Perspectives" (PDF). worldbadminton.com.
  4. 1 2 3 Walubita, Moses Sayela (4 August 2011). Zambia Sporting Score: A Period of Hits and Misses. iUniverse. p. 148. ISBN 9781450279123.
  5. 1 2 3 West Africa. West Africa Publishing Company Limited. 1982.
  6. ↑ "A caminho dos jogos africanos: Badminton sem competição e com poucas hipóteses de vitória – Verdade" (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  7. ↑ "Moçambique desqualificado para as finais do Badminton". cedid.blogs.sapo.mz. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  8. ↑ "Team Competition Badminton X All Africa Games 2011 Maputo (MOZ) - Thursday 08.09". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
  9. ↑ "Results | All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023". bwfworldtourfinals.bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  10. ↑ "BWF - All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023 - South Africa - Mozambique: 5-0". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  11. ↑ "BWF - All Africa Mixed Team Championships 2023 - Uganda - Mozambique: 5-0". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
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