Afghanistan
AssociationAfghanistan Badminton Federation (ABF)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentMastora Arezo
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking100 (6 April 2017)

The Afghanistan national badminton team (Pashto: د افغانستان د بیډمنټن ملي لوبډله) represents Afghanistan in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Badminton Federation of Afghanistan and competes under the South Asian region. Afghanistan competed in the Asian Games individual event. The Afghan junior team has competed in the BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event, also known as the Suhandinata Cup. The team finished in 34th place.

History

The Afghanistan badminton team was formed in 1974. The team, along with the Badminton Federation of Afghanistan were dissolved for a brief period of time during the Afghan War but were later revived in 2002. The national team have had trouble in competing international tournaments as the team lacked equipment and funding from the National Olympic Committee of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.[2]

Men's team

Afghanistan first competed in the 2016 South Asian Games. The team were drawn into Group A with India, Bangladesh and Maldives. The team lost all of their matches and were eliminated in the group stage.[3][4]

Women's team

The Afghani women's team competed in the 2016 South Asian Games. They were drawn into Group A with India and Nepal. The team failed to qualify for the knockout stage after losing 3–0 to India and Nepal in the group stage.[5]

Competitive record

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

South Asian Games

Women's Islamic Games

Women's team

Year Round Pos
1993 Did not enter
1997 Group stage 9th
2001 Sixth place 6th
2005 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

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

Asian Junior Team Championships

South Asian Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2019 Did not enter
**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
Hasibullha Nazari 22 April 1998 - - -
Nematullah Habibi 24 June 2000 - - -
Najibullah Yousufi 29 November 1999 - - -
Elyas Gharman 5 May 2001 - - -
Sabawoon Gulzad 28 December 2001 - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Shabana Afshar 19 May 1996 - - -
Lidaa Saraj 6 March 1998 - - -
Zainab Yari 22 August 2001 - - -

References

  1. ↑ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-08-16.
  2. ↑ "Getting to know the Afghanistan Badminton Federation | AVA". Afghan Voice Agency (AVA). 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  3. ↑ "South Asian Games 2016" (PDF). 2016-03-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-17. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
  4. ↑ "South Asian Games 2016 - Men Team Championship - Group A". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  5. ↑ "South Asian Games: Indian men and women's team enter badminton semis". The Times of India. 2016-02-07. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
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