Bangladesh national badminton team

Bangladesh

Association	Bangladesh Badminton Federation (BBF)
Confederation	BA (Asia)
President	Abdul Malek
BWF ranking
Current ranking	130 18 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	70 (5 January 2017)
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances	4 (first in 1976)
Best result	Round of 16 (1976, 1983)

The Bangladesh national badminton team (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় ব্যাডমিন্টন দল) represents Bangladesh in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by the Bangladesh Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Bangladesh.^[1] The Bangladeshi junior mixed team competed in the 2011 Asian Junior Badminton Championships.

Bangladesh has also participated in the South Asian Games. The men's team and women's team both achieved a semifinal bronze position in 2010 and 2016.

History

Badminton was introduced to Bangladesh in the 1900s by the British. At the time, the sport was only played throughout urban areas.^[2] In 1972, the Bangladesh Badminton Federation was formed and the sport started to gain popularity. The national team competed in one of their first international team events at the 2004 South Asian Games.

Men's team

The Bangladeshi men's team first competed in the 2004 South Asian Games but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. In 2010, the team competed at the 2010 South Asian Games as host team and finished in third place.^[3][4] The team were eliminated semi-finals at the next edition of the South Asian Games in 2016 after losing 3–0 to Sri Lanka.^[5]

Women's team

The women's team competed alongside the men's team at the 2004 South Asian Games. The team won bronze consecutively at the 2010 South Asian Games and the 2016 South Asian Games.

Competitive record

WBF World Championships

Commonwealth Games

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

South Asian Games

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

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

South Asian Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2019	Group stage

Staff

The following list shows the coaching staff for the national badminton team of Bangladesh.^[6]

Name	Role
Enayetullah Khan	Coach
Ohiduzzaman Raju	Coach

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		MS	MD	XD
Gourab Singha	(2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 20)	-	665	-
Mohammad Salman Khan	(1995-10-27) 27 October 1995 (age 28)	-	-	-
Shuva Khandakar	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994 (age 29)	-	-	-
Md. Abdul Hamid Lukman	(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002 (age 21)	-	665	-
Al Amin Zumar	(1999-08-25) 25 August 1999 (age 24)	-	-	-
Syed Saker Mohammad	(2004-02-16) 16 February 2004 (age 20)	-	-	-

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Bristy Khatun	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 28)	-	-	-
Urmi Akter	(2003-02-01) 1 February 2003 (age 21)	-	-	-
Rasma Akter	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 23)	-	-	-
Alina Sultana	(1984-12-03) 3 December 1984 (age 39)	-	-	-
Lika Podder	(2002-11-27) 27 November 2002 (age 21)	-	-	-
Mst. Nasima Khatun	(2005-12-23) 23 December 2005 (age 18)	-	-	-

References