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Botswana national badminton team

National badminton team representing Botswana

Botswana

Association	Botswana Badminton Association (BBA)
Confederation	BCA (Africa)
Chairman	Marumo Morule
BWF ranking
Current ranking	95 2 (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking	63 (16 October 2014)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	14 (first in 1994)
Best result	Group stage

The Botswana national badminton team (Tswana: La lesizwe laseBotswana lebhedminton) represents Botswana in international team competitions and is controlled by the Botswana Badminton AssociationinGaborone, Botswana.^[1] The national team was formed after badminton was starting to be played in Motswana cities, Orapa, Selebi-Phikwe and Jwaneng.

The Motswana team have competed in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event. The team have also participated once at the Summer Universiade in 2017.

It is not exactly known when badminton was first played in Botswana. In the 1980s, the sport began to spread locally and was played around the Central DistrictinFrancistown, Orapa and Selebi-Phikwe. This led to the formation of the Botswana Badminton Association and the Motswana badminton team in 1990. The Botswana Badminton Association soon joined the Badminton World Federation and the Badminton Confederation of Africa under the chairmanship of Ishmael Bhamjee.^[2]

The Motswana team first debuted internationally at the African Mixed Team Championships in 2011.^[3] In that same year, the Motswana team qualified and competed in the 10th African Games. The team were drawn into Group 4 with South Africa, Congo-Brazzaville and Ethiopia. The team finished 2nd in the group, beating both Ethiopia and Congo-Brazzaville with a score of 5-0 but lost to South Africa.^[4]

The national team continued to compete in the next few editions of the African Mixed Team Championships and later African Games in 2015. The Motswana team placed 3rd in Group 2 and failed to qualify for the quarter-finals.^[5]

Thomas Cup [edit] Year Round Pos 1949 to 1964 Part of the  United Kingdom 1967 to 1992 Did not enter 1994 Did not qualify 1996 Did not enter 1998 Did not qualify 2000 Did not enter 2002 2004 Did not qualify 2006 Did not enter 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 To be determined 2028 2030

Uber Cup [edit] Year Round Pos 1957 to 1966 Part of the  United Kingdom 1969 to 2002 Did not enter 2004 Did not qualify 2006 Did not enter 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 To be determined 2028 2030

Sudirman Cup [edit] Year Round Pos 1989 to 2021 Did not enter 2023 Did not qualify 2025 To be determined 2027 2029

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

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

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

Name	Role
Ookeditse Thela	Head coach[6]
Harold Ndaba	Coach[7]
Muniovandu Kandjou	Junior coach

As of 2 January 2024

• African Mixed Team Badminton Championships: (2011, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021)
• African Games: (2015)