Bhutan national badminton team
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| Sport | Badminton |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Association | Bhutan Badminton Federation |
| Location | Bhutan |
| President | Sonam Karma Tshering |
| Head coach | Norbu Dradhul |
| Confederation | Badminton Asia |
| World rank | 111 (points balanced with Guam) |
The Bhutan national badminton team 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 women's team would later qualify and make its debut in the 2019 South Asian Games.
The Bhutanese mixed team also competed in the Summer Universiade.
Participation in Summer Universiade
Bhutan sent a total of 6 badminton athletes to compete in the 2017 Summer Universiade mixed team event. The team was placed into Group B with Japan and Poland.
| Year | Result |
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 2017
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Group stage − 21st[1] |
Participation in South Asian Games
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Current squad
The following players are selected to represent Bhutan at the 2019 South Asian Games.[6]
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References
- ^ a b "29th Summer Universiade". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ "Bhutan Badminton Federation - Bhutan Badminton Association". Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON" (PDF). 2016-03-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON RESULT" (PDF). 2016-03-17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
- ^ a b "SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2019 RESULTS- BADMINTON". SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2019.
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