Pakistan national badminton team
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| Association | Pakistan Badminton Federation |
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| Confederation | Badminton Asia |
| President | Wajid Ali Chaudry |
| BWF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 93  24 (3 January 2023) |
| Highest ranking | 63 (6 April 2017) |
| Sudirman Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1993) |
| Best result | Group stage |
| Asian Mixed Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2023) |
| Best result | Group stage |
The Pakistan national badminton team (Template:Lang-ur) represents Pakistan in international badminton team competitions.[1][2] It is controlled by the Pakistan Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Pakistan. The national team was established in 1953.
Pakistan had only appeared in the international stage three times as they were eliminated in the group stage in the 1993, 1995 and 1997 edition of the Sudirman Cup.
The nation would make its first badminton debut in the Olympics when national player Mahoor Shahzad represented the country in the women's singles discipline.[3]
The team would later participate in the 2022 Commonwealth Games mixed team event through a bipartite invitation.
Participation in BWF competitions
Participation in WBF World Championships
In 1979, Pakistan participated in the World Championships organised by the WBF, which was a rival body of the Badminton World Federation that would later ceased its operation on May 26, 1981, and merged with the International Badminton Federation (now known as Badminton World Federation or BWF). They won a bronze and a silver at the event, in men's team and men's singles.
Men's team
| Year | Result |
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| 1979 |  Semi-finals
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Participation in Asian Games
Although badminton is not a very popular sport in Pakistan, its team once entered the semifinals in the 1978 Asian Games in the men's team event, where veterans Javed Iqbal, Zahid Maqbool, Hassan Shaheed and Tariq Wadood took home the bronze.
Participation in Badminton Asia Team Championships
| Year | Result |
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| 2023 | Group Stage − 15th |
Participation in South Asian Games
The national team have only achieved one runner-up, which was in 2004. The team also achieved a lot of semifinals positions, particularly in 2006, 2016 and 2019.
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Junior competitive record
World Junior Team Championships
Suhandinata Cup
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 2000 |
Did not compete |
 2002
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 2004
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 2006 |
Group Z2 - 26th of 28 |
 2007 |
Did not compete |
 2008
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 2009
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 2010
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 2011
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 2012
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 2013
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| 2014
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 2015
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 2016
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 2017
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| 2018
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 2019
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| 2020 |
Cancelled |
| 2021
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| 2022 |
Did not participate |
 2023
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Current squad
Male players
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Female players
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References
- ^ "Sudirman date is huge filip for Smillie". The Scotsman. 15 May 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
- ^ "Pakistan's Mahoor Shahzad loses badminton opener in Tokyo". The Express Tribune. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
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