Maldives at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Maldives at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Maldives at the; 2022 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Maldives
CGF code	MDV
CGA	Maldives Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, England; 28 July 2022 – 8 August 2022
Competitors	24 (11 men and 13 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers	Zayan Zaki; Fathimath Nimal
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

The Maldives competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022.^[1] It was the team's ninth attendance at the Games, and the first since the country was re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations.^[2]

Zayan Zaki and Fathimath Nimal were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	5	6
Badminton	4	2	6
Beach volleyball	2	0	2
Swimming	3	2	5
Table tennis	1	4	5
Total	11	13	24

Athletics

Men
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hassan Saaid	100 m	10.75	49	did not advance
Hassan Saaid	200 m	22.32	45	did not advance

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mariyam Ali	100 m	12.80	45	did not advance
Aishath Hassan		12.17	40	did not advance
Mariyam Hussain		12.86	46	did not advance
Aminath Mohamed	200 m	26.79	35	did not advance
Rifa Mohamed	200 m	26.87	36	did not advance
Aishath Hassan	400 m	58.70	28	did not advance
Aminath Mohamed	400 m	1:01.49	30	did not advance
Mariyam Hussain Rifa Mohamed Aishath Hassan Aminath Mohamed	4 × 100 m relay	49.19	12	—		did not advance

Badminton

As of 1 June 2022, Maldives qualified for the mixed team event via the BWF World Rankings.^[4]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ahmed Nibal	Men's singles	Clark (FLK) W (21–10, 21–11)	Conteh (SLE) W (21-4, 21-3)	Ricketts (JAM) L (9-21, 6-21)	did not advance
Ajfan Rasheed		Bye	Abdul-Samad (GHA) W (21-16, 21-14)	Ng (MAS) L (7-21, 9-21)	did not advance
Zayan Zaki		Mulenga (ZAM) L (16–21, 8–21)	did not advance
Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	Women's singles	Bye	Sindhu (IND) L (4-21, 11-21)	did not advance
Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	Women's singles	Bye	Khan (SGP) L (10-21, 12-21)	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ahmed Nibal Ajfan Rasheed	Men's doubles	—	Chater & Joshua (FLK) W (21-14, 21-11)	Dias & Goonethilleka (SRI) L (12-21, 8-21)	did not advance
Zayan Zaki Rishwan Shiyam	Men's doubles	—	C Grimley & M Grimley (SCO) L (5-21, 7-21)	did not advance
Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	Women's doubles	—	Ea & Yu (AUS) L (13–21, 15–21)	did not advance
Ajfan Rasheed Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	Mixed doubles	Kwek & Jin (SGP) L (3–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Zayan Zaki Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	Mixed doubles	C Grimley & O'Donnell (SCO) L (8–21, 9–21)	did not advance

Mixed team

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Maldives	Mixed team	Scotland L 0–5	Canada L 0–5	Uganda L 1–4	4	did not advance

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	13	2	+11	26	4	+22	610	319	+291	3	Knockout stage
2	Scotland	3	2	1	11	4	+7	22	8	+14	562	365	+197	2	Knockout stage
3	Uganda	3	1	2	5	10	−5	11	21	−10	416	597	−181	1
4	Maldives	3	0	3	1	14	−13	3	29	−26	344	651	−307	0

Source: BWF

Scotland
5

National Exhibition Centre, Court 1
29 July 2022, 14:00 UTC+1
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Maldives
0

		1	2
1	Kirsty Gilmour Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	21 4	21 10
2	Callum Smith Zayan Zaki	21 6	21 10
3	Eleanor O'Donnell / Ciara Torrance Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	21 12	21 5
4	Alexander Dunn / Matthew Grimley Ahmed Nibal / Ajfan Rasheed	21 12	21 5
5	Adam Hall / Julie MacPherson Zayan Zaki / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	21 7	21 6

Canada
5

National Exhibition Centre, Court 2
30 July 2022, 09:00 UTC+1
^[6]

Maldives
0

		1	2
1	Ty Alexander Lindeman / Josephine Wu Ajfan Rasheed / Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	21 8	21 16
2	Brian Yang Ahmed Nibal	21 6	21 8
3	Michelle Li Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq	21 4	21 5
4	Adam Dong / Nyl Yakura Ajfan Rasheed / Zayan Zaki	21 9	21 12
5	Kristen Tsai / Rachel Honderich Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq / Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq	21 7	21 3

Maldives
1

National Exhibition Centre, Court 4
30 July 2022, 19:00 UTC+1
^[7]

Uganda
4

		1	2	3
1	Zayan Zaki Brian Kasirye	4 21	4 21
2	Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	20 22	17 21
3	Ahmed Nibal / Ajfan Rasheed Brian Kasirye / Daniel Wanagaliya	14 21	21 14	15 21
4	Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq Husina Kobugabe / Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	17 21	17 21
5	Zayan Zaki / Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq Daniel Wanagaliya / Husina Kobugabe	18 21	21 14	21 14

Beach volleyball

Maldives was awarded a Bipartite Invitation for the men's tournament.^[8]^[9]

Athletes	Event	Preliminary Round				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sajid Ismail Adam Naseem	Men's	Burnett / McHugh (AUS) L 0 - 2	Ntagengwa / Gatsinze (RWA) L 1 - 2	Williams / Goldschmidt (RSA) L 1 - 2	4	did not advance

Men's tournament

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Burnett – McHugh (AUS)	3	3	0	6	6	0	MAX	126	88	1.432	Quarterfinals
2	Ntagengwa – Gatsinze (RWA)	3	2	1	5	4	3	1.333	127	128	0.992	Quarterfinals
3	Williams – Goldschmidt (RSA)	3	1	2	4	2	5	0.400	109	132	0.826	Ranking of third-placed teams
4	Ismail – Naseem (MDV)	3	0	3	3	2	6	0.333	129	143	0.902

Source: birmingham2022.com

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

30 July 2022 19:00	Burnett – McHugh (AUS)	2–0	Ismail – Naseem (MDV)	Smithfield
	(21–13, 21–17) Report

1 August 2022 19:00	Ntagengwa – Gatsinze (RWA)	2–1	Ismail – Naseem (MDV)	Smithfield
	(21–16, 14–21, 16–14) Report

3 August 2022 19:00	Williams – Goldschmidt (RSA)	2–1	Ismail – Naseem (MDV)	Smithfield
	(21–16, 14–21, 15–11) Report

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mubal Azzam Ibrahim	50 m breaststroke	34.62	38	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:17.19	35	did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:23.69	22	—		did not advance
Aan Hussain	50 m freestyle	24.82	46	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.49	58	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.08	41	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:07.07	36	did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:03.35	45	did not advance
Rihan Shiham	50 m backstroke	32.41	44	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:11.87	37	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:37.33	20	—		did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	3:03.94	20	—		did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:05.12	47	did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:37.81	20	—		did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:35.70	10	—		did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hamna Ahmed	50 m freestyle	30.88	64	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	34.51	35	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:22.02	30	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	34.16	50	did not advance
Aishath Sausan	50 m freestyle	30.81	63	did not advance
	50 m backstroke	34.76	36	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:20.49	29	did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:58.24	15	—		did not advance
	50 m butterfly	32.94	49	did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hamna Ahmed Mubal Azzam Ibrahim Aishath Sausan Aan Hussain	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:14.91	17	did not advance
Aishath Sausan Aan Hussain Mubal Azzam Ibrahim Hamna Ahmed	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:57.22	17	did not advance

Table tennis

Maldives qualified a women's team for the table tennis competitions.^[10]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Moosa Ahmed	Men's singles	Abrefa (GHA) L 0 - 4	Sabbir (BAN) L 3 - 4	—	3	did not advance
Fathimath Ali	Women's singles	Maphanga (RSA) W 4 - 0	Thomas (WAL) L 0 - 4	—	2	did not advance
Aishath Nazim		Sinon (SEY) W 4 - 0	Nakhumitsa (UGA) W 4 - 0	—	1 Q	Jee (AUS) L 0 - 4	did not advance
Fathimath Nimal		Fu (CAN) L 2 - 4	Li (FIJ) L 2 - 4	Qwea (VAN) W 4 - 1	3	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fathimath Ali Aishath Nazim	Women's doubles	Bye	Cumberbatch / Velox (SVG) L WO	did not advance
Fathimath Nimal Muizzu Malaak	Women's doubles	Bye	Hosenally / Jalim (MRI) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Aishath Nazim Moosa Ahmed	Mixed doubles	Chan / Hosenally (MRI) L 2 - 3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Muizza Malaak Aishath Nazim Fathimath Nimal Fathimath Ali	Women's team	Mauritius (MRI) L 2 - 3	Malaysia (MAS) L 0 - 3	Australia (AUS) L 0 - 3	4	did not advance

References

^ "Commonwealth Games 2022 Queen's Baton tours Maldives atolls". OCA. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Maldives re-joins as member of Commonwealth Games Federation". TOI. The Times Group. ANI. 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "Maldives Minister of Sport congratulates flag bearers for CWG Opening Ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
^ Brennan, Eliott (1 June 2022). "Champions India discover group for Commonwealth Games badminton mixed team event". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
^ "Group C – Scotland vs. Maldives" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Group C – Canada vs. Maldives" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Group C – Maldives vs. Uganda" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.
^ "Beach Volleyball Line-Up Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ "ރާއްޖޭގެ ބީޗްވޮލީބޯޅަ ޓީމަށް ކޮމަންވެލްތު ގޭމްސް އިން ފުރުސަތު ދީފި". Adhadhu (in Divehi). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ Mohamed, Sarah (6 March 2022). "Maldivian women's TT team qualifies for commonwealth games". The Times of Addu. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

External links

Maldives Olympic Committee archive

[1] "Commonwealth Games 2022 Queen's Baton tours Maldives atolls". OCA. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

[2] "Maldives re-joins as member of Commonwealth Games Federation". TOI. The Times Group. ANI. 1 September 2020. Archived from the original on 1 September 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

[3] "Maldives Minister of Sport congratulates flag bearers for CWG Opening Ceremony". www.ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.

[4] Brennan, Eliott (1 June 2022). "Champions India discover group for Commonwealth Games badminton mixed team event". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

[5] "Group C – Scotland vs. Maldives" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[6] "Group C – Canada vs. Maldives" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[7] "Group C – Maldives vs. Uganda" (PDF). Retrieved 30 July 2022.

[8] "Beach Volleyball Line-Up Confirmed For Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". FIVB. 26 April 2022. Archived from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[9] "ރާއްޖޭގެ ބީޗްވޮލީބޯޅަ ޓީމަށް ކޮމަންވެލްތު ގޭމްސް އިން ފުރުސަތު ދީފި". Adhadhu (in Divehi). 26 April 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.

[10] Mohamed, Sarah (6 March 2022). "Maldivian women's TT team qualifies for commonwealth games". The Times of Addu. Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

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