Pakistan national badminton team

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Pakistan
AssociationPakistan Badminton Federation (PBF)
ConfederationBA (Asia)
PresidentWajid Ali Chaudhry
BWF ranking
Current ranking56 Increase 9 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking56 (2 January 2024)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1993)
Best resultGroup stage
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultGroup stage
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 1962)
Best resultSemi-finals (1962)
Asian Women's Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage

The Pakistan national badminton team (Urdu: پاکستان کی قومی بیڈمنٹن ٹیم) 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.

Competitive record

WBF World Championships

Commonwealth Games

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

South Asian Games

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006 Group Z2 − 26th of 28
New Zealand 2007 Did not enter
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013
Malaysia 2014
Peru 2015
Spain 2016
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Did not enter

Asian Junior Team Championships

South Asian Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Maldives 2019 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Murad Ali (1991-04-07) 7 April 1991 (age 32) 620 232 -
Muhammad Irfan Saeed Bhatti (1992-11-18) 18 November 1992 (age 31) 620 232 -
Raja Muhammad Hasnain (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26) - - -
Muhammad Muqeet Tahir (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 26) - - -
Awais Zahid (1991-10-08) 8 October 1991 (age 32) - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Mahoor Shahzad (1996-10-17) 17 October 1996 (age 27) 354 293 -
Ghazala Siddique (1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 29) 532 293 -
Sehra Akram (1995-10-01) 1 October 1995 (age 28) - - -
Bushra Qayyum (1995-07-11) 11 July 1995 (age 28) - - -
Huma Javeed (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 30) - - -

References

  1. ^ "Sudirman date is huge filip for Smillie". The Scotsman. 15 May 2004. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  2. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Pakistan's Mahoor Shahzad loses badminton opener in Tokyo". The Express Tribune. 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2022-07-30.