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National badminton team representing Mozambique
Mozambique Association Federação Moçambicana de Badminton (FMB)Confederation BCA (Africa)President Luis Santos Current ranking 91 5 (2 January 2024) Highest ranking 85 (4 July 2023) Appearances 5 (first in 1980 ) Best result Third place (1980 ) Appearances 1 (first in 1980 ) Best result Third place (1980 ) Appearances 3 (first in 1980 ) Best result Third place (1980 , 1982 , 1984 )
The Mozambique national badminton team (Portuguese : Seleção nacional de badminton de Moçambique ) represents Mozambique in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Mozambican national team is controlled by the Mozambique Badminton Federation (Mozambican Portuguese : Federacao Moçambicana de Badminton) located in Maputo .[2]
The Mozambican team participated in the 1982 Africa Badminton Championships . Both men's and mixed team reached the semifinals and finished in fourth place while the women's team achieved a bronze medal finish in 3rd place.
Indira Bhikha was the first Mozambican badminton player to win gold at the African Badminton Championships . She won gold in women's singles at the 1984 African Badminton Championships in Dar es Salaam , Tanzania .
History [ edit ]
Badminton has been played in Mozambique since the 1970s . Mozambique was one of the seven African countries that formed the Badminton Confederation of Africa on 31 August 1977.[3] The country first competed in the African Badminton Championships in 1982.
Men's team [ edit ]
The Mozambican men's team finished in fourth place at the 1982 African Badminton Championships men's team event.[4] [5]
Women's team [ edit ]
The Mozambican women's team gave the country their first ever podium appearance in international badminton when the women's team finished in third place for bronze.[4] [5]
Mixed team [ edit ]
Mozambique competed in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event in 1982. The team finished in fourth place.[4] [5]
In 2011, the Mozambican team competed in the 2011 All-African Games mixed team event.[6] The team were grouped with Seychelles and Uganda but lost 5−0 to both teams and finished last in the group.[7] [8] Mozambique made their second appearance in the African Badminton Championships mixed team event after four decades. The team finished last in their group after losing 5−0 to South Africa and Uganda .[9] [10] [11]
Competitive record [ edit ]
African Games [ edit ]
Mixed team [ edit ]
African Team Championships [ edit ]
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Junior competitive record [ edit ]
Suhandinata Cup [ edit ]
African Youth Games [ edit ]
African Junior Team Championships [ edit ]
Mixed team [ edit ]
Year
Result
1979
Did not enter
1980
Third place
1982
Third place
2007
Did not enter
2009
2013
2022
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Players [ edit ]
Current squad [ edit ]
As of 2 January 2024
Men's team [ edit ]
Women's team [ edit ]
Name
DoB/Age
Ranking of event
WS
WD
XD
Jessica de Almeida
(2000-11-25 ) 25 November 2000 (age 23)
580
448
458
Afrika Matsinhe
(1998-07-12 ) 12 July 1998 (age 25)
580
448
740
Previous squads [ edit ]
African Team Championships [ edit ]
References [ edit ]