Nepal national badminton team

National badminton team representing Nepal

Nepal
BWF ranking

Association	Nepal Badminton Association (NBA)
Confederation	BA (Asia)
Chairman	Ramji Bahadur Shrestha
Current ranking	81 17 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	39 (7 January 2020)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1989)
Best result	Group stage
Asian Men's Team Championships
Appearances	2 (first in 2016)
Best result	Group stage

The Nepal national badminton team (Nepali: नेपाली राष्ट्रिय ब्याडमिन्टन टिम) represents Nepal in international badminton team competitions.^[1] The Nepalese national team is controlled by the Nepal Badminton Association, the governing body for badminton in Nepal.

Nepal competed in the Sudirman Cup in 1989. The mixed team would later compete for a second time in 2019. The men's team participated in the Badminton Asia Team Championships in 2016 and 2018. The Nepalese men's and women's team also competes in the South Asian Games.

History

Badminton was introduced to Nepal in the 1950s when it was widely encouraged as a national sport by King Mahendra of Nepal whom later became the chairman of the Nepal Badminton Association in 1956. The national team was formed soon after the establishment of the Nepal Badminton Association.^[2]

The Nepali team started competing in international team tournaments in the 1980s when the men's and women's team took part in qualifying for the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup respectively.^[3]^[4] The Nepali men's and women's team also made their Asian Games debut at the 1986 Asian Games. In 1989, the Nepali team made their mixed team debut in the inaugural 1989 Sudirman Cup. The team lost in the group stages.^[5]

In 2004, the Nepali men and women's team were sent to compete in the 9th South Asian Games and finished in 4th place. Both teams later competed for the next few Games and finished in third place.

In 2014, the national men's team reached the quarter-finals at the 2014 Asian Games but lost to the Malaysian team with a score of 0-3.^[6] The Nepali men's team debuted in the Badminton Asia Team Championships in 2016 and competed for a second time in 2018.^[7] In 2019, the national mixed team made their second appearance at the 2019 Sudirman Cup. The team lost the classification round to Lithuania and were placed 28th in the final ranking.^[8]

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

Year	Result
1949	Did not enter
1952
1955
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1973
1976
1979
1982
1984	Did not qualify
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996	Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Did not enter
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Did not qualify
2008	Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016	Did not qualify
2018	Did not qualify
2020	Did not enter
2022	Did not enter
2024	TBD
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
2030	TBD

Uber Cup

Year	Result
1957	Did not enter
1960
1963
1966
1969
1972
1975
1978
1981
1984
1986
1988	Did not qualify
1990
1992
1994
1996	Did not enter
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024	TBD
2026	TBD
2028	TBD
2030	TBD

Sudirman Cup

Year	Result
1989	Group 6 Relegated − 25th
1991	Did not enter
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019	Group 3 − 28th
2021	Did not enter
2023	Did not enter
2025	TBD
2027	TBD
2029	TBD

Asian Games

Men's team

Year	Result
1962	Did not enter
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986	Quarter-finals
1990	Did not enter
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014	Quarter-finals
2018	Quarter-finals
2022	Quarter-finals
2026	TBD
2030	TBD
2034	TBD
2038	TBD

Women's team

Year	Result
1962	Did not enter
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986	Quarter-finals
1990	Did not enter
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014	Round of 16
2018	Round of 16
2022	Round of 16
2026	TBD
2030	TBD
2034	TBD
2038	TBD

Asian Team Championships

Men's team

Year	Result
1962	Round of 16
1965	Quarter-finals
1969	Did not enter
1971
1976
1983
1985
1987
1989
1993
2004	Group stage
2006	Group stage
2008	Did not enter
2010
2012
2016	Group stage
2018	Group stage
2020	Did not enter
2022	Did not enter
2024	TBD
2026	TBD
2028	TBD

Women's team

Year	Result
2004	Did not enter
2006
2008
2010
2012
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024	TBD
2026	TBD
2028	TBD

Mixed team

Year	Result
2017	Did not enter
2019
2023
2025	TBD
2027	TBD
2029	TBD

South Asian Games

Men's team

Year	Result
2004	Did not enter
2006	Semi-finals
2010	Semi-finals
2016	Group stage
2019	Semi-finals
2024	TBD

Women's team

Year	Result
2004	Did not enter
2006	Semi-finals
2010	Semi-finals
2016	Semi-finals
2019	Semi-finals
2024	TBD

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year	Result
2000	Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017	Group A2 − 42nd of 44
2018	Did not enter
2019
2022
2023
2024	TBD

Asian Junior Team Championships

Boys' team

Year	Result
1997	Round of 32
1998	Did not enter
1999
2000
2001
2002
2004
2005

Girls' team

Year	Result
1997	Did not enter
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2004
2005

Mixed team

Year	Result
2006	Did not enter
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013	Group stage
2014	Did not enter
2015	Group stage
2016	Did not enter
2017	Group stage
2018	Did not enter
2019	Group stage
2023	Did not enter
2024	TBD
2025	TBD

South Asian Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Result
2019	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
Name	DoB/Age	MS	MD	XD
Prince Dahal	(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 19)	192	328	973
Praful Maharjan	(2001-03-30) 30 March 2001 (age 23)	484	-	-
Jivan Acharya	(1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 24)	-	233	335
Sunil Joshi	(1999-12-03) 3 December 1999 (age 24)	622	328	-
Bishnu Katwal	(1985-04-13) 13 April 1985 (age 39)	598	233	223

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
Name	DoB/Age	WS	WD	XD
Rasila Maharjan	(2005-10-20) 20 October 2005 (age 18)	218	294	973
Anu Maya Rai	(1992-11-24) 24 November 1992 (age 31)	356	294	-
Nangsal Tamang	(1987-12-28) 28 December 1987 (age 36)	422	294	223
Nita Lamsal	(2002-07-22) 22 July 2002 (age 21)	-	294	335
Sima Rajbanshi	(2003-02-27) 27 February 2003 (age 21)	-	-	-

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