Bhutan national badminton team
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| Association | Bhutan Badminton Federation (BBF) |
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| Confederation | BA (Asia) |
| President | Sonam Karma Tshering |
| BWF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 116 (2 January 2024) |
| Highest ranking | 106 (4 January 2018) |
The Bhutan national badminton team (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་པའི་བྱ་སྒྲོ་སྤོ་ལོ་ཨམ་ཚན་གྱིས) represents Bhutan in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Bhutan Badminton Federation (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་སྒྲོ་རྩེད་ཚོགས་པ་གིས་), the national governing body for Bhutanese badminton.[2]
Bhutan made their first team tournament appearance when the men's team competed in the 2016 South Asian Games in Shillong, India. The Bhutanese men's team lost to Nepal and was eliminated in the group stage.[3] The Bhutanese mixed team also competed in the Summer Universiade.
Men's team
Badminton was introduced to Bhutan in the 1990s as part of the nation's economic development and as the nation opened its doors to the outside world. The national team was formed in 1994.[4] Bhutan has been part of the Shuttle Time program organized by the Badminton World Federation since 2012.[5]
The Bhutanese men's team debuted in the 2016 South Asian Games. The team were eliminated in the group stages after losing 3–0 to Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.[6][7] The team were eliminated in the group stages again at the 2019 South Asian Games.[8]
Women's team
The women's team have yet to compete in any international team event.
Mixed team
The Bhutanese mixed team made their debut at the 2017 Summer Universiade mixed team event. Four players were selected to debut in the event.[9] The team were drawn into Group B with Japan and Poland. The team finished at the bottom of the group after losing 0–5 to Japan and Poland.[10] The team withdrew from the 17th to 23rd place tie against Uganda and finished in 21st place.[11][12]
Competitive record
Thomas Cup
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Uber Cup
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Sudirman Cup
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Asian Games
Men's team
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Women's team
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Asian Team Championships
Men's team
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Women's team
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Mixed team
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South Asian Games
Men's team
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Women's team
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South Asian Team Championships
Mixed team
| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2017 | Fifth place | 5th |
FISU World University Games
Mixed team
| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2007 | Did not enter | |
| 2011 | ||
| 2013 | ||
| 2015 | ||
| 2017 | Group stage | 21st |
| 2021 | Did not enter | |
| 2025 | TBD | |
World University Team Championships
Mixed team
| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2008 | Did not enter | |
| 2010 | ||
| 2012 | ||
| 2014 | ||
| 2016 | ||
| 2018 | ||
- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Junior competitive record
Suhandinata Cup
| Year | Round | Pos |
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 2000 |
Did not enter | |
 2002 | ||
 2004 | ||
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 2007 | ||
 2008 | ||
 2009 | ||
 2010 | ||
 2011 | ||
 2012 | ||
 2013 | ||
| 2014 | ||
 2015 | ||
 2016 | ||
 2017 | ||
| 2018 | ||
 2019 | ||
| 2020 |
Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2021 | ||
| 2022 |
Did not enter | |
 2023 | ||
| 2024 | ||
| 2025 |
Group stage | 36th of 36 |
Asian Junior Team Championships
Boys' team
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Girls' team
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Mixed team
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South Asian Junior Team Championships
Mixed team
| Year | Round | Pos |
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| 2019 | Group stage |
- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
