Samoa national badminton team

Badminton was first played in Samoa in the 1950s when expatriates from the London Missionary Society serving at the Apia Protestant Church started playing the sport. The country began organizing badminton competitions in 1987 to spread the popularity of the sport around the country.^[3]

The Samoan mixed team competed in the mixed team event at the 2003 South Pacific Games.^[4] The team lost to New Caledonia, Fiji and Wallis and Futuna but beat Nauru 5−0 to finish in 4th place.^[5] In 2007, the team won their first international team medal when the team finished in 3rd place for bronze in the 2007 South Pacific Games mixed team event.^[6] In 2019, the team competed in the 2019 Oceania Mixed Team Championships and finished in 7th place.^[7][8] In that same year, the team competed in the 2019 Pacific Games as the home team and finished in 6th place.^[9][10]

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

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

Sudirman Cup Year Round Pos 1989 Did not enter 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 TBD 2027 2029

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