Pakistan national badminton team

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
AssociationPakistan Badminton Federation
ConfederationBadminton Asia
PresidentWajid Ali Chaudry
BWF ranking
Current ranking93 Decrease 24 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking63 (6 April 2017)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1993)
Best resultGroup stage
Asian Mixed Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2023)
Best resultGroup stage

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.

Participation in BWF competitions

Participation in WBF World Championships

In 1979, Pakistan participated in the World Championships organised by the WBF, which was a rival body of the Badminton World Federation that would later ceased its operation on May 26, 1981, and merged with the International Badminton Federation (now known as Badminton World Federation or BWF). They won a bronze and a silver at the event, in men's team and men's singles.

Men's team

YearResult
19793rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals

Participation in Asian Games

Although badminton is not a very popular sport in Pakistan, its team once entered the semifinals in the 1978 Asian Games in the men's team event, where veterans Javed Iqbal, Zahid Maqbool, Hassan Shaheed and Tariq Wadood took home the bronze.

Participation in Badminton Asia Team Championships

Mixed team

YearResult
2023Group Stage − 15th

Participation in South Asian Games

The national team have only achieved one runner-up, which was in 2004. The team also achieved a lot of semifinals positions, particularly in 2006, 2016 and 2019.

Junior competitive record

World Junior Team Championships
See also: BWF World Junior Championships

Suhandinata Cup
Year Result
China 2000Did not compete
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006Group Z2 - 26th of 28
New Zealand 2007Did not compete
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
New Zealand 2020Cancelled
China 2021
Spain 2022Did not participate
United States 2023

Current squad

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.
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