Nigeria
AssociationBadminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentFrancis Orbih
BWF ranking
Current ranking63 Decrease 13 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking27 (7 January 2016)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1999)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances13 (first in 1980)
Best resultChampions (1980, 1982, 1984, 2019)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 1982)
Best resultChampions (1980, 1982, 1984, 2008, 2010)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 1980)
Best resultChampions (1980, 1982, 1984)

The Nigeria national badminton team represents Nigeria in international badminton team competitions. It is managed by the Badminton Federation of Nigeria (BFN).[1] Nigeria have won the African Men's Team Championships three times. The Nigerian mixed team were the champions of the 2019 African Badminton Championships mixed team event.

Nigeria made its debut at the African Games since its inaugural edition in Abuja 2003.[2] Nigeria has won the mixed team title in 2007,[3] 2011,[4] and 2019.[5]

Competitive record

WBF World Championships

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Nigeria 2003 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Algeria 2007 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Mozambique 2011 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Republic of the Congo 2015 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals
Morocco 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Ghana 2023 TBD

African Team Championships

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Result
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002 Group stage – 18th of 23
Canada 2004 Did not enter
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
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
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Ghana 1979 Did not enter
Mozambique 1980 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Nigeria 1982 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Botswana 2007 Did not enter
Ethiopia 2009
Algeria 2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Mauritius 2022 Did not enter
**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
MS MD XD
Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997 (age 26) 121 534 -
Emmanuel Olusegun Ogunsanwo (1999-09-13) 13 September 1999 (age 24) 563 304 -
Joseph Abel (2003-01-05) 5 January 2003 (age 21) 974 304 -
Joseph Emmanuel Emmy (2004-10-30) 30 October 2004 (age 19) 609 295 -
Victor Ikechukwu (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 25) 691 295 -
Saddam Sidi Rufai (2003-09-25) 25 September 2003 (age 20) 1134 304 -
Khalil Safana Shamsuddeen (2003-09-28) 28 September 2003 (age 20) 609 304 -
Godwin Olofua (1999-04-18) 18 April 1999 (age 24) 442 505 -
David Oluwasegun Ogunsanwo (2001-10-15) 15 October 2001 (age 22) 694 505 -
Yunusa Momoh (1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 26) - 362 516

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Grace Gabriel (1988-06-25) 25 June 1988 (age 35) 243 210 516
Chineye Ibere (1995-11-04) 4 November 1995 (age 28) 340 357 -
Naomi Tanko (1996-02-28) 28 February 1996 (age 27) 470 - -
Zainab Damilola Alabi (2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 (age 21) 465 457 -
Ramatu Yakubu (1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 24) - 210 271
Uchechukwu Deborah Ukeh (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 27) 586 357 -
Sofiat Arinola Obanishola (2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 20) 586 457 -
Dorcas Ajoke Adesokan (1998-07-05) 5 July 1998 (age 25) - 457 -
Aminat Oluwafunke Ilori (2000-11-25) 25 November 2000 (age 23) 1029 457 -
Umar Maryam (1996-11-25) 25 November 1996 (age 27) - - 426

Previous squads

Thomas Cup

References

  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ Taiwo, Juliana (7 July 2003). "Nigeria: Abuja 2003: Badminton Optimistic of Medals Haul". allafrica.com. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton". en.people.cn. 16 July 2007. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  4. ^ Sachetat, Raphaël (13 September 2011). "ALL AFRICA GAMES – South Africa and Nigeria share medals". www.badzine.net. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  5. ^ Baba, Dare (25 August 2019). "Rabat 2019: Nigeria Wins Gold In Badminton Mixed Team". www.naijaonlinetv.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

External links

National sports teams of Nigeria
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