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South Africa
AssociationBadminton South Africa
ConfederationBadminton Confederation of Africa
PresidentGretha Prinsloo
BWF ranking
Current ranking35 Increase 8 (4 July 2023)
Highest ranking23 (5 April 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage
Thomas Cup
Appearances4 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
Uber Cup
Appearances5 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances15 (first in 1998)
Best resultChampions (1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2004)
Best resultChampions (2004, 2006, 2012, 2016)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best resultChampions (2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)

The South African national badminton team (Template:Lang-af; Template:Lang-st; Template:Lang-xh; Template:Lang-zu) represents South Africa in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by Badminton South Africa, the governing body for badminton in South Africa. South Africa has participated in the Thomas Cup, Uber Cup and the Sudirman Cup but have never been to the quarterfinals.

South Africa is one of the leading badminton nations in Africa, winning all three team events at the African Badminton Championships for more than four times.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

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

African Team Championships

FISU World University Games

See also: Badminton at the FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Thailand 2007 Did not enter
China 2011
Russia 2013
South Korea 2015
Chinese Taipei 2017 Group stage
China 2021 Did not enter
Germany 2025 TBD

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Portugal 2008 Did not enter
Chinese Taipei 2010
South Korea 2012
Spain 2014
Russia 2016
Malaysia 2018
**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 Group stage − 23rd of 24
South Africa 2002 Group stage − 16th of 23
Canada 2004 Did not enter
South Korea 2006 Group X2 − 27th of 28
New Zealand 2007 Group Y1 − 23rd of 25
India 2008 Did not enter
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010 Group X1 − 23rd of 24
Chinese Taipei 2011 Did not enter
Japan 2012 Group Z2 − 28th of 30
Thailand 2013 Group Z1 − 24th of 30
Malaysia 2014 Group W2 − 28th of 33
Peru 2015 Group C2 − 28th of 39
Spain 2016 Group C1 − 45th of 52
Indonesia 2017 Group B2 − 31st of 44
Canada 2018 Group C − 31st of 39
Russia 2019 Did not enter
Spain 2022
United States 2023
N/A 2024 TBD

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Quarter-finals

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Ghana 1979 Banned due to apartheid
Mozambique 1980
Nigeria 1982
Botswana 2007 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Ethiopia 2009 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Algeria 2013 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Mauritius 2022 Group stage
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Current squad

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Caden Kakora (2003-07-10) 10 July 2003 (age 21) 232 142 135
Robert White (2004-07-27) 27 July 2004 (age 20) 217 142 109
Cameron Coetzer (1995-11-07) 7 November 1995 (age 29) - 671 408
Ruan Snyman (1998-11-02) 2 November 1998 (age 26) 521 373 -
Jarred Elliott (2000-01-26) 26 January 2000 (age 24) - 95 87
Robert Summers (2002-05-13) 13 May 2002 (age 22) 229 95 332

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Johanita Scholtz (2000-01-25) 25 January 2000 (age 24) 90 410 135
Anri Schoonees (1996-03-28) 28 March 1996 (age 28) - 410 408
Amy Ackerman (2005-03-16) 16 March 2005 (age 19) 833 67 87
Deidré Laurens (1995-03-29) 29 March 1995 (age 29) 498 67 109
Demi Botha (1995-07-27) 27 July 1995 (age 29) - 712 408
Diane Olivier (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20) 417 - -

References

  1. ^ tournamentsoftware.com
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