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Bhutan

Association	Bhutan Badminton Federation (BBF)
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. It is controlled by the Bhutan Badminton Federation (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་སྒྲོ་རྩེད་ཚོགས་པ་གིས་), the national governing body for Bhutanese badminton.

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. The Bhutanese mixed team also competed in the Summer Universiade.

History

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. Bhutan has been part of the Shuttle Time program organized by the Badminton World Federation since 2012.

Men's team

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. The team were eliminated in the group stages again at the 2019 South Asian Games.

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. 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. The team withdrew from the 17th to 23rd place tie against Uganda and finished in 21st place.

Competitive record

Asian Games

Asian Team Championships

South Asian Games

South Asian Team Championships

Mixed team

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Asian Junior Team Championships

South Asian Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

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

Staff

The following list shows the coaching staff for the national badminton team of Bhutan.

Name	Role
Norbu Dradhul	Head coach
Nidup Dorji	Assistant coach
Sherab Gyaltshen	Assistant coach

Players

Current squad

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

Women's team

References

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2. "Bhutan Badminton Federation – Bhutan Badminton Association". Retrieved 14 August 2022.
3. "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON" (PDF). 17 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
4. "Bhutan Badminton Federation – Bhutan Olympic Committee". bhutanolympiccommittee.org. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
5. "Shuttle Time Reaches New Bhutanese Region – BWF Shuttle Time". Retrieved 1 March 2023.
6. "2016 SOUTH ASIAN GAMES BADMINTON RESULT" (PDF). 17 March 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
7. "South Asian Games 2016 – Men Team Championship – Group B". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
8. "SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2019 RESULTS- BADMINTON". SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2019.
9. "Taipei Summer Universiade 2017 (Badminton) Athlete Profile : Bhutan". FISU Taipei 2017. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
10. "FISU Taipei 2017 – Badminton Mixed Team – Group B Results" (PDF). FISU Taipei 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
11. "FISU Taipei 2017 – Badminton Mixed Team – 17th – 23rd Place – Bhutan vs Uganda" (PDF).
12. "29th Summer Universiade". www.fisu.net. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

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