Seychelles national badminton team

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Seychelles
AssociationSeychelles Badminton Association (SBA)
ConfederationBCA (Africa)
PresidentMichel Bau
BWF ranking
Current ranking130 Decrease 6 (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking44 (5 April 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best resultGroup stage
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances10 (first in 1992)
Best resultChampions (2007)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best resultGroup stage

The Seychelles national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale des Seychelles de badminton; Seychellois Creole: Ekip nasyonal badminton Sesel) represents Seychelles in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Seychellois team is controlled by the Seychelles Badminton Association. While badminton is not popular in Seychelles, the island nation has competed in the African Badminton Championships and have decent results over the years.

The national team won the African Badminton Championships mixed team event in 2007 and were runners-up two years later. The team were semifinalists in the 2013 and 2014 African Badminton Championships. The team also participated in the Sudirman Cup two times in 2011 and 2015 but were eliminated in the group stage.

The Seychelles team also participated in the Commonwealth Games.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2003 Semi-finals 4th
2007 Semi-finals 3rd
2011 Semi-finals 4th
2015 Semi-finals 4th
2019 Did not enter
2027 To be determined

African Team Championships

Indian Ocean Island Games

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Round Pos
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2022
2023
2024 To be determined

Commonwealth Youth Games

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
2004 Did not enter

African Youth Games

African Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1979 Did not enter
1980
1982
1984
1988
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001 Fourth place 4th
2003 Did not enter
2005 Group stage
2007 Semi-finals 4th
2009 Did not enter
2011
2013 Group stage
2016 Group stage
2021 Did not enter
2022
2024 To be determined
**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
Aaron Malcouzane (2003-05-04) 4 May 2003 (age 21) 1057 534 -
Jie Luo (2000-03-26) 26 March 2000 (age 24) - 717 740
Jakim Renaud (2001-03-25) 25 March 2001 (age 23) 1057 534 -
Ryan Boniface (2003-04-30) 30 April 2003 (age 21) 1057 717 -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Allisen Camille (1992-06-26) 26 June 1992 (age 31) - - 740
Xiang Luo (2002-06-09) 9 June 2002 (age 21) - - -
Sejaljayesh Shah (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 30) - - -
Chlorie Cadeau (1996-03-17) 17 March 1996 (age 28) - - -

References

  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.