# Bhutan national badminton team

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
### South Asian Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2017 | Fifth place | 5th |

### FISU World University Games
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2007 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2011 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2013 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2015 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2017 | Group stage | 21st |
| 2021 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2025 | TBD | TBD |

### World University Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2008 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2010 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2012 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2014 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2016 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
| 2018 | Did not enter | Did not enter |
    **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

## Junior competitive record
### Suhandinata Cup

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

### South Asian Junior Team Championships
#### Mixed team

| Year | Round | Pos |
| 2019 | Group stage | |
    **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

| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Ranking of event | Ranking of event |
| Name | DoB/Age | MS | MD | XD |
| Anish Gurung | (2000-01-27) 27 January 2000 (age 24) | 622 | 328 | – |
| Jimba Sangay Lhendup | (2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 22) | 622 | 328 | – |
| Ugyen Choeda | (1992-09-25) 25 September 1992 (age 32) | – | – | – |
| Karma Chendru | (1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 27) | – | – | – |
| Gazin Wangchuk | (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25) | – | – | – |
| Jamyang Tenzin | (2002-02-27) 27 February 2002 (age 22) | – | – | – |

#### Women's team

| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Ranking of event | Ranking of event |
| Name | DoB/Age | WS | WD | XD |
| Samjana Gurung | (2001-06-29) 29 June 2001 (age 23) | – | – | – |
| Kinley Wangmo | (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 (age 21) | – | – | – |
| Thinley Dema | (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26) | – | – | – |
| Lhachen Dema | (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 29) | – | – | – |
| Phuntsho Dema | (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 21) | – | – | – |
| Phuntsho Choden Thingh | (1996-06-12) 12 June 1996 (age 28) | – | – | – |