Nauru national badminton team

National badminton team representing Nauru
Nauru
AssociationNauru Badminton Association (NBA)
ConfederationBO (Oceania)
PresidentMarissa Cook
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking98 (3 April 2014)
Oceania Mixed Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2014)
Best resultGroup stage

The Nauru national badminton team (Nauruan: Karone ekaramwen badminton eben Ripubrikin Naoero) represents Nauru in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is administered by the Nauru Badminton Association, the governing body for badminton in Nauru. The Nauruan team first competed in the 2014 Oceania Badminton Championships mixed team event.

History

Badminton was first played in Nauru in the early 1990s. The Nauru Badminton Association was formed in 1992.[2] The national association sent their first few players to compete in the 2003 South Pacific Games.

Mixed team

Nauru made their international team debut when the mixed team competed in the 2003 South Pacific Games mixed team event.[3] The team finished in 5th place.[4] In 2014, the team made their Oceania Mixed Team Championships debut. The team were eliminated in the group stages.[5]

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

Year Result
England 1949 Part of the  United Kingdom
Colony of Singapore 1952
Colony of Singapore 1955
Colony of Singapore 1958
Indonesia 1961
Japan 1964
Indonesia 1967
Malaysia 1970 Not a member of the BWF
Indonesia 1973
Thailand 1976
Indonesia 1979
England 1982
Malaysia 1984
Indonesia 1986
Malaysia 1988
Japan 1990
Malaysia 1992
Indonesia 1994 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1996
Hong Kong 1998
Malaysia 2000
China 2002
Indonesia 2004
Japan 2006
Indonesia 2008
Malaysia 2010
China 2012
India 2014
China 2016
Thailand 2018
Denmark 2020
Thailand 2022
China 2024 TBD
N/A 2026 TBD
N/A 2028 TBD
N/A 2030 TBD

Uber Cup

Year Result
England 1957 Part of the  United Kingdom
United States 1960
United States 1963
New Zealand 1966
Japan 1969 Not a member of the BWF
Japan 1972
Indonesia 1975
New Zealand 1978
Japan 1981
Malaysia 1984
Indonesia 1986
Malaysia 1988
Japan 1990
Malaysia 1992
Indonesia 1994 Did not enter
Hong Kong 1996
Hong Kong 1998
Malaysia 2000
China 2002
Indonesia 2004
Japan 2006
Indonesia 2008
Malaysia 2010
China 2012
India 2014
China 2016
Thailand 2018
Denmark 2020
Thailand 2022
China 2024 TBD
N/A 2026 TBD
N/A 2028 TBD
N/A 2030 TBD

Sudirman Cup

Year Result
Indonesia 1989 Not a member of the BWF
Denmark 1991
England 1993 Did not enter
Switzerland 1995
Scotland 1997
Denmark 1999
Spain 2001
Netherlands 2003
China 2005
Scotland 2007
China 2009
China 2011
Malaysia 2013
China 2015
Australia 2017
China 2019
Finland 2021
China 2023
China 2025 TBD
N/A 2027 TBD
N/A 2029 TBD

Commonwealth Games

Men's team

Year Result
Malaysia 1998 Did not enter

Women's team

Year Result
Malaysia 1998 Did not enter

Mixed team

Year Result
Canada 1978 Did not enter
Australia 1982
Scotland 1986
New Zealand 1990
Canada 1994
England 2002
Australia 2006
India 2010
Scotland 2014
Australia 2018
England 2022
Australia 2026 TBD

Oceania Team Championships

Men's team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Did not enter
New Zealand 2006
New Caledonia 2008
New Zealand 2010
Australia 2012
New Zealand 2016
New Zealand 2018
Australia 2020
Australia 2024 TBD

Women's team

Year Result
Australia 2004 Did not enter
New Zealand 2006
New Caledonia 2008
New Zealand 2010
Australia 2012
New Zealand 2016
New Zealand 2018
Australia 2020
Australia 2024 TBD

Mixed team

Year Result
Australia 1999 Did not enter
Fiji 2002
New Zealand 2004
New Zealand 2006
New Caledonia 2008
New Zealand 2010
Australia 2012
Australia 2014 Group stage
New Zealand 2016 Did not enter
Australia 2019
New Zealand 2023

Pacific Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Fiji 2003 Round robin – 5th
Samoa 2007 Did not enter
New Caledonia 2011
Samoa 2019
French Polynesia 2027 TBD

Pacific Mini Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Northern Mariana Islands 2022 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
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

Oceania Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Fiji 2011 Did not enter
French Polynesia 2013
New Zealand 2015
New Caledonia 2017
Australia 2019
New Zealand 2023
**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
Image Declan Capelle (1999-09-21) 21 September 1999 (age 24) - - -
Ronson-Dedemaro Cook (1999-06-05) 5 June 1999 (age 25) - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Ruth Bagaga (2000-07-01) 1 July 2000 (age 23) - - -
Zoshka Detenamo (1998-09-08) 8 September 1998 (age 25) - - -

Previous squads

Oceania Team Championships

  • Mixed team: 2014

References

  1. ^ "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  2. ^ Tom (2020-03-19). "Nauru All Set to Shuttle Up". Badminton Oceania. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  3. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Badminton - Archive - Team List by Country". sportingpulse.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  4. ^ "2003 South Pacific Games - Badminton". sportingpulse.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  5. ^ "BWF - 2014 KUMPOO Oceania Mixed Team Championships - Oceania Mixed Team - Group A". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-20.