Togo national badminton team

The Togo national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Togo; Ewe: Ẹgbẹ badminton orilẹ-ede Togo) represents Togo in international team competitions.[1] The Togolese Badminton Federation (French: Federation Togolaise de Badminton) controls everything in the national team.

Togo
AssociationTogolese Badminton Federation
ConfederationBadminton Confederation of Africa
PresidentTakassi Kikpa Tikoyabe
BWF ranking
Current rankingUnranked
Highest ranking95 (5 July 2018)
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage

History

Badminton first reached Togo in the late 1990s. Togo was one of the first nations in West Africa to adopt the sport and the first French-speaking African nation to do so. Badminton failed to gain popularity in Togo in the 1990s due to the lack of activities and funding.[2]

In 2012, the Togolese Badminton Federation partnered with the Badminton World Federation and initiated Shuttle Time project to increase the number of badminton players and revitalize the practice of badminton in Togo.[3] The project gave the national team slight success as they were able to debut their first few players internationally at the 2019 African Mixed Team Championships.[4]

Mixed team

The Togolese mixed team first competed in the 2019 African Mixed Team Championships. The team were drawn to Group C with Algeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast. The Togolese team were eliminated in the group stages after losing all their matches in the group stage.[5]

Competitive record

African Team Championships

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Azim Issa (1998-11-28)28 November 1998 (aged 24) - - -
Koami Vivien Amoussou (2001-03-10)10 March 2001 (aged 22) - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Rolande Adjima (2004-04-18)18 April 2004 (aged 19) - - -
Malika Dare (2001-12-08)8 December 2001 (aged 21) - - -

African Team Championships

References
  1. "African Games 2019 – Mixed Team Event". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "Le badminton togolais connait d'énormes difficultés (INTERVIEW)". People's Daily Online - FR. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  3. "Les Ressources Humaines du Shuttle Time: Eliassou Lamidi – Togo". Badminton Confederation of Africa (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  4. "Shuttle Time et le AirBadminton se développent au Togo". Badminton Confederation of Africa (in French). Retrieved 2023-04-15.
  5. "Africa Badminton Championships: Algeria beats Togo 5-0". Algeria Press Service. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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