Jamaica national badminton team

National badminton team representing Jamaica
Jamaica
AssociationJamaica Badminton Association (JBA)
ConfederationBPA (Africa)
PresidentSheldon Townsend
BWF ranking
Current ranking60 Steady (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking54 (5 April 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 1987)
Best resultThird place (1993)
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best resultThird place (2018)

The Jamaica national badminton team represents Jamaica in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Jamaica Badminton Association, the governing body for badminton in Jamaica. The Jamaican mixed team participated three times in the Sudirman Cup and were eliminated in the group stages.

The Jamaican mixed team also finished in fourth place at the 2016 Pan Am Badminton Championships. The national team's best result was achieving a third place position at the 2018 Pan Am Badminton Championships after defeating Peru in the bronze medal tie with a score of 3-0.

Competitive record

Thomas Cup

Year Round Pos
1949
to
1961 		Did not enter
1964 Did not qualify
1967
1970
1973 Did not enter
1976
1979
1982
1984
1986 Did not qualify
1988 Did not enter
1990
1992 Did not qualify
1994 Did not enter
1996 Did not qualify
1998 Did not enter
2000
2002 Did not qualify
2004 Did not enter
2006 Did not qualify
2008 Did not enter
2010 Did not qualify
2012
2014 Did not enter
2016
2018 Did not qualify
2020 Did not enter
2022
2024
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Uber Cup

Year Round Pos
1957
to
1984 		Did not enter
1986 Did not qualify
1988 Did not enter
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010 Did not qualify
2012 Did not enter
2014
2016
2018
2020
2022
2024
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Sudirman Cup

Year Round Pos
1989 Did not enter
1991
1993
1995
1997 Group stage 43rd
1999 Did not enter
2001
2003 Group stage 47th
2005 Group stage 40th
2007 Did not enter
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025 To be determined
2027
2029

Pan American Team Championships

Men's team

Year Round Pos
2016 Did not enter
2018 Third place 3rd
2020 Did not enter
2022
2024
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Women's team

Year Round Pos
2016 Did not enter
2018
2020
2022
2024 Withdrew
2026 To be determined
2028
2030

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1977 Did not enter
1978
1979
1980
1987 Fourth place 4th
1989 Fourth place 4th
1991 Third place 3rd
1993 Did not enter
1997 Group stage 5th
2001 Did not enter
2004
2005
2007
2008
2009
2010
2012
2013 Group stage 8th
2014 Did not enter
2016 Fourth place 4th
2017 Did not enter
2019 Group stage 10th
2023 Did not enter
2025 To be determined
2027
2029

Central American and Caribbean Games

Men's team

Year Round Pos
2010 Runners-up 2nd

Women's team

Year Round Pos
2010 Group stage

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1990 Runners-up 2nd
1993 Did not enter
2006 Fourth place 4th
2014 Group stage
2018 Group stage
2023 Third place 3rd

CAREBACO Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1972 Champions 1st
1973 Champions 1st
1974 Champions 1st
1975 Champions 1st
1976 Champions 1st
1978 Champions 1st
1979 Champions 1st
1980 Champions 1st
1981 Champions 1st
1982 Champions 1st
1983 Did not enter
1984
1985
1986 Champions 1st
1987 Champions 1st
1988 Did not enter
1990
1992 Champions 1st
1993 Champions 1st
1995 Champions 1st
1996 Champions 1st
1997 Champions 1st
1998 Third place 3rd
1999 Champions 1st
2000 Champions 1st
2001 Champions 1st
2002 Did not enter
2003
2004
2005
2011
2012
2014 Runners-up 2nd
2015 Champions 1st
2016 Did not enter
2017 Champions 1st
2018 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Round Pos
2000
to
2024 		Did not enter
2025 To be determined

Pan American Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1977 Fifth place 5th
1978 Fifth place 5th
1979 Did not enter
1980
1981
1988
1990
1991
1992
1994 Runners-up 2nd
1996 Group stage 6th
1998 Third place 3rd
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004 Group stage 6th
2006 Group stage
2007 Group stage 8th
2008 Group stage 5th
2009 Group stage 5th
2010 Group stage 6th
2011 Group stage 6th
2012 Group stage 6th
2013 Quarter-finals 5th
2014 Did not enter
2015 Group stage 5th
2016 Quarter-finals 8th
2017 Did not enter
2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024

CAREBACO Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Round Pos
1976 Champions 1st
1978 Champions 1st
1979 Champions 1st
1980 Runners-up 2nd
1981 Runners-up 2nd
1982 Champions 1st
1983 Champions 1st
1984 Runners-up 2nd
1985 Did not enter
1986 Runners-up 2nd
1987 Champions 1st
1988 Champions 1st
1990 Champions 1st
1992 Champions 1st
1993 Champions 1st
1995 Champions 1st
1996 Did not enter
1997 Champions 1st
1998 Champions 1st
1999 Did not enter
2000 Runners-up 2nd
2001 Runners-up 2nd
2002 Runners-up 2nd
2004 Runners-up 2nd
2005 Runners-up 2nd
2007 Runners-up 2nd
2011 Did not enter
2012
2013
2014 Champions 1st
2015 Runners-up 2nd
2016 Did not enter
2017 Runners-up 2nd
**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
Samuel Ricketts (1996-04-25) 25 April 1996 (age 28) 146 180 86
Bradley Evans (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 23) 329 180 539
Joel Angus (2000-05-31) 31 May 2000 (age 24) 827 511 958
Nathaniel Finzi (2006-01-03) 3 January 2006 (age 18) 827 511 958

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Tahlia Richardson (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 (age 23) 183 204 86
Katherine Wynter (1996-02-09) 9 February 1996 (age 28) 326 204 539
Mikaelah Mustafaa (2003-05-19) 19 May 2003 (age 21) 682 435 958
Rihanna Rust (2006-09-11) 11 September 2006 (age 17) 682 435 958

References

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