Uganda national badminton team

Uganda

Association	Uganda Badminton Association (UBA)
Confederation	BCA (Africa)
President	Annet Nakamya
BWF ranking
Current ranking	40 2 (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking	38 (2 January 2024)
Uber Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2024)
Best result	Group stage
African Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	6 (first in 2004)
Best result	Semi-finals (2011)
African Men's Team Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 2004)
Best result	Fourth place (2004)
African Women's Team Championships
Appearances	6 (first in 2004)
Best result	Runners-up (2022)

The Uganda national badminton team (Luganda: Ttiimu y'eggwanga eya Uganda eya badminton) represents Uganda in international badminton team competitions.^[1][2] It is controlled by the Uganda Badminton Association, the governing body for Ugandan badminton located in Kampala.

Uganda has never competed in the Thomas Cup, the Uber Cup and the Sudirman Cup. Uganda made its Olympic badminton debut in the 2008 Summer Olympics when Edwin Ekiring received a wildcard entry to participate.

The Ugandan women's team were runners-up once in the All Africa Women's Team Badminton Championships. The mixed team were semifinalists in the 2021 African Badminton Championships mixed team event. The men's team's best result was achieving a quarterfinal position 2010 All Africa Men's Team Badminton Championships.

Competitive record

Commonwealth Games

African Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2003	Did not enter
2007
2011	Quarter-finals	6th
2015	Quarter-finals	7th
2019	Quarter-finals	7th
2023	TBD

African Team Championships

Islamic Solidarity Games

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2007	Group stage	18th
2011	Did not enter
2013
2015	Group stage	19th
2017	Group stage	20th
2021	Did not enter
2025	To be determined

World University Team Championships

Mixed team

Year	Round	Pos
2008	Did not enter
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018

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

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year	Round	Pos
2000 to 2017	Did not enter
2018	Group stage	36th
2019	Did not enter
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 to 2001	Did not enter
2003	Group stage	7th
2005	Group stage	6th
2007	Did not enter
2009	Group stage	5th
2011	Withdrew
2013	Did not enter
2016	Group stage
2021	Semi-finals	4th
2022	Semi-finals	4th
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
Brian Kasirye	(2001-09-03) 3 September 2001 (age 22)	183	179	555
Muzafaru Lubega	(2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 24)	517	179	371
Expedito Emuddu	(2003-08-17) 17 August 2003 (age 20)	845	283	494
Augustus Owinyi	(1999-05-24) 24 May 1999 (age 25)	466	283	485
Kenneth Mwambu	(2000-03-23) 23 March 2000 (age 24)	525	326	227
Abdul Swaburuh Ssempiri	(2003-11-28) 28 November 2003 (age 20)	692	326	711
Amos Muyanja	(2000-04-10) 10 April 2000 (age 24)	446	360	-
Thomas Katerega	(2002-05-30) 30 May 2002 (age 22)	794	360	1138

Women's team

Name	DoB/Age	Ranking of event
		WS	WD	XD
Fadilah Mohamed Rafi	(2005-06-04) 4 June 2005 (age 18)	116	105	494
Tracy Naluwooza	(2006-09-06) 6 September 2006 (age 17)	230	105	227
Husina Kobugabe	(2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 23)	139	83	371
Gladys Mbabazi	(1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 (age 28)	187	83	-
Kruthum Nalumansi	(2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 (age 22)	416	220	563
Assumpta Owomugisha	(2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 (age 20)	409	220	371
Swabra Nanyonbi	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 19)	-	-	711
Rajab Shamsa Mbira	(2002-04-19) 19 April 2002 (age 22)	1134	589	1138

Previous squads

African Team Championships

• Men's team: 2022
• Women's team: 2022

References