Turkmenistan national badminton team

Turkmenistan

Association	Türkmenistanyň Badminton Federasiýasy (TKMBF)
Confederation	BA (Asia)
Chairman	Natalya Shtyrova
BWF ranking
Current ranking	Unranked (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking	94 (7 January 2013)

The Turkmenistan national badminton team (Turkmen: Türkmenistan badminton boýunça milli ýygyndy) represents Turkmenistan in international badminton team competitions.^[1] Turkmenistan is one of the most isolated countries in the world. The national team is managed by the Turkmenistan Badminton Federation.^[2][3] The Turkmen junior team competed in the Badminton Asia Junior Championships mixed team event in 2015.^[4][5][6]

Turkmenistan competed in badminton at the 1993 Women's Islamic Games. The team finished fourth in the women's team event.^[7] In 1997, the women's team made their second appearance in the team event at the Women's Islamic Games and were eliminated in the group stages.^[8][9]

The team also competed in the 2005 Women's Islamic Games but failed to advance to the semi-finals.^[10]

In 2005, Turkmenistan was originally going to make its maiden appearance at the Sudirman Cup in Beijing, China. The team were placed in Group F with Armenia, Mongolia and Sri Lanka. The team then withdrew from the competition.^[11][12]

Thomas Cup Year Round Pos 1949 Part of the  Soviet Union 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1976 1979 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 Part of the  CIS 1994 Did not enter 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 TBD 2026 2028 2030

Uber Cup Year Round Pos 1957 Part of the  Soviet Union 1960 1963 1966 1969 1972 1975 1978 1981 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 Part of the  CIS 1994 Did not enter 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 TBD 2026 2028 2030

Sudirman Cup Year Round Pos 1989 Part of the  Soviet Union 1991 1993 Did not enter 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 Withdrew 2007 Did not enter 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 TBD 2027 2029

Men's team Year Round Pos 1962 Part of the  Soviet Union 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Did not enter 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 TBD 2030 2034 2038

Women's team Year Round Pos 1962 Part of the  Soviet Union 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 Did not enter 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 TBD 2030 2034 2038

Men's team Year Round Pos 1962 Part of the  Soviet Union 1965 1969 1971 1976 1983 1985 1987 1989 1993 Did not enter 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 TBD 2026 2028 2030

Women's team Year Round Pos 2004 Did not enter 2006 2008 2010 2012 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 TBD 2026 2028 2030

Mixed team Year Round Pos 2017 Did not enter 2019 2023 2025 TBD 2027 2029

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

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

As of 2 January 2024

• Mixed team: 2015