Jamaica national badminton team

Jamaica

Association	Jamaica Badminton Association (JBA)
Confederation	BPA (Africa)
President	Sheldon Townsend
BWF ranking
Current ranking	60 (2 April 2024)
Highest ranking	54 (5 April 2012)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 1997)
Best result	Group stage
Pan Am Mixed Team Championships
Appearances	7 (first in 1987)
Best result	Third place (1993)
Pan Am Men's Team Championships
Appearances	1 (first in 2018)
Best result	Third place (2018)

The Jamaica national badminton team represents Jamaica in international badminton team competitions. 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

See also: BWF World Junior Championships

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

Pan American Junior Team Championships

See also: Pan Am Junior Badminton 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	146	180	86
Bradley Evans	(2000-12-20) 20 December 2000	329	180	539
Joel Angus	(2000-05-31) 31 May 2000	827	511	958
Nathaniel Finzi	(2006-01-03) 3 January 2006	827	511	958

Women's team

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