In 2012, the Burundian Federation of Badminton along with the national team were disbanded for a brief period of time due to the country being under political turmoil.

The sport was then played by a small minority of white people in Bujumbura, and by Catholic priests in other parts of the country.

The sport then spread its popularity to the city of Bubanza and the youth began to play badminton regularly outside football fields.

[3] The Burundian men's team first competed in the 2010 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa.

The team failed to advance further after being defeated by South Africa and Ghana in the group stage.