Croatia national badminton team

Croatia national badminton team
Hrvatska reprezentacija u badmintonu

Sport	Badminton
Association	Croatian Badminton Association
Location	Croatia
President	Ratko Galjer
Head coach	Igor Čimbur Silvio Jurčić
Confederation	Badminton Europe
World rank	68

The Croatia national badminton team represents Croatia in international badminton team competitions. The national team was formed after the establishment of the Croatian Badminton Association in Zagreb. The men's and women's team made their debut in the 2010 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Warsaw.

The Croatian mixed team only played one team tournament, which was in 2011 when the team qualified for the 2011 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships, but was eliminated in the group stage.

National player Igor Čimbur was called up as a coach for the national team's seniors and juniors.

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Men's Team

Year	Result
2010	Group stage
2016	Group stage
2018	Group stage
2020	Group stage

Women's Team

Year	Result
2010	Group stage

Mixed Team

Year	Result
2011	Group stage

Participation in Mediterranean Games

Croatia won its first badminton medal at the 2013 Mediterranean Games. The men's doubles gold medal was won by national champions, Zvonimir Đurkinjak and Zvonimir Hölbling when they beat home favorites Emre Arslan and Hüseyin Oruç of Turkey. Croatia would later win another men's doubles medal at the Mediterranean Games. It was a bronze won by Luka Ban and Filip Špoljarec.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Turkey	5	4	3	12
2	France	3	2	3	8
3	Spain	1	3	0	4
4	Croatia	1	0	1	2
5	Algeria	1	0	0	1
6	Italy	0	1	2	3
7	Slovenia	0	0	4	4
8	Cyprus	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		11	10	16	37

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Event
Gold	Zvonimir Đurkinjak Zvonimir Hölbling	2013 Mersin	Men's doubles
Bronze	Luka Ban Filip Špoljarec	2022 Oran	Men's doubles

Participation in BWF World Senior Championships

Croatia won a silver medal in the BWF World Senior Championships.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	67	69	126	262
2	Denmark	56	58	104	218
3	Germany	45.5	40.5	81	167
4	Japan	30	41	87	158
5	Thailand	28	20.5	26	74.5
6	Chinese Taipei	23.5	13.5	15	52
7	Russia	14	12.5	16	42.5
8	Scotland	12	15	9	36
9	Netherlands	10.5	7	8.5	26
10	India	10	16	43	69
11	Indonesia	10	5	8	23
12	Canada	8.5	14.5	20.5	43.5
13	Sweden	6.5	16.5	36	59
14	Israel	6	1	0	7
15	South Africa	6	0	0.5	6.5
16	Malaysia	4.5	5	17	26.5
17	United States	4	0	3	7
18	Belarus	3.5	1.5	0.5	5.5
19	Hong Kong	3.5	0.5	1.5	5.5
20	Iceland	3.5	0	3	6.5
21	Poland	2	9	10	21
22	France	2	4	9	15
23	Norway	2	2.5	10	14.5
24	Finland	2	2	15.5	19.5
25	Switzerland	2	0	5.5	7.5
26	Hungary	1	3.5	2	6.5
27	Sri Lanka	1	3	3	7
28	Austria	1	2.5	3.5	7
29	Ireland	1	2.5	2.5	6
30	Bulgaria	1	2	7.5	10.5
31	Ukraine	1	1.5	2	4.5
32	South Korea	1	1	0	2
33	Portugal	1	0	4	5
34	New Zealand	1	0	0	1
35	Philippines	0.5	0	0	0.5
36	Australia	0	1	4	5
37	Croatia	0	0.5	0	0.5
38	Czech Republic	0	0	3	3
39	Singapore	0	0	2	2
	Spain	0	0	2	2
41	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Macau	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	Uzbekistan	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		372	372	695	1,439

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Venue	Event
Silver	Sandi Šaban	2021 Huelva	Men's doubles 50+

Participation in European Junior Team Badminton Championships

Mixed Team

Year	Result
2011	Group stage
2013	Group stage
2015	Group stage
2018	Group stage
2022	Group stage

Current squad

Men

• Zvonimir Đurkinjak
• Igor Čimbur
• Filip Špoljarec
• Luka Ban
• Zvonimir Hölbling

Women

• Barbara Janičić
• Luna Šaban
• Nika Matovina
• Stella Bavenović