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Iceland national badminton team

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Iceland
AssociationBadminton Iceland
ConfederationBadminton Europe
PresidentKristjan Danielsson
BWF ranking
Current ranking90 Decrease 16 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking33 (1 July 2011)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances14 (first in 1980)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1979)
Best resultChampions (1999, 2007)

The Iceland national badminton team (Template:Lang-is) represents Iceland in international badminton team competitions.[1] The national team is controlled by the national organization for badminton in Iceland, Badminton Iceland (Icelandic: Badmintonsamband Íslands).

Iceland participated in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. Both men's and women's team have never got past the group stage.

Participation in BWF competitions

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

Participation in Helvetia Cup

The Helvetia Cup or European B Team Championships was a European mixed team championship in badminton. The first Helvetia Cup tournament took place in Zurich, Switzerland in 1962.[2] The tournament took place every two years from 1971 until 2007, after which it was dissolved. The Iceland team were champions in 1999 and 2007.

Participation in European Junior Team Badminton Championships

Mixed Team
Year Result
2009 Group stage
2011 Group stage
2013 Group stage
2015 Group stage
2018 Group stage

Current squad

The following players were selected to represent Iceland at the 2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

References

  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ Helvetia Cup in EuropeanBadminton.org Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "2020 European Men's & Women's Team Championships - Team: ICELAND MEN TEAM - Players". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. ^ "2020 European Men's & Women's Team Championships - Team: ICELAND WOMEN TEAM - Players". tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2 July 2022.