Ireland national badminton team

Ireland
AssociationBadminton Ireland (BI)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentCynthia Symth
BWF ranking
Current ranking30 Decrease 2 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking21 (2 July 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances21 (first in 1972)
Best resultQuarter-finals (1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 2015)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1975)
Best resultChampions (1981)

The Ireland national badminton team (Irish: Foireann náisiúnta badmantan na hÉireann) represents Ireland in international badminton team competitions.[1] The national team is controlled by Badminton Ireland, the governing body for badminton in Ireland. Ireland has made multiple appearances in the Sudirman Cup. The team's best result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 2015 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships.

Former national player, Sam Magee was appointed as the main doubles coach while former Malaysian player, Iskandar Zulkarnain was appointed as the national team's singles coach.[2]

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 Zürich, Switzerland in 1962.[3] The tournament took place every two years from 1971 until 2007, after which it was dissolved.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Round Pos
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Taiwan 2011
Japan 2012 Group stage 26th of 30
Thailand 2013 Did not enter
Malaysia 2014
Peru 2015
Spain 2016
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled because of COVID-19 pandemic
China 2021
Spain 2022 Did not enter
United States 2023
China 2024
India 2025 Group stage 23rd of 36

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

YearResult
Poland 2015Group stage
France 2017Group stage
Estonia 2018Group stage
Serbia 2022Group stage
Spain 2024Group stage

Players

Current squad

Squads for European Team Championships Qualifiers

Men's team

Name World Rank
MS MD XD
Nhat Nguyen 25 1440 —
Joshua Magee 2125 559 143
Paul Reynolds — 89 1252
Scott Guildea — 89 1019
Dylan Noble 892 — —
Matthew Cheung 629 559 —

Women's team

Name Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Sophia Noble 143 746 —
Siofra Flynn 265 174 —
Michelle Shochan 436 746 —
Orla Flynn — 174 —

References

  1. ↑ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Badminton Ireland". Badminton Ireland. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  3. ↑ Helvetia Cup in EuropeanBadminton.org Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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