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England
AssociationBadminton England
ConfederationBadminton Europe
PresidentMike Robinson
BWF ranking
Current ranking14 Decrease 1 (3 January 2023)
Highest ranking10 (2 July 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances16 (first in 1989)
Best resultSemi-finals (2007)
Thomas Cup
Appearances15 (first in 1982)
Best resultSemi-finals (1982, 1984)
Uber Cup
Appearances14 (first in 1963)
Best resultRunners-up (1963, 1984)
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances27 (first in 1972)
Best resultChampions (1972, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1984)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2008, 2014, 2018)
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2006)
Best resultRunners-up (2006)

The England national badminton team represents England in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by Badminton England, the governing body for badminton in England. The English team is ranked 13 on the world ranking and has had many appearances in international team events.

England were runners-up at the 1963 and the 1984 Uber Cup. They've also been semifinalists 4 times at the Uber Cup. The men's team had two semifinal finishes at the 1982 and 1984 edition of the Thomas Cup. England only finished in the final four once in the Sudirman Cup which was in 2007.

Next to Denmark, England is one of the dominant badminton nations in Europe, having won the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships five times and having many podium finishes at the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships.

Summer Olympic Games

As of the 2020 Olympics
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)20121547
2 Indonesia (INA)86721
3 South Korea (KOR)67720
4 Denmark (DEN)2349
5 Japan (JPN)1124
6 Chinese Taipei (TPE)1102
7 Spain (ESP)1001
8 Malaysia (MAS)0639
9 Great Britain (GBR)0123
 India (IND)0123
11 Netherlands (NED)0101
12 Russia (RUS)0011
Totals (12 entries)393943121

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Simon Archer
Joanne Goode
2000 Sydney Badminton Mixed doubles
 Silver Gail Emms
Nathan Robertson
2004 Athens Badminton Mixed doubles
 Bronze Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge
2016 Rio de Janeiro Badminton Men's doubles

Participation in BWF competitions

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Group stage - 8th of 24
South Africa 2002 Group stage - 8th of 23
Canada 2004 Group Y1 - 6th of 20
South Korea 2006 Group Y2 - 10th of 28
New Zealand 2007 Group Z1 - 9th of 25
India 2008 Group W - 13th of 21
Malaysia 2009 Group Y2 - 14th of 21
Mexico 2010 Group X2 - 10th of 24
Taiwan 2011 Group Z2 - 14th of 22
Japan 2012 Group Z1 - 15th of 30
Thailand 2013 Did not enter
Malaysia 2014 Group Y2 - 17th of 33
Peru 2015 Group D2 - 14th of 39
Spain 2016 Group A2 - 12th of 52
Indonesia 2017 Group E - 9th of 44
Canada 2018 Group H - 14th of 39
Russia 2019 Group D - 11th of 43
New Zealand 2020 Cancelled
China 2021 Cancelled
Spain 2022 Group D - 7th of 37
United States 2023 Group C - 14th of 38
China 2024 Group G – 15th of 39

European Junior Team Badminton Championships

Mixed Team
Year Result
Denmark 1975 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Malta 1977 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
West Germany 1979 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Scotland 1981 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Finland 1983 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Austria 1985 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Poland 1987 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
England 1989 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Germany 2007 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Italy 2009 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
Finland 2011 Quarter-finalist
Turkey 2013 Quarter-finalist
Poland 2015 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
France 2017 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finalist
Estonia 2018 Quarter-finalist
Serbia 2022 Quarter-finalist

Current Male and Female players

References

  1. ^ "BWF: Thomas Cup". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  2. ^ "BWF: Uber Cup". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  3. ^ "BWF: Sudirman Cup". Archived from the original on 2008-04-10. Retrieved 2008-02-01.