Canada national badminton team
The Canada national badminton team (French: Équipe nationale de badminton du Canada) represents Canada in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the nation's governing body of badminton, Badminton Canada. The team's best result was achieving two semifinal finishes in both Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.
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| Association | Badminton Canada |
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| Confederation | Badminton Pan America |
| President | Anil Kaul |
| BWF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 12  2 (3 January 2023) |
| Highest ranking | 12 (1 October 2019) |
| Sudirman Cup | |
| Appearances | 14 (first in 1989) |
| Best result | Group stage |
| Thomas Cup | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1970) |
| Best result | Semi-finals (1970, 1973) |
| Uber Cup | |
| Appearances | 13 (first in 1960) |
| Best result | Semi-finals (1975, 1981) |
| Pan Am Mixed Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 21 (first in 1977) |
| Best result | Champions (1977, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
| Pan Am Men's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 8 (first in 2006) |
| Best result | Champions (2008, 2018, 2020, 2022) |
| Pan Am Women's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 9 (first in 2004) |
| Best result | Champions (2004, 2018, 2020) |
Canada is one of the most prestigious badminton countries in the Americas, winning almost every mixed team event in the Pan American Badminton Championships and also winning gold in both men and women's teams. Next to the United States, Canada has won 21 gold medals, 22 silvers and 12 bronzes in badminton at the Pan American Games.
The national team has won almost every edition of the Pan American Badminton Championships mixed team events except for one in 2001. The men's team have also became recent champions while the women's team lost to the United States in 2022.
Competitive record
Thomas Cup
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Uber Cup
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Sudirman Cup
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Commonwealth Games
Men's team
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Women's team
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Mixed team
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Pan Am Team Championships
Men's team
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Women's team
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Mixed team
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Summer Universiade
Junior competitive record
Suhandinata Cup
| Year | Result |
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 2000 |
Group stage - 21st of 24 |
 2002 |
Did not enter |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} 2004 |
Group stage - 18th of 20 |
 2006 |
Group stage - 21st of 28 |
 2007 |
Did not enter |
 2008 |
Group stage - 10th of 21 |
 2009 |
Group stage - 18th of 21 |
 2010 |
Group stage - 16th of 24 |
 2011 |
Group stage - 19th of 22 |
 2012 |
Group Y2 - 21st of 30 |
 2013 |
Group Y2 - 18th of 30 |
| 2014 |
Group X1 - 19th of 33 |
 2015 |
Group A1 - 13th of 39 |
 2016 |
Group A1 - 19th of 52 |
 2017 |
Group A1 - 18th of 44 |
| 2018 |
Group B - 17th of 39 |
 2019 |
Group B - 25th of 43 |
| 2020 | Cancelled |
| 2021 | Cancelled |
| 2022 |
Group D - 11th of 37 |
 2023 |
Mixed team
| Year | Result |
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| 1981 |  Runner-up |
| 1988 |  Champions |
| 1996 | Runner-up |
| 1998 | Champions |
| 2000 | Champions |
| 2002 | Fourth place |
| 2004 | Runner-up |
| 2006 | Runner-up |
| 2007 |  Third place |
| 2008 | 6th place |
| 2009 | Third place |
| 2010 | Third place |
| 2011 | Champions |
| 2012 | Runner-up |
| 2013 | Champions |
| 2015 | Third place |
| 2016 | Champions |
| 2017 | Runner-up |
| 2018 | Champions |
| 2019 | Champions |
| 2022 | Runner-up |
| 2023 | Runner-up |
Players
Men's team
| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| MS | MD | XD | ||
| Brian Yang | 25 November 2001 (aged 21) | 25 | - | - |
| Imran Wadia | 24 October 1996 (aged 27) | 181 | - | - |
| Victor Lai | 19 December 2004 (aged 18) | 183 | - | - |
| Nyl Yakura | 14 February 1993 (aged 30) | - | 38 | 104 |
| Adam Dong | 14 February 1994 (aged 29) | - | 38 | 592 |
| Josh Nguyen | 9 September 2005 (aged 18) | 842 | - | 494 |
| Kevin Lee | 10 November 1998 (aged 24) | 871 | 45 | 134 |
| Ty Alexander Lindeman | 15 August 1997 (aged 26) | - | 45 | 36 |
| B. R. Sankeerth | 22 December 1997 (aged 25) | 146 | 406 | 1226 |
| Jason Ho-Shue | 29 August 1998 (aged 25) | 98 | 111 | - |
Women's team
| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| WS | WD | XD | ||
| Michelle Li | 3 November 1993 (aged 29) | 15 | 477 | 639 |
| Wenyu Zhang | 29 August 2002 (aged 21) | 47 | 118 | 639 |
| Talia Ng | 6 November 2001 (aged 21) | 55 | 118 | 494 |
| Rachel Chan | 15 November 2003 (aged 19) | 71 | - | - |
| Catherine Choi | 1 May 2001 (aged 22) | - | 30 | 208 |
| Josephine Wu | 20 January 1995 (aged 28) | - | 30 | 36 |
| Rachel Honderich | 21 April 1996 (aged 27) | - | 63 | 78 |
| Kristen Tsai | 11 July 1995 (aged 28) | - | 63 | - |
| Camille Leblanc | 16 August 1996 (aged 27) | 331 | 155 | - |
| Alexandra Mocanu | 1 December 1999 (aged 23) | - | 155 | 143 |
References
- Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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