Costa Rica national badminton team

The Costa Rica national badminton team (Spanish: Selección nacional de bádminton de Costa Rica) represents Costa Rica in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Costa Rican junior team have competed in the BWF World Junior Championships mixed team event, which is also called the Suhandinata Cup.[2]

Costa Rica
AssociationCosta Rican Badminton Association
ConfederationBadminton Pan America
PresidentAdrian Gomez Calvo
BWF ranking
Current ranking87 Decrease 8 (4 April 2023)
Highest ranking79 (3 January 2023)

History

Badminton in Costa Rica was first played in the 1970s. The sport later lost its recognition in the late 1980s. Soon after, badminton enthusiasts in Costa Rica attempted to revive badminton in the country by establishing the Association for the Development of Badminton (Spanish: Asociación para el Desarrollo del Bádminton).[3][4]

Mixed team

The Costa Rican mixed team competed in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games mixed team event.[5] They were placed in Group B with Cuba, Barbados and Mexico.[6][7] The team lost to 5–0 to Cuba and Mexico.[8] The team then almost beat Barbados but were eliminated in the group stages.[9][10]

Competitive record

Mixed team
Year Result
2018 Group stage

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup
See also: BWF World Junior Championships

Mixed team
YearResult
Peru 2015Group C2 - 36th of 40
Spain 2016Group G1 - 47th of 52

Mixed team
Year Result
2013 13th place
2014 12th place
2015 8th place
2016 12th place
2023 8th place

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Gianpiero Cavallotti (1997-09-09)9 September 1997 (aged 26) 568 812 487
Marco Castillo (2006-03-23)23 March 2006 (aged 17) 847 812 609
Santiago Suárez (2006-06-29)29 June 2006 (aged 17) 1401 - 860

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Lauren Villalobos (2000-08-20)20 August 2000 (aged 23) 425 734 609
Cristal Villarreal Zapata (2005-05-19)19 May 2005 (aged 18) 600 734 487
Arianna Rodríguez (2006-07-10)10 July 2006 (aged 17) 812 - 860

Central American and Caribbean Games

References
  1. "World Junior Championships | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  2. Noticias, Agencia Cubana de (2015-10-28). "Campeonato Mundial de Bádminton juvenil con presencia cubana". www.acn.cu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  3. "¿Cuánto sabe del bádminton?". El Financiero (in Spanish). 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  4. "Asociación para el Desarrollo del Bádminton - Comité Olímpico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  5. Mindeporte. "Mindeporte". www.mindeporte.gov.co (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  6. "Centroamerican and Caribbean Games (Badminton) Event Overview". JCC2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
  7. "XIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (Torneo por Equipos) - Torneo por Equipos JCC 2018 - Group B". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  8. "XIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (Torneo por Equipos) - CUBA - COSTA RICA: 5-0". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  9. "XIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (Torneo por Equipos) - MEXICO - COSTA RICA: 5-0". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
  10. "XIII Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Barranquilla 2018 (Torneo por Equipos) - COSTA RICA - BARBADOS: 2-3". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-23.
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