Greenland national badminton team

The Greenland national badminton team (Danish: Grønlands badmintonlandshold; Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaat badminton kattuffik) is a badminton team located in Greenland, Denmark and represents the nation of Greenland in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the Greenland Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Greenland.[1]

Greenland
AssociationGreenland Badminton Federation
ConfederationBadminton Europe
PresidentMichael Kleist
BWF ranking
Current ranking131 Decrease 2 (4 April 2023)
Highest ranking51 (2 July 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best resultGroup stage

Despite badminton not being popular in Greenland, the team has once participated in the Sudirman Cup, which was in 2019. Greenland has also recently been participating in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. The team participates under Danish influence.

Greenland has only participated once in international BWF team tournaments and that was the 2019 Sudirman Cup. The Greenlandic team was placed into the Group 4 along with Kazakhstan and Macau. The team lost both group ties but won one match when Sara Lindskov Jacobsen beat Kazakhstan's Aisha Zhumabek. The team finished in 31st place on the rankings. The Greenlandic badminton team participates in the biennial Island Games. The mixed team lost the quarterfinals tie twice in 2015 and 2019. The team finally won gold in 2019 after defeating defending champions Guernsey.

Competitive record

European Team Championships

Mixed team
Year Result
Isle of Man 1985 Did not participate
Guernsey 1987
Faroe Islands 1989 Quarter-finals
Åland 1991 Group A − 7th
Isle of Wight 1993 Group stage
Gibraltar 1995 Group stage
Jersey 1997 Group stage
Gotland 1999 Quarter-finals
Isle of Man 2001 Group A − 6th
Guernsey 2003 Quarter-finals
Shetland 2005 Fourth place
Åland 2009 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
Isle of Wight 2011 Fourth place
Bermuda 2013 Quarter-finals
Jersey 2015 Quarter-finals
Gotland 2017 Quarter-finals
Gibraltar 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Guernsey 2023 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Julian King (2004-09-16)16 September 2004 (aged 19) - - -
Jens-Frederik Nielsen (1991-06-22)22 June 1991 (aged 32) - - -
Sequssuna Schmidt (1992-05-13)13 May 1992 (aged 31) - - -
Maluk Tiger (2004-10-27)27 October 2004 (aged 18) - - -
Toke Ketwa-Driefer (1998-10-07)7 October 1998 (aged 25) - - -
Taatsiannguaq Pedersen (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 32) - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Milka Brønlund (1998-04-24)24 April 1998 (aged 25) - - -
Nina Høegh (1993-04-20)20 April 1993 (aged 30) - - -
Sara Lindskov (1994-07-15)15 July 1994 (aged 29) - - -
Celia Villebro (1991-09-19)19 September 1991 (aged 32) - - -
Cecilia Josenius (1997-02-07)7 February 1997 (aged 26) - - -
Tina Amassen Rafaelsen (2002-07-28)28 July 2002 (aged 21) - - -

European Team Championships

References
  1. Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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