North Macedonia national badminton team

The North Macedonia national badminton team (Macedonian: Репрезентацијата на Северна Македонија во бадминтон) represents North Macedonia in international badminton team competitions and is organized by the Badminton Federation of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.[1] The Macedonian team competes in the Balkan Badminton Championships.[2] The Macedonian junior team first competed in the 2006 Balkan Junior Badminton Championships.[3] The team then won bronze at the 2013 Balkan Junior Team Championships in Manisa, Turkey.[4]

North Macedonia
AssociationMacedonian Badminton Federation
ConfederationBadminton Europe
PresidentDime Stefanovski
BWF ranking
Current ranking112 Decrease 8 (4 April 2023)
Highest ranking99 (2 January 2014)

History

The Macedonian national team was formed after the establishment of the Macedonian Badminton Federation in 2003. The team later became part of Badminton Europe and the Badminton World Federation. Badminton in Macedonia is limited due to the lack of gyms and courts.[5] The national team competed in their first team tournament at the 2006 Balkan Badminton Championships mixed team event.[6]

Mixed team

North Macedonia first competed in the 2006 Balkan Badminton Championships. In the mixed team event, the team lost the 5th place tie to Serbia and Montenegro.[6] The team then competed in the 2009 Balkan Badminton Championships in Bulgaria but lost the bronze medal match to Serbia.[6] North Macedonia then finished in 6th place at the 2010 Balkan Badminton Championships.[7]

Competitive record

Mixed team
Year Result
Turkey 2006 6th place
Bulgaria 2009 Fourth place
Bulgaria 2010 6th place

Junior competitive record

Mixed team
Year Result
Bulgaria 2006 Fourth place
Turkey 2013 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 2019 Group stage

Players

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Ivan Pejoski (2002-12-26)26 December 2002 (aged 20) 1489 1026 -
Leonid Stojanov (2002-10-11)11 October 2002 (aged 21) - - -
Petar Zhivkovski (2000-02-10)10 February 2000 (aged 23) - - -
Mario Djon (2006-08-28)28 August 2006 (aged 17) - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Ina Stefanovska (1997-08-26)26 August 1997 (aged 26) 822 1026 -
Elena Risteska (2003-07-21)21 July 2003 (aged 20) - - -
Ivana Risteska (2005-07-04)4 July 2005 (aged 18) - - -
Neda Ilieva (2007-10-29)29 October 2007 (aged 15) - - -

References
  1. "Members | BWF Corporate". Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  2. "Tournamentsoftware.com". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
  3. "19 Yaş Altı Badminton Milli Takımı Balkan Şampiyonu". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). 6 October 2006. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  4. "Бронза за македонската бадминтон репрезентација". Македонска нација (in Macedonian). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. Фидан, Коминовски (2020-07-25). "ИНТЕРВЈУ Диме Стефановски: Бадминтонот е најбрз рекетен спорт, неодолив за сите кои ќе го пробаат!". Слободен печат (in Macedonian). Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  6. "Arhiva - REZULTATA BADMINTON SAVEZA SRBIJE". Badminton savez Srbije. Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  7. "България стана отборен шампион на Балканско първенство". novsport.com. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
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