Soviet Union national badminton team

The Soviet Union national badminton team (Russian: Сборная СССР по бадминтону) represented the Soviet Union in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Soviet national team have only participated twice in the international events, namely the Sudirman Cup. The team's last ever competition was the 1991 Sudirman Cup, months before the USSR was dissolved.

Soviet Union
AssociationUSSR Badminton Federation
ConfederationBE (Europe)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1989)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 1976)
Best resultFourth place (1988, 1990)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1977)
Best resultChampions (1977, 1979)

Prior to the dissolution, the national team were active in participating in the USSR International badminton tournament, where most of its players have won.

History

Mixed team

The Soviet team participated in the first Sudirman Cup in 1989. The team were placed in Group 2. They finished in 10th place on the ranking. The Soviet team competed in their final tournament at the 1991 Sudirman Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark. The team was placed into Group 3 with Scotland, Thailand and Canada. The Soviet team won both ties against Scotland and Canada with a tight score of 4-1 and 3-2 respectively. They lost the tie with Thailand and were placed 12th in the rankings.

Competitive record

Mixed team
Year Result
Sweden 1972 Did not enter
Austria 1974
Republic of Ireland 1976 Group stage − 7th
England 1978 Group stage − 8th
Netherlands 1980 Group stage − 5th
West Germany 1982 Group stage − 5th
England 1984 Group stage − 5th
Sweden 1986 Group stage − 5th
Norway 1988 Fourth place
Soviet Union 1990 Fourth place

Helvetia Cup
Year Result
Switzerland 1962 Did not enter
West Germany 1963
Netherlands 1964
Austria 1965
Belgium 1966
Switzerland 1967
Norway 1968
Czechoslovakia 1969
West Germany 1970
Netherlands 1971
Austria 1973
Belgium 1975
Soviet Union 1977 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Austria 1979 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Norway 1981 Did not enter
Switzerland 1983
Poland 1985
Northern Ireland 1987
Hungary 1989
Bulgaria 1991

Junior competitive record

European Junior Team Championships
See also: European Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team
Year Result
Denmark 1975 Group stage − 7th
Malta 1977 Group stage − 6th
West Germany 1979 Group stage − 5th
Scotland 1981 Group stage − 8th
Finland 1983 Group stage − 7th
Austria 1985 Group stage − 7th
Poland 1987 Group stage − 7th
England 1989 Group stage − 7th
Hungary 1991 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions

Mixed team
Year Result
Switzerland 1984 Did not enter
Hungary 1986 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Wales 1988 Did not enter
Austria 1990

Players

Squad
As of 1991

Men's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Pavel Uvarov (1967-03-22)22 March 1967 (aged 24) - - -
Andrey Antropov (1967-05-21)21 May 1967 (aged 24) - - -
Nikolai Zuyev (1970-05-07)7 May 1970 (aged 21) - - -
Anatoliy Skripko (1952-12-14)14 December 1952 (aged 39) - - -
Vitaliy Shmakov 1961 (aged 29–30) - - -
Sergey Sevryukov 1965 (aged 25–26) - - -

Women's team
Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Elena Rybkina (1964-04-24)24 April 1964 (aged 27) - - -
Irina Serova (1966-05-14)14 May 1966 (aged 25) - - -
Svetlana Beliasova (1958-05-10)10 May 1958 (aged 33) - - -
Viktoria Pron (1965-04-23)23 April 1965 (aged 26) - - -
Vlada Chernyavskaya (1966-06-10)10 June 1966 (aged 25) - - -
Tatyana Litvinenko 1960 (aged 30–31) - - -

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