Spain national badminton team

The Spain national badminton team (Spanish: Equipo nacional de bádminton de España) represents Spain in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Spanish team have never participated in the Thomas Cup but have been in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup.

Spain
AssociationFederación Española de Bádminton (FESBA)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentAndoni Azumendi Ibarrola
BWF ranking
Current ranking17 Increase 1 (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking14 (4 April 2023)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances8 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage
Uber Cup
Appearances3 (first in 2016)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances11 (first in 1988)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances8 (first in 2004)
Best resultSemi-finals (2016, 2018)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances10 (first in 1987)
Best resultChampions (2001)

The Spanish team has enjoyed success throughout the individual events. Spain has won one Olympic medal in badminton and three gold medals at the BWF World Championships. All of these medals were won by former world number 1 Carolina Marín. Spain have also been successful in badminton at the European Games where Pablo Abián won gold in the men's singles discipline in 2015.

Competitive record

European Team Championships

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
Austria 1979
Norway 1981
Switzerland 1983
Poland 1985
Northern Ireland 1987 Group stage − 13th
Hungary 1989 Group stage − 14th
Bulgaria 1991 Group stage − 9th
Austria 1993 Group stage − 14th
Cyprus 1995 Group stage − 6th
France 1997 Fourth place
Northern Ireland 1999 Fourth place
Czech Republic 2001 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Portugal 2003 Did not enter
Cyprus 2005 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Iceland 2007 Group stage − 6th

FISU World University Games

Mixed team

Year Result
Thailand 2007 Group stage
China 2011 Group stage
Russia 2013 Did not enter
South Korea 2015
Chinese Taipei 2017
China 2021
Germany 2025 TBD

Mixed team

Year Result
Portugal 2008 Group stage
Chinese Taipei 2010 Did not enter
South Korea 2012 Quarter-finals
Spain 2014 Group stage
Russia 2016 Did not enter
Malaysia 2018
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record

Suhandinata Cup

Year Result
China 2000 Did not enter
South Africa 2002
Canada 2004
South Korea 2006
New Zealand 2007
India 2008
Malaysia 2009
Mexico 2010
Chinese Taipei 2011
Japan 2012
Thailand 2013 Group W1 − 25th of 30
Malaysia 2014 Group Y1 − 16th of 33
Peru 2015 Group C2 − 16th of 39
Spain 2016 Group F1 − 25th of 52
Indonesia 2017 Group H2 − 13th of 44
Canada 2018 Group F − 26th of 39
Russia 2019 Group A2 − 14th of 43
Spain 2022 Quarter-finals
United States 2023 Group F
N/A 2024 TBD

European Junior Team Championships

Mixed team

Year Result
Denmark 1975 Did not enter
Malta 1977
West Germany 1979
Scotland 1981
Finland 1983
Austria 1985 Group stage − 22nd
Poland 1987 Group stage − 21st
England 1989 Group stage − 20th
Hungary 1991 Group stage − 21st
Bulgaria 1993 Group stage − 23rd
Slovakia 1995 Did not enter
Czech Republic 1997
Scotland 1999
Poland 2001 Group stage − 16th
Denmark 2003 Did not enter
Netherlands 2005 Group stage − 14th
Germany 2007 Did not enter
Italy 2009 Group stage
Finland 2011 Group stage
Turkey 2013 Did not enter
Poland 2015 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
France 2017 Group stage
Estonia 2018 Group stage
Finland 2020 Quarter-finals
Serbia 2022 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Semi-finals

Mixed team

Year Result
Switzerland 1984 Did not enter
Hungary 1986 Group stage − 12th
Wales 1988 Group stage − 13th
Austria 1990 Group stage − 15th
Czechoslovakia 1992 Group stage − 12th
Czech Republic 1994 Group stage − 11th
Portugal 1996 Group stage − 6th
Finland 1998 Group stage − 6th
Austria 2000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Slovenia 2002 Group stage − 10th
Austria 2004 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Slovakia 2006 Quarter-finals
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Luís Enrique Peñalver (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 64 - -
Pablo Abián (1985-06-12) 12 June 1985 74 302 -
Álvaro Leal (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 295 168 509
Ernesto Baschwitz (2001-06-17) 17 June 2001 309 168 -
Carlos Piris (2001-02-09) 9 February 2001 318 129 625
Joan Monroy (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 - 133 125
Jacobo Fernández (2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 - 211 160
Rubén García (2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 - 129 362
Álvaro Vázquez (1999-03-11) 11 March 1999 1360 1033 -
Alberto Perals (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 692 - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Carolina Marín (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 6 - -
Clara Azurmendi (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 41 44 -
Beatriz Corrales (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 347 44 340
Ania Setien (2003-03-06) 6 March 2003 123 - 125
Nerea Ivorra (1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 418 192 1351
Claudia Leal (2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 - 192 457
Paula López (1999-10-06) 6 October 1999 - 217 160
Lucía Rodríguez (2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 - 217 362
Elena Lorenzo (2001-10-18) 18 October 2001 - 364 454
Macarena Izquierdo (2006-03-30) 30 March 2006 - 712 662

Uber Cup

References

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