Turkey national badminton team

The Turkey national badminton team (Turkish: Türkiye milli badminton takımı) represents Turkey in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is controlled by the Turkish Badminton Federation (Turkish: Türkiye Badminton Federasyonu), the national organization for badminton in Turkey. The Turkey national team have never competed in the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup.

Turkey
AssociationTürkiye Badminton Federasyonu (TBF)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentMurat Özmekik
BWF ranking
Current ranking55 Increase 2 (3 October 2023)
Highest ranking18 (2 January 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2003)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2013)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances7 (first in 2004)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2016, 2018, 2020)
Helvetia Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2001)
Best result18th (2001)

Turkey have competed multiple times at the Sudirman Cup. The Turkey women's team had entered three consecutive quarterfinals at the European Women's Team Badminton Championships from 2016 to 2020.

In individual events, Turkey has won three bronze medals at the European Badminton Championships, most of them won by Neslihan Yiğit and Özge Bayrak. Neslihan and Özge also won Turkey's first badminton medal in the European Games.

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
Hungary 1989
Bulgaria 1991
Austria 1993
Cyprus 1995
France 1997
Northern Ireland 1999
Czech Republic 2001 Group stage − 18th
Portugal 2003 Did not enter
Cyprus 2005
Iceland 2007

Mixed team

Year Result
Turkey 1995 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Greece 1996 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Serbia and Montenegro 1997 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 1998 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Greece 1999 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Bulgaria 2000 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Bulgaria 2001 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Greece 2002 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Romania 2003 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 2004 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Greece 2005 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Turkey 2006 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Bulgaria 2007 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place
Romania 2008 Did not enter
Bulgaria 2009 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Bulgaria 2010 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Greece 2011 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Bulgaria 2012 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Bulgaria 2014 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Romania 2016 Did not enter
Greece 2018 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up

Islamic Solidarity Games

**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 Group Z1 − 16th of 28
New Zealand 2007 Group Y2 − 15th of 25
India 2008 Group Z − 19th of 21
Malaysia 2009 Did not enter
Mexico 2010 Group Y2 − 17th of 24
Chinese Taipei 2011 Group Z1 − 12th of 22
Japan 2012 Group W1 − 23rd of 30
Thailand 2013 Group Z2 − 20th of 30
Malaysia 2014 Did not enter
Peru 2015 Group A1 − 21st of 39
Spain 2016 Did not enter
Indonesia 2017
Canada 2018
Russia 2019
Spain 2022 Withdrew
United States 2023 Did not enter
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
Poland 1987
England 1989
Hungary 1991
Bulgaria 1993
Slovakia 1995
Czech Republic 1997
Scotland 1999
Poland 2001
Denmark 2003
Netherlands 2005
Germany 2007 Group stage − 14th
Italy 2009 Group stage
Finland 2011 Quarter-finals
Turkey 2013 Quarter-finals
Poland 2015 Quarter-finals
France 2017 Group stage
Estonia 2018 Group stage
Finland 2020 Did not enter
Serbia 2022 Group stage

Mixed team

Year Result
Switzerland 1984 Did not enter
Hungary 1986
Wales 1988
Austria 1990
Czechoslovakia 1992
Czech Republic 1994
Portugal 1996 Group stage − 15th
Finland 1998 Group stage − 23rd
Austria 2000 Group stage − 19th
Slovenia 2002 Group stage − 18th
Austria 2004 Quarter-finals
Slovakia 2006 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Third place

Mixed team

Year Result
Bulgaria 2006 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Turkey 2007 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Turkey 2008 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Greece 2010 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Turkey 2011 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Turkey 2013 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up
Turkey 2015 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Greece 2016 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Turkey 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Turkey 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions

Mixed team

Year Result
Turkey 2017 1st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
Cyprus 2019 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players

Men's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Emre Lale (1993-10-14) 14 October 1993 336 - -
Orçun Öztürk (2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 584 - -
Yusuf Yaşar (1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 649 - -
Emre Güzel (2001-05-04) 4 May 2001 - - 1367
Nurullah Saraç (2003-02-06) 6 February 2003 1359 - -
Serhat Salım (1998-03-06) 6 March 1998 - - -
Mehmet Çapar (1999-02-20) 20 February 1999 - - -
Emre Sönmez (1999-07-24) 24 July 1999 - - -

Women's team

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Neslihan Arın (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 41 - -
Özge Bayrak (1992-02-14) 14 February 1992 162 - -
Aliye Demirbağ (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 - - -
Büşra Ünlü (1999-01-30) 30 January 1999 829 - -
Bengisu Erçetin (2001-01-01) 1 January 2001 - 102 -
Nazlıcan İnci (2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 - 102 -
Zehra Erdem (2001-06-23) 23 June 2001 - - -
İlayda Nur Özelgül (1999-09-19) 19 September 1999 - - -

European Team Championships

References

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