Lithuania national badminton team

The Lithuania national badminton team (Lithuanian: Lietuvos nacionalinė badmintono rinktinė) represents Lithuania in international badminton team competitions.[1] The team is managed by the Lithuanian Badminton Federation. Lithuania competed in the 1989 Sudirman Cup as part of the Soviet Union.

Lithuania
AssociationLietuvos Badmintono Federacija (LBF)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentAlgirdas Kepežinskas
BWF ranking
Current ranking74 Decrease 2 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking29 (6 January 2015)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances9 (first in 1997)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances3 (first in 2009)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2008)
Best resultGroup stage

In the European championships, the Lithuanian men's and women's teams debuted in the 2008 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. Lithuania won its first badminton medal in the European Games when four-time national champion, Kęstutis Navickas defeated Yuhan Tan of Belgium to earn a place in the men's singles semifinal.

Participation in BWF competitions edit

Participation in European Team Badminton Championships edit

Junior competitive record edit

World Junior Team Championships edit

Suhandinata Cup edit

Year Result
  2016 Group E2 - 40th of 52
  2017 Did not enter
  2018 Did not enter
  2019 Group H2 - 28th of 43
  2020 Cancelled
  2021 Cancelled
  2022 Did not enter
  2023 Group B

European Junior Team Championships edit

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  2009 Group stage
  2011 Group stage
  2013 Group stage
  2015 Group stage
  2018 Group stage
  2020 Withdrew
  2022 Group stage

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Jonas Petkus (2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 (age 22) 1319 586 1284
Danielius Beržanskis (2003-05-29) 29 May 2003 (age 20) 1325 586 561
Augustas Valatka (2003-10-20) 20 October 2003 (age 20) - - -
Ąžuolas Barkauskas (2004-04-16) 16 April 2004 (age 20) - - -
Domas Paksys (2007-08-18) 18 August 2007 (age 16) 1735 - -

Women's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Samanta Golubickaite (2002-12-14) 14 December 2002 (age 21) 190 589 561
Vilte Paulauskaite (2006-04-07) 7 April 2006 (age 18) 375 334 1284
Monika Sukackaite (2006-05-23) 23 May 2006 (age 17) 1096 334 1312
Jore Kavaliauskaitė (2009-05-22) 22 May 2009 (age 14) 1085 550 -
Jorūnė Šalnaitė (2008-12-06) 6 December 2008 (age 15) 1183 550 -

References edit

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