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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 ranking19 Decrease 2 (2 January 2024)
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 edit

European Team Championships edit

Helvetia Cup edit

Year Round Pos
1962 Did not enter
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1973
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987 Group stage 13th
1989 Group stage 14th
1991 Group stage 9th
1993 Group stage 14th
1995 Group stage 6th
1997 Fourth place 4th
1999 Fourth place 4th
2001 Champions 1st
2003 Did not enter
2005 Runners-up 2nd
2007 Group stage 6th

Plume d'Or edit

Year Round Pos
1972 Did not enter
1973
1974
1976
1977
1978
1979 Group stage 6th
1980 Group stage 7th
1981 Group stage 7th
1982 Did not enter
1984 Group stage 6th
1985 Group stage 7th
1986 Group stage 7th
1987 Group stage 7th
1988 Fourth place 4th
1989 Fourth place 4th
1990 Did not enter
1991
1992
1993
1994

FISU World University Games edit

See also: Badminton at the FISU World University Games

Mixed team edit

Year Round Pos
2007 Group stage
2011 Group stage
2013 Did not enter
2015
2017
2021
2025 TBD

World University Team Championships edit

Mixed team edit

Year Round Pos
2008 Group stage
2010 Did not enter
2012 Quarter-finals
2014 Group stage
2016 Did not enter
2018
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record edit

Suhandinata Cup edit

See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Round Pos
2000 Did not enter
2002
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 Group stage 25th
2014 Group stage 16th
2015 Group stage 16th
2016 Group stage 25th
2017 Group stage 13th
2018 Group stage 26th
2019 Group stage 14th
2022 Quarter-finals 8th
2023 Group stage 26th
2024 TBD

European Junior Team Championships edit

See also: European Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team edit

Year Round Pos
1975 Did not enter
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985 Group stage 22nd
1987 Group stage 21st
1989 Group stage 20th
1991 Group stage 21st
1993 Group stage 23rd
1995 Did not qualify
1997
1999
2001 Group stage 16th
2003 Did not qualify
2005 Group stage 14th
2007 Did not qualify
2009 Group stage
2011 Group stage
2013 Did not enter
2015 Champions 1st
2017 Group stage
2018 Group stage
2020 Quarter-finals
2022 Semi-finals 4th
2024 TBD

Finlandia Cup edit

Mixed team edit

Year Round Pos
1984 Did not enter
1986 Group stage 12th
1988 Group stage 13th
1990 Group stage 15th
1992 Group stage 12th
1994 Group stage 11th
1996 Group stage 6th
1998 Group stage 6th
2000 Third place 3rd
2002 Group stage 10th
2004 Runners-up 2nd
2006 Group stage 7th
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Luís Enrique Peñalver (1996-02-10) 10 February 1996 (age 28) 79 - -
Pablo Abián (1985-06-12) 12 June 1985 (age 38) 68 - -
Álvaro Leal (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 22) 283 372 -
Ernesto Baschwitz (2001-06-17) 17 June 2001 (age 22) 516 372 -
Carlos Piris (2001-02-09) 9 February 2001 (age 23) - 102 630
Rubén García (2004-06-07) 7 June 2004 (age 19) - 102 132
Joan Monroy (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 23) - 455 359
Jacobo Fernández (2003-12-28) 28 December 2003 (age 20) - 241 139
Daniel Franco (2005-04-06) 6 April 2005 (age 19) - 241 740
Alberto Perals (2000-10-19) 19 October 2000 (age 23) 541 - -

Women's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Carolina Marín (1993-06-15) 15 June 1993 (age 30) 5 - -
Clara Azurmendi (1998-04-04) 4 April 1998 (age 26) 51 81 -
Beatriz Corrales (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 (age 31) 650 81 359
Ania Setien (2003-03-06) 6 March 2003 (age 21) 149 - 933
Nerea Ivorra (1997-11-08) 8 November 1997 (age 26) 666 285 1393
Claudia Leal (2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 (age 24) - 285 662
Paula López (1999-10-06) 6 October 1999 (age 24) - 92 139
Lucía Rodríguez (2004-03-08) 8 March 2004 (age 20) - 92 132
Elena Lorenzo (2001-10-18) 18 October 2001 (age 22) - 589 957
Macarena Izquierdo (2006-03-30) 30 March 2006 (age 18) - 766 740

Previous squads edit

Uber Cup edit

References edit

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