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Iceland
AssociationBadmintonsamband Íslands (BSÍ)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentKristjan Danielsson
BWF ranking
Current ranking82 Decrease 3 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking33 (1 July 2011)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1991)
Best resultGroup stage
European Mixed Team Championships
Appearances14 (first in 1980)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2006)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances13 (first in 1979)
Best resultChampions (1999, 2007)

The Iceland national badminton team (Icelandic: Landslið Íslands í badminton) represents Iceland in international badminton team competitions.[1] The national team is controlled by the national organization for badminton in Iceland, Badminton Iceland (Icelandic: Badmintonsamband Íslands).

Iceland participated in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. Both men's and women's team have never got past the group stage.

Participation in BWF competitions

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Participation in European Team Badminton Championships

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Participation in Helvetia Cup

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The Helvetia Cup or European B Team Championships was a European mixed team championship in badminton. The first Helvetia Cup tournament took place in Zürich, Switzerland in 1962.[2] The tournament took place every two years from 1971 until 2007, after which it was dissolved. The Iceland team were champions in 1999 and 2007.

Junior competitive record

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Suhandinata Cup

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See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Result
Peru 2015 Group A2 - 33rd of 39
Spain 2016 Group D1 - 43rd of 52
Russia 2019 Group H2 - 42nd of 43
Spain 2022 Group B - 36th of 37
United States 2023 Group H - 37th of 38

European Junior Team Championships

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Mixed team

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Year Result
2009 Group stage
2011 Group stage
2013 Group stage
2015 Group stage
2018 Group stage

Players

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Current squad

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As of 2 January 2024

Men's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Daníel Jóhannesson (1996-04-26) 26 April 1996 (age 28) 1428 667 409
Gustav Nilsson (2003-10-13) 13 October 2003 (age 21) 1551 667 402
Davíð Bjarni Björnsson (1998-05-09) 9 May 1998 (age 26) - 178 614
Kristófer Darri Finnsson (1997-06-19) 19 June 1997 (age 27) - 178 973
Gabriel Ingi Helgason (2004-09-30) 30 September 2004 (age 20) 1333 717 1358
Róbert Ingi Huldarsson (1997-06-24) 24 June 1997 (age 27) 1675 1110 1135

Women's team

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Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Sigríður Árnadóttir (1996-05-30) 30 May 1996 (age 28) 947 565 409
Arna Karen Jóhannsdóttir (1997-05-12) 12 May 1997 (age 27) - 565 614
Una Hrund Örvar (2001-05-01) 1 May 2001 (age 23) - 565 1135
Sólrún Anna Ingvarsdóttir (1999-12-11) 11 December 1999 (age 24) 834 565 1358
Lilja Bu (2006-06-06) 6 June 2006 (age 18) 1183 871 1402
Júlíana Karitas Jóhannsdóttir (2003-06-20) 20 June 2003 (age 21) 1085 871 1402

References

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  1. ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  2. ^ Helvetia Cup in EuropeanBadminton.org Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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