Greenland national badminton team

The Greenland national badminton team (Danish: Grønlands badmintonlandshold; Greenlandic: Kalaallit Nunaannit sulorarnermi nunanut allanut unammisartut) is a badminton team located in Greenland, Denmark and represents the nation of Greenland in international badminton team competitions. It is controlled by the Greenland Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Greenland.[1]

Greenland
AssociationBadminton Kalaallit Nunaat (BKN)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentMichael Kleist
BWF ranking
Current ranking92 Steady (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking51 (2 July 2019)
Sudirman Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best resultGroup stage

Despite badminton not being popular in Greenland, the team has once participated in the Sudirman Cup, which was in 2019. Greenland has also recently been participating in the European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships. The team participates under Danish influence.

Greenland has only participated once in international BWF team tournaments and that was the 2019 Sudirman Cup. The Greenlandic team was placed into the Group 4 along with Kazakhstan and Macau. The team lost both group ties but won one match when Sara Lindskov Jacobsen beat Kazakhstan's Aisha Zhumabek. The team finished in 31st place on the rankings. The Greenlandic badminton team participates in the biennial Island Games. The mixed team lost the quarterfinals tie twice in 2015 and 2019. The team finally won gold in 2019 after defeating defending champions Guernsey.

Competitive record edit

European Team Championships edit

Island Games edit

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  1985 Did not participate
  1987
  1989 Quarter-finals
  1991 Group A − 7th
  1993 Group stage
  1995 Group stage
  1997 Group stage
  1999 Quarter-finals
  2001 Group A − 6th
  2003 Quarter-finals
  2005 Fourth place
  2009   Runner-up
  2011 Fourth place
  2013 Quarter-finals
  2015 Quarter-finals
  2017 Quarter-finals
  2019   Champions
  2023   Runner-up

Players edit

Current squad edit

As of 2 January 2024

Men's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
MS MD XD
Julian King (2004-09-16) 16 September 2004 (age 19) - - -
Maluk Tiger (2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 19) - - -
Sebastian Reimer Bendtsen (1995-06-01) 1 June 1995 (age 28) - 1331 -
Toke Ketwa-Driefer (1998-10-07) 7 October 1998 (age 25) - 1331 -
Sequssuna Schmidt (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 31) - - -
Taatsiannguaq Pedersen (1991-01-11) 11 January 1991 (age 33) - - -

Women's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Milka Brønlund (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26) - - -
Nina Høegh (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31) - - -
Sara Lindskov (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994 (age 29) - - -
Celia Villebro (1991-09-19) 19 September 1991 (age 32) - - -
Cecilia Josenius (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 27) - - -
Tina Amassen Rafaelsen (2002-07-28) 28 July 2002 (age 21) - - -

Previous squads edit

European Team Championships edit

References edit

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