The Poland national badminton team (Polish: Reprezentacja Polski w badmintona) represents Poland in international badminton team competitions.[1] It is managed by the Polish Badminton Association in the capital city of Warsaw. Poland competed in the Sudirman Cup from 1989 to 2011. The men's team only competed the Thomas Cup once in 2010 and the women's team have never qualified for the Uber Cup.
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| Association | Polski Związek Badmintona (PZBAD) |
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| Confederation | BE (Europe) |
| President | Marek Krajewski |
| BWF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 39  1 (2 January 2024) |
| Highest ranking | 14 (5 January 2012) |
| Sudirman Cup | |
| Appearances | 12 (first in 1989) |
| Best result | Group stage |
| Thomas Cup | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2010) |
| Best result | Group stage |
| European Mixed Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 19 (first in 1980) |
| Best result | Semi-finals (2008, 2009) |
| European Men's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 7 (first in 2006) |
| Best result | Runners-up (2010) |
| European Women's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2006) |
| Best result | Group stage |
| Helvetia Cup | |
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1979) |
| Best result | Champions (1989, 1991) |
The men's team were runners-up at the 2010 European Men's Team Badminton Championships, where Poland was the host nation. The mixed team reached two consecutive semifinals in the European Mixed Team Badminton Championships in 2008 and 2009.
The Poland team has had many players in the past that have reached top 10 in the BWF World Ranking, one of them being Robert Mateusiak and Nadieżda Zięba, who were the world number one mixed doubles pair in 2010.
Poland has also been successful in para-badminton. National player Bartłomiej Mróz is a four-time silver medalist at the BWF Para-Badminton World Championships and has a career-high ranking of 3 in the men's singles SU5 category.
Competitive record
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Thomas Cupedit
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Uber Cupedit
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Sudirman Cupedit
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European Team Championships
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| Year | Result |
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 1962
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Did not enter |
 1963
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 1964
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 1965
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 1966
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| 1967
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 1968
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 1969
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| 1970
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| 1971
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| 1973
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| 1975
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 1977
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| 1979
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Group stage − 11th |
| 1981
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Fourth place |
| 1983
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Group stage − 9th |
 1985
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 Third place
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 1987
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Group stage − 5th |
 1989
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 Champions
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 1991
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Champions
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| 1993
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 Runners-up
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 1995
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Did not enter |
 1997
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| 1999
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Runners-up
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| 2001
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Did not enter |
 2003
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| 2005
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 2007
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FISU World University Games
editMixed team
edit| Year | Result |
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 2007
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Group stage |
 2011
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Did not enter |
 2013
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Quarter-finals |
 2015
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Group stage |
 2017
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Group stage |
| 2021
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Group stage |
| 2025
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TBD |
World University Team Championships
editMixed team
edit| Year | Result |
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| 2008
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Semi-finals
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| 2010
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Group stage |
| 2012
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Group stage |
 2014
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Did not enter |
| 2016
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Group stage |
 2018
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Did not enter |
- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Junior competitive record
editSuhandinata Cup
edit| Year | Result |
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| 2000
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Did not enter |
 2002
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 2004
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| 2006
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 2007
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 2008
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| 2009
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 2010
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 2011
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 2012
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| 2013
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| 2014
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 2015
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| 2016
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Group B1 − 15th of 52 |
 2017
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Group C2 − 15th of 44 |
| 2018
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Group B − 37th of 39 |
| 2019
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Did not enter |
| 2022
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 2023
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| 2024
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Group F – 12th of 39 |
European Junior Team Championships
editMixed team
edit| Year | Result |
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 1975
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Did not enter |
 1977
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| 1979
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 1981
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Group stage − 15th |
 1983
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Group stage − 12th |
| 1985
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Group stage − 13th |
| 1987
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Group stage − 12th |
 1989
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Group stage − 9th |
| 1991
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Group stage − 6th |
| 1993
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Group stage − 7th |
 1995
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Group stage − 7th |
| 1997
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Group stage − 6th |
| 1999
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Fourth place |
| 2001
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Group stage − 6th |
| 2003
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Group stage − 8th |
| 2005
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Group stage − 13th |
| 2007
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Group stage − 8th |
 2009
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Group stage |
| 2011
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Group stage |
 2013
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Group stage |
| 2015
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Group stage |
| 2017
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Group stage |
 2018
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Quarter-finals |
| 2020
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Did not enter |
 2022
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Group stage |
Finlandia Cup
editMixed team
edit| Year | Result |
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| 1984
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Third place
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| 1986
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Fourth place |
 1988
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Runners-up
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| 1990
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Runners-up
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| 1992
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Did not enter |
| 1994
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| 1996
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| 1998
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| 2000
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 2002
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| 2004
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| 2006
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- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of 2 January 2024
Men's team
edit| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| MS | MD | XD | ||
| Dominik Kwinta | 27 July 2004 | 197 | 184 | - |
| Mikołaj Szymanowski | 27 November 2003 | 219 | 184 | 1021 |
| Mateusz Danielak | 9 August 1997 | 237 | - | - |
| Maksymilian Danielak | 29 October 2004 | 422 | 717 | - |
| Szymon Slepecki | 10 July 2003 | - | 143 | 214 |
| Robert Cybulski | 6 August 1999 | - | 143 | 133 |
| Michal Sobolewski | 26 January 1999 | - | 240 | 1315 |
| Adam Szolc | 18 March 1999 | - | 240 | - |
| Jakub Melaniuk | 28 September 2003 | - | 167 | 246 |
| Paweł Śmiłowski | 26 August 1998 | - | 320 | 103 |
Women's team
edit| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | ||
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| WS | WD | XD | ||
| Wiktoria Dąbczyńska | 4 May 1999 | 133 | 318 | - |
| Weronika Górniak | 14 February 2002 | 301 | - | - |
| Zuzanna Jankowska | 18 August 2002 | 341 | 318 | - |
| Jessica Orzechowicz | 12 October 2002 | 383 | 871 | 711 |
| Dominika Kwaśnik | 5 October 2001 | - | 121 | 683 |
| Kornelia Marczak | 8 March 1997 | - | 121 | 133 |
| Paulina Hankiewicz | 30 May 2001 | - | 142 | 232 |
| Magdalena Świerczyńska | 4 April 1998 | - | 393 | 103 |
| Anastasia Khomich | 27 September 2002 | 961 | 182 | 214 |
| Julia Pławecka | 12 August 2003 | - | 402 | 246 |
Previous squads
editThomas Cup
editEuropean Team Championships
editExternal links
edit- (in Polish) PZBad Official website
References
edit- ^ Populorum, Mike. "Archiv SudirmanCup". sbg.ac.at. Retrieved 8 May 2019.