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Romania national badminton team

The Romania national badminton team (Romanian: Echipa națională de badminton a României) represents Romania in international badminton team competitions.[1] The Romanian national team have never participated in the Sudirman Cup, Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup. Romania participated in the 2006 European Men's Team Badminton Championships and were eliminated in the group stages.

Romania
AssociationFederația Română de Badminton (FRB)
ConfederationBE (Europe)
PresidentMarian Pandele
BWF ranking
Current ranking128 Decrease 3 (2 January 2024)
Highest ranking81 (6 October 2016)
European Men's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
European Women's Team Championships
Appearances1 (first in 2004)
Best resultGroup stage
Helvetia Cup
Appearances6 (first in 1991)
Best result7th (2007)

The Romanian team also competes in the Balkan Badminton Championships along with other Balkan countries. The team has had multiple runners-up finishes at the Balkan mixed team championships. Romanian badminton made one of its first international presences when national player Florin Balaban competed in men's singles at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[2]

The Romanian junior team were runners-up at the 2000 Finlandia Cup in Pressbaum, Austria.[3]

History edit

Badminton first reached Romania in 1958 when the sport was played in university sporting events.[4]

Badminton competitions in Romania were first hosted in December 1975, with the first badminton competition titled the 30 December Cup (Romanian: Cupa 30 Decembrie) organized in the city of Târgu Mureș by the Pioneer Organization and the Mureș County Council. In 1977, the competition was later renamed the Mureș Cup. Badminton then gained minuscule popularity when counties from around the country started to compete in the competition.[5]

On 29 January 1990, the Romanian Badminton Federation was established. Soon after, the national federation started to send the national squad to compete in the Balkan Badminton Championships.[6]

Men's team edit

The Romanian men's team first competed in the 2006 European Men's Team Badminton Championships. In the group stages, the team lost 5–0 to the Czech Republic and 4–1 to France. The team failed to qualify for the quarter-finals but managed to win 3–2 against the Turkish team to finish 3rd in the group.[7]

Mixed team edit

Romania first competed in the 1997 Balkan Badminton Team Championships. The mixed team finished as runners-up after losing the match for first place 5–0 to Bulgaria in the round-robin competition.[8][9] The team competed in the 2003 Helvetia Cup and finished in 17th place.[10] In 2007, the team competed in the 2007 Helvetia Cup. The team finished second in their group after defeating Wales and Luxembourg in the group tie.[11] They then defeated Belgium 3–2 and finished in 7th place.[12] In 2008, the team lost in the finals of the 2008 Balkan Team Championships to rivals Bulgaria.[13] In 2010, the mixed team finished in third place after winning 3–2 against Moldova at the 2010 Balkan Badminton Team Championships.[14][15]

Competitive record edit

European Team Championships edit

Helvetia Cup edit

Year Result
  1962 Did not enter
  1963
  1964
  1965
  1966
  1967
  1968
  1969
  1970
  1971
  1973
  1975
  1977
  1979
  1981
  1983
  1985
  1987
  1989
  1991 Group stage – 11th
  1993 Group stage – 17th
  1995 Did not enter
  1997 Group stage – 15th
  1999 Did not enter
  2001
  2003 Group stage – 17th
  2005 Group stage – 13th
  2007 Group stage – 7th

Balkan Badminton Championships edit

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  1995   Runners-up
  1996 Did not enter
  1997   Runners-up
  1998 Did not enter
  1999   Runners-up
  2000   Runners-up
  2001   Runners-up
  2002   Runners-up
  2003   Runners-up
  2004   Runners-up
  2005   Runners-up
  2006   Third place
  2007   Runners-up
  2008   Runners-up
  2009 Did not enter
  2010   Third place
  2011   Third place
  2012   Third place
  2014   Third place
  2016   Runners-up
  2018 Did not enter
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Junior competitive record edit

Suhandinata Cup edit

See also: BWF World Junior Championships
Year Result
  2000 Group stage – 19th of 24
  2002 Did not enter
  2004
  2006
  2007
  2008
  2009
  2010
  2011
  2012
  2013
  2014
  2015
  2016 Group B1 – 41st of 52
  2017 Did not enter
  2018
  2019
  2022
  2023
  2024 TBD

European Junior Team Championships edit

See also: European Junior Badminton Championships

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  1975 Did not enter
  1977
  1979
  1981
  1983
  1985
  1987
  1989
  1991 Group stage – 26th
  1993 Group stage – 25th
  1995 Did not enter
  1997
  1999
  2001 Group stage – 11th
  2003 Group stage – 16th
  2005 Did not enter
  2007
  2009 Group stage
  2011 Group stage
  2013 Group stage
  2015 Group stage
  2017 Did not enter
  2018 Group stage
  2020 Did not enter
  2022 Group stage

Finlandia Cup edit

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  1984 Did not enter
  1986
  1988
  1990
  1992 Group stage – 16th
  1994 Group stage – 13th
  1996 Did not enter
  1998 Group stage – 15th
  2000   Runners-up
  2002 Did not enter
  2004
  2006

Balkan Junior Team Championships edit

Mixed team edit

Year Result
  2006   Third place
  2007   Third place
  2008   Third place
  2010   Third place
  2011   Third place
  2013 Did not enter
  2015   Third place
  2016 Did not enter
  2017
  2019
**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
Teodor-Ioan Cioroboiu (2004-02-03) 3 February 2004 (age 20) 778 - -
Călin Turcu (2005-05-18) 18 May 2005 (age 18) - - -
Rareș Garalbatin (2005-11-20) 20 November 2005 (age 18) - - -
Dinu Pandele (2005-11-13) 13 November 2005 (age 18) - - -
Luca-Stefan Pandele (2007-08-13) 13 August 2007 (age 16) - - -
George Şerbănescu (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 19) - - -

Women's team edit

Name DoB/Age Ranking of event
WS WD XD
Laura Constantin (2007-01-07) 7 January 2007 (age 17) - - -
Denisa-Maria Muscalu (2007-05-13) 13 May 2007 (age 16) - - -
Anamaria Șerban (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 19) - - -
Andra Stoica (2006-06-16) 16 June 2006 (age 17) - - -
Maria Duțu (2001-03-23) 23 March 2001 (age 23) - - -
Ioana Grecea (2001-02-17) 17 February 2001 (age 23) - - -

References edit

  1. ^ "2006 European M & W Team Championships". www.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Olympedia – Florin Balaban". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  3. ^ "EBU-Turniere / Europameisterschaften im Detail | Finlandia Cup (B-Klasse Junioren/Jugend Europameisterschaften Mannschaft)". Mike's Badminton Populorum. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  4. ^ "ISTORIA SPORTULUI ROMÂNESC: Badminton". Agerpres.ro. 7 December 2018.
  5. ^ badmintondeva (2014-04-28). "Istoria badmintonului". Badminton Club Deva (in Romanian). Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  6. ^ "Badminton Romania | PDF | Romania | Leisure". Scribd. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  7. ^ "BWF - 2006 European M & W Team Championships - Team: [ROU] Romania - Matches". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  8. ^ Karakuş, Seydi; Küçük, Veysel; Koç, Hürmüz (1996-04-15). "1995 BALKAN ŞAMPİYONASINA KATILAN BADMINTON SPORCULARININ REAKSİYON ZAMANLARI". Gazi Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi. 1 (2): 11–17. ISSN 2717-9966.
  9. ^ Küçük, Veysel (15 April 1996). "1995 BALKAN ŞAMPİYONASINA KATILAN BADMINTON SPORCULARININ REAKSİYON ZAMANLARI". DergiPark Akademik.
  10. ^ "EBU-Turniere / Europameisterschaften im Detail Helvetia Cup (B-Klasse Mannschaften)". Mike's Badminton Populorum. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  11. ^ "BWF - European B Team Championships 2007 - EBTC 2007 - Group 4". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  12. ^ "BWF - European B Team Championships 2007 - EBTC 2007 - EBTC2007, #5-8". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  13. ^ "Бадминтон: Балканска титла за националите ни". badminton.racketi.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  14. ^ "България стана отборен шампион на Балканско първенство". novsport.com. Retrieved 2023-05-13.
  15. ^ "Юлиян Христов с два златни и сребърен медал от балканиадата по бадминтон". Retrieved 2023-05-13.
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